A South Carolina man is accused of fatally gunning down a pregnant teenager and her unborn child before prompting a manhunt across multiple counties. Johnnie McKnight, 38, faces charges of murder, attempted murder and possession of a weapon, WTOC-TV reports. The killings allegedly occurred in rural Estill, South Carolina. According to the television station, McKnight …
Police are searching for a California man who allegedly attacked his former girlfriend and two children with a hammer in a violent rampage early Friday morning. The assault left the woman, 7-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy with “major injuries,” the Sacramento Bee reports. All of the victims were rushed to a hospital, where they remained …
Police arrested a Canadian babysitter and charged her with abandoning a 1-year-old in a burning apartment building early Thursday morning. The babysitter, 49-year-old Josée Milot, faces charges of arson by negligence, failure to provide the necessaries of life and child abandonment in connection with the incident, CBC News reports. Milot has a criminal record, including …
Police this week arrested an Arizona couple for allegedly pressuring their 15-year-old babysitter to have sex with them, the Arizona Republic reports. Jefferey Swartz, 27, and his wife, Samantha Ohlman, 23, met the girl through her brother, authorities have indicated. The husband and wife had asked the victim to babysit their kids after she and …
The family of a little boy who was horrifically abused by his father and stepmother for years before he was starved to death has sued child protective agencies in two states for failing to properly respond to evidence of abuse. Adrian Jones was 7 when he died while confined to a shower stall in his …
Police have arrested an accused sex offender wanted on multiple counts of solicitation of a minor at an Ohio fair. Investigators say Brandon Walsh, 30, faces charges in South Carolina for creating fake Facebook profiles to solicit girls, ranging in age from 13 to 16. Police say that if the girls would refuse to send more …
This is the 36th child to die while in a hot car this summer
Back to school shopping took a violent turn in a Michigan Walmart on Monday afternoon, after a woman allegedly brandished a gun during an argument over a notebook. USA Today reports that the incident occurred in the city of Novi, near Detroit, when two pairs of women fought over the last notebook on a shelf. …
A police officer was caught on video appearing to assault a nurse who was simply trying to do her job. Body camera video released this week appears to show Salt Lake City police officer, Jeff Payne, violently handcuff nurse Alex Wubbels, a two-time Olympian, inside the University Hospital Burn Unit, reports KSL. Officer Payne was …
The little boy was murdered because he wet the bed, prosecutors say
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s parents saw the baby girl on Wednesday that likely belonged to their slain daughter. Speaking with Valley News Live, Norberta Greywind said they met Haisley Jo despite awaiting DNA tests to confirm she’s her granddaughter. “She is beautiful,” Greywind said, noting that Haisley Jo looks just like her late daughter. LaFontaine-Greywind’s boyfriend, Ashton Matheny, was also …
An A&E docu-series suggests investigators ignored several witnesses who claimed to have seen Laci Peterson walking her dog at a time that would have excluded Scott Peterson as the killer. Their testimony was not included in the trial that sent Peterson to California’s death row for murdering his wife in December 2003. Nancy Grace examines …
