Birthday bloodbath: Woman dead in mass shooting at San Diego pool party
Terror
“You can either leave or you can stay here and die”
Consumer
April 30, 2017
VIDEO: Delta pilot suspended after hitting female passenger
A Delta Airlines pilot who struck a female passenger as she fought another woman was hit with a week-long suspension. Video captured the April 21 incident at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport where a disagreement between two passengers got violent. In the footage obtained by TMZ, one woman can be seen knocking another woman over as passengers …
Famous Murder Cases
April 30, 2017
Baby-killing nurse Genene Jones, aka ‘Angel of Death,’ may be set free
Genene Jones, a Texas nurse convicted in 1984 of murdering a baby and trying to kill another, may be a free woman next year. The New York Daily News reports that Jones, 66, could be released on May 1, 2018, because of Texas’ “good time” law. To combat prison overcrowding, the law allows inmates convicted of …
Juveniles
April 29, 2017
48 questions Maddie McCann’s mother wouldn’t answer reveal investigators’ suspicions
Portuguese police have reportedly released 49 questions they asked while grilling Maddie McCann’s mother four months after the three-year-old girl vanished from the family’s vacation apartment at a resort in Portugal. The Mirror has obtained what the newspaper claims is a list of 49 questions investigators asked Kate McCann in September 2007, during an 11-hour …
Missing
April 29, 2017
Police: Missing officer faked his own death, ran to Mexico
Authorities believe an Austin police officer constructed an intricate suicide setup and fled to Mexico. According to KXAN, Coleman Miller’s wife called police on April 25 to report that her husband was suicidal. She claimed that Miller, 29, left around 10 am and had been depressed about family issues for the past two days. Texting throughout the …
Scams
April 29, 2017
Colorado woman lied about having cancer to get off work
On Friday, a postal service employee admitted to faking a non-Hodgkins lymphoma diagnosis so she could work from home and claim 112 sick days. KUSA reported that Caroline Zarate Boyle, 60, lied because she was passed up for a promotion and wanted to take time off of work. She originally provided her supervisor with a total …
Heroes
April 29, 2017
Boy stabs home invader attacking his mom, police say
Authorities said an 11-year-old boy took matters into his own hands when he stabbed and chased off a violent home intruder who was attacking his mother. The NYPD told ABC 7 News that the suspect, identified as Brian Febus, 22, knocked on the door of the Bronx family’s home Tuesday afternoon and requested to use the bathroom. …
Celebrity Justice
April 29, 2017
Aaron Hernandez wrote ‘ILLUMINATI’ in his own blood on prison cell wall; autopsy found no drugs in his system: Report
New details have emerged about the apparent suicide of Aaron Hernandez earlier this month, and they raise more questions about the circumstances of Hernandez’s hanging death in his prison cell on April 19. WCVB, citing sources with knowledge of the medical examination, reports that an autopsy found no illegal drugs in Hernandez’s system. Investigators had found the …
Teacher Scandals
April 29, 2017
Texas teacher had threesome with students: Report
A Texas kindergarten teacher is facing charges after she admitted to having a threesome with two high school students. According to the Dallas Morning News, Heather Lee Robertson, 38, admitted to having sex with four students in total, and with two of them simultaneously. She also reportedly did not ask the minors to wear a …
Family Crime
April 29, 2017
Family murder horror: Missing baby found dead in woods after mother’s body discovered in creek; brother still missing
A chilling story in Arkansas took another tragic turn as 2-year-old Acelynn Carrie Wester was found dead three days after her mother’s body was discovered in a creek. According to KFSM, the toddler was found in a wooded area outside of Cove, Arkansas. Acelynn’s mother, Bethany Jo Wester, 43, was found dead on April 25 in a creek …
Murder
April 28, 2017
Woman accused of coaxing boyfriend to smother his 3-month-old son
A St. Louis, Missouri, woman was charged with first-degree murder on Friday for allegedly persuading her boyfriend to suffocate his own infant son. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police recovered texts indicating that Emily Paul, 27, “aided and encouraged the suffocation death” of Ayden Baker by his father, Jibri, 23. Jibri allegedly pushed his son’s …
Sex Offenders
April 28, 2017
Prosecutor: Bus driver sexually assaulted several women with developmental disabilites
A California bus driver sexually abused three disabled women he was hired to transport, Orange County prosecutors alleged. Jon Francis Farris, 57, was arraigned on multiple sexual assault charges on Friday. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Tustin Police Department arrested the 57-year-old at his home early Wednesday. Police Lieutenant Jon Strain claimed that Farris’ arrest came about two …