Mermaid out of water? Cops struggling to ID woman with webbed toes found wandering wet and naked in California
Missing
‘Splash’ sequel? The ‘mermaid’ says her name is Joanna
April 5, 2017
Karina Vetrano killing suspect indicted for murder and sexual assault of young jogger
Chanel Lewis had previously confessed to killing the young jogger but denied sexually assaulting her
Child Abuse
April 5, 2017
‘House of horrors’: Man allegedly molested eight foster kids, performed oral sex on dog in their presence
A man testified Wednesday that his adoptive father threatened to murder him if he didn’t accept his sexual advances. Taking in more than 140 boys in a 20-year span, Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu, 60, is accused of molesting eight kids he had in his care. According to the New York Daily News, the 29-year-old witness, who was about …
Sex Offenders
April 5, 2017
‘Where is Jesus right now?’ Man taunts victim, sexually assaults her in Christian bookstore
A convicted murderer reportedly admitted to saying “Where’s Jesus right now,” to a woman he raped and choked in a Christian bookstore. Two days after killing a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Australia, Sean Price, 33, continued his reign of terror in a Melbourne bookstore. According to the Herald Sun, Price asked the victim if they sold …
Missing
April 5, 2017
Tad Cummins Instagram account hints at secret underage relationship, pervy plans
An Instagram account that appears to be associated with Tad Cummins, the teacher wanted for kidnapping 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas, includes multiple posts that seem to be referencing his relationship with the student and possible plans to run away with her. Cummins and Thomas were last seen in Columbia, Tennessee, on March 13. Since then, details …
Missing
April 5, 2017
Not enough photos: Expert explains why there haven’t been more sightings of kidnap-teen Elizabeth Thomas and teacher Tad Cummins
It has been over three weeks since Elizabeth Thomas disappeared from Columbia, Tennessee, with high school teacher Tad Cummins, a married grandfather more than three times her age who is now a fugitive wanted for her kidnapping. Since the 15-year-old girl disappeared on Monday, March 13, there has only been one confirmed sighting of the …
Child Abuse
April 5, 2017
Police: Texas mom leaves kid alone in hot car while she gets nails done, shoplifts in Walmart
An April 5 affidavit indicated that a woman in Austin, Texas, left her two children in a car last year while she shoplifted. The children survived thanks to a Good Samaritan who spotted them and called 911, but the temperature inside the car had reached 100°F. KVUE reports that Raquel Perez, 26, is accused of leaving her children, …
Violent Crime
April 5, 2017
Attorney shot and killed in broad daylight; murder suspect arrested after running red light
Trinh Huynh was a staff attorney for UPS who “always had a smile on her face”
Family Crime
April 5, 2017
Alabama woman shoots at car full of kids over a ‘messy house’
A Tuscaloosa, Alabama, woman is behind bars after police say she shot at a car with another’s woman’s children inside, apparently over a messy house. At around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, officers arrived at a home off of Sixth Street in Tuscaloosa, after someone called 911 to report gunfire. Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit Capt. Kip Hart said …
Juveniles
April 5, 2017
Mom’s boyfriend beats 2-year-old girl to death in hotel room
A North Carolina man is in custody for the brutal beating death of his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter. After a four-daylong manhunt, reports WNCN, authorities apprehended Brandon Michael Smith, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s toddler daughter in a Florida hotel room on March 22. Smith, 36, is suspected of beating Alayna Williamson multiple times with a …
Famous Murder Cases
April 5, 2017
Convicted ‘collar bomb’ killer dies in prison
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, 68, convicted in a collar bomb death during a bank robbery in 2003, died Tuesday at the Federal Medical Center in Carswell, Texas, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Diehl-Armstrong was serving time for a bank robbery plot that resulted in the death of 46-year-old Brian Wells. In August 2003, Wells, dressed …
April 5, 2017
Video: Enraged passenger threatens to claim rape on Uber driver when he told her get out
**WARNING**: Graphic language!