Beloved grandparents fatally stabbed by family member in apparent murder-suicide
Murder
The alleged killer called 911 and said he was going to kill himself and that police should track the call.
Celebrity
December 24, 2020
Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey releases 3rd ‘annual’ Christmas Eve video
“House of Cards” actor Kevin Spacey, who lost his job on the hit show because of sexual assault allegations, released a video Thursday promoting suicide and substance abuse hotlines, the third Christmas Eve in row the Oscar winner has filmed a message many people have called tone deaf.
Child Abuse
December 23, 2020
4-year-old girl found dead in apartment with 2 overdosing adults
A man found overdosing last week in a home with a dead 4-year-old girl and a woman who later died has been charged with willful child cruelty and harm to a child resulting in death, Riverside County jail records show. Tyler Lawrence Finley, 25, was booked over the weekend, Beaumont, California, police said, after he …
Family Crime
December 23, 2020
Mississippi dad kills wife, son, 2 other family members before shooting himself: Cops
A Mississippi man killed his wife, son, mother-in-law, and grandmother before shooting himself during a police chase on Tuesday, according to the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies conducting a welfare check found the bodies of April Fulton Tucker, 39, and her son, Bryce Fisher Tucker, 14, inside their home around 1 p.m., the Meridian Star …
Shooting
December 23, 2020
UPDATE: 3 detained after report of shooting at Tennessee Walmart
Sevierville, Tennessee, police took three people into custody Wednesday afternoon after getting a report of an active shooter at a local Walmart, but, they said, their investigation determined no shots were fired and no one was injured. “The preliminary investigation indicates that this was likely a dispute between store customers wherein multiple guns were displayed,” …
Murder
December 23, 2020
Alabama father and son kill each other in dispute over dog
A south Alabama father and son shot each other to death over the weekend in a dispute after the son allegedly killed the father’s dog, Fox10 News reports. Nicholas Coker, 32, shot at four of the family’s dogs, killing two of the them, Saturday afternoon when one of the dogs reportedly “started messing” with his …
Missing
December 21, 2020
Family desperate to find 27-year-old mom missing since early October
Lynette Hernandez was thinking about moving to Brooklyn in September to live with her boyfriend, NBC’s Dateline reports. Her mother, Lourdes Pinzón, wasn’t sure that was a good idea, but the 27-year-old was “excited to move to an apartment in Brooklyn,” she said. Hernandez and her 6-year-old daughter Bella were living with Pinzón, but neither …
Missing
December 21, 2020
Missing South Carolina woman’s vehicle found abandoned in neighboring county
Investigators in South Carolina are looking for a 21-year-old woman last seen on December 15, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says. Flavie Alix Marie Cocard told her family she was leaving that day, but did not say why or where she was going. Two days later, the Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office found Cocard’s abandoned vehicle …
Kidnapping
December 21, 2020
Mom, 13-year-old daughter missing more than a year now thought to be kidnapped
California investigators say they believe that a woman and her 13-year-old daughter, missing for more than a year, may have been kidnapped, the Irvine Police Department said. Amber Aiaz, 35, — also known as Mei Yi Wu — and Melissa Fu were last seen on November 22, 2019, at their apartment. Aiaz’s husband told police …
Murder
December 21, 2020
Middle school teacher faces capital murder charge in 11-year-old boy’s shooting death
Joshua Burks was initially charged with reckless manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Troy Ellis last May, but this month a grand jury upgraded the charges.
Murder
December 20, 2020
Body of North Carolina mom found 3 1/2 weeks after she went missing
Investigators in North Carolina have found the body of a 26-year-old mom who was last seen at her home on November 25, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Apex police began investigating Emily Montgomery’s disappearance on November 27 and charged her boyfriend, 29-year-old Jose Carlos Jacome-Granizo, with her murder on December 2. Investigators did not …
Murder
December 20, 2020
Tucson dad kills 10-year-old son, then himself
A 40-year-old Arizona man apparently shot and killed his 10-year-old son on Saturday before turning the gun on himself. Tucson police responded to the home on the east side of the city at about 12 a.m. after another man called to say he was on his way to check on a man and a boy …