Mom Searched For Ways to ‘Get Rid’ of Baby Weeks Before Infant Died of Blunt-Force Trauma
Juveniles
At Graham’s bond hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors said that she had performed internet searches for the phrase “ways to get rid of your child.”
Domestic Abuse
October 14, 2021
Coroner Who Handled Gabby Petito’s Autopsy Had Domestic Violence Arrest for Firing Gun at Wife’s Car: Report
A Wyoming coroner who performed Gabrielle Petito’s autopsy and announced her cause of death on Tuesday reportedly has a prior domestic violence arrest. According to a 2014 article by the Jackson Hole News & Guide, Teton County Coroner Brent Blue was initially denied a concealed-carry permit renewal due to a prior domestic violence arrest involving …
National
October 14, 2021
Coroner’s Timeline: Gabby Petito’s Final Texts Probably Sent by Someone Else
On Tuesday, the Teton County, Wyoming, coroner, Dr. Blue, announced that slain vlogger Gabby Petito died three to four weeks before her body was found, which could mean that the final text messages sent from her phone weren’t from her. On August 30, Gabby’s mother, Nicole Schmidt, received a text from Petito’s phone that read, “No …
National
October 14, 2021
Gabby Petito Suspect Likely Named Already in Sealed Indictment, Former FBI Agent Says
A former FBI agent says that authorities have probably already named a suspect in Gabby Petito’s death, although the person has yet to be named publicly. “This can of course include him (Brian Laundrie) as being the attacker or responsible person for causing Gabby Petito’s death or it could exclude him,” Former FBI agent Stuart Kaplan …
Homicide
October 13, 2021
Body Bags: An Answer For Gabby
After weeks of speculation, the cause of death for Gabby Petito has been released. When Petito’s autopsy was performed, the coroner said quickly that Gabby was murdered. This week, we found out that the young woman was strangled to death by “human force.” Dr. Brent Blue said that Petito was throttled. In today’s Body Bags, …
Murder
October 13, 2021
Expert: Gabby Petito’s Killer Kept Strangling Her Long After She Lost Consciousness
With Teton County, Wyoming, Coroner Brent Blue further explaining that Gabby Petito was strangled by hands around her neck, experts are sounding in on the brutality of the killing. “It’s very up close and personal, and almost like anger or rage-filled toward that one person,” forensic pathologist Dr Priya Banerjee, who reviewed Petito’s autopsy, told …
Murder
October 13, 2021
Gabby Petito Strangled by ‘Human Hands,’ Wyoming Coroner Explains
Gabby Petito was strangled by human hands around her neck, the coroner who performed her autopsy said on Wednesday. Teton County, Wyoming, Coroner Brent Blue announced Tuesday that the cause of Petito’s death was strangulation, and a memo from his office further said she died by “manual strangulation/throttling.” “Throttling generally means that it was done …
Murder
October 13, 2021
Colorado Postal Worker Shot and Killed While Delivering Neighborhood Mail
A suspect wearing all dark clothing and a blue mask shot and killed a Colorado postal worker Wednesday afternoon. Longmont Police said the victim was shot multiple times and died at the scene, according to KUSA. He has not been identified. The suspect, wearing a hoodie, was seen running from the area, but officers and …
Manslaughter
October 13, 2021
Dad Whose Toddler Shot Mom on Zoom Call Kept Handgun in ‘Paw Patrol’ Backpack, Loaded and Ready To Fire
Central Florida police have arrested a father whose toddler found his loaded handgun in August and used it to shoot his girlfriend — the boy’s mother — while she was on a work-related Zoom call. Veondre Avery, 22, was arrested Tuesday and appeared in court on Wednesday, charged with negligent manslaughter and unsafe storage of …
Suicide
October 13, 2021
‘Suicide Pact’ at Gun Range Leaves Girlfriend Dead, Boyfriend Hospitalized: Police
Cops said the couple kissed and put their heads against each other before the boyfriend fired the gun against his girlfriend’s temple
Crime Stories
October 13, 2021
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: LAUNDRIE DAD MOWS GRASS AROUND GABBY MEMORIAL AFTER CAUSE OF DEATH REPORT
Gabby Petito was strangled to death by “human force,” according to Dr. Brent Blue, the coroner of Teton County, Wyoming. He said in a televised interview that Petito was throttled. Throttling means that someone was strangled by human force, with no mechanical force involved. I n the hours since Gabby Petito’s cause of death was …
Assault
October 13, 2021
Wendy’s Manager Dumps Hot Oil on Customer Complaining About Cold Food: Report
Last week, a Wendy’s manager in Tennessee allegedly poured hot oil on a customer who complained that his food was cold. The alleged assault occurred on October 6 at a Wendy’s drive-thru in Huntingdon. Surveillance footage showed shift manager Demarrus Pritchett, 21, get a pan of hot oil from the kitchen, return to the drive-thru, …