Convicted child killer Johnny Johnson was put to death Tuesday evening, following the 2002 abduction and murder of a 6-year-old Missouri girl. AP News reports that 45-year-old Johnson received a lethal injection dose of pentobarbital at a Bonne Terre state prison for the July 2002 murder of Casey Williamson. He was pronounced dead at 6:33 …
The LosAngeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a man’s naked body was found floating inside a 55-gallon drum at Malibu Lagoon State Beach on Monday. Police identified the victim Tuesday as 32-year-old Javonnta Murphy but provided no other information about him, KTLA reported. A park maintenance worker first saw the drum Sunday night, floating …
An Oregon man has been accused of kidnapping a woman in Washington, sexually assaulting her, and keeping her in a makeshift cinder block cell in his garage until she escaped and flagged down a passing driver to call 911. The FBI tracked Negasi Zuberi to Reno, Nevada, and arrested him after a brief standoff. He …
An Ohio mother is doused with gasoline and set on fire. Judy Malinowski, then 31, suffered third-degree and fourth-degree burns over 90 percent of her body. She was in a coma for seven months and underwent more than 60 surgeries. Malinowski was resuscitated seven times. She died in 2017, but not before providing three hours …
Texas police have made an arrest in connection with the May murder of 18-year-old Lakaria Moore — two days after the man suspected of killing her shot and killed himself as police closed in on him at a Lubbock motel. Tahdeejah Washington-Harris, 29, was arrested early Wednesday and charged with hindering the apprehension or prosecution …
The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer’s wife has spoken with him since his arrest, her lawyer said Tuesday, adding that she hasn’t been questioned by investigators. Newsday reports that attorney Robert Macedonio is currently representing Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, in her divorce proceedings against him. Macendio said that his client hasn’t seen Heuremann since his …
Nicholas Rossi can be extradited from Scotland to the US to face rape and sexual assault charges, a Glasgow judge ruled this week at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court. AP News reports that on Wednesday, Judge Norman McFadyen called 35-year-old Rossi’s claims of being an Irish orphan “implausible” and “fanciful” before the ruling. Rossi has been …
Texas police are searching for a woman accused of leaving a baby in the toilet at a Houston gas station and fleeing the scene. According to KHOU 11, the incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. on April 2 after a customer found a newborn in the toilet at a southwest Houston gas station on South …
A South Carolina judge denied bond Tuesday for Jamie Komoroswki, who stands accused of causing the death of newlywed moments after she left her wedding reception. Live 5 reports that Komorowski sobbed as Judge Michael Nettles denied bond, explaining that 25-year-old Komorowki is considered a flight risk. She stands accused of three counts of DUI …
A two-week, nationwide anti-sex trafficking operation spearheaded by the FBI identified and located 200 victims and identified or arrested dozens of suspects. The FBI said that “Operation Cross-Country” located 59 juveniles who were victims of child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking. “Sex traffickers exploit and endanger some of the most vulnerable members of our …
An Alabama man faces kidnapping and other other charges after he allegedly kidnapped his 11-monthold daughter at gunpoint and fired shots into the mother’s apartment. The charges against Joel Bennett McCandless, 27, were announced Tuesday afternoon, according to AL.com. He is charged with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, shooting into an occupied building, certain person prohibited …
