On Tuesday, Pennsylvania officials identified a 12-year-old boy who was found dead in a dumpster last week. A sanitation employee discovered Hezekiah Bernard’s body in a dumpster at a Philadelphia Housing complex on August 23. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Bernard was shot in the head — and his head was wrapped in plastic. Staff …
A family of four — including two boys, ages 1 and 3 — were found fatally stabbed in a New York apartment in a suspected case of murder-suicide. Sources told the New York Post that a 41-year-old man, his 40-year-old wife, and their two sons were found slain in the Manhattan apartment after the woman’s …
On Tuesday, a judge denied a bond reduction in the case of a Tennessee woman who allegedly suffocated her 7-month-old daughter in March. Soniemy Benitez Melendez, 18, was arrested on March 30, two days after Blount County police responded to her home amid reports of an unresponsive child who was later pronounced dead. Melendez admitted …
A Los Angeles mother made a disturbing discovery Sunday when she found a dead body in her son’s room. The mom, who has not been identified publicly, noticed a “distinct gas smell” in the home and went into her son’s room, according to the television station, Fox LA reports. Inside the room, the mother said …
A man who reportedly discovered a body in the search for missing Maryland mother Rachel Morin recently described the gruesome crime scene to local media. Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, however, disputes Michael Gabriszeski’s account, saying that he neither found Morin’s body or saw the crime scene, as CrimeOnline reported. Gabriszeski, whose daughter was friends …
A Utah couple was arrested on Thursday for the death of their infant daughter that died with injuries consistent with child abuse. A 4-month-old girl died after she was found unresponsive at her Yineyard home on Wednesday. Her parents, Alexzander Berry, 29, and Myra Megan, 24, claimed they put her down for a nap only …
A Pennsylvania couple was charged on Thursday in connection with Feburary’s death of the woman’s adoptive 5-year-old son. Landon Maloberti, died on February 7, a week after he was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital unconscious. Tribune Live reported that Lauren Maloberti — the adoptive mother accused of killing him — and her husband, Jacob, created …
On Tuesday, a Tennessee woman allegedly admitted to strangling her 12-year-old and trying to kill her 4-year-old son, who was briefly missing. An endangered child alert was issued for the younger boy after his brother, Esteban Sylvester, was found dead by their father at their Shelbyville apartment on Monday. Patricia Sylvester, 32, who was located …
This week, forensic experts reportedly identified a man who was found dead last year in a remote desert area in Arizona. In December 2022, a deceased man was found wrapped in a tarp on a debris pile in Yucca. Months later, in February, Mohave County police sent a sample of those remains to Othram Inc., …
Authorities reportedly used cell phone data from Wynter Cole Smith’s suspected kidnapper to locate her body on Wednesday. On Sunday, Rashad Trice, 26, allegedly stabbed Smith’s mother and sexually assaulted her. Trice, who previously dated Cole Smith’s mother, then took the toddler and fled in a stolen car, according to authorities. Three days later, an …
Michigan police confirmed Thursday that the FBI has taken over the investigation into the death of Wynter Cole Smith, the 2-year-old girl who was the subject of an AMBER Alert before her body was discovered on Wednesday. Lansing Police Department Public Information Director Jordan Gulkis told the Lansing State Journal that the FBI is leading …
The brother of a Missouri doctor found dead on Tuesday in a lake in Arkansas said his death is being investigated as a homicide. John Forsyth’s brother told KOLR that Arkansas authorities are leading the homicide investigation, while Missouri authorities are investigating the missing person aspect of the case. The brother said that Forsyth, who …
