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 …
A third of nine suspects entered a guilty plea on Tuesday to charges related to the 2020 murder of Missouri woman who was kidnapped, forced into an abandoned well, and shot in the head from above. Prosecutors said Sarah Pasco, 27, and another woman, who has not been identified, were abducted by Gary W. Hunter …
A New York woman was stabbed to death by her son in their home on Saturday, according to reports. Police officers who responded to a 911 call found Tracey Sydnor, 61, with multiple stab wounds at her Brooklyn residence. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital, according to WPIX. Sydnor’s son, Kenji Francis, 40, …
A Canadian teen was found deceased in England on Tuesday, and police say the victim’s boyfriend is responsible for her death. According to CBC News, 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth, of Vernon, British Columbia, was found dead in Chelmsford, Essex, England at around 4 p.m. Neighbors contacted police after hearing a disturbance in a home, and despite …
A prosecutor is asking a judge to intervene after the parents of a suspected school shooter reprtedly blew kisses at each other during a remote hearing. James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, are each facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the November 2020 school shooting which killed four victims. …
A Pennyslvania man fatally shot in his car this fall was not the intended target of the bullets that killed him, an investigation has found. As Fox 29 reports, Raymond Lighty, 42, was shot multiple times while in his minivan in Philadelphia in November. The gunman or gunmen reportedly fired over a dozen times through …
