Police release sketch of suspect in horrific road rage execution of girl who just graduated from high school
Violent Crime
“What should be a time of great joy and celebration in a young person’s life has turned into a horrible tragedy.”
Kidnapping
July 1, 2017
Beloved female student visiting from China believed dead as Illinois man charged with kidnapping
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man was charged Friday with kidnapping in the disappearance of a visiting Chinese scholar who authorities believe to be dead after last being seen three weeks ago. Yingying Zhang, the daughter of a working-class factory driver from China, disappeared on June 9, just weeks after arriving at the …
Murder
June 30, 2017
‘I am grieving like everyone else’: Woman who beat infant goddaughter to death sentenced to 30 years [UPDATE]
The courts sentenced a Virginia woman who beat her 3-year-old goddaughter to death to 30 years behind bars, according to CBS6. Danielle Turner, 25, carried out the unthinkable abuse on infant Latrice Walden in February. Turner originally claimed that Walden had hit her head on the faucet when she slipped in the bathtub. She later admitted to hitting the baby …
Suicide
June 30, 2017
‘He was always careful’: Teenager dies of apparent suicide while firing weapons at a gun range
Florida police have announced that a 14-year-old boy shot himself in a Miami gun range on Thursday afternoon. The shooting is being investigated as a possible suicide, according to CBS Miami. Vincent Colonna was with his father at the Gun World gun range when the teen suffered what authorities are suggesting was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. …
Court
June 30, 2017
Video surfaces of man who beat his pregnant girlfriend so badly her skull was exposed
**WARNING** Graphic video
Teacher Scandals
June 30, 2017
Former kindergarten teacher who admitted to threesome with teen boys facing 40 years in prison
The married mother’s husband reportedly filed for divorce just before one of the alleged assaults
Murder
June 30, 2017
At least two dead in NYC hospital shooting massacre; gunman hid weapon under lab coat
The gunman may have been a former employee at the hospital
Violent Crime
June 30, 2017
BREAKING: Gunman on the loose at New York City hospital, multiple people shot
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say at least two people have been shot at a New York City hospital and the gunman is still at large. The gunfire broke out at 2:50 p.m. Friday inside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx. Television images showed the hospital surrounded by police cars and fire trucks. Police …
Juveniles
June 30, 2017
Church bus driver accused of raping children, luring them with twisted ‘Truth or Dare’ game
A Tennessee church employee has been arrested on charges that he assaulted two young children he transported on the bus he drove for work. According to LocalMemphis.com, Edwin Burgess, 54, was arrested this week following reports he had sexual contact with two children, ages 9 and 10. Burgess is accused of baiting the children with a …
Heroes
June 30, 2017
Police officer adopts severely beaten and starved boy, takes him ‘from worst child abuse we’ve seen’
A Poteau, Oklahoma, police officer who responded to a child abuse call in 2015 is being praised after he adopted a little boy who was being severely beaten and starved. KFSM reports that when Officer Jody Thompson responded to the call and saw the then-8-year-old boy for the first time, he knew almost immediately that the child …
Celebrity Justice
June 30, 2017
Venus Williams faces wrongful death suit in fatal car crash as witnesses say she ran a red light
Tennis star Venus Williams is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after police determined she was at fault in a fatal car crash earlier this month that killed a senior citizen. The family of 78-year-old Jerome Barson, who died two weeks after the June 9 crash in Florida, is suing Williams for unspecified damages. As Crime …
Unsolved
June 30, 2017
Where is he? Little girl, her mother, and the wife of pilot left DEAD while suspect evades arrest
A wife, a 14-year-old girl, and her mother were found dead with a single gunshot wound to each of their heads in a farmhouse shed in Caldwell, Idaho, on June 19. The primary person of interest, Michael Bullinger, remains on the run. The victims of the Idaho triple murder include Nadja Medley, 48, her daughter, Payton …