A Georgia man has been charged with murder after he called police and reported the death of his wife as a possible suicide. Warner-Robins police responded to the call and found Lucille Ann McManus, 63, dead “with an apparent injury to her head.” By Friday afternoon, investigators had classified McManus’s death as a homicide and …
The mother of a 9-year-old girl found dead in her home on Friday has been arrested for the girl’s murder. Westminster, California, police said Khadiyjah Pendergraph, 32, was taken into custody 20 miles away at a shopping center in Aliso Viejo, KNBC reported. A family member called police shortly before noon on Friday for a …
A 15-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged as an adult for allegedly using his father’s semi-automatic gun to shoot a 39-year-old homeless man in the face on Wednesday. Thomas James Niarhos has been charged with first degree murder, third degree murder, possessing a firearm by a minor, possessing an instrument of crime, and carrying a …
A New Mexico police cadet was allegedly murdered by her own husband in a suspected murder-suicide, leaving the couple’s young son without his parents, KOAT-TV reports. Shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to an apartment in northeast Albuquerque for a report of a disturbance and found two adults dead inside the unit. Investigators concluded that …
Firefighters called to the scene of a fire in a metal drum in Henderson, Nevada, Tuesday night found the body of a woman inside once the fire was extinguished. They called police to the scene to investigate the apparent homicide. Officials were called to the scene near the Harry Reid International Airport just before 8 …
Florida authorities are charging Cory Hill, whose estranged wife was found shot to death in his storage unit over the weekend, with first degree murder with a firearm. “Detectives will continue building the case in order to bring Shakeira Rucker’s family the justice they seek,” the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement announcing …
A California man pleaded not guilty on Monday to kidnapping and fatally beating a woman last week. KABC reported that Dino Rojas-Moreno, 26, used a fire extinguisher to fatally beat Tatum Goodwin, 27, in Laguna Beach on November 11. The following morning, construction worker discovered Goodwin’s body in an alley behind an old movie theater and …
A 17-year-old Ohio girl accused of bludgeoning her boyfriend’s mother with a rock will be tried as an adult, a Lucas County judge ruled Friday. Kaitlyn Coones is facing murder charges in connection with the death of Nicole Jones, 53. The defendant is accused of giving her boyfriend, 33-year-old Jonathan Jones, an ultimatum of getting …
A relative has identified three of the victims she says were murdered by her uncle in a three-scene shooting spree in Memphis on Saturday. As CrimeOnline reported, Mavis Christian Jr, 50, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after the bodies of three women and a 13-year-old girl were found across south Memphis. …
The body of a missing Florida mom was found late Saturday afternoon in a storage unit registered in the name of her estranged husband. Shakeira Rucker, 37, was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds after a strong smell was reported coming from the unit, West Orlando News reported. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Cory …
A 15-year-old girl was critically injured in one of the three shootings.
Missouri authorities are revealing what they say was the key evidence that helped them solve a decades-old cold case, Fox 2 reports. In 1993, 40-year-old Steven Weltig was shot to death at a liquor store he owned in Arnold, Missouri. The case escaped resolution for decades. But in 2020, investigators took another look and reviewed …
