Authorities confirmed Monday that remains found in and around a trash bag in Arkansas last week are those of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl, Maleah Davis. CBS reports that the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed on Monday that testing concluded that the remains found were indeed of little Maleah, who was reported missing …
A 35-year-old woman died late last week after she was slipped and fell into a waterfall at Lake Tahoe. The New York Post reports that Dina Stephanie Espinosa — who appears to have gone by the name Stephanie — was pulled into a rapid current after she slipped while sitting in a pool of water …
Socialite Kim Kardashian has made it her mission in recent years to assist incarcerated individuals. But the mother of a boy killed in 1983 says the recent activism is bringing up difficult emotions from that tragedy. According to the Page Six, Mary Ann Hughes saw images of Kardashian and death-row inmate Kevin Cooper hugging for …
A husband and wife working as correctional officers in Custer County, Oklahoma, have reportedly been arrested on suspicion of operating a drug trafficking ring at the North Fork Correctional Facility. According to KWTV, 42-year-old Travis Wascher and 36-year-old Micah Wascher were employed at the jail in Sayre when investigators became aware of the alleged drug …
Authorities in Kentucky say a man has been arrested on suspicion of following a woman through a series of neighborhood stops before both arrived at her home and he brandished a samurai sword. According to WAVE, 25-year-old Jesse Hodson started stalking the female victim at a coffee shop on Woodlawn Avenue in Louisville on Saturday …
Authorities in California say a motorist was killed and another passenger injured in a shooting that involved occupants firing from another car. According to KCRA, 36-year-old Alejandro Escobar was driving along Highway 70 in Yuba County on May 22 with two of his nephews in the vehicle with him. Escobar was killed and one of …
Authorities in Georgia are investigating after a grocery store employee was reportedly found dead Saturday in a walk-in freezer. According to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Larry Alvin Long II, 51, was found dead at a Piggly Wiggly in Columbus. Long reportedly walked into the freezer at 10:13 a.m. and was found dead less than an hour later. Muscogee …
Authorities in Louisiana say the former principal of a Catholic school in Port Allen is facing criminal charges following his arrest at a strip club in the nation’s capital last week. According to USA Today, the outing to D.C. was part of a school-sanctioned trip, but investigators do not believe any students were with Michael …
A former police officer in Hawaii who admitted to sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl recently learned he will not spend a day behind bars. In 2017, an Oahu grand jury indicted Teddy O. Van Lerberghe, 45, formerly with the Honolulu Police Department, on seven counts of sexual assault. According to the Star Advertiser, the assaults …
Authorities in Florida say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of giving her 15-month-old grandchild a fatal dose of a prescription narcotic. According to WOFL, 59-year-old Brett Taylor Aitken is accused of causing the young victim’s death, which alerted the attention of authorities late last year. Police reportedly responded to a residence in the …
The estranged husband of missing Connecticut woman, Jennifer Dulos, was arrested in connection with her disappearance. Police also arrested his girlfriend. Hartford Courant reports that New Canaan police charged Fotis Dubos, 51, and Michelle Troconis, 44, with “hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence.” Police arrested the couple at a hotel late Saturday night. They’re both …
An 82-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a couple 43 years ago, shocking friends and neighbors in the small community where the suspect lived, the Associated Press reports. In March, Ray Vannieuwenhoven was arrested and charged with the 1976 murders of David Schuldes and Ellen Matheys, …
