A Kansas jury that convicted Jenna Boedecker on Friday of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child is seeking a prison sentence of more than 50 years. On Monday, the jury recommended sentencing Boedecker to 22 years for each of the two second-degree murder convictions and a combined total of nine years for …
Sources say the Kohbergers are testifying about the disappearance in May 2022 of Dana Smithers, who was found dead earlier this month.
A 17-year-old Virginia honor student has been arrested for fatally shooting a freshman classmate as he walked down the street Tuesday afternoon. Investigators said Sean Shewey, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene in Jarratt while his sister was wounded and flown to a trauma center in Richmond, WRIC reported. The sister has since been …
North Carolina police arrested a 33-year-old man on Monday in connection with the 2021 death of his 3-month-old son. In May 2021, Guilford County EMS responded to a medical cardiac call involving Sterling Cummings’ son, Waylon Cummings, who died about a week later. Sterling Cummings was watching the baby at the time as his mother …
Texas police named a suspect Tuesday in the murder of a woman who was found dead the day before. KLBK reported that Lakaria Moore, 18, vanished on Sunday, and Christopher Carter, 39, was the last person she was seen with. Lubbock police had learned that Carter’s vehicle was located outside city limits before they found …
A recently-released arrest affidavit sheds light on details surrounding the death of Madeline Pantoja, a Texas woman found murdered and left in a rural area in southeast Midland. Mario Juan Chacon Jr., 24, was arrested on Saturday for the disappearance and death of Pantoja, 20. Following a 10-day search, Pantoja’s body was discovered in a …
A South Carolina woman allegedly drowned her 6-year-old daughter on Friday before trying to do the same to her 8-year-old child. Beaufort County police responded to reports that a woman was trying to drown her child at a home on St. Helena Island. Responding officers discovered Mackaya Brun’s body and detained her mother, Jamie Michelle …
A 13-year-old boy is dead after a reported argument led to multiple others beating him and setting him on fire in Russia. Albert Umbetyarov was locked in a shed in the woods of Dubovaya Roschcha region, Moscow, following an argument on Friday. According to a witness, the assailants severely beat him with bats, soaked him …
A self-proclaimed “witch doctor” accused of killing a Georgia woman has requested an extension for his trial date, which was initially scheduled to begin this month. Shannon Ryan is facing a second-degree facing murder charge in connection with the death of 21-year-old Leila Cavett, who was last seen in Florida in July 2020. Her remains …
An Arizona woman has been charged with second degree murder after she allegedly rammed her boyfriend with her car during an argument. Casa Grande police said they were called to the scene of a “motor vehicle versus pedestrian collision” Saturday morning just after 8:30 a.m. The found Billy Stephens, 59, on the ground near the …
Five-year-old Cairo Jordan’s mother, DeJaune Ludie Anderson, remains at large.
A California woman who fatally shot her husband in the forehand allegedly by accident was sentenced this week after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter, KEYT-TV reports. Skylar Marie Marshall must serve seven years for the crime, which resulted in the death of her 35-year-old husband, Alexander Hagist. Duffy will be required to serve two years …
