An Iowa man is in jail following a 19-month investigation into allegations that he abused multiple teenage students at the boarding school he operated in Keokuk, Iowa. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, authorities believe 39-year-old Benjamin Trane used his position as director of Midwest Academy to pressure at least one student into a sexual relationship and …
By GRETCHEN EHLKE, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin girl who told investigators she helped stab a classmate was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a fictional horror character called Slender Man, her attorney told jurors Tuesday. The defense is trying to convince jurors that Anissa Weier was suffering from …
Jean-Claude Van Damme’s son was arrested Sunday in Tempe, Arizona, on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. TMZ reports that Nicholas Van Varenberg, the 21-year-old youngest child of the Belgian actor and martial artist, was also booked on charges of unlawful imprisonment, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia after an incident involving …
The search for Crystal McDowell, the mom of two who went missing just before Hurricane Harvey slammed into her Texas town, ended with the discover her body in a wooded area. Her former husband was jailed on a murder charge. McDowell’s boyfriend visits again with Nancy Grace in this episode, along with Crime Stories contributing …
More victims have been identified in what Plano police are saying is the deadliest shooting the north Texas city has ever seen. Although authorities have not released the identities of the victims or the suspects, family members and friends have confirmed to the media the names of several of those who died in Sunday’s shooting …
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — A man who lived in the “dark, dark world” of methamphetamine and morphine abducted a Tennessee nursing student from her rural home in 2011, then drugged, raped and shot her before discarding her body and bragging about it, a prosecutor said Monday. Paul Hagerman made the statements …
A $50,000 reward is offered for information that leads to the missing girl
A 10-year-old Ohio boy passed away on Sunday, following a fiery car crash in August that left him critically injured while his father fled the scene. WCPO reports that the little boy, Ariyonte “Tay-Tay” Grace Holloway, passed away at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital after his father, Adriel Holloway, 27, crashed his vehicle in Walnut Hills while his …
A Michigan teenager has been charged with murdering his mother because she wouldn’t let him keep a puppy. The New York Post reports that Andrew Wilson, 19, was arrested on charges that he fatally shot his mother, 51-year-old Lisa Marie Willson, in her Wheatfield Township home. According to the Lansing State Journal, Wilson called police early …
New York police have arrested a man and accused him of punching his infant son in the head during a domestic violence incident with the child’s mother, as reported by Spectrum News. The Leader-Herald reports that officers arrived at the hospital on Saturday morning following a report of an infant sustaining a traumatic injury to the …
A New York City man allegedly stabbed his wife to death before jumping out of a window and plummeting eight stories to his death, according to NY Daily News. DNAinfo reports that Francisco Ferreiras, 69, stabbed Bernarda Ferreiras, 53, Sunday night during an argument about a trip she was taking to the Dominican Republic. After carrying out the …
For a second time, a New York board has denied parole to a prison tailor who helped two killers escape from jail in 2015, as reported by NBC5. The Plattsburgh Press-Republican notes that the state parole board handed down their ruling on Friday. The decision means that Joyce Mitchell, 53, will have to serve at least two more years …
