Family friend murders their 5-year-old daughter, hides body in a swamp
The confessed killer was staying at the home and played softball with the victim’s father the day before the murder
March 3, 2018
BREAKING: Possible self-inflicted shot by White House: Secret Service
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man shot himself outside the White House, and medical personnel are on the scene. President Donald Trump is not at the White House — he’s in Florida, but is set to return later Saturday. The agency says in a Twitter post that there are no other reported …
March 2, 2018
Bloody knife found at scene of Rebecca Zahau’s hanging raises questions about suicide
The mother of a woman found dead of an apparent suicide in San Diego seven years ago testified at her wrongful death trial this week, insisting that her religious daughter never would have taken her own life. Rebecca Zahau, 32, was found hanging from a second-story balcony in her boyfriend Jonah Shacknai’s Coronado mansion in …
March 2, 2018
Central Michigan University sophomore kills his parents when they pick him up for spring break: Report
The suspect, who is still on the loose, spent Thursday night at a hospital
March 1, 2018
Mother describes ‘nightmare’ of finding her two young children stabbed to death in bathtub
The mother of two children found dead in a bathtub several years ago is now speaking out publicly about that grisly scene as the victims’ nanny faces charges for their murder. In court for opening testimony this week, Marina Krim described the horror of discovering her bloodied children, 2-year-old Leo and 6-year-old Lucia, dead of …
March 1, 2018
Drunk driver smashes into car, killing mom and her newborn baby: Police
A Houston, Texas, woman is accused of being drunk when she struck and killed a mother and her 3-month-old son early Wednesday. KTRK reported that Veronica Rivas, 20, is accused of crashing into the back of a purple Toyota with a mother and child inside. The victims, Shayla Joseph, 36, and baby Braylan Jabari Joseph, were pronounced …
March 1, 2018
Baby boy dies after being left in hot car near Miami
MIAMI (AP) — Police say a 1-year-old boy died after being found inside a car parked at a shopping plaza where witnesses said his mother works at a beauty salon. Miami-Dade police tell news outlets that the child was taken to a hospital on Wednesday afternoon, where he later died. Officials said several calls came …
Court
February 28, 2018
Man FREED from prison just a few years into 300-year sentence for molesting six children
A Grand Junction, Colorado, man who was condemned to more than 300 years behind bars for child sex crimes was freed less than three years into his lengthy sentence. The Mesa County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to KREX that Michael Tracy McFadden, 46, was released from Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility in Ordway on Tuesday. According to the …
February 28, 2018
Rebecca Zahau was strangled before she was found hanged in California mansion, lawyer claims
The 32-year-old woman was found dead two days after her boyfriend’s son suffered a fatal accident while in her care
Trials
February 27, 2018
Family of Rebecca Zahau sue wealthy boyfriend’s brother over mysterious hanging death
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sheriff’s investigators concluded that the 2011 hanging of a woman at a Southern California mansion was a suicide, but a civil wrongful-death lawsuit going to trial this week blames her wealthy boyfriend’s brother. The lawsuit was filed by the mother and sister of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau, who was the girlfriend of pharmaceuticals executive …
February 27, 2018
School shooter Nikolas Cruz’s mother paid $50,000 to adopt him from ‘drug addict’ mother: Report
Mass shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz’s adoptive mother reportedly paid $50,000 to adopt him when he was only three days old, according to a new report. A former friend of Lynda Cruz reportedly told Radar Online that Lynda adopted Nikolas from a drug-addict mother when he was an infant. “Nik’s biological mother was just a complete …
February 22, 2018
BREAKING: Parkland high school shooting security guard resigns after investigation finds he stayed OUTSIDE the school during gun massacre
“He never went in,” the visibly upset sheriff said at a news conference Thursday