A Florida man who used a church van to plow into a woman in 2020 has been convicted of her murder. On Friday, a Polk County jury on Friday found Elijah Paul Stansell, 20, of Winter Haven, guilty of murder and burglary. State Attorney Brian Haas said the defendant will sentence this year to mandatory …
Police in Virginia are investigating after a father committed suicide after his toddler died when he left the boy in his car for three hours while he was at work. The Chesterfield Police Department said they were initially called at about noon on Tuesday about a suicidal man at his home in Midlothian, WRIC reports. …
Indiana authorities have issued a Silver Alert for a missing 16-year-old girl believed to be “in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.” Marley Richie is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 135 pounds with brown hair and eyes, according to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office. She was last seen at about …
An infant and a toddler reported missing in Florida more than a week ago have been found in Mexico. Fort Myers Police Sgt Glenn Thompson said on Tuesday that 2-year-old Yazmin Barrios and 2-month old Genesis Barrios were located in Linares, Mexico, WINK reported. The two girls were reportedly taken from their aunt’s home by …
A 59-year-old Georgia babysitter has been charged with murder in the death of a 15-month-old child who tested positive for multiple drugs, including fentanyl and benzodiazapine. Athens-Clarke County police say they were called on Saturday by Children’s Hospital of Georgia in Augusta about a baby who’d been transferred to them from a hospital in Athens, …
Florida authorities arrested a man Sunday after his 8-year-old son took his loaded handgun and fired off around that killed a baby and wounded a toddler. Roderick Dwayne Randall, 45, was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, two counts of culpable negligence, and tampering with physical evidence, the Pensacola News Journal …
Six weeks after she allegedly murdered a pro cyclist she believed was having an affair with her boyfriend, fugitive yoga instructor Kaitlin Armstrong is still on the run and, according to the US Marshals, “still alive.” Police took Armstrong into custody for questioning shortly after cyclist Mo Wilson was found shot to death on May …
On Tuesday, jailed South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh and the man he allegedly paid to fatally shoot him last year were indicted on drug-related charges. Greenville News reported that Murdaugh and Curtis Smith, 61, are charged with two counts of conspiracy — one of which involves oxycodone. Smith was also charged with money laundering, forgery, …
A California mother is facing decades in prison after she admitted to killing her two young children, according to prosecutors. Madera County District Attorney Sally Moreno said Briseida G. Sran pleaded guilty Monday to murder, child abuse and mutilation, in connection with the deaths of her children, 4-month-old Divina Sran and Thaddeus Sran, 2. Briseida’s …
On Tuesday, the Michigan Supreme Court threw out the criminal case against former Governor Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water scandal, finding that a judge who acted as a one-person grand jury had no power to indict them. In a unanimous decision, the six-judge panel found that a one-judge grand jury can …
A Texas man who was deemed insane in his father’s 2014 murder allegedly escaped from a state hospital on Sunday. The Austin American-Statesman reported that security cameras caught Alexander Ervin, 29, leaving a dorm at North Texas State Hospital. Hospital staff informed the police of his disappearance on Monday morning. In 2014, Ervin was acquitted …
