Man comforts young, dying mom of 2 as crowd snaps photos, cell phone video
The young mother’s clothes had burned off as she struggled to survive, and no one but this man tried to help
Missing
May 2, 2017
High school girl leaves note for parents saying be home soon, found dead near creek 3 days later
A South Carolina teen set to graduate from high school was found dead in a wooded area not far from her home. According to the Herald Online, Jamie Lee Allison Magras, 18, left her home in Rock Hill at about 1 a.m. Saturday morning, and left a note for her family that she would be …
Burglary
May 2, 2017
Robbery suspect gets beaten by woman with baseball bat
A Tennessee man who reportedly broke into a home got swift justice when the homeowner went after him with an aluminum baseball bat. FOX News reports that a woman knocked on another woman’s door in Kingsport on Saturday night while holding a lost dog flyer. When the victim, 52, opened the door, a man wearing …
Weird Crime
May 1, 2017
Lovin it? Florida woman traded sex for Chicken McNuggets, say police
A Florida woman is facing prostitution charges after she allegedly charged $25 and Chicken McNuggets for oral sex. According to the Bradenton Herald, Alex DiReeno, 22, of Bredenton, allegedly solicited her services to an undercover officer at a Marathon gas station on Tuesday night. While in the car, the man said he wanted oral sex and was …
Violent Crime
May 1, 2017
Dallas paramedic shooting suspect found dead, 2nd body found
CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and critically injuring a paramedic who was tending to a shooting victim on Monday has been found dead in a Dallas home, ending a threat that locked down the neighborhood for hours, authorities said. A police robot found two bodies in a home …
Child Abuse
May 1, 2017
Little Maliyha Hope Garcia: Death by starvation
Maliyha Hope Garcia was 5 years old, but weighed only 24 pounds when paramedics found her dead on the living room floor of her adoptive parents home just before Christmas 2016. The little girl was so emaciated that every rib was poking through her thin skin, according to court documents. “Arms and legs looked like …
May 1, 2017
UT Austin knife attacker kills one, injures several others
One person is dead and at least two others are seriously injured after a suspect stabbed multiple people, killing one, at the University of Texas at Austin. According to MySanAntonio.com, the suspect, who has not yet been identified, is in custody. He is accused of stabbing three people and assaulting another at the Gregory Gym …
Heroes
May 1, 2017
Video: Woman cries out to God as Good Samaritans save two trapped babies, nearly dead from deadly Texas storm
CAUTION: Video contains content that may be disturbing to some viewers
Sex Offenders
May 1, 2017
Man believed to have AIDS accused of drugging, sodomizing multiple men for seven years
A California man is facing trial, accused of being a serial rapist who knowingly exposed his victims to the HIV virus. Joseph Paul Courtney, a 32-year-old man from Pacifica, pleaded not guilty in court last week to 41 felony counts including sodomy by force and sodomy of an unconscious person. He is accused of drugging …
Juveniles
May 1, 2017
New Maddie McCann suspect: Police reportedly closing in on ‘hugely significant’ person of interest — a woman
On the eve of the 10-year-anniversary of Maddie McCann’s disappearance, Scotland Yard is on the hunt for a female suspect they believe could be the key to finding out what happened to the three-year-old girl while on vacation with her family three years ago. According to the Sunday Express, a woman who no longer lives in …
Child Abuse
May 1, 2017
Rot in Hell: Couple ‘withheld food from daughter before she died’ at 24 pounds
“Her arms and legs looked like bones with skin hanging on them.”
Missing
May 1, 2017
BOLO: Missing teen in Perry County, Kentucky
Kentucky State Police are searching for a teen who went missing in Hazard on Friday. According to the Center for Search & Investigation for Missing Children (CFSI), Kelsey DeZarn is 5 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. She weighs around 115 pounds and wears black-rimmed glasses. So far the location she was …