A Florida woman shot and killed her boyfriend Thursday night when she found him with a tomahawk raised above her while she was lying in bed, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Jill Fritch, 59, told deputies that she grabbed a gun next to the bed and shot Troy Sorrell, 60, in self-defense, according to Volusia …
A 19-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with killing his UPS co-worker Tuesday at the end of their shift, NBC Connecticut reports. Elijah Bertrand was the “helper/runner” for 28-year-old driver Joshua Burk, according to Bertrand’s arrest warrant. The pair had dinner at Burk’s girlfriend’s home Tuesday night, and then left to return the truck to …
A South Carolina man was arrested outside Atlanta on Wednesday after fleeing charges that he killed his girlfriend’s baby last year, the Island Packet reports. Frederick Luma, 27, is being held in the Clayton County Jail awaiting extradition to Beaufort, South Carolina, where he is expected to be charged with homicide by child abuse. Luma …
Update: Las Vegas police said three young sisters who went missing at about midnight Wednesday have been found safe, FOX5 Vegas reports. Information on their condition was not released. Original story: Las Vegas police are looking for three young sisters last seen at about midnight Wednesday, KTNV reports. Alyssa Angel, 14; Anamarie Angel, 12; and …
The alleged killer called 911 and said he was going to kill himself and that police should track the call.
A woman is dead and a man has been hospitalized following a domestic incident in Utah on Wednesday. According to KUTV, police responded to a call about possible shots fired at a home in Springville Wednesday night and forced themselves into the residence, where they found a 43-year-old woman dead of an apparent gunshot wound. …
“House of Cards” actor Kevin Spacey, who lost his job on the hit show because of sexual assault allegations, released a video Thursday promoting suicide and substance abuse hotlines, the third Christmas Eve in row the Oscar winner has filmed a message many people have called tone deaf.
On Wednesday, Colorado’s governor pardoned parents who claimed their 6-year-old son was a passenger on a makeshift balloon that had taken to the skies. According to Colorado Public Radio, Richard and Mayumi Heene applied for the pardon a year ago. The Heenes were among 16 people Governor Jared Polis had pardoned. More than a decade …
A Michigan girl is dead and police say it happened at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend a day after Children’s Protective Services checked up on her. ABC 7 reports that Samuel Lester Smart is accused of torturing 3-year-old Trinity Chandler, inside a home Saturday in Groveland Township. According to prosecutors, Smart is the boyfriend …
Video surveillance shows teen barista Samantha Koenig pulling together an order at the walk-up window of the coffee shop she works. The lights go down and Koenig is seen walking away with someone. Kidnapped and murdered, the 18-year-old falls victim to one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Israel Keyes, who later …
A man in Italy is believed to have murdered his own children before taking his own life, and left behind a suicide note that did not acknowledge his children or their violent deaths. Citing Italian news sources, the Sun and the New York Post report that Alessandro Pontin, 49, allegedly attacked his teenage children in …
California authorities are investigating after a passerby found a baby wrapped in a plastic bag and left in a Los Angeles alley. Newsweek reports that police from the Los Angeles Olympic Division responded to a call a little after 5 p.m., to 7th Street and New Hampshire Avenue. When officers found the baby, they at …
