Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his wife and son, now alleges that his cousin likely committed the killings, The State reports. In a new court filing, lawyers for Murdaugh argue that investigators should have given more weight to a lie detector test taken by Murdaugh’s cousin Curtis “Eddie” Smith. “Smith decidedly …
On Monday, Oklahoma investigators said that remains found in a river Friday belong to four men who vanished last week. Okmulgee police Chief Joe Prentice said that the bodies of Mark Chastain, 32, his brother Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, were discovered in the Deep Fork River. Tulsa World reported …
The slain girl’s body was reportedly found in a laundry bag in her mom’s car
A 12-year-old French girl is dead and police think a homeless woman with ties to Argentina carried out the gruesome murder before stuffing the victim in a suitcase. According to Fox News, the body of the child was found inside the suitcase, located a few streets from the Paris building where the victim lived with …
Authorities in Texas are investigating after a 35-year-old woman brought her daughter to a Tomball hospital on Sunday and told staff she killed her. Harris County Sheriff’s Office officials said the woman arrived just after noon with the 5-year-old girl, who was pronounced dead by a doctor, KHOU reported. The woman told investigators she killed …
Louisiana authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy in the shooting death of a 19-year-old woman earlier this week in LaPlace. St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Yasmine Halum fatally wounded Sunday afternoon in the front yard of a home in LaPlace, NOLA.com reported. She had been shot in the torso and was rushed …
Florida prosecutors have dropped charges against the ex-boyfriend of a woman who was found dead, buried in a shallow grave in an Alabama barn earlier this year. Marcus Spanevelo remains in jail in Santa Rosa County, Florida, however, on an out-of-state fugitive warrant from St. Clair County, Alabama, jail records show. Cassie Carli was last …
A woman who survived a near-deadly encounter with the accused killer of a Chicago boarding house owner is sharing details of the chilling interaction, WGN News reports. Authorities allege that 36-year-old Sandra Kolalou murdered and dismembered her landlord, 69-year-old Frances Walker, and then stored the victim’s remains in a freezer at her boarding house. The …
A 56-year-old Iowa man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife at her dog kennel business over the weekend. Angela Prichard, 55, was found dead on Saturday, and Christopher Eugene Prichard was arrested the following morning on warrants for violating a protective order, the Iowa Department of Public Safety …
A Chicago boarding house tenant who was recently served an eviction notice has been arrested, charged with killing her landlord and dismembering her. Police said Sandra Kolalou, 36, allegedly put the dismembered body parts of Francis Walker, 69, in the house’s freezer, then later deposited bloody rags into a garbage can at Foster Beach, as …
The son of a Texas couple who was found fatally shot in their home on Thursday was arrested for allegedly stealing his parents’ car from the scene. According to KXAS, Samuel Scarlett, 28, is considered a person of interest in the murders of his father and mother, Mike and Kay Scarlett, 66 and 68, at …
A 26-year-old Idaho man has been charged with the death of his mother, a beloved director of the West Valley Humane Society in Caldwell. Levi Isaac Davis was arrested after Karly Cantrell’s husband found her dead at their home Monday afternoon, EastIdahoNews.com reported. The Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office said that Cantrell was stabbed in neck …
