Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock’s girlfriend Marilou Danley is now a person of interest; will return to the United States on Wednesday
Murder
The suspect wired $100,000 to his girlfriend’s native country a week before the massacre
Podcast
October 3, 2017
Tuesday Crime Stories: What triggered Las Vegas massacre? Florida teacher charged with abusing autistic boy
Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old millionaire blamed for killing at least 59 people and wounding 527 concert-goers in Las Vegas, does not fit the profile of a mass shooter, according to terror experts. The retired accountant used more than a dozen high-powered rifles to fire from the windows of a luxury suite on the 32nd floor …
Violent Crime
October 3, 2017
Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock filmed deadly shooting massacre from luxury hotel room: Report
The suspected gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history set up surveillance cameras in and around his Las Vegas hotel room and recorded himself firing at a crowd of concertgoers. ABC News reports that Stephen Paddock mounted a camera in his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, …
Violent Crime
October 3, 2017
Suspicious financial activity found in probe for Las Vegas gunman motive: Stephen Paddock sent $100K overseas a week before deadliest shooting in U.S. history
Why did he do it? Authorities find first possible clues to a motive for the deadly Las Vegas shooting
Unsolved
October 3, 2017
Delphi murders update: Daniel Nations not cleared, yet not charged with deaths of two girls
After Indiana investigators spent days questioning a person of interest in the case of two teen girls killed in Delphi, they reported there’s no reason to charge the man, but also no reason to completely clear him. Fox59 reports that Indiana authorities spent the weekend talking to Daniel Nations, 30, about his possible role in …
Heroes
October 3, 2017
SEE IT: Wounded Vegas Shooting survivor reunites with the stranger who saved his life
A festivalgoer who was shot in the leg during Sunday’s shooting in Las Vegas reunited Tuesday with the man who he says saved his life. Speaking with Today, Tom McIntosh said he had helped his wife and another woman over a fence when he was shot in the leg. “My pants were already soaked and my …
Family Crime
October 3, 2017
Man decapitates mother, stabs father, after they bail him out of jail: Police
Authorities arrested a Houston man on Friday after they said he decapitated his own mother and stabbed his father numerous times after the elderly couple bailed him out of jail on assault charges. Houston Chronicle reports that the parents of Kyriakos Savvas Georghiou, 27, bailed him out of jail after an arrest for assault charges. …
Violent Crime
October 3, 2017
Country star Jason Aldean issues rallying cry for unity
“Time to come together and stop the hate!”
Missing
October 3, 2017
BREAKING: Human remains found in Aruba are not Natalee Holloway
A forensic expert has completed DNA tests on bones previously believed to be connected to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. And the remains do not belong to the missing young woman. Oxygen.com reports that Dr. Jason Kolowski, the forensic scientist who was examining the bone fragments as part of the docuseries the Disappearance of Natalee Holloway …
Violent Crime
October 3, 2017
EVIL REVEALED: Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had interest in guns, video poker, real estate
By KEN RITTER and GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) — Stephen Paddock had a penchant for guns, high-limit video poker and real estate deals. His father was a notorious fugitive bank robber. He had a recent live-in girlfriend and two ex-wives and seemed to live a comfortable life in a Nevada retirement community. His …
Violent Crime
October 2, 2017
‘He didn’t leave my side’: Vegas shooting survivor thanks new friend for saving her life
One of the countless stories of bravery to emerge in the aftermath of Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas came from a woman who didn’t know her personal hero before she left to attend the ill-fated concert. In a Facebook post by social media company Love What Matters, the woman shared her story and …
Arson
October 2, 2017
Suspect sets a grandmother on fire, pours gasoline on police officers who try to save her: Police
A Cherokee County, Kansas, woman died after a suspect doused her with gasoline and set her on fire, according to police. Three responding police officers were reportedly injured in the incident. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office released a statement indicating officers responded to the Baxter Springs home of 65-year-old Sharon Horn in response to reports …