A Texas man is facing capital murder charges for allegedly fatally stabbing an elderly woman while performing cable work in her home last Thursday. Roy Holden Jr., 43, was arrested on Friday afternoon for killing Betty Thomas, 83, in her Las Colinas residence. Thomas’ son-in-law found her dead in her living room on Thursday evening …
Two uninvited guests who were ousted from a wedding reception early Sunday allegedly returned to the celebration and beat the groom to death. Brothers Rony and Josue Castañeda Ramirez, 28 and 19, reportedly killed Joe Melgoza, 30, near his sister’s home. KNBC reported that the pair, who lived nearby but did not know the family, …
A California man is accused of breaking into his pregnant ex-girlfriend’s home last Tuesday before holding her at gunpoint and forcing her to take pills to induce a miscarriage. Citing court documents, KGET reported that the victim said Jagmeet Sandhu, 23, made her take 11 pills which she believes were intended to kill her unborn …
A California police officer was arrested on felony charges on Thursday, weeks after he allegedly touched a deceased woman’s breast while on duty. Los Angeles police officer David Rojas was charged with having sexual contact with human remains without authority in connection with a call he responded to on October 30. KCBS reported that Rojas …
Police in California arrested a man on Friday who they said attacked and choked his elderly former landlord before leading them on a high-speed chase. Officers responded to an assault call at a Riverside County residence at around 4 a.m. on Friday. There, an 83-year-old man claimed his former tenant and an acquaintance, Paul Stephen …
A California inmate who was serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing his cellmate — a transgender woman — after she was housed with him in October 2013. Kern Valley State Prison inmate Miguel Crespo, 48, gagged, tortured, and murdered Carmen Guerrero after just eight hours …
The police union has declined to criminally defend a California police officer who allegedly fondled a woman’s dead body last month. The unidentified officer, who works in Los Angeles’ Central Division, was placed on paid leave in light of the allegations. Citing officials, the Los Angeles Times reported that detectives discovered the footage on the …
Police in California are closer to solving a cold case mystery after positively identifying the charred remains of a woman who was found in a burning dumpster more than 18 years earlier. Citing police, The Sacramento Bee reported that Perrean Gray, 20, was the woman firefighters found dead in a dumpster on June 29, 2001. …
The boy’s mother, who died in the slaying, had obtained a restraining order against her estranged husband a day before the murder-suicide
A woman accused of taking her 3-week-old daughter from the baby’s maternal grandmother on Wednesday afternoon — sparking an AMBER Alert in Utah —reportedly does not have legal custody of her child. KOVR reported that Taylor Webb, 25, drove from Modesto, California, to Clinton, Utah, to take her newborn daughter, Audrey Westfall, from her mother, …
A California man was convicted of first-degree murder on Tuesday for stabbing his boss to death last year at their place of work. Rafael Sanchez, 32, killed his supervisor, Daniel Sanchez, 20, at a Domino’s in La Puente on March 10, 2018. Though Daniel Sanchez died from a neck wound, police said Rafael Sanchez also …
A California man who had exploited at least five young children to produce child pornography was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in federal prison. As the Sacramento Bee reports, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California said in a press statement that most of the children 35-year-old Travis Elconin abused were younger …
