Police conducting a wellness check at a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday afternoon found a dismembered body stuffed into two suitcases. Investigators believe the body belongs to the 22-year-old woman who lived at the apartment but are awaiting the medical examiner’s confirmation of identity and cause of death, WABC reported. Other residents of the apartment building told …
UK Crimestoppers is offering a $200,000 reward for the capture of the person responsible for shooting and killing a 9-year-old Liverpool girl last month. BBC reports that Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed inside her family home on August 22 after two strangers ran into the residence while shooting at each other. The child’s mother, Cheryl Korbe, …
Ohio deputies investigating an alleged sexual assault on Sunday found a toddler locked in a cage and another holding a meth pipe. The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office arrested the children’s parents, 38-year-old Franklin “TJ” Varney and 25-year-old Megan Smith, and the toddlers’ grandmother, 61-year-old Ella Webb, and charged with child endangering, WFMJ reported. All three …
Three people were arrested in Texas this week and charged with the murder of a teen who was found dead on the side of a rural Liberty County road earlier this month. Emily Rodriguez-Avila was found dead on September 4, a day after texting family members to say friends were giving her a ride from …
An Alabama man has been charged with reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after he left his toddler grandson in his truck for seven hours on Tuesday — and was in and out of the vehicle three times before the boy was discovered. Two-year-old Ian Wiesman was found dead in the back passenger seat of …
An East Tennessee man has been charged with using a blowtorch on his girlfriend and barricading the door of their home to trap her inside. The Carter County Sheriff’s Office said they received a domestic violence call on Tuesday and found a woman who said her boyfriend had been abusing her for months and had …
A Pennsylvania woman who posted on social media about her 10-year-old daughter’s various medical issues was arrested last month for allegedly prolonging her recovery, presumably to garner funds. After the victim had back surgery a few years ago, her mother, Yvette Brady, 31, allegedly prevented the incision from healing — causing the girl to undergo …
The family of 21-year-old Allison Rice lays the college student to rest today. Rice was found shot dead in her car, just three miles from campus. The LSU student was stopped at a railroad crossing for a train when witnesses say the killer or killers walked up to Rice’s car and started shooting. Police say …
A Georgia woman who vanished in July is believed to have been murdered, and police said on Tuesday that they have arrested one person suspected in her disappearance and death. Atlanta police Major Peter Malecki told WSB-TV that they believe Allahnia Lenoir, 24, was killed at a unit at the Peachtree Apartments, where she was …
An Illinois woman is facing attempted murder and battery charges after police say she pushed her 3-year-old nephew off of Navy Pier at Lake Michigan. Fox 32 reports that the incident happened at around 1 p.m. Monday, close to the 700 block of East Grand Avenue. Security footage reportedly captured the incident as Victoria Moreno, …
An 8-month-old Florida infant died Tuesday after she was reportedly left inside a hot vehicle, marking the 29th hot car death involving children this year. According to Sgt. Silcox, with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, police were called to a home off of Newberry Road in Jacksonville, in response to an unresponsive infant. Members of the …
California police are searching for a missing Palmdale girl who was reported missing on Wednesday morning. Zamora James Williams, 12, was last seen in the 38000 block of 20th Street East at around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the LA County Sheriff’s Office. She’s considered “critical missing,” police said. #LASD is Asking for the …
