The woman who bailed R. Kelly out of jail met the singer only a few months ago, another friend has claimed, as the mystery deepens around the $100,000 cash that secured Kelly’s conditional release from Cook County Jail in Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Don Russell, described as a friend and “advisor” to Kelly, …
A New Jersey man was convicted Tuesday for the November 2016 murder of a high school classmate whose body was dumped in a river and remains missing years later. Liam McAtasney, 21, was convicted of all charges— murder, robbery, desecration of human remains, conspiracy to desecrate human remains, tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension—for strangling …
Authorities in Texas say a man was arrested on suspicion of beating a former romantic partner with a handgun because he believed she told his current girlfriend about his criminal rap sheet. According to Fox News, 26-year-old Kenneth Mann, of San Antonio, was arrested on Saturday — more than three months after the alleged attack. …
Authorities in California say a baby girl is dead and her older brother is recovering from serious injuries following an incident during which their mother jumped from the second floor of a residential building recently. According to KNBC, the incident occurred shortly after noon on Tuesday at a location in Inland Empire. Emergency personnel responded …
Days after a New Jersey school bus driver was arrested after she was involved in a crash with a dozen special-needs children aboard, new information is emerging about her possible condition at the time of the incident. 57-year-old Lisa Byrd was behind the wheel on the afternoon of February 20 when she apparently lost consciousness …
A Michigan man who operated an unlicensed day care was sentenced to probation Friday, more than a year after his 3-year-old son got access to his gun and wounded two children. In addition to two years’ probation, Timothy Eubanks was ordered to start a national gun safety campaign following the September 2017 shooting of two 3-year-olds …
A Virginia man who ran over his ex-prosecutor father before hacking him to death with an ax will spend 30 years in prison for the November 2017 slaying. The Chesterfield Observer reported that Frank X. Altimari, now 32, followed his father and stepmother, Nicholas Altimari, 61, and Felipita Altimari, home from a restaurant to run them over. …
Chicago police have said they suspect Smollett of staging a hoax hate crime because he was unhappy with his salary — but production sources say he never asked for more money
An Indiana man has reportedly admitted to fatally shooting his girlfriend to death in 2014—in a case that authorities had initially treated as a suicide. From WXIN, Connor Scott, 24, arrived at Danville Police Department headquarters Sunday and said he was responsible for the Halloween 2014 shooting death of Kaylyn Whitaker, 20. Ruled a suicide, Scott was reportedly …
Hours of video interviews of the man who dressed in a costume and murdered 13 people inside a Colorado movie theater in 2012 shed new insights into the twisted mind of James Holmes. The videos made by a court-appointed psychiatrist were recently released by the prosecutors who convicted Holmes in the Aurora theater massacre. Nancy …
Authorities in Georgia are asking for the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old and her newborn baby girl who were reportedly last seen on February 15. According to WJBF, Aaliyah Austin and baby Braylee Smith were last seen on the 100 block of Wood Street in Augusta. Authorities said the pair left the medication Smith’s required to …
A mother and daughter in Pennsylvania are in custody after they allegedly killed every family member in their Bucks County home, including two children: 9-year-old twins. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Shana S. Decree, 45, and her 19-year-old daughter Dominique Decree were charged with multiple murder counts after authorities discovered five bodies in the home …
