An Arkansas man arrested this week in the death of his girlfriend moved a lookalike into his home and promised to marry her. Investigators found the body of Tonia Tram Tran on August 10 along a dirt road in Altus in western Arkansas, some 30 miles east of Fort Smith. Her body was wrapped in …
The suspect also killed the apartment manager and a neighbor before committing suicide.
A former attorney for North Dakota’s attorney general has been jailed for allegedly beating his ex-wife to death in front of three of their young children. Anders Odegaard, 31, was charged Thursday with second degree murder in the death of Carissa Odegaard on Tuesday. A criminal complaint filed in Marshall County, Minnesota, said that 31-year-old …
Florida deputies over the weekend investigated the apparent suicide of a detention deputy and determined that the deputy was actually shot to death by his ex-girlfriend, a former employee of the same jail. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced the arrest of Jacqueline Jasmin Johnson-Cabrera, 22, for the death of Cory Schweitzer, 31. …
A Massachusetts woman allegedly shot to death her father, brother-in-law, and his father before killing her self this week and left a chilling Facebook post blaming domestic abuse for her actions. Khosay Sharifi, 31, wrote in the post that her brother-in-law physically abused her sister for 14 years and that both sets of parents were …
On Thursday, Utah officials asked for the public’s help in locating the remains of a 99-year-old woman who was reportedly murdered last November. West Valley City police asked hunters to be on the lookout for Marlen Carlson’s body in the Uinta Mountains. Carlson’s grandson, Shaun Cunningham, 51, apparently killed her last year and disposed of …
A Kentucky grand jury indicted a nurse on a murder charge this week after an investigation determined she injected an elderly patient with “something special” while he was agitated, ultimately causing his death. Lexington police say the May 5 death of 97-year-old James Morris at Baptist Health Lexington was “a direct result” of the actions …
Iowa police arrested a man on Monday for killing a missing woman whose decapitated head was discovered last year. Angela Bradbury, 29, vanished on April 6, 2021, after she was released from jail for trespassing at a car dealership. Bradbury was reported missing in February 2022 — months after a skull was found affixed to …
New details have emerged in connection with a Michigan man facing multiple murder charges in Harper Woods. According to Fox 2 Detroit, 23-year-old Jonathan Welch returned to court Monday for triple murder and related charges, in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Zlayiah Frazier, his stepfather, Robert Bray Jr., and mother, Flossie Bray. The …
A Florida man was arrested this week in Tennessee and charged with the death of a 1-year-old child earlier this month. Witnesses told Tampa police that Terin Smith, 28, hit the child during a bath on August 1 for being “whiny,” the Tampa Bay Times reported. Afterward, Smith put the baby in a crib. Other …
A South Carolina elementary school principal was found shot to death early Sunday morning inside a car, along with the man authorities believe pulled the trigger. Kyle Church, 31, was charged with murder in the death of 54-year-old Wendy Cook, principal at Stewart Heights Elementary School in Dillon County’s District Four, WBTW reports. Coroner Donnie …
A Wisconsin judge will hold hearings this week on several matters — including attempts by attorneys for defendant Darrell Brooks to have statements made by their client suppressed when his trial on 83 counts related to the attack on the Waukesha Christmas parade last year begins in October. Brooks is charged with killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove through the parade.
