A Georgia man told police he was playing with his handgun, something he claimed he often does, when he shot and killed a 19-year-old girl. AJC reports that the incident happened on September 7 in Panama City, Florida, after Spencer Chase Pruitt, 24, of Douglasville, Georgia, shot and killed 19-year-old Victoria “Tori” Lynn Busch, of …
Authorities in California are searching for a teenager believed missing for nearly 10 years — an investigation prompted after her adoptive parents were accused of harming her siblings, The Press Democrat reports. On August 19, police arrested Jose and Gina Centeno in Rohnert Park, California, alleging that they have abused their children for years. A complaint …
A missing Alabama teen has been found dead and two people have been arrested in connection with the case, AL.com reports. On Thursday, the body of 18-year-old Thomas A. Green was found in a wooded area in Waverly, Alabama. Caretakers of the property came upon the remains. Investigators could not locate any identification information on the …
An Alabama man has been charged with the murder of his 2-month-old son in July after an autopsy revealed the boy died from blunt force trauma to the head, WIAT reports. Jefferson County deputies responded to a call about an unresponsive child on July 29 and found Amari Ruffin not breathing. The boy was taken …
“Operation Home Alone 2” nabbed five men on charges related to child sexual exploitation in Arizona — including a former detective who was out on bond after he was arrested on the same charges in February, Homeland Security Investigations reports. The week-long action was the culmination of a months-long action in Pinal County, similar to …
A South Dakota man was indicted on first-degree murder charges Wednesday, months after he allegedly fatally shot his girlfriend and staged her death to look like a suicide. The Rapid City Police Department said in a statement that an investigation revealed Dion Bordeaux, 25, shot Jeanette Jumping Eagle, 22, at the Microtel Inn and Suites …
Authorities have identified the 23-year-old California man they believe made a 3,400-mile round trip over 72 hours last month to kill another man he met via an online game, the Flower Mound, Texas, Police Department announced Friday. Flower Mound police found Matthew Thane, 18, dead from a gunshot wound outside his home early on August …
The Detroit Police Department announced Friday that a mother and her 2-year-old boy have been missing since Tuesday. Fox Detroit reports that 2-year-old Carson Hayes may be in the company of his non-custodial biological mother, Asia Sturgis, 25 who reportedly took the child without permission. The boy’s father reportedly said he dropped his son off …
A New Jersey HVAC contractor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly installing mirrors to interior bathroom stall doors to spy on middle school girls. Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins alleged Gregory Mahley, 51, would watch the girls from an overhead air conditioning vent. After a Glen Landing Middle School teacher noticed mirrors affixed to three …
A 5-year-old boy has died after a table fell and landed on his head at a wedding reception in Illinois. According to ABC 7, the boy died after what appears to be a freak accident during a wedding reception at the Drake Hotel in Oakbrook, Illinois, last week. Police sources told the news station that …
A charismatic con man gets married over and over, then disappears over and over. Richard Scott Smith is that con man and is the focus of a new Showtime docu-series “Love Fraud.” He’s targeting ordinary women stealing their identifies, their money, their credit, and anything else he can take with him. Joining Nancy Grace today: …
On Friday, a Florida judge sentenced a man to death for the 2014 rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Granville Ritchie, 41, was convicted of first-degree murder, sexual battery, and aggravated child abuse in connection with the death of Felecia Williams. Williams’ nude body was found in a bay near the Courtney Campbell Causeway …
