A series of vicious and shocking attacks carried out decades ago have been solved, thanks to DNA evidence. Police in Aurora, Colorado, announced Friday they had identified a suspect in a 34-year-old set of cold cases involving the gruesome murders of a family and grandmother. “This case haunted the officers who responded that night,” Aurora …
The man died when his plane crashed, but no other injuries have been reported
A woman was shot to death at a Florida McDonald’s on Friday morning, the Florida Times-Union reports. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s office, the victim was in the process of ordering a meal in the drive-thru of the fast-food restaurant in Jacksonville when the assailant walked up to her and fired a gun. Police officers …
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company’s popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease. Dewayne Johnson’s lawsuit was the first of thousands of cases filed in state and …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say an officer was shot during what started as an ordinary traffic stop over a speeding violation. According to the New York Post, two law enforcement officers were involved in the incident, which occurred last year. New footage of the incident reveals what transpired just prior to a gunfight that left state …
A Washington teen remains hospitalized days after cameras reportedly caught a friend pushing her off a bridge, leading her to plummet into the water 60 feet below. Jordan Holgerson, 16, told KATU from a hospital bed Thursday that she’s “happy to be OK” following an ordeal that left her with six cracked ribs and extensive internal …
Authorities in Utah say a 64-year-old man shot and killed a code enforcement officer before burning her truck and his neighbor’s home. The incident was allegedly rooted in a series of complaints about apparent code violations on Kevin Wayne Billings’ West Valley City home as reported by the Miami Herald. Emergency personnel responded to the …
Authorities in New York City say a 35-year-old assistant coach for the Wake Forest University basketball team was arrested on suspicion of assault after he allegedly punched a man who later died of his injuries. According to The New York Times, police say Jamill Jones was engaged in a physical altercation with the victim, 35-year-old …
Police said a car belonging to an Arizona couple found murdered in their home last week was found Thursday in Miami, Florida. Per AL.com, Mary and Joe Holt’s gray 2012 Honda Civic was recovered after being stolen on August 2, the same day they were found murdered in their Birmingham home. Miami police arrested a woman …
Law enforcement, along with a team of forensic experts, are exhuming bodies from graves in Philadelphia in an attempt to solve decades-old cold cases, some of which violent deaths. ABC reports that a team led by a forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle, are exhuming seven human bodies from the Potter’s Field Cemetery in Philadelphia, then transporting them …
A South Carolina woman who was pregnant when she used her pickup truck to mow over her husband and drag him 1,600 feet was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for the fatal January 2016 incident. Taylor Louise Bright, 22, was intoxicated and admitted to using marijuana before killing her husband, John Bright, 25, during an …
Police in Schenectady, New York, have confirmed the discovery of human remains near the home of a missing 4-month-old baby. Acting on a tip from Child Protective Services, Schenectady police reportedly went to the home of Heaven Puleski and her son Rayen Puleski at 66 State Street to look for both mother and son, according to …
