An aspiring New York City actress who was sentenced to weekends in jail outsmarted authorities by dodging her bus rides to Rikers Island. The New York Post reports that Parisse Daves, 37, of Brooklyn, was sentenced to weekends in jail after depositing $82,950 in forged checks into her personal bank account in 2016. But she …
A Connecticut woman reported missing over 20 years ago from Arizona was identified using DNA testing after she checked into a hospital without any knowledge of who she was or where she came from. CBS 5 reports that Aleacia Stancil checked into a hospital in 2014, disoriented and confused. With no information to go on, a …
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say gunmen have opened fire on a minibus carrying members of a taxi drivers’ association, killing 11 people and critically wounding four others. Police Brig. Jay Naicker says the victims of the Saturday night attack had attended a colleague’s funeral and were returning home when the ambush occurred. He …
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH, AP Sports Writer MOSCOW (AP) — Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten was killed Thursday, and prosecutors in Kazakhstan said they were treating the case as murder. Ten was stabbed after a dispute with people who allegedly tried to steal a mirror from his car in his home city of Almaty, Kazakh …
A Los Angeles homicide detective has spoken out regarding the mysterious death of actress Natalie Wood, strongly suggesting that he believes Wood’s 1981 drowning death was no accident. The New York Post reports that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Ralph Hernandez appeared on the upcoming podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, which is expected to launch …
By SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A coroner on Thursday opened an inquest into the death of a British woman who was exposed to Novichok, as British media reported that police may have identified suspects in an earlier attack on a former Russian spy using the same deadly nerve agent. Senior coroner David Ridley …
Authorities in Louisiana are investigating the death of a 6-month-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped at random from his Natchitoches home and later burned to death. According to the Natchitoches Police Department, authorities received a call around at around 9:10 p.m. on July 17 from the mother of the infant, who claimed two strangers started knocking heavily …
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A Texas woman has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for taking 40 queen conchs in the Florida Keys. The Miami Herald reports that 30-year-old Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez was sentenced last week after pleading no contest to taking the mollusks. She must also pay a $500 fine plus $268 for …
A complete autopsy on 3-year-old Mariah Woods, found deceased last year in a creek close to her North Carolina home, was released on Wednesday. ABC 12 reports that Dr. Karen Kelly, who performed the autopsy, confirmed that the toddler passed away from chloroform toxicity. Her little body was found sealed in a white plastic trash bag, with …
A Los Angeles-area man allegedly shot to death his wife and their son before killing himself in a murder-suicide that has devastated relatives and friends, KNBC-TV reports. Authorities were called to the family’s condo in Redondo Beach late Wednesday night for a report of gunshots being fired. Investigators identified the dead as Marc and Ivana …
The father of a woman who was found dead in a what initially appeared to be an accidental death insists that she was murdered. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lara Prychodko fell 27 floors to her death when she somehow fell into a trash chute in Zeckendorf Towers, a luxury Manhattan apartment building, late Tuesday afternoon. …
