*This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.* South Carolina authorities are investigating the death of a man, a mom, and her unborn baby after a Thursday night shooting in Belton. According to FOX Carolina, 21-year-old Sabrina Lowery was 37 weeks pregnant when someone shot her in the stomach at …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.* A Texas boy on his way to school stumbled upon a deceased family member in a backyard Tuesday morning, and police suspect foul play. KENS5 reports that the incident happened at Sandy Circle near Post Oak View, in San Antonio. The …
A 51-year-old south Pittsburgh man has been charged with criminal homicide, child endangerment and weapons offenses in the death of a toddler killed by a shotgun blast, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Marlin Pritchard said he was asleep next to 3-year-old Chassity Clancy and another girl early Sunday when he was awakened by the bang from …
A Virginia woman who fatally beat her 11-year-old daughter so severely that it split her stomach open was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week. Latoya Smith, 35, pleaded guilty to felony homicide and child abuse or neglect in the May 2018 slaying of Heaven Watkins. WVEC reported that she was sentenced on Friday …
A Colorado man was arrested last week after police say he ran over his toddler son while high on “dabs,” a concentrated form of marijuana. CBS 11 reports that 38-year-old Isaac Bullard is facing several felony charges in connection with the death of his son, 23-month-old Jesse James. According to court documents, the incident happened …
Colin Jeffery “CJ” Haynie has been charged with four counts of aggravated murder, one count of attempted aggravated murder, and five counts of discharge of a firearm in the shooting deaths of his mother and three siblings and the wounding of his father, KSL reported on Wednesday. Prosecutors revealed disturbing details of the January 17 …
Two Honolulu police officers were shot near the base of Diamond Head on Sunday when they responded to an assault call at a home that later burst into flames and spread to other houses in the neighborhood as well as vehicles parked on the street. Live ammunition exploded inside the home as well, the Honolulu …
Louisiana authorities reportedly misclassified a man’s New Year’s Day death as an accidental drug overdose — a mistake that went undetected until funeral home employees examined his body. The Advocate reported that Joah Ross, 26, was pronounced dead at his Baton Rouge home after his mother discovered him unresponsive. Drugs were reportedly found in the …
Police in Texas said Saturday a missing persons case had turned to a homicide investigation after the discovery of the body of Evan Lacey, 19, who was last seen on December 17. The Arlington Police Department said city workers found Lacey’s body while repairing a water leak in a wooded area of south Arlington late …
The body of a 19-year-old woman missing since December 20 was found Monday in rural Greene County, Missouri. The Greene County Sheriff’s Department identified the woman as Mackenna Milhon and said the Springfield Police Department had been investigating since she was reported missing. Now, Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott said, both agencies were investigating Milhon’s …
Two uninvited guests who were ousted from a wedding reception early Sunday allegedly returned to the celebration and beat the groom to death. Brothers Rony and Josue Castañeda Ramirez, 28 and 19, reportedly killed Joe Melgoza, 30, near his sister’s home. KNBC reported that the pair, who lived nearby but did not know the family, …
A homicide investigation is underway after an autopsy determined that a 1-year-old Texas toddler who was reportedly found dead with her brother in late September died of neglect. While Janea Boyd’s cause and manner of death have been determined, KWTX reported that autopsy results for her brother, Terric Boyd, 2, remain pending. On September 30, …
