A former University of California, Irvine student apparently threw his mother off a campus building before jumping to his own death in what investigators say is a murder-suicide. Irvine Police said they responded to assist campus police just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday. They found the bodies of Thao Thai Nguyen, 77, and her son, …
A 5-year-old girl in Florida is recovering from a gunshot wound after her parents died in a murder-suicide Tuesday night. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco told reporters the shooting took place shortly after the mother arrived home from work, paid the babysitter, and walked her outside. “As [the babysitter] starts backing out, she sees an …
The Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed the mother and grandparents of a California teen he catfished shot himself with his service weapon after a chase with law enforcement 200 miles from the murder scene. Investigators’s say 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards “catfished” the 15-year-old daughter of Brooke Winek, 38, posing as a 17-year-old boy, as CrimeOnline …
A California elementary school principal jumped to his death from a parking deck at Disneyland on Saturday, according to reports. Newland Elementary School principal Christopher Christensen, 51, was found dead after someone reported a man falling from the amusement park’s Mickey & Friends parking structure. The Mercury News reported that Christensen was due in court …
A Georgia man suspected of kidnapping his daughter killed her and then himself after he crashed his car during a police chase. The Clayton County Police Department said the incident began around 9:30 p.m. when police from nearby Henry County asked them for a welfare check at a home following reports of a domestic dispute …
A family of five was found dead in a Phoenix house this week, and police say they believe the 44-year-old father killed his wife and children before killing himself. Firefighters first found the presence of gas at the home on Wednesday morning, slowing their response, but Southwest Gas crews cleared the house, KSAZ reported. Inside, …
Autopsy results say that a Georgia mother found dead in the woods near Tallulah Falls died from a suicide. The report says that Debbie Collier died from “inhalation of superheated gases, thermal injuries, and hydrocodone intoxication,” Habersham County Deputy Coroner Ken Franklin told Now Habersham. Collier, 59, was reported missing on September 10 after she …
A 1-year-old Texas girl and her father are both dead after he reportedly kidnapped the toddler from her babysitter’s home and fled with her in a stolen tow truck. An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday night for Leylani Ordonez after Alexander Barrios Ordonez, 24, first entered a business, stabbed a man, and stole his tow …
Six children and two adults were found dead in a suburban Oklahoma home after a house fire on Wednesday, and police say the incident appears to be a murder-suicide perpetrated by the adults. Investigators have not yet named the victims, but next of kin has been notified, Tulsa World reported. The fire was called in …
A Utah wedding venue has reportedly refused to issue a refund to a family after the groom died by suicide two weeks before his nuptials. The mother of the bride, Virginia Cervantes, told KUTV that her daughter and a man named Kevin got engaged in March 2021. After Kevin took his life last month, Cervantes …
A Massachusetts man accused of killing his mother and setting her on fire has died after choking on wet toilet paper, officials say. According to Fox News Digital, Adam Howe, 34, was pronounced dead Sunday at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, Bristol County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jonathan Darling confirmed. The incident happened while Howe was …
An official ruling about the death of a 14-year-old girl who committed suicide is raising awareness about the potential dangers of social media on youth, the BBC reports. On Friday, Northern District of Greater London Coroner Andrew Walker issued a formal ruling that found Molly Russell’s death five years ago was “an act of self-harm …
