A New Hampshire couple is facing kidnapping and child endangerment charges after an investigation found that they were allegedly keeping a minor locked in the basement of their New Boston home. Boston 25 News reports that Denise and Thomas Atkocaitis were arrested following a two-months long investigation into suspicions that the couple kept a female …
Louisiana authorities arrested a soldier and his alleged girlfriend after reportedly discovering the body of his wife in a vehicle — where two young children were passengers. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office announced at a news conference on Monday that Fort Polk soldier Logan Kyle, 22, was handed over to military investigators at his base …
A woman was recently arrested in connection with the 1991 kidnapping of a 19-year-old Georgia woman who remains missing 27 years later. Per The Macon Telegraph, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Melinda McSwain, 46, at Mercer University and charged her with the kidnapping of Sabrina Long. Long was last seen August 14, 1991, at …
A Florida woman was arrested this week on suspicion of murder after a 34-year-old man was shot and stabbed in a fatal armed robbery. According to the Tampa Bay Times, 25-year-old Melissa McNutt was still behind bars at without bail as of the latest update available. She is accused of killing Salisbury, N.C., resident Justin …
An Oklahoma-based dentist who fatally beat his mistress’ 19-month-old son and hired a hitman to kill the mistress as he awaited trial learned his fate on Friday. KOCO reported that Bert Franklin was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the July 2016 first-degree murder of Lincoln Lewis. He was also sentenced to life in …
A Vermont native who resided in Costa Rica was found dead after going missing in August, and authorities are calling his death a murder—with a younger woman reportedly being called a person of interest in the case. The body of Tom Cook, 62, who had been living in Vermont his entire life before recently retiring …
A white woman who vehemently tried denying access to a black man attempting to get into his own Missouri condo last week, and who was subsequently fired from her job, has denied being racist amid reported death threats. “My only intent was to follow the direction that I had been given by our condo association …
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while on a ride that had been billed as the world’s tallest waterslide. David Hughes and John Zalsman were found not guilty of obstruction of justice in …
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Defense attorneys for accused family murderer Chris Watts are asking a judge to file a sealed motion involving health records. The Denver Post reports that Watts’s attorneys have requested to file a sealed pleading that includes information typically protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPA) act. The lawyers requested an “ex parte” hearing …
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. In a statement issued late Wednesday night, the Walker County district attorney’s office in Huntsville, Texas, said Penny was …
Aaron Hernandez had become increasingly paranoid after his alleged involvement in a 2012 shooting, and reportedly met with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to confess his fears for his safety. The Boston Globe conducted interviews and obtained police documents about a meeting Hernandez had with his coach at an Indianapolis hotel in February …
