A Tennessee couple pleaded not guilty Monday to various charges related to the alleged abuse of their six adoptive children. Randall and Michelle Ridenour, 53 and 48, are accused of beating, choking, and starving their children, who range in age from 6 to 14. The Roane County Sheriff’s Office zeroed in on the couple after …
The California Supreme Court has overturned Scott Peterson’s death sentence. Prosecutors say they will ask for the death penalty when the sentencing phase is tried again. The court says significant errors were made in jury selection that undermined Peterson’s right to an impartial jury. Joining Nancy Grace today: “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” on Fox …
Police in New York are asking for the public’s help in locating an infant girl who was reportedly abducted on Wednesday. According to WCAX-3, 2-month-old Natalie R. Huntington was abducted from an address in Holley, New York, at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. The infant is believed to be with two suspects: 16-year-old Kevin A. Huntington …
A 3-year-old boy at the center of a custody dispute has died under possibly suspicious circumstances. According to News4Jax, police responded to a medical call at a home in Jacksonville Beach early Tuesday evening. A 3-year-old boy at the home later died, though the cause of death is not yet known. Court records obtained by …
A Missouri man is facing criminal charges for allegedly stealing a cellphone from a woman who collapsed on the sidewalk last week and subsequently died. St. Louis police said surveillance footage from October 18 showed Brian Davenport, 35, exit a van and take a cellphone from Jacquelyn Olden, 64, who had collapsed while jogging. Olden …
A 6-year-old Texas girl died after her stepmother allegedly beat her with a belt and forced her to sleep on the floor. According to KBTX, police responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive child at a residence in Bryan on Tuesday night around 9 p.m. There, responding officers found the girl unresponsive with bruising …
A Texas man was reportedly filmed drinking while driving Sunday — just before causing a crash that killed three of his passengers and left another driver seriously injured. Citing Harris County prosecutors, KPRC reported that a Facebook Live video broadcasted onto Camilo Morejon’s page showed him drinking beer while driving. Moments later, Morejon, 47, crashed …
After years of delays, a Colorado man accused of killing his son, Dylan Redwine, will start his trial on Thursday. The Durango Herald reports that jury selection is scheduled to begin Thursday in connection with a case against Mark Redwine, a man accused of killing his son in November 2012. The case quickly caught national …
A Georgia couple is facing murder charges after their severely malnourished daughter 5-year-old daughter died of suspected neglect. According to Forsyth County News, Kylie Mickens’ parents, who live in Buford, brought her to a local hospital on June 7. Because of the seriousness of the girl’s condition, she was transported to o Children’s Healthcare of …
A police officer who previously admitted to strangling a woman who revealed their affair to his wife has been acquitted of murder. BBC News reports that a jury acquitted 41-year-old Timothy Brehmer, a Dorset police officer in the UK, of murder, but sentenced him for manslaughter after he previously admitted to strangling Claire Parry, 41. …
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin apparently doesn’t want random visitors showing up while she serves out her time for swindling businesses out of money. New York Post reports that Sorokin took to Instagram on Monday and warned people to not show up unannounced, especially people who she doesn’t know. “Please do not show up here unannounced,” …
