Police find baby boy buried alive and facedown after mother’s boyfriend says infant is ‘someplace in the mountains’
child endangerment
Police said a ‘faint cry’ led them to the wet and freezing 5-month-old
Murder
July 9, 2018
Death row inmate requests epic last meal after failed execution appeal
A Georgia man set to die by lethal injection on Tuesday has made a lavish last meal request before he faces his death sentence for the murder of his sister-in-law. Keith Leroy Tharpe, 59, is set to be executed by lethal injection in Georgia on Tuesday, according to Fox News. The Georgia Department of Corrections …
Murder
July 9, 2018
WATCH LIVE: D.A. in Jessica Chambers murder case responds to accusations of coaching a witness in hearing
A defense attorney representing the Mississippi man charged in the burning death of Jessica Chambers filed a motion accusing a district attorney of coercing a possible witness to provide false testimony in the 2017 trial that ended with a hung jury. LocalMemphis.com reports that Darla Palmer accused District Attorney John Champion of pressuring Jalen Asir Matthews Caudle …
Podcast
July 9, 2018
Crime Stories Evil Genius Week: The FBI agent who snares serial killer UNABOMBER reveals how he did it
Ted Kaczynski was a mathematical genius who admitted to building bombs that he planted or mailed to targets around the United States that killed 3 people and wounded 23 others between 1978 and 1995. Dubbed the UNABOMBER by the FBI — and acronym for “Universities and Airlines Bomber, Kaczynski constructed his deadly devices in the …
Elderly Abuse
July 9, 2018
Instead of aiding dying woman, three senior living workers make snapchat video dubbed ‘The End’ in her room: Police
Correction: An earlier version of this story contained a booking photo distributed by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office that was incorrectly identified as Mya Janai Moss. In fact, the booking photo was of a different person and was not involved in the incident discussed in the story. Three Georgia assisted living employees were arrested after …
Missing
July 9, 2018
BREAKING: 8 boys have now been rescued from cave where soccer team has been trapped
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand (all times local): 8:20 p.m. An aide to the Thai Navy SEAL commander says four boys were brought out of the flooded cave in northern Thailand on Monday and the ongoing rescue operation is …
Murder
July 8, 2018
Air Force vet guns down wife, triplet 12-year-old daughters, before burning down house and killing himself: Cops
Authorities in Alabama say a U.S. Air Force veteran opened fire on his wife and their triplet daughters before turning the gun on himself at their home last week. According to the The Daily Mail, the shooting occurred on Saturday night and resulted in the death of 44-year-old Charlene Orsi, one of the girls, and …
Hate Crimes
July 8, 2018
Businessman says someone left racist note inside his family’s hotel room during recent trip
An African-American businessman staying in an upscale Florida hotel says his family was targeted with a racist note left in their room. According to the New York Post, Frank Davis was staying with his family, including 27-year-old son Michael, at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota when they returned to the room to find a …
Family Crime
July 8, 2018
‘I think I killed my mom’: Man backs over his mother in her own car as he steals it and drives away, cops say
A Pennsylvania man is facing multiple criminal charges after police say he backed over his mother in her own car as he stole it and drove away. According to Fox News, 23-year-old John Spencer is accused of taking the 2008 Chevrolet Impala from his mother’s home in the Pittsburgh area on Monday evening. A neighbor …
Drug Crime
July 8, 2018
Mom and girlfriend reward boy with weed, take it away when he misbehaves: Cops
Authorities in Indiana say a mother and her girlfriend used marijuana to reward or punish a boy in their custody. According to Fox News, 36-year-old Milissa Burton and her partner, 36-year-old Susan Glascock, admitted to giving the child marijuana as a reward for good behavior. The minor reportedly told police that he had received the …
Crime at Work
July 8, 2018
[Video] Armed waitress steps in to protect co-worker after irate customer punches her in the face
Officials say a Wisconsin man wanted for attacking a Milwaukee restaurant employee last month probably wasn’t expecting one of his alleged victim’s co-workers to be packing a handgun. According to Fox News, the unidentified waitress jumped in to help when she saw the man walk behind the counter at the George Webb restaurant and punch …
Missing
July 8, 2018
FBI widen search to waste landfill for evidence in case missing mother of three, Joleen Cummings
The FBI expanded its search on Saturday for Florida hairstylist and missing mother of two, Joleen Cummings, to a landfill in Georgia. CBS 47 reports that Kimberly Kessler, 50, a woman with a reported 18 different aliases and the last person to see Jolene alive, was caught on surveillance camera throwing away what looked to …