A 17-month-old girl is among the nearly two dozen people injured in a drive-by mass shooting in Texas on Saturday. According to CNN, the gunman opened fire during a traffic stop on Saturday afternoon in Midland, shooting three officers before he continued to drive towards Odessa, firing at shopping areas and vehicles. The suspect then …
The estranged husband of missing Connecticutt mother Jennifer Dulos is apparently pushing for his former mother-in-law to undergo a court-ordered psychiatric exam. The Hartford Courant reports that attorney Rich Rochlin, who represents Jennifer’s estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, filed a six-page motion in Hartford, asking Superior Court Judge Donna Heller to order a psychiatric evaluation on …
An Arkansas woman who died last weekend during a flood pleaded for help from a 911 operator, who told the terrified caller to “shut up” and made other disturbing comments, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Last Saturday, Debra Stevens (pictured left), 47, was delivering newspapers when floodwaters swept her vehicle away in Forth Smith, Arkansas. Newly …
The man accused of killing University of Mississippi student Ally Kostial has been indicted on capital murder charges, a week after his defense team withdrew a request for bond. On Friday, a Lafayette County grand jury indicted Brandon Theesfeld, 22, for the July murder of the 21-year-old Ole Miss student, WLBT reports. An indictment document …
A New York judge handed down a probation sentence Wednesday to a former high school lacrosse player who pleaded guilty to raping his classmate last year. The Buffalo News reports that 19-year-old Elias Q. Dowdy raped a classmate in her Niagara home in May 2018, three days shy of his 18th birthday. Earlier this year, …
A Texas man was arrested Thursday for making false statements after police said he lied about the last time his wife was seen at home. According to an arrest affidavit, the incident started when 34-year-old Reyes Gallegos called San Antonio police July 8 to report that he had gotten into an argument with his wife, …
Minor League Baseball pitcher Blake Bivens opened up on Thursday after he lost his wife, infant son, and mother-in-law to senseless murders on Tuesday, allegedly carried out by his teen brother-in-law. “My life as I knew it is destroyed,” 24-year-old Bivens said Instagram. “Emily, my sweetheart, you are the best wife and mother this world …
Newly-released court documents and details provided by a family member shed additional insight into what happened when a Virginia teen allegedly killed his family members. The News & Advance reports that according to documents released this week by the Pittsylvania Domestic Relations Court, authorities found a bloody sledgehammer, a rifle, and shell casings close to …
A missing California teen was rescued on Tuesday from sex trafficking during an undercover operation by Pomona police. ABC 7 reports that plainclothes officers found the teen while conducting surveillance in the East Holt Avenue Corridor area of Pomona. Authorities said the girl was reported missing from Riverside County. The victim’s identity is protected due …
A Georgia mother who left her six-month-old son inside a hotel freezer has been sentenced to 99 years in prison. The Associated Press reports that Amanda Gail Oakes, 36, was given the 99-year sentence after pleading guilty to multiple charges in the death of her 6-month-old son, including manslaughter and corpse abuse. According to WSFA, …
A Colorado woman who threw her newborn baby over a fence last year was convicted of murder on Wednesday in a Douglas County, Colorado, courtroom. The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office reported that a Douglas County jury found 23-year-old Camille Wasinger-Konrad guilty of “first-degree murder of a child under 12 by a person in a …
A pair of married murder suspects are on the loose after hijacking a secured van that was transporting them from a facility in upstate New York to Arizona, where they are facing murder charges. NBC News reports that Blane Barksdale, 56, and Susan Barksdale, 59, overpowered security guards in van they were traveling in and …
