An Alabama plumber has pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder for hire for trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife and six adult children last year. Mohammad A.H. Mohammed, 64, thought he was hiring someone to “take …
An investigation is underway after a body was found in a bayou on Thursday — marking the sixth body recovered from a Texas city’s waterway in the last two weeks. The Houston Chronicle reported that the unidentified body was discovered …
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A Texas man who killed a teen cheerleader in 2023 will spend the rest of his life behind bars. According to FOX 26 Houston, a judge sentenced Rafael Govea Romero to two life sentences after he pleaded guilty to the …
A Kentucky woman charged with concealing her newborn baby’s death appeared in court as her case was given to a grand jury. Laken Snelling, 21, waived her right to a preliminary hearing, meaning the case against her will go directly …
A New York state man wanted for the stabbing death of his girlfriend earlier this month has been captured in the Adirondacks. The Albany County District Attorney’s Office said it learned of the capture of Anthony Bechand from New York …
An Army sergeant convicted of more than two dozen counts of rape, burglary, kidnapping, and attempted murder was found dead in his cell at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, last week. Greville Clarke, 32, was sentenced to …
A 25-year-old California man has been charged with the death of his wife, who was found decomposing in trash bags in their Los Angeles apartment earlier this month. June Bunyan, a 37-year-old legal worker who had moved to the US …
The body of a missing Mississippi woman was found this week in Alabama, but her toddler daughter remains missing. Shardee McGill, 32, and her 3-year-old daughter Janae were reported missing Tuesday night by her husband, Johnathon McGill, WAPT reported. He …
A Minnesota couple has been charged with manslaughter after their 10-year-old daughter, who has autism, died wile she was “zipped up” in a broken safety bed for 10 to 12 hours without supervision. Heather Lynn Cross, 49, and Darcy Ronald …
Washington officials announced on Thursday that human remains discovered last week belong to a man who vanished after allegedly killing his three daughters. Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said the decomposed remains — found on September 19 on Grindstone Mountain …
On Tuesday, Texas officials denied rumors of a serial killer after five bodies were discovered in a single city’s bayous. The Houston Chronicle reported that the five people were found in three bayous in Houston within six days. One of …
A 65-year-old Maryland man has been charged with the murder of his ex-wife a week after authorities say he staged the killing to look like a botched burglary. Karl Danny Geiger told WBAL he called 911 when he came home …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in a New York federal court on Thursday in another attempt to have his prostitution convictions tossed before sentencing. Combs’ attorneys argued that the charges incorrectly applied the Mann Act, as federal prosecutors claimed Combs used …
An investigation is underway following the death of a 2-year-old Georgia girl who drowned at a Decatur pool earlier this month, the family’s attorney said. The incident happened at the Oakhurst pool on September 19, as the victim, Poppy Pepper, …
Washington police said U.S. Marshals hastily declared a missing fugitive dead after unidentified remains were discovered last week. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office told KIRO that U.S. Marshals “jumped the gun” by filing paperwork on Tuesday which deemed Travis Decker …
Police in Indianapolis are searching for a missing woman who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, 23-year-old Keiyania Patterson was last seen on foot in the 5100 block of West Washington Street. Police said …
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The body of Celeste Rivas has been returned to her family as the investigation into her death continues. According to the TMZ, the Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed that the 15-year-old’s remains were released earlier this week. The L.A. County …
A body found in a rural area of Washington state earlier this month has been identified as a woman reported missing in June. Mallory Barbour 27, was last seen leaving her home on June 24, the Mason County Sheriff’s Office …
A South Carolina man has been arrested for keeping four people captive in his basement, some allegedly for years. Police began investigating 35-year-old Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr. in August after one of the people he was holding died, WSOC reported. …
A 16-year-0ld North Carolina boy was shot in the face by one of a group of friends at a sleepover in Charlotte on Sunday. His family said in a GoFundMe that they were told by doctors Jeremiah Gonzalez would not …
A Texas man has been arrested and charged with the stabbing death of his wife — less than a week after he was released on bail after threatening another family member and was given a ride back to the house …
An Ohio mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after her 3-year-old son shot and killed himself with her boyfriend’s loaded unsecured, handgun earlier this week. A criminal complaint says that Carley Dials, 29, and Sean Perrin, 31, were asleep …
An Arizona man was charged with multiple counts after he savagely beat his girlfriend inside his apartment because he was angry she used his vape without asking. Prosecutors said 32-year-old Nicholas Vincuillo beat the victim “beyond recognition,” KSAZ reported. “She …
U.S. Marshals said on Tuesday that a man who allegedly killed his three daughters at a Washington campground is deceased. Federal authorities sought to have their case dropped against Travis Decker, who is presumed dead after human remains were found …
A toddler boy who was found dead earlier this month was already decomposing by the time first responders discovered him, Indiana officials said on Monday. On September 17, Shelbyville police officers responded to Sophie Igou’s residence and reportedly found her …
A Georgia family is pushing for answers after their 14-year-old DeKalb County girl disappeared after reportedly meeting someone online. The DeKalb County Police Department said that North Druid Hills High School student Amy Reidling was last seen at around 2 …
Remains discovered earlier this month in Alaska belong to a woman who vanished in 2023, officials announced KTUU reported that Ataja Banks, 18, was last seen in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley in November 2023. Years later, on September 4, state troopers …
A California man is behind bars after police say he killed a Fremont pedophile, then claimed that sex offenders “deserve to die.” According to the Fremont Police Department, 29-year-old Varun Suresh is facing a capital murder charge for the death …
The body of a woman found stabbed to death was finally identified in 2022, and now investigators have found her two children, who had been abandoned in a restroom nearly 400 miles away two days after her death. According to …
The final day of Tyler McCain’s preliminary hearing ended with a California judge ordering him to stand trial for the murder of his wife, Nikki McCain. According to the Record Searchlight, Judge Thomas L. Bender said on Tuesday that the …
UPDATE According to WFAA, the shooter in Wednesday’s shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas has been identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. Initial Coverage A shooter killed one detainee and wounded two others Wednesday morning at …
A Texas man was sentenced to death this week for the brutal murder of a young mother found buried in a crawl space beneath his house days after she disappeared. Valerian “Will” O’Steen, 28, was convicted of the murder of …
A Tennessee man has been charged with murder after fatally shooting the owner of a bar where he’d been evicted and then fleeing the scene in the man’s truck. William Charles Thomas Sullivan, 24, was charged with murder after he …
Officials said on Monday that a Pennsylvania woman and her 1-year-old son, whose bodies were discovered last week, died as a result of homicide. On Saturday, Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, 31, and her son, Jeydon, were found dead 150 yards apart in …
A Minnesota woman is behind bars after she crashed her SUV into a watery ditch on Saturday, killing her 1-year-old son, who was apparently thrown from the vehicle and trapped under it. Investigators say Rachale Francine Peloquin, 28, was driving …
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On Monday, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers asked a New York federal judge to sentence Combs early to 14 months, facilitating his immediate release. Combs’ attorneys wrote that Combs had to fire 100 employees from his businesses, and that many of …
A New York judge ruled that accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann will face a single trial for all seven murders he is accused of. Judge Timothy Mazzei made the ruling Tuesday, according to ABC 7 New York. The …
A Kentucky man who served two decades in prison for killing someone in 2003 was arrested on Friday for murdering his girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter. Kayla Blake, 37, and her daughter, Kennedi McWhorter, were found dead on Friday after …
Police in Louisiana are investigating after a 10-year-old boy said he escaped two men who locked him in a vacant home last week. According to People Magazine, the incident happened in New Orleans’ Algiers neighborhood on September 19, after the …
A Georgia teen accused of killing her mother and stepfather has pleaded not guilty. According to the Times New Georgian, 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick has pleaded not guilty of the February murders of 41-year-old Kristen Brock and James Brock, 45. Patrick’s …
A Tennessee man has been booked into jail on a $40 million bond after he was charged with the shooting deaths of an Overton County woman and her son. Christina Denise Hawkins, 43, and Isaiah Thomas Hawkins, 25, were found …
Update: A 16-year-old girl seen being forced into a pickup truck Monday night has been found safe and a suspect is in custody. While the Colorado Bureau of Investigation previously said that two men were seen abducting the girl, the …
Police in North Carolina are searching for a 56-year-old woman missing since Monday. According to the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, Betty Wheeler, 56, was last seen at 1170 Dillingham Road at about 2:30 a.m. on September 22, in Barnardsville. She …
