Prosecutor Drops, Refiles Murder Case Against Pamela Hupp, Accused of Killing Her Friend for Insurance Money

The case inspired an NBC miniseries last year that starred Renee Zellweiger.
The case inspired an NBC miniseries last year that starred Renee Zellweiger.
The death of a 3-year-old girl in Maine has been ruled a homicide. Maine State Police identified the toddler as Makinzlee Handrahan and said the office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the girl was killed, The Lincoln County News reported. Lincoln County deputies were called to the little girl’s home in Edgecomb shortly after …
Maine State Police are investigating the death of a toddler found not breathing on Sunday at a home in Edgecomb. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said Lincoln County authorities responded to the scene shortly after 7:30 a.m. and took the 3-year-old child to LincolnHeath’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta, according to the Lincoln …
A white father and son in Mississippi have been arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly chasing a Black FedEx driver while shooting at him after he delivered a package to their home in January. The Daily Leader reported that D’Monterrio Gibson, 24, was wearing his FedEx uniform and driving a Hertz rental truck …
A Texas man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her friend was arrested in Mississippi Thursday morning after a police chase. Kentrell Brumfield faces murder and aggravated assault charges in the shootings of Lioneicia Malveaux, his former girlfriend, and her friend Brittani Simmons at Malveaux’s apartment, KHOU reported. According to court documents Brumfield was …
A Missouri man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting girls in his care as a foster parent for decades. A probable cause statement says that the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into Ronald Graham Jr in December when one of the alleged victims reported the abuse, according to Lincoln News Now. …
Sheriff’s deputies in southern Maine are looking for a 16-year-old girl who sneaked out of her grandparents home sometime Saturday night and has not been seen since. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Brittney Wilson “took a number of belongings with her” and is believed to have been picked up an unknown vehicle. They said …
Deputies in North Carolina have charged a Lincoln County man with murder in the death of his two-year-old son earlier this month, WCNC reports. Baron Gerod Charles Sr. 54, is being held without bond at the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center, the station said. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said paramedics were called to the …
The father of a teen found injured and severely malnourished inside of an Oklahoma barn earlier this month is among multiple relatives facing serious criminal charges in connection with the allegations of abuse. According to the Shawnee News Star, 34-year-old Jimmy L. Jones Sr., was charged with felony counts of child abuse and child neglect. …
Authorities in Oklahoma say an 18-year-old man and his 15-year-old girlfriend hatched a murder plot against the girl’s mother, father and sister. According to KABC, the Lincoln County couple plotted the triple homicide after the minor’s parents refused her request for emancipation to marry her older boyfriend, Zachary Sligar. Lincoln County Sheriff Charlie Dougherty released …