3-year-old girl accidentally shoots her pregnant mother: Police
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Detective Sgt. James Bogner says the girl “had no idea what she had done and she was very scared.”
Family Crime
April 18, 2018
BOMBSHELL: Sheriff to review Rebecca Zahau death investigation after civil jury finds she did not commit suicide
A judge in southern California will review a death investigation previously ruled a suicide after a civil jury found the victim’s brother-in-law was responsible for her death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adam Shacknai was ordered to pay over $5 million in damages to Rebecca Zahau’s family following a civil trial that found him legally responsible …
Family Crime
April 17, 2018
Tuesday Crime Stories: Mom blames mystery babysitter for kids’ hot car death & new ‘killer clown’ evidence
Arizona mom Brittany Velasquez allegedly murdered her two young children by locking them in a car for over 14 hours and then blaming an unidentified babysitter for their deaths. Nancy Grace looks at the case against the 20-year-old woman with a panel of experts including DNA expert George Schiro, New York psychotherapist Lauren Howard, Atlanta juvenile judge and founder …
Family Crime
April 16, 2018
Little girl, 4, uses slain grandfather’s phone to call for help after finding family dead in apparent murder-suicide
After finding her family dead, a 4-year-old California girl reportedly used her murdered grandfather’s cell phone to call for help. The Sacramento Bee reports that Jacob Jedidiah Thayer, 26, is believed to have fatally shot his girlfriend Marie Leonetti, 27, and father, Richard Thayer, 60, early Thursday before turning the gun on himself. According to the newspaper, …
Celebrity Justice
April 16, 2018
Monday Crime Stories: Subway sandwich pervy pitchman Jared Fogle claims he was tricked into guilty plea on child porn
PLUS: Hart family careens over cliff to their death…was it intentional?
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April 14, 2018
Mom who drove SUV with family off cliff was drunk: Police
Her wife and several children had large amounts of a drug in their systems that can cause drowsiness, authorities said Friday.
Family Crime
April 14, 2018
Did Jennifer Hart plan to kill her family? A look back at allegations that followed mothers found dead with adopted children in fatal SUV plunge
Jennifer and Sarah Hart cultivated an image of an idyllic family life with their adopted black children. Was it all a lie?
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April 13, 2018
BREAKING: Jennifer Hart was legally drunk at time of fatal SUV plunge, Sarah Hart and children tested positive for Diphenhydramine
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office has announced the results of toxicology tests performed on four of the five deceased victims of the Hart family’s fatal SUV plunge on March 26. According to the sheriff’s statement, Jennifer Hart, who was being the wheel of the SUV, had a blood-alcohol level of .102 BAC at the time …
Family Crime
April 13, 2018
Family missing after SUV seen driving into river feared dead
A family of four is feared dead after their SUV went off a highway into a swollen river during a spell of severe storms in Northern California last week. According to the Mercury News, authorities have concluded that a Honda Pilot SUV seen plunging into the Eel River outside Leggit, California, on Friday belongs the …
Court
April 12, 2018
‘She might as well have murdered me’: Woman pushes for more jail time for mom who arranged her rape
An Australian woman whose mother arranged for her to be raped has urged a court to extend her mother’s sentence as her release date approaches. Peta Butler was 16 when an overweight man with bulging eyes raped her in a Toowoomba hotel room. Butler’s mother, Therese, not only organized the rape but sat outside smoking a cigarette while …
Family Crime
April 12, 2018
Friend: Mom sent alarming 3 a.m. text days before SUV cliff crash
Authorities found the bodies of Sarah and Jennifer Hart and three of their adopted children, Markis, Jeremiah and Abigail. Three other children, Hannah, Sierra and Devote, are still missing.
Family Crime
April 11, 2018
Jennifer and Sarah Hart fostered a girl before they adopted six children; claimed she ate out of the garbage, former co-worker says
The women found dead with three of their six adopted children took in a foster child before they adopted two sets of siblings. And former friends who knew them at the time Sarah and Jennifer Hart fostered a teenage girl have recollections of the couple that diverge from the image of the family shaped by …
