An Alaska man allegedly killed his girlfriend’s baby daughter while trying to get her to sleep so he could play video games, Alaska Public Media reports. Zackry Johnson, 31, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the girl’s death following his arrest on Friday. Medics were called to a home on Friday morning in …
A Maryland boy is dead after he was shot while raking leaves in his front lawn, WUSA-TV reports. Jayz Agnew, 13, was struck in the head and arm by bullets as he was raking leaves at his Hillcrest Heights home on Tuesday evening around 5:20 p.m. in Prince George’s County. The boy was rushed to a …
A 19-year-old Illinois man has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend 17 times Thursday night, leaving her hospitalized and on a ventilator. Prosecutors said in court Saturday that Chance Young carried a 6-inch knife into the couple’s bedroom in Bloomington and told his girlfriend, “I’m going to need you to let me kill you.” Young …
An Alabama man has been arrested after he beat his 14-year-old daughter for revealing his affair to her mother. The teen escaped after the beating and ran to a neighbor’s house for help, according to deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, who found 39-year-old Christopher Andrighetti hiding in a bedroom closet and “covered in …
A California mom has been missing since Thursday, when she left behind a bloody scene at the home she shares with her sister in Simi Valley. Simi Valley Police Senior Officer Casey Nicholson told the Los Angeles Times that investigators have been “literally working around the clock” since 25-year-old Rachel Castillo’s disappearance. “We want to …
An attorney for Chad Daybell signaled this week that he may be seeking to blame Lori Vallow Daybell for the murders the couple is accused of, telling a judge that Daybell’s “version of the facts will differ greatly” from his wife’s during a hearing on his motion to split their trials in two. Daybell and …
A young Minnesota mother is dead after her ex-boyfriend allegedly gave a gun to two teens and told them to kill her new boyfriend and her if necessary, FOX 9 reports. The teens shot and killed the woman, 23-year-old Zaria McKeever, but the new boyfriend escaped from the attack and survived. Now McKeever’s loved ones are …
A California teen who went missing earlier this week after walking away without shoes from a sleepover has been found dead, KCRA-TV reports. Shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, the body of 16-year-old Trinity Backus was located about a half mile north of the residence where she was last seen, according to the Nevada County Sheriff’s …
A Connecticut mother was convicted this week of murdering her young son and setting her home on fire with his body inside, WVIT-TV reports. On Wednesday, jurors found 44-year-old Karin Ziolkowski guilty of murder and second-degree arson in connection with the death of the boy, 8-year-old Elijah. Prosecutors alleged that on November 14, 2016, Ziolkowski suffocated …
Actor Alec Baldwin is suing multiple crew members of the film “Rust” over the circumstances that led to him firing a loaded gun on set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, CNN reports. In a civil cross-complaint filed Friday, Baldwin alleges that several of the crew members were negligent and failed to ensure safety on the …
Three ex-Pennsylvania police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment in a shooting that left an 8-year-old girl dead. Sean Dolan, 26; Devon Smith, 35; and Brian Devaney, 42, took a plea deal that saw charges of manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter dismissed, NBC News reported. Prosecutors said the deal was reached …
The 13-year-old son of a Miami-Dade Corrections officer found a loaded gun in a bedroom closet Thursday afternoon and shot his 11-year-old brother. Miami-Dade Police he two boys and three other siblings were home alone at the time of the shooting because both of the parents were working, WTVJ reported. Officers found the 11-year-old, identified …
