Lexington, Kentucky, police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a 10-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirmed that 10-year-old Landon Hayes and 22-year-old Tyrus Lathem died at the scene, WLEX reported. Investigators said Lathem pulled the trigger. Police responded to a call about shots fire around noon on Sunday northeast …
Kevin Milazzo, 41, also wounded three other people and fled the scene. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head as police approached him.
A man who gruesomely murdered two women with a meat cleaver while his wife and son were just steps away will spend the rest of his life behind bars, KTTV reports. Christopher Ken Ireland, 42, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the chance of parole for killing 59-year-old Yolanda Holtrey and 49-year-old Michelle …
The FBI’s investigation into Gabby Petito’s murder is still open, despite last month’s announcement that Brian Laundrie killed her and then took his own life, The Sun reports. The agency in January said that Laundrie wrote a suicide note in which he admitted to murdering Petito. Investigators believe he then shot himself. “All logical investigative steps have …
A Texas man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend last month, authorities say. Camerina Trujillo Perez, 38, was reported missing on January 25 by family members who said that Luis Angel Montes, 35, previously had made threatening statements about her. Authorities issued a CLEAR Alert for Perez last week and said they …
A Michigan mother accused of murdering her 3-year-old daughter told authorities that the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants threatened to kill her if she did not take her daughter’s life, WJRT-TV reports. At the time, the woman, 22-year-old Justine Johnson, had been experiencing hallucinations amid weeks of heroin withdrawal and lack of sleep. The revelations were …
The uncle of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl sexually assaulted and murdered four years ago was arrested in Louisiana on Friday. The Pender County Sheriff’s Office said that David Wesley Prevatte, 23, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree statutory rape, and first-degree statutory sex offense by an adult with a child. Paitin Fields was found …
A 59-year-old California woman was found dead and buried in the backyard of a neighbor, police said on Thursday. The Milpitas Police Department said that they received a request for a welfare check for the woman on Monday. The caller said she hadn’t heard from the woman, whose identity is not being released, for several …
On Friday, Georgia officials upgraded criminal charges against a couple whose 9-month-old son died after he was reportedly found unresponsive in an RV parked outside a convenience store. On Sunday, Warner Robins police responded to a Buc-ee’s after receiving a 911 call about an unresponsive baby. One of the baby’s parents, Christopher Palmer, 40, and …
An Indiana teen will spend the next 100 years behind bars for the brutal murders of his younger brother and sister. Nickalas Kedrowitz was convicted last year of killing his younger siblings inside their Ripley County home. Although 13 at the time of the incident, his case was tried in adult court due. On Tuesday, …
An Iowa man was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of killing his friend during a brawl over unwanted mayonaise. As the Associated Press reports, Kristofer Erlbacher, 29, of Woodbine, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his friend, 30-year-old Caleb Solberg, in December 2020 after an argument at a bar. According …
An Atlanta man has been arrested and charged with shooting a pair of contractors, killing one, after arguing with them about the noise. Atlanta police responded to the Premier Apartments in southwest Atlanta Wednesday afternoon and found Anastazio Jeronimo, 43, and another contractor with gunshot wounds. They were both taken to a nearby hospital, but …
