A Texas man killed four members of his family overnight, including a child, and wounded three others before shooting and killing himself. Corsicana Police Chief Robert Johnson said the first shooting was reported just after midnight Saturday at a home in the city, where officers found a man and a woman dead and two other …
A top Russian doctor is under investigation when seven patients died after they were allegedly given battery fluid before having x-rays. Around two dozen other patients became violently ill while preparing for gastrointestinal x-rays at St Petersburg’s Municipal Diagnostic Center No. 1. They were given what they believed to be barium sulfate, a compound typically used …
A Seattle mother was killed sheltering her children from gunshots this week when a man suddenly opened fire on Greyhound bus at a stop in California. Karin Dalton, 43, was traveling with her 14-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter to visit family in New Mexico, Dalton’s aunt told KXTV. The 11-year-old daughter was one of four …
A man who forced his way into Michael Bloomberg’s Colorado ranch this week and kidnapped a housekeeper was looking for the former New York City mayor or his daughters, KUSA-TV reports. Investigators say 48-year-old Joseph Beecher told the housekeeper that he wanted to “make an international scene” with Bloomberg or his daughters, whom he referenced …
A Michigan mother accused of murdering her 3-year-old daughter told authorities that the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants threatened to kill her if she did not take her daughter’s life, WJRT-TV reports. At the time, the woman, 22-year-old Justine Johnson, had been experiencing hallucinations amid weeks of heroin withdrawal and lack of sleep. The revelations were …
Two Texas mothers are accused of abandoning their children in filthy and dangerous conditions, including a toddler who was allegedly eating his own feces to survive, KPRC-TV reports. The women – 28-year-old Riccy Padilla-Hernandez and 34-year-old Yures Molina – are now facing criminal charges of child endangerment. Authorities discovered the disturbing scene on Wednesday afternoon …
The uncle of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl sexually assaulted and murdered four years ago was arrested in Louisiana on Friday. The Pender County Sheriff’s Office said that David Wesley Prevatte, 23, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree statutory rape, and first-degree statutory sex offense by an adult with a child. Paitin Fields was found …
A 59-year-old California woman was found dead and buried in the backyard of a neighbor, police said on Thursday. The Milpitas Police Department said that they received a request for a welfare check for the woman on Monday. The caller said she hadn’t heard from the woman, whose identity is not being released, for several …
On Friday, Georgia officials upgraded criminal charges against a couple whose 9-month-old son died after he was reportedly found unresponsive in an RV parked outside a convenience store. On Sunday, Warner Robins police responded to a Buc-ee’s after receiving a 911 call about an unresponsive baby. One of the baby’s parents, Christopher Palmer, 40, and …
An employee at former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Colorado ranch was kidnapped at gunpoint this week and taken to Wyoming before authorities found them at a motel and arrested the gunman. Joseph Beecher, 48, will face kidnapping, felony menacing, and other charges in Colorado, plus charges in Wyoming. He’s being held without bail in …
Nevada officials have released 911 calls from last month’s car wreck that killed nine people, including seven members of the same family. In one of the January 29 calls obtained by KLAS, a woman is heard telling a 911 dispatcher about a three-car pileup in North Las Vegas. The woman becomes frantic upon realizing that …
