A supposed friend of a former Arkansas state senator found dead on June 4 has been charged with murder. Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that that 48-year-old Rebecca Lynn O’Donnell is facing several felony charges, including capital murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence, in connection with the death of Linda Collins-Smith (pictured left), …
Texas police announced last week that they charged a man with the murder of a transgender woman who was filmed in April being attacked in an unrelated incident, which was being treated as a possible hate crime. Kendrell Lavar Lyles, 33, who is currently jailed for two unrelated slayings of a man and woman (who …
A Fort Benning soldier is dead and his wife has been arrested following a fatal shooting in Alabama. WTVM reports that Brandyn Lloyd Paonessa, a 26-year old Army sergeant, was found with a gunshot to the abdomen on Thursday in the front yard of a property in Phenix City. Emergency responders reportedly administered lifesaving treatment, …
Two bodies found in a remote area in Oregon were confirmed Sunday as belonging to a missing mother and 3-year-old son who were reported missing in mid-May. The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office said searchers found Karissa and William Fretwell’s bodies Saturday in a heavily wooded region in Yamhill County. Since then, officials concluded that Karissa, …
A homeless Iowa man has reportedly pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a 22-year-old college student with a promising future as a golfer. According to BuzzFeed News, Collin Richards, also 22, entered his plea on Friday, prompting a conviction on one criminal count of murder in the first degree. At the time of the deadly attack …
Authorities in Florida say the former assistant principal at a Miami-area high school has been arrested on suspicion of killing a staffer at the same school. According to ABC News, the body of 41-year-old Kameela Russell was found about two weeks after she was last seen alive in mid-May. After her remains were discovered in …
Court documents revealed that the father, a teacher, wasn’t allowed to be alone with his son at the time of the incident
Colorado authorities are testing a tooth fragment found at the home of accused killer Patrick Frazee to determine if it belongs to Kelsey Berreth, who has not been seen since Thanksgiving. According to CNN, a judge in Teller County ruled on Friday that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation can perform consumptive testing on a possible …
Five men were convicted Friday for last summer’s stabbing death of a 15-year-old New York boy outside of a bodega, which was caught on video. WPIX reported that Santiago Rodriguez, 24, Joniki Matinez, 24, Jose Muniz, 21, Danel Fernandez, 21, and Manuel Rivera, 18, were found guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, gang assault, and …
The baby who initially survived a violent delivery at the hands of his mother’s alleged killers has died. WGN-9 reports that Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s son Yovanny Jadiel Lopez died on Friday morning, a little more than six weeks after he was cut from his 19-year-old mother’s womb after she was murdered. Three suspects have been indicted on …
Police in Connecticut announced the arrest of a Maine man in connection with the unsolved 1986 sexual assault and murder of an 11-year-old girl who was found dead after she didn’t return home from school. According to the Connecticut Post, a tactical team arrested Marc Karun, 53, on a fugitive from justice warrant as he …
A Pennsylvania woman with ties to an online cult was sentenced to prison Monday for fatally shooting her boyfriend in the head in 2017. Barbara Rogers, 42, will spend 15 to 40 years behind bars for the third-degree murder Steven Mineo, 32. Mineo and Rogers were members of “Sherry Shriner,” which police characterized as an …
