The mother of a missing California teen last seen more than a month ago said on Instagram that remains found near her car in a the Santa Cruz mountains earlier this month were her daughter and that she died in a car accident. Although officials have not confirmed that Katie Schneider was found dead, Nola …
A California superior court judge charged with shooting his wife to death texted his court clerk and bailiff minutes after the crime to tell them he “won’t be in tomorrow” because “I’ll be in custody.” Jeffrey Ferguson, an Orange County Superior Court judge since 2015, allegedly shot his wife, Sheryl Ferguson, in the chest after …
A Marine who was detained and questioned after a missing 14-year-old girl was found in his California barracks has been charged with sexual assault of a minor. Military police at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton found the girl on June 28, more than two weeks after she was reported missing by her grandmother, as CrimeOnline …
A California mom accused of throwing drunken sex parties for teens at her multi-million dollar house was jumped by five inmates in a jail dorm room last fall. Shannon O’Connor, who is awaiting trial on 39 counts, including child endangerment and child molestation, was taken to a hospital for treatment for injuries to her face …
A California toddler’s mom and grandparents broke into her father’s car this week when they found the little girl locked inside with the windows rolled up as temperatures soared into the lower 100s. Jose Ladel Woodcook Serna, 24, failed to bring little Meadow home at the end of a court-ordered, two-hour visitation on August 4, …
Investigators looking for a California teen who disappeared more than a month ago have found the girl’s car in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Katherine (Katie) Schneider was last seen on July 5 driving away from her home in Saratoga, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. Last week, the sheriff’s office sent out a notice …
Police in California are investigating the deaths of a woman and her 6-year-old grandson as homicides. San Jose Police officers responded to a request for a welfare check early Friday afternoon at the apartment in the Buena Vista neighborhood of West San Jose and found the woman and the boy dead, KPIX reported. KTVU reported …
The LosAngeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a man’s naked body was found floating inside a 55-gallon drum at Malibu Lagoon State Beach on Monday. Police identified the victim Tuesday as 32-year-old Javonnta Murphy but provided no other information about him, KTLA reported. A park maintenance worker first saw the drum Sunday night, floating …
California police on Wednesday arrested a 39-year-old man accused of stabbing a woman to death and posting a video of her dying moments to Facebook. Mark Mechikoff has been charged with first degree murder and is being held without bond, according to jail records. San Mateo Police said the investigation began when deputies in Nye …
California authorities are taking another look at the case of a missing 4-year-old girl after a former pastor was arrested for killing an 8-year-old girl in Pennsylvania. David Zandstra, 83, was arrested in Georgia and charged with the murder of Gretchen Harrington in Delaware County in 1975. Zandstra was a pastor at the time and …
A Texas man was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, driving her to California, and raping her multiple times. Steven Robert Sablan, 61, is charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, the …
An elderly ice cream vendor was robbed on Monday for the third time in a week — and the eighth time in the past decade — leaving him unable to pay his own living expenses or send money back to Peru where his son lives with autism. KNTV reported that the latest armed robbery was …
