ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens declared victory as prosecutors abruptly dropped a felony invasion-of-privacy charge alleging he had taken a revealing photo of a woman with whom he has acknowledged having an affair. The St. Louis circuit attorney’s office said it still plans to pursue the case, either through a special prosecutor …
Three New Jersey teens who disappeared last week were reportedly found safe over the weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Bloomfield police announced Saturday that Ulises Yance, 16, Alex Lopez, 15, and Alexa Arenas, 16, were found safe but declined to provide additional details at this point in time. Alexa’s father, Carlos Arenas, told NJ.com that the teens had taken …
Search and rescue teams have been looking for evidence for the past few days in Kittitas County, Washington, after authorities obtained a DNA match to missing girl Lindsey Baum last Thursday. Yet, the crew announced they had no plans to resume the search on Monday. KIRO 7 reports that close to two dozen search and rescue …
An Oklahoma father is accused of fatally shooting his 17-year-old daughter’s two dogs as punishment for not doing the dishes or having the house cleaned. According to The Oklahoman, Jeffrey Don Edwards, 35, was arrested Wednesday following an altercation with his daughter for not doing her chores. The teen reportedly told investigators that Edwards was angry …
A mother’s life has been torn apart after losing her only child and grandchild-to-be to an alleged murder, the Kansas City Star reports. Twyla Taylor received a chilling text April 29 from her daughter, 23-year-old Shaliyah Toombs, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — who was approximately seven-months pregnant. ”They gonna kill me mom help me,” Toombs …
More than 30 years after a Texas college student was shot, stabbed, run over, and mutilated, law enforcement is still working to find her killer. KTRK reported that a worker was unloading items behind a sporting goods store on April 8, 1988, when he discovered the bloodied body of Jacqueline Michelle Graham, 19. Authorities said the worker first …
A relative of the Joseph DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer and East Area Rapist, claims that DeAngelo witnessed his younger sister’s rape on an air force base when he was nine years old. Jesse Ryland, DeAngelo’s nephew, told BuzzFeed that he learned his mother was raped at seven years old, and that Joseph witnessed …
A convicted sex offender was reportedly allowed to work at a community center for high-risk children as he faced criminal charges for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. David Walker, 64, was found guilty in 1981 of abusing two boys—ages nine and 11. He was then charged in 2015 with violating another child and was ordered …
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A California woman who called police on a black family having a barbecue in Oakland last month has sparked national outrage during a time when racial tensions have made national headlines across the country. The alleged crime? According to the woman who filmed the incident April 29, authorities were called to the scene at Lake …
No calls, no ransom note, and no information was given to the family of 10-year-old Lindsey Baum after she vanished in 2009. Her family had no idea if she had been kidnapped, if she was hurt and unable to call for help, or even if worse, if she had been killed. Their questions were answered …
By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nanny convicted of brutally murdering two small children in her care has been sentenced in New York City to life in prison without parole. Yoselyn Ortega was convicted last month in the deaths of 6-year-old Lucia Krim and 2-year-old Leo Krim and was …
