Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court
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Murder
October 26, 2020
Missing Virginia man’s body found in trunk of car in Florida more than a week later
A Virginia man was arrested in south Florida on Sunday when state troopers found a dead body in his trunk after a crash. Robert Avery Coltrain, 25, has been charged with second degree murder and illegally transporting human remains, WSVN reported. The man in the trunk, 26-year-old Brian Trotter, was last seen alive on October …
Murder
October 26, 2020
Boyfriend arrested for North Carolina mom’s murder after 3 month push by her family
A North Carolina man has been arrested in Maine and charged with the murder of his girlfriend in July — an outcome LeeAnn Fletcher’s family says may never have happened if they’d been content with the official police investigation. John Curtis Tolson called 911 on July 22 to say that Fletcher appeared to have slipped …
Sex Crimes
October 25, 2020
VA cop hides cameras in 14-year-old girl’s bedroom ‘for sexual purposes’: Detectives
A Veterans Administration police officer in Oregon has been charged with invasion of privacy after he admitted that he installed “cameras in the room of a 14-year-old female for sexual purposes,” the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. Robert Wayne Roady, 48, was arrested Thursday evening after sheriff’s detectives took a report that hidden cameras had …
Murder
October 25, 2020
Stepbrother beats 14-year-old boy with autism to death while their mother watches: Report
A Tennessee man has been charged with beating his 14-year-old stepbrother to death while their mother watched and did nothing to stop it, NewsChannel5 Nashville reports. Rebacca Greenwood, 52, and David Matheny, 33, initially told officers that Sayeed Neilson, who had autism, fell in the shower on Thursday night and that they helped in get …
Court
October 25, 2020
Luxury mansion of Jennifer Dulos and Fotis Dulos going on the market for $1.75 million
The six-bedroom, seven-bath luxury home were Jennifer Farber Dulos and Fotis Dulos raised their children before her disappearance and his suicide will hit the market shortly, for $1.75 million, the Hartford Courant reports. Fotis Dulos built the home for the couple and as a showcase for the company he set up with the help of …
Court
October 25, 2020
Nancy Grace on possible Scott Peterson retrial: ‘Have at it’
The state Supreme Court tossed out the penalty phase over problems with jury selection and may
Accident
October 25, 2020
3-year-old dead after finding handgun that fell out of family member’s pocket at birthday party
A Texas boy celebrating his third birthday shot himself in the chest Saturday afternoon and died, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said. The pistol used in the incident apparently fell out of a family member’s pocket during the birthday celebration, deputies said, and the boy found it. Deputies were called to the home in Porter …
Murder
October 24, 2020
Father throws baby girl off 2nd story balcony, sets apartment on fire
A 2-month-old baby girl died early Saturday after she was allegedly thrown from a second floor balcony by her father during a domestic dispute, Las Vegas police said. The father, who has not been identified, set the apartment on fire, fled from the scene, and got into two car crashes before he was taken into …
AMBER Alert
October 24, 2020
BREAKING: Abducted Kansas girls found safe, suspect in custody
Update: 8:06 p.m.: Two girls believed to have been abducted earlier Saturday by their father have been found safe, and a suspect is in custody, KMBC reports. Update: 6:40 p.m.: The Kansas Highway Patrol said it stopped the vehicle driven by Donny Jackson on Highway 169 near the Oklahoma state line at about 12:30 p.m., …
Murder
October 24, 2020
Mom, son ‘team up’ to kill Queens man over $350 car repair: Reports
A mother and her son were indicted on murder charges Friday over the shooting death of a Queens man, reportedly over a $350 car repair. Avita Campbell, 38, reportedly served as her son’s getaway driver after Raymond Jackson, 22, fired at Lasaaun Lawrence, 27, more than a dozen times, the Queens District Attorney’s Office said, …
Celebrity Justice
October 24, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell: Family friend says Brit socialite near starvation and humiliated by paper clothing
Complaining that Jeffrey Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell is wasting away in jail and forced to wear paper clothes, a close family friend has launched a Get Ghislaine Out of jail campaign, according to the New York Post. Citing a report in the UK broadsheet The Telegraph, the Post reports that Brian Basham says Maxwell is …