Jury finds hubby GUILTY of manslaughter in killing of mom with double life Kat West
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Victim’s mom testifies FOR HUBBY WHOSE fingerprints were on LIQUOR BOTTLE-murder weapon that killed HER DAUGHTER Kat West
Murder
November 21, 2020
Woman accused of murdering her children’s father locked kids in their bedrooms, forced to use ‘whatever containers were available’ to urinate: Report
A South Carolina woman charged with murdering her children’s father is now accused of child neglect after she went to great lengths to allegedly lock several of those kids inside their rooms, WMBF-TV reports. Authorities say 35-year-old Meagan Marie Jackson forced three children to stay in their bedrooms and prevented them from leaving by locking …
Teacher Scandals
November 21, 2020
Drunk gym teacher banned from school after flashing breasts at students during prom
A British physical education teacher has been banished from school after she drunkenly flashed her breasts at students during a school prom, the Eastern Daily Press reports. The United Kingdom’s Teaching Regulation Agency recently recommended that 44-year-old Katherine Lake be barred from the classroom because of the June 2019 incident. The newspaper reports that Lake drank numerous …
Murder for hire
November 20, 2020
Tennessee man offers undercover ‘hit man’ $10K to kill his sheriff’s deputy stepfather
A Tennessee man has been arrested and charged with trying to hire someone to kill his stepfather — a Putnam County sheriff’s deputy, the sheriff’s office said. Brian Allen Hodges was taken into custody on Friday and charged with solicitation of first degree murder after he agreed to pay an undercover agent $10,000 to kill …
Shooting
November 20, 2020
Update: 8 wounded in Wisconsin mall shooting; gunman still ‘at large’: Officials
At least eight people were wounded Friday afternoon when an unknown gunman opened fire at a Wisconsin mall, prompting shoppers and store employees to run for cover, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. Witnesses described the shooter as a white man in his 20s or 30s, Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber told reporters, and officers are still …
Homicide
November 20, 2020
Maliyah Bass: Death of little girl found floating in a Texas bayou was homicide, medical examiner says
The official cause of death of Maliyah Bass, a 2-year-old Texas girl found dead floating in a Houston bayou in August, is homicide, medical examiners said Friday, according to KTRK. The toddler’s mother and the mother’s boyfriend are already behind bars, charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence, particularly a human corpse, …
Missing
November 20, 2020
MISSING: Teen boy goes skateboarding and doesn’t return home, cops say
Authorities in Michigan are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old boy who vanished on Thursday afternoon. Detroit police said in a Facebook post that Cortez Cooper Jr. was last seen around 4 p.m. in the 18500 block of Hubbell Street. The teen reportedly left home to skateboard and never returned. Additional details …
Murder
November 20, 2020
Scalding water kills baby girl, mother ‘covers her tracks’ instead getting immediate help: Prosecutors
The mother of a deceased 19-month-old infant is on trial, facing murder charges in connection with the death of her baby. BBC News reports that Gracie Crowder was rushed to the King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield with severe burns, but was pronounced dead shortly after. The incident happened in March at a home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, …
Cold Cases
November 20, 2020
Terminally ill man calls cops, confesses to 1995 cold case murder: Reports
On Wednesday, an Alabama man reportedly called the police and confessed to fatally shooting someone 25 years earlier. AL.com reported that Johnny Whited, 53, subsequently met with Decatur investigators at the crime scene and provided information about Christopher Dailey’s unsolved murder that corresponded with their evidence. Authorities believe Whited shot Dailey, 26, to death on …
Homicide
November 20, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse: Accused Kenosha shooter RELEASED from jail after posting $2M bond
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois boy accused of fatally shooting two people during an August 25 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was released from jail Friday after posting a $2 million cash bond. A Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed to WTMJ that Rittenhouse’s attorney posted the bond. The spokesperson also said Rittenhouse is no longer …
Shooting
November 20, 2020
BREAKING: ‘Emergency incident’ at Mayfair Mall in Milwaukee; reports of gunfire
Police in Milwaukee are responding to an incident at Mayfair Mail on Friday. According to TMJ4 News, there is a large law enforcement at the Milwaukee shopping mall, where witnesses reported hearing gunshots. “I’m so surprised how I made it out,” one woman told the news station. Get your daily crime on! Breaking crime and …
Unsolved
November 20, 2020
Miami Murder Mystery: Man and woman found dead in $1,200-a-night vacation rental
Police in south Florida are seeking a suspect or suspects in the apparent double murder of a man and a woman in their twenties who were found dead in a luxury vacation rental in Kendall. According to WPLG, cleaners discovered the dead bodies of Tyron C. Coleman, 23, and Jessica Moye, 26, when they entered …