One firefighter is dead and another is unaccounted for after a fire destroyed the Porterville Public Library in Porterville, California, Tuesday night. And police have arrested two 13-year-olds they believe started the blaze. The Porterville Fire Department said Fire Captain Ramon “Ray” Figueroa, 35, died battling the fire, and Patrick Jones, 25, was missing. Figueroa …
A Texas man drunkenly struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday night — then drove to a beer garden with the corpse in the passenger seat, according to reports. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Paul Joseph Garcia, 24, fatally struck Lee Martin Cagle, 55 as he pushed a shopping cart on Slaughter Lane in Austin. …
Police in Toledo, Ohio, on Monday arrested the parents of a “Baby Doe” whose decomposing remains were found in an abandoned car nearly three years ago. Jenna Cisneros, 34, and Jacob Cisneros, 33, have been charged with endangering children and involuntary manslaughter, 13 ABC reported. The baby boy, no older than 2 months, was found …
After 3-month-old Annalise Murphy died in January 2019, investigators found she suffered from fatal head injuries and had six broken ribs. Now more than a year later, Ohio authorities believe they know who is responsible for the toddler’s death, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Amie M. Wright, 38, was arrested Friday by Columbus police and charged with …
A 7-month-old Hawaii girl who died of a suspected Benadryl overdose last February while in her babysitter’s care had no underlying medical issues, a recently-released autopsy report revealed. Hawaii News Now obtained the 18-page report and spoke with Abigail Lobisch’s mother, Anna Lobisch. The infant died at Dixie Denise Villa’s home on the Aliamanu Military …
A 16-year-old Texas high school student has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow student Tuesday, an incident that Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said appeared to have been accidental. Police were notified of the shooting at Bellaire High School about 4 p.m. Both students were Junior Reserve Officer Training …
The mother of an abandoned baby boy who had frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988 will not be criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired, authorities announced on Tuesday. The Hartford Courant reported that the deceased baby, who the local clergy named David Paul, was found bundled in a …
Michelle Carter, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend’s 2014 suicide, will be released from a Massachusetts prison next week for good behavior. WXFT reported that Carter, 22, will be released on January 23 — months ahead of her expected release date in May. Carter began her two-and-a-half-year sentence in February. She …
A doorbell surveillance camera reportedly caught the moment when a New York man pushed his landlord down a flight of stairs on Sunday, resulting in his death less than a day later. The New York Post obtained footage which reportedly shows Edgar Moncayo, 71, on the front porch of his Queens property when tenant Alex Garces, …
The owner of an unlicensed day care has been charged with the death of an 11-month-old in her care after she strapped the fussy baby into a car seat and went outside. While she was there, the baby girl slid down in the car seat, and its strap choked her to death. Lauren Landgrebe, 48, …
A 21-year-old New Jersey man, charged in the death of a woman while they were having sex in a car, was released to home confinement with an electronic ankle monitor during a detention hearing on Thursday. Bergen County Superior Court Judge Margaret Foti had ordered Michael Gaffney, 21, held without bail last month when she …
Philadelphia police have arrested the father of a Pennsylvania high school football star who accidentally shot his twin brother to death, charging him with involuntary manslaughter and weapons offenses, NBC 10 reported. CrimeOnline previously reported that prosecutors dropped charges against Fayaadh Gillard, 18, on Wednesday, saying his father, Aleem Gillard, was ultimately responsible for the …
