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Stalking
January 10, 2024
‘She’s My Wife’: ‘Delusional’ Texas Man Charged With Stalking Pop Star Shakira
A Texas man was arrested early Monday morning when he showed up in a cab at pop star Shakira’s Miami Beach home after sending her gifts and making multiple social media posts about his “relationship” with her. Daniel John Valtier, …
Murder
January 10, 2024
Daughter Pleads Guilty, Will Testify Against Mom Accused of Killing Pregnant Teen, Cutting Baby From Womb
The daughter of a woman accused of killing a pregnant teen and cutting her unborn child out of the womb has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against her mother. Desiree Figueroa agreed to a plea deal that will send …
Child Abuse
January 10, 2024
‘Stuck With This Thing Until She Dies’: Florida Woman Texts Ex-Boyfriend Video of Her Abusing Baby Girl
A Florida woman was arrested over the weekend after she allegedly sent a video and an image of her beating and abusing an infant to her ex-boyfriend, the father of the little girl. The ex-boyfriend flagged down a North Miami …
Child sex crimes
January 10, 2024
Teacher Accused of Molesting Young Girls Gets No Jail Time, Won’t Be on Sex Offender Registry
A former Connecticut elementary school teacher accused of molesting female students over several years was sentenced Tuesday to five years probation, with a 10 year prison sentence suspended. Prosecutors in New Britain had previously allowed James Eschert, 53, to enter …
Death investigation
January 9, 2024
Jennifer Dulos Officially Declared Dead by Probate Judge
A Connecticut probate court judge officially declared Jennifer Farber Dulos dead nearly three months ago after her mother filed a petition for the declaration. Eighty-eight-year-old Gloria Farber write in her petition that the disposition of her daughter’s estate and the …
Murder
January 9, 2024
Arrest Made in Shooting Death of 5-Year-Old Boy Getting Hair Cut; Others Sought
An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 5-year-old Alabama boy while he was getting a hair cut over the weekend, and police say they are looking for other suspects who were with the man they’ve arrested. …
Attempted Murder
January 9, 2024
Massachusetts Woman Charged With Trying to Kill Her Husband, Urged by Scammer Pretending to Be Soap Opera Star
A Massachusetts woman had been charged with attempted murder by investigators who claim someone claiming to be a famous soap opera star urged her to kill her husband. Police said that Nicole Heath called on December 3 to say she …
Court
January 9, 2024
Bond Lowered for 1 Defendant in Crystal Rogers Murder Case
A Kentucky judge has lowered the bond for one of three men charged in the disappearance and presumed death of mom of 5 Crystal Rogers. Steve Lawson, 53, appeared in court last week with his attorneys to argue that his …
Missing
January 9, 2024
MISSING: ‘Endangered’ Disabled Air Forced Veteran Last Seen Disoriented at O’Hare Airport
Chicago police have issued a missing persons alert for a disabled Air Force veteran last seen Sunday. According to the Chicago Police Department, 59-year-old Diane Huggins was discharged from Ascension Resurrection Hospital on Chicago’s Northwest Side Sunday morning at around …
Prison
January 9, 2024
Record $25M Payout to Man Imprisoned for 44 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit
North Carolina officials announced on Tuesday that the city of Concord will pay a man $22 million after he spent 44 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Ronnie Long, 68, was sentenced to 80 years after …
Sex Crimes
January 9, 2024
Woman Caught Sending Child Porn to Man After His Girlfriend Calls Cops
A Wisconsin woman was charged last week for allegedly taking sexually explicit photos of a child and sending them online. In June, a Texas woman reported to police that she discovered child pornography on her boyfriend’s computer. Homeland Security eventually …
Celebrity
January 9, 2024
Singer Sinead O’Connor Died of Natural Causes, Coroner Says
Singer Sinead O’Connor — who died last year in England — died as a result of natural causes, officials announced on Tuesday. The Southwark Coroner’s Court confirmed O’Connor’s cause of death in a statement issued to the BBC. O’Connor, 56, …
Crime Stories
January 9, 2024
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Pregnant Woman Raped, HELD 5 YEARS IN PADLOCKED GARAGE
A woman calls police saying that she has been held prisoner for five years, by a man who offered to help her at a time when she was panhandling. Police first made contact with her in April of 2023. Using …
Teacher Scandals
January 9, 2024
Missouri Teacher Flees State After Sex with Student, Photos of Scratches on Victim’s Back: Reports
A Missouri high school math teacher has been arrested in Texas, after fleeing the state amid accusations of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teen student. Police arrested 26-year-old Hailey Nichelle Clifton-Carmack last week while she visited family near …
Unsolved
January 9, 2024
Missing Teen Girl Found Dead in Bayou With Suspicious Neck Injuries
A missing Texas woman who was reportedly found dead in a bayou on Friday had injuries consistent with a homicide, according to the coroner’s office. Tierra Horn, 18, disappeared on Tuesday, days before her body was discovered along the Buffalo …
Court
January 9, 2024
Judge Slams Murder Suspect Caught by Pet Dog Hiding in Backyard of Unsuspecting Family’s Home
A homicide suspect who broke out of a northwestern Pennsylvania prison last year and evaded arrest until a pet dog played a crucial role in his capture, will serve a decades-long prison sentence. On Friday, a Warren County judge sentenced …
Murder
January 9, 2024
Ex-Boyfriend Poses as Delivery Man, Guns Down Girlfriend’s Current Beau on His Birthday
A Georgia man, disguised as a delivery man, lured his ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend out of his apartment last week and executed him. Donovan Carter, 33, was charged with aggravated assault, murder, malice murder, and possession of a firearm during commission …
Missing
January 9, 2024
Missing NH Artists’s Car Found Abandoned with Backpack, Cellphone Inside
New Hampshire police are seeking public tips following the disappearance of a 31-year-old Barnstead woman. According to the Barnstead Police Department, Ashley Turcotte was last seen at her Barnstead home on Thursday. Police later found her backpack and cell phone …
Manslaughter
January 9, 2024
4-Year-Old Mississippi Girl Found Dead in Closet
A 4-year-old girl was found dead in a closet, and a relative has been arrested. Greenville, Mississippi, police said they were asked to check on the welfare of a child on Monday by a parent who said a relative had …
Trials
January 9, 2024
Trial Set to Begin for ‘Other Woman’ Michelle Troconis in Jennifer Dulos Missing Mom Case
The Connecticut woman accused of helping real estate mogul Fotis Dulos kill his estranged wife and cover up the crime in 2019 goes before a jury this week. Jennifer Farber Dulos, a mom of 5, disappeared on May 24, 2019, …
Murder
January 8, 2024
2 ‘Colonial Parkway Murders’ Solved, Over 30 Years After Death of Young Virginia Couple
Law enforcement in Virginia revealed a “significant breakthrough” in the identification of the suspect linked to three cold case homicides from the late 1980s, including two cases associated with the “Colonial Parkway Murders.” According to WAVY News, Alan Wade Wilmer …
Unsolved
January 8, 2024
Elderly Couple Found Dead in ‘Extremely Hot’ 120-Degree Home
An investigation is underway in South Carolina after an elderly couple was reportedly found dead in a hot home on Saturday. WSPA reported that Joan Littlejohn, 84, and Glennwood Fowler, 82, were found deceased in Spartanburg after their family requested …
Murder
January 8, 2024
Elderly Woman Raped, Murdered & Set on Fire By Suspect on Crime Spree
A Mississippi man was arrested on Friday, nearly a week after allegedly he broke into an elderly woman’s home and murdered her. WLBT reported that a state trooper and U.S. Marshal pulled over Sammy Patrick, 36, at a QuikTrip in …
Crime Stories
January 8, 2024
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: DID GEORGE AND CINDY ANTHONY LIE?
June 16, 2008: the last day 2-year-old Caylee Anthony is seen alive. One month later, her grandmother Cindy Anthony franticly calls 911 to report her granddaughter is missing. Casey Anthony claims that a babysitter kidnapped her daughter. By October, when …
Shooting
January 8, 2024
Developing: 5-year-old Alabama Boy Shot Dead While Getting Haircut
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has disclosed the identity of a 5-year-old boy who lost his life in a Sunday morning shooting in Bessemer, which also resulted in injuries to an adult male. According to AL.com, the victim has been …
Breaking
January 8, 2024
DEVELOPING: Baby Found Dead in Apartment Dumpster; Investigation Underway
An investigation is underway in Florida after a baby was reportedly found dead on Monday in a dumpster near an apartment complex. WPLG reported that a construction worker discovered the deceased baby in Hollywood and contacted the police. The worker …
Court
January 8, 2024
Compared to Charles Manson: Former Texas Lawyer on Death Row Wants New Trial After Killing 3 People
A Texas man sentenced to death for three murders is now seeking a new trial, calling his 2014 conviction unfair and biased. According to The Dallas Morning News, former justice of the peace and attorney Eric Williams was sentenced to …
School Crimes
January 8, 2024
Coach, Player Dismissed After Antisemitic Slurs Disrupt Girls’ High School Basketball Game
A girls’ high school basketball coach was fired and one of the team’s players suspended after antisemitic rhetoric was spewed at players from a Jewish school they were playing. A statement from the Yonkers school system and the mayor of …
Shooting
January 8, 2024
2 Arrested in Deadly ‘Targeted’ Shooting at Las Vegas Homeless Encampment
Las Vegas Police have arrested two people for a deadly shooting at a homeless encampment last month. Cristobal Omar Perez, 31, and his girlfriend, 21-year-old Kylee Au Young, have been charged with murer and battery with a deadly weapon, Lt. …
Manslaughter
January 8, 2024
School Shooter’s Parents Trying to ‘Sanitize’ Gruesome Murders, Prosecutors Say
The parents of the Michigan teen sentenced to life in prison last month for a school shooting that left four of his classmates dead don’t want details of the killing revealed in court to avoid “inflaming the passions” of the …
Child pornography
January 8, 2024
Appeals Court Allows Child Porn Lawsuit Against Czech Company to Go Forward
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Czech-based pornography web site can be sued in the United States. A California Jane Doe sued XVideos.com and its parent company, WebGroup Czech Republic (WGCZ) for posting videos of her after she …
Riot
January 8, 2024
FBI Arrests 3 January 6 Fugitives Hiding on Florida Ranch
The FBI arrested three fugitives from the 2021 attack on the US Capitol Saturday morning, taking them into custody at the Florida ranch where they were hiding. One of them, Jonathan Daniel Pollock, 24, has been wanted since the January …
Bad Cop
January 7, 2024
Florida Cop Charged With Sending Threatening Messages to Girlfriend, Her Family
A Florida police officer was arrested on Sunday and charged with aggravated stalking. WFLA reported that Clearwater Police officer Brian Tejera allegedly sent threatening written and video messages to her girlfriend and her family. “This is a disturbing allegation. We immediately …
Murder
January 7, 2024
NC Man Charged With Soliciting Murder to Avenge His Mother’s Death in a Traffic Accident
A North Carolina man has been arrested in a murder-for-hire plot to avenge the death of his mother in a traffic accident in 2016. Rhett Michael Barlow, 22, was charged Saturday with soliciting to commit the first degree murder of …
Murder
January 7, 2024
5-Year-Old Alabama Boy Shot Dead When Mom Brings Him to Get Haircut
A 5-year-old Alabama boy was shot dead Sunday morning and a man critically injured when someone opened fire at a house in a Birmingham suburb. Bessemer Police said the shooting took place at about 10 a.m. The victims were outside …
Murder
January 7, 2024
Former Mayo Clinic Resident Indicted on First Degree Murder in Poisoning Death of Wife
A former Mayo Clinic resident accused of poisoning his wife last summer was indicted last week on a first degree murder charge. Connor Bowman, 30, had previously been charged with second degree murder in the death of his wife, Betty …
Murder
January 7, 2024
Mom, Boyfriend Charged With Murder; Told Family Her 4-Year-Old Son Was Hit By a Car and Killed
A West Philadelphia mom and her boyfriend have been charged in connection with the disappearance of her 4-year-old son, who has not been seen since late November. Dominique Bailey, 28, faces multiple charges, including murder, endangering the welfare of a …
Murder
January 7, 2024
Road Rage: Driver Shoots Dead Another Driver After Vehicle Crash
A Tennessee man has been charged with murder after allegedly shot another man to death following a car crash in Texas. Weatherford Police said they received multiple 911 calls about an accident on Interstate 20 Friday evening. When they arrived …
Church
January 7, 2024
‘Heartthrob’ Priest Removed From Priesthood, Months After He Married 18-Year-Old He Ran Away With
Pope Francis has formally removed an Alabama priest who ran off to Italy with an 18-year-old woman and later returned to the United States and married her. The priest, Alex Crow, requested the process, called laicization, the Archdiocese of Mobile …
Teacher Scandals
January 7, 2024
Principal Who Resigned Abruptly Had Sexual Relationship With Student Decades Ago
A Long Island principal who resigned abruptly late last year had a sexual relationship with a teenage student decades ago, which is now just coming to light, News 12 Long Island reports. Jessica Bader, 51, left her job as principal of …
Murder
January 7, 2024
Medication Prescribed to Moscow Mule Mom Kouri Richins Found in Dead Husband’s System
Medication prescribed to Utah mom Kouri Richins, who is accused of poisoning her husband, was found in his system after he died, KSL-TV reports. The revelation comes from search warrants recently unsealed in the case involving the 33-year-old, who faces …
Animal Abuse
January 7, 2024
Florida Nurse Accused of Fatally Poisoning Neighbor’s Cats, Pregnant Dog
A Florida nurse is accused of killing her neighbor’s two cats and a pregnant dog after allegedly threatening the animals, WESH-TV reports. Authorities say the investigation started in August, when a couple’s two cats died within hours of each other. …
Vehicle crash
January 6, 2024
Off-Duty Dallas Cop Slams Into Stalled Car, Killing Pregnant Woman
The woman’s baby survived but was in critical condition, as were two other occupants of the car.
Murder
January 6, 2024
Nashville Husband Charged With Killing Wife, Jackie Glynn
A 76-year-old Nashville woman was found dead this week, and her 70-year-old husband has been charged with her murder. Jackie Glynn was reported missing earlier this week, last seen on January 1 at her home on Abbott Martin Road that …
Murder
January 6, 2024
Georgia Man Guns Down Ex-Girlfriend’s Tax Preparer, Father of 4, in Prelude to Crime Spree
A Georgia man shot and killed one man and wounded two other after following his ex-girlfriend into a tax preparation office in Forest Park and opening fire. The former girlfriend was not hit in the gunfire, but her tax preparer …
Child sex crimes
January 6, 2024
Florida Man Brings 16-Year-Old Ohio Girl Back to His Home to Marry Her
A Florida man has reportedly admitted he drove to Ohio, where he picked up a 16-year-old girl he met while gaming online, and brought her back to his Dunnellon home with the intention of eventually marrying her. The FBI linked …
Court
January 6, 2024
New Trial for Alex Murdaugh? Hearing Set for Later This Month
A retired South Carolina chief justice will hear arguments later this month on whether the Colleton County court clerk tampered with the jury in disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial last year. Murdaugh was convicted of the shooting deaths …
Child sex crimes
January 6, 2024
Oklahoma Middle School PE Teacher Charged With Molesting Students
A Oklahoma middle school teacher has been arrested and charged with seven counts of lewd acts to a child, ranging from 2012 to 2017. Parents of the Woodward Middle School students said they reported physical education teacher Benjamin Hall’s activities …
Unsolved
January 6, 2024
‘She deserves justice’: Texas Woman’s Killer Still Not Caught 5 Years After Murder
Rosemary and Robert Nuelle Jr. are once again asking for the public’s help to bring their child’s killer to justice. It tragically has become something of an annual event. For nearly five years, the Texas parents have been without their …