Two children were shot, one of them fatally, in at least five shootings in New York City on Saturday evening, the New York Post reports. In the fatal shooting, 10-year-old Justin Wallace was killed while he and his 29-year-old uncle were inside a house in Queens around 9:30 p.m., according to WABC-TV. Wallace was hit by gunfire in the …
Actor Lisa Banes was in critical condition Saturday after she was struck by a hit-and-run scooter driver Friday night on a New York street. Banes, 65, was headed out to meet her wife for a dinner party at a friend’s home when she was struck by a red and black scooter or motor bike at …
A 5-year-old boy crawled out from under a bathroom stall this week to escape a sexual assault in the locker room of a Utah recreation center. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jonathan Jareth Soberanis, 26, on Tuesday, charging him with lewdness involving a child, criminal trespass with intent to commit a crime, unlawful detention …
It was shocking enough on Tuesday when Huntersville, North Carolina, police officers responded to call for assistance at a home in a small mobile home community Kendrick Eugene “Cowboy” Knight called home and found a 58-year-old man — a friend of Knight’s — dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Even more shocking — the next day, …
North Carolina officials have identified a dismembered body found in a Goldsboro resident’s driveway two weeks ago and have arrested a second person in connection with the victim’s murder. The Goldsboro Police Department preliminarily identified the victim as Heather Diane Stewart, the Raleigh News & Observer reported. The state crime lab confirmed the identification on …
State law enforcement agents are investigation a body dumped onto the lawn of a house on Main Street in a small Georgia town Friday evening. Mary Chandler, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Milledgeville office, told the Macon Telegraph that a 911 caller alerted the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office about a …
A woman who vanished last year has been found alive, but questions remain about what happened to her and why, NBC News reports. Monica Decker was last seen in May 2020, worrying her family who feared for her wellbeing. “This is just not like her at all. We’re crushed,” Decker’s daughter, Sheila Yasin, told NBC News in …
Julie Ann Hanson was just 15 years old when her body was discovered in a Naperville, Illinois, cornfield on July 8, 1972. She had been stabbed 36 times and investigators believe she was also sexually assaulted. Nearly 49 years passed without an arrest – until this week. Authorities on Wednesday charged 76-year-old Barry Lee Whelpley …
A Texas woman behind bars in connection with the death of 5-year-old Samuel Olson reportedly had plans to flee the state with his body. According to a motion for bail obtained by the Daily Beast, 26-year-old Theresa Balboa is accused of making plans with friends to travel to Louisiana with the child’s remains. She was …
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Friday they believe they have found the body of a Georgia teacher who was last seen a week ago at a Sandersville Mexican restaurant. Tina Prince, 46, was having dinner with family on May 28 when she reportedly received a phone call and left dinner early. Investigators said that …
A Florida man was arrested last week, hours after he was allegedly caught looking into a family’s home a second time. A neighbor’s surveillance cameras reportedly filmed Santos Pantoja, 39, standing outside an Auburndale home before 7 a.m. on May 28. Homeowner Sarah Martinez told WFTS that days earlier on May 24, she was putting …
A Massachusetts police officer and the Worcester teenager he was trying to save both drowned Friday afternoon at a pond in Green Hill Park. Police were called to the scene at about 1:30 p.m., Worcester Police Chief Steven Sargent said, and found three people struggling in the pond, particularly one boy in the center, MassLive …
