Thousands of signatures have been amassed in an online petition pushing for a New Mexico teen accused of throwing her newborn away to be prevented from from attending college. Last week, a judge amended a pre-trial order for Alexee Trevizo, 19, who is currently charged with murder, child abuse and tampering with evidence. The amendment …
A North Carolina woman is facing several criminal charges after allegedly making friends and family believe she was murdered. According to NBC 4, Margaret Frances “Maggie” Elizabeth Sweeney, 37, was reported missing on August 18, based on information that insinuated that she was in danger or had been killed. The following day, police found Sweeney …
A defrocked priest allegedly ran off to Europe with an Alabama teen after the pair began a secret romantic relationship, spurring the woman’s parents to plead for her return and a criminal investigation by local authorities, Fox 10 reports. The priest, 30-year-old Alex Crow, and the 18-year-old are said to be staying in Italy and have …
A 95-year-old skeleton, coined the “Sandy Point Skeleton,” has been identified, thanks to the advances in forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG). According to the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), the skeletal remains were discovered in 2017 by a snorkeler, on the ocean floor at the Shallow Inlet, Sandy Point, Victoria, Australia, without any tissue, …
Texas police are searching for a woman accused of leaving a baby in the toilet at a Houston gas station and fleeing the scene. According to KHOU 11, the incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. on April 2 after a customer found a newborn in the toilet at a southwest Houston gas station on South …
The family of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann broke their silence Friday, releasing the first public statement since the man they knew as a husband and father was arrested and their lives were turned upside down. In a press release, a lawyer for Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, said she and their children “are enduring …
It was all a ruse, police said Monday, in connection with the disappearance of Alabama woman, Carlee Russell. On Monday, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis shared a statement from Russell’s lawyer, Emory Anthony, during a press conference, stating that 25-year-old Russell admitted to fabricating the story. While police are still actively investigating the case, prosecutors …
Carlee Russell’s return home has elicited a strong reaction from community members, particularly parents who have experienced the loss of their own child to violence, including an Alabama mother whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered. Shea Pilkington-Wiley’s daughter, Madison Pilkington, was found murdered in Hoover 18 months ago. The distraught mother is now calling Carlee …
Despite Alabama woman Carlee Russell vanishing, then reappearing two days after reporting a sighting of a wandering toddler, over $63,000 donated to Crime Stoppers in the search for her will not be refunded, according to reports. Al.com reports that initially, Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama had promised to return the $63,378, but later backtracked and …
Carlee Russell is being excoriated online amid growing skepticism of her abduction claim, according to her boyfriend, who is calling on commenters to show some empathy. “I want everyone to stop bullying her,” Thomar Latrell Simmons told the New York Post. “I know what it seems like what she did. Just stop bullying on social …
Carlee Russell has lost her job at the Alabama spa where she worked before her purported disappearance earlier this month, the New York Post reports. The 25-year-old nursing student has come under intense scrutiny after investigators said they uncovered suspicious activity and internet searches casting doubt on her claims of being kidnapped. Russell’s former boss, …
A former Alabama attorney says that Carlee Russell, who claims she was abducted after spotting a toddler walking alone, should be arrested for false claims and resources taken away from law enforcement. “She says she was kidnaped, and a kidnapping didn’t happen. (They say) our citizens are safe. There’s not a kidnapper out there. So, …
