Two Detroit doctors and one of the doctor’s wives carried out as many as a 100 genital mutilation procedures over a 12-year period, a federal prosecutor has alleged. According to the Detroit Free Press, prosecutors have identified eight people who fell victim to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar, 53, and his wife, Farida Attar, 50. …
A Pennsylvania man who was “gifted” a half-dozen underage girls to be his “sister wives” could spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of sexual assault in a Pennsylvania trial this week. Kaplan, 52, began sexually abusing the children when they were as young as 8, according to prosecutors. He …
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL R. SISAK NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial have heard excerpts from the comedian’s lurid, decade-old deposition, but explosive sections about him obtaining quaaludes and giving them to women before sex are yet to come. Prosecutors on Friday are expected to continue focusing on Cosby’s …
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. A 2-year-old girl has died of what appears to be an aggressive infection from a tick bite. The family of Kenley Ratliff is awaiting autopsy results, which will determine whether the Indianapolis, Indiana, child succumbed to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which is often caused by tick bites. According to the Mayo Clinic, Rocky …
By BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press SANDY, Utah (AP) — A Utah shooting that killed a mother and son and critically injured the boy’s brother marks the latest blow for a mourning family that’s watching a son who survived a brain aneurysm last year again fighting for his life, a family spokesman said Thursday. …
The family dog was also found dead
Two Branson, Missouri, teens were charged with animal abuse after they allegedly taped themselves torturing a kitten to death. The Branson Tri-Lakes News reported that Kyle Williams, 18, (pictured left) is accused of tying a rope around the cat’s neck and attaching it to a bumper. From there, Michael Hall, 18, (pictured right) reportedly drove the 2000 …
Amid Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial, celebrity attorney Gloria Allred was reportedly ejected from the courtroom after she couldn’t manage to silence her noisy cellphone. Montgomery County court officers showed Allred the door during Wednesday’s proceedings. The presiding Norristown, Pennsylvania, judge has a zero-tolerance policy involving the use of electronics in the courtroom, according to …
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A young woman charged with using text messages to encourage her boyfriend to kill himself when they were teenagers sent a text to a friend from high school about two months after the death, saying, “It’s my fault,” according to testimony at her trial on Wednesday. Michelle Carter, then 17, cajoled …
Nancy Grace discusses the unusual case with Maryland criminal defense lawyer Robin Ficker.
A Sebring, Florida, mother is possibly facing criminal charges after she allegedly put a snake in front of her 1-year-old child and allowed it to bite her. According to a charging affidavit obtained by WTSP, Chartelle Geanette St. Laurent, 34, claimed she wanted to expose her daughter to snakes because poisonous snakes have been on the property …
Suspect shoots himself in head and authorities believe he was in a relationship with the murdered mother
