The Colorado teen accused in a fatal school shooting told investigators that he planned the shooting for weeks after he was taunted by classmates over his gender identity. The New York Post obtained documents of police interviews showing that Alec McKinney, 16, told investigators that he had been the target of bullying at STEM School …
A friend of the man on trial for his father’s murder said the defendant also tried to kill him on multiple occasions. Testifying at Thomas Gilbert Jr.’s murder trial, Peter Smith Jr., 36, said that Gilbert had also attacked him numerous times and once tried to burn his parents’ Hamptons home down when he believed …
Georgia investigators say the wife of a renowned lawyer took great measures to cover up his death, but what they found during an autopsy confirmed the man’s death wasn’t an accident. AJC reports that the body of commercial real estate attorney, 58-year-old Gary Farris, was found by his adult son earlier this month, in a …
A young police officer in Sacramento has been killed after she responded to a domestic call on Wednesday. ABC 7 reports that Sacramento Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan, 26, was fatally shot in North Sacramento after police reported to a residence regarding a domestic disturbance. According to CBS 13 Sacramento, O’Sullivan was accompanied by her training …
Authorities in Florida say a man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his own dad during a domestic dispute on Father’s Day. According to the New York Post, 32-year-old Marcus Sakers is accused of brandishing a firearm on Sunday evening as he and Fedel Ezekiel Peake, 60, engaged in a physical altercation. Police reports …
An ex-schoolteacher whose murder of a lover’s wife drew comparisons to the 1987 movie “Fatal Attraction” was released from a New York prison Monday after serving 27 years behind bars. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed to CNN that Carolyn Warmus, 55, will be on parole for life following her …
Eight remaining alleged gang members who are facing second-degree murder charges for last year’s slaying 15-year-old New York boy may not see a criminal trial as the district attorney is reportedly open to them pleading guilty to lesser charges. From WPIX, Assistant District Attorney Morgan Dolan revealed in court Monday that they’ll allow the eight …
The death of a baby who survived for several weeks after he was cut from his murdered mother’s womb has been ruled a homicide. CBS Chicago reports that Yovanny Jadiel Lopez’s death last week has been ruled a homicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. According to the report, the coroner concluded that the …
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, …
