A woman who strangled an expectant mother and cut her newborn baby out of her womb is scheduled to be executed in December, the first execution of a female federal prisoner in 70 years, Daily Mail reports. Authorities on Friday announced that 43-year-old Lisa Montgomery, an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute, Indiana, will be …
Recently released video shows police shooting at a woman who had shot her husband and was later found dead with her children after an hours-long stand-off in their California home, the Daily Mail reports. The footage shows the events of December 15, 2019, when police responded to an early-morning 911 call of a man who …
A 13-year-old girl has been reported missing in Michigan after she left home early Friday evening and did not return. According to WDIV, Richanna Mosley, 13, left her home on Birwood Street in Detroit at about 6:20 p.m. Friday. It is unclear from the report if she left on her own or how she may …
The suspected killer of Sydney Sutherland admitted ramming the Arkansas nurse with his pickup truck as she was out jogging, then loading her into the vehicle and driving to a remote area, recently filed court documents say, as reported by Arkansas Online. Quake Lewellyn, 28, has been charged with kidnapping, rape, and capital murder in …
A 3-week-old infant was knowingly placed into a foster home with a sexually aggressive teenage boy who raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Marion County, Florida. The lawsuit charges that Kids Central, which manages child welfare in the Ocala region, and The Centers, which provides case management services, knew that the …
A kidnapping Thursday night led to an overnight crime spree that left a 2-year-old Louisiana child dead after the suspect fired randomly into a house where the boy was, The Advocate reported. Kendrick Myles, 41, was arrested just before 3 a.m. Friday after a standoff with police that followed an unsuccessful attempt by a relative …
A Kentucky teacher tried to bring her three children to safety after her husband opened fire in their home in Perry County, but one of the two children shot has died. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, 36-year-old David Hampton allegedly shot two of his children at a home on or near Montgomery County Road on …
On Tuesday, police in Louisiana issued an arrest warrant for a man who allegedly fatally beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter earlier this month. A law enforcement source told the Times-Picayune that Anfernee Steele, 21, was entrusted to watch Jo’nyri Hawkins at a New Orleans hotel room on October 3. The mother reportedly returned to the …
On Thursday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a request to dismiss charges against the man accused of opening fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018, killing 11 people. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Robert Bowers sought to have charges dropped that were related to the Hate Crimes Protection Act and the …
A Montana man was booked into jail Thursday for allegedly murdering his stepsister, who was found dead in a car in Iowa in 1999. Matt Kennedy, 52, was charged with the first-degree murder of Kimberly Ratliff, 22. Ratliff was found dead in her car in a parking lot in Council Bluffs; her body was mutilated …
A 12-year-old Georgia girl has died after a lice infestation that may have lasted as long as three years. Kaitlyn Yozviak lived with her parents in a bug-infested and rat-infested home. Coroners say the lice made the girl anemic, which resulted in a heart attack. Yozviak’s parents have been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree …
A child caregiver who ran an unlicensed daycare was sentenced to probation Wednesday for the deaths of twin toddlers. Twins Elijah and Elyssa Orejuela were in the care of Jennifer Salley, 37, at her Om Baby Knoxville daycare center when they both fell into her pool on July 30, 2018. At the time, Salley didn’t …
