A New York mother allegedly confessed to drowning her three young kids early Monday, leading to a frantic search for the children, whose bodies were found on Coney Island in Brooklyn, WNBC-TV reports. Authorities say the woman, 30-year-old Erin Merdy, has a history of mental health challenges but that postpartum psychosis is one possible motive, …
An inmate who sued an Oklahoma jail — alleging he was tortured by “Baby Shark” being played on repeat — was reportedly found dead in a cell on Sunday. The Oklahoman reported that John Basco, 48, was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive at the Oklahoma County jail. Basco had been booked into jail on …
On Friday, the Florida Board of Medicine barred a doctor from performing Brazilian butt lifts following last year’s death of a patient he did the surgery on. The Miami Herald reported that Dr. John Sampson, who works at Seduction Cosmetic Surgery in Coral Gables, was allowed to keep his medical license. In addition to the …
A pair of AirPods helped police rescue an infant who was taken when his mother’s car was stolen over the weekend. According to Fox 29, the incident happened in Philadelphia after someone stole a car from a woman’s driveway in the Fox Chase neighborhood. The woman told police that her infant was inside the vehicle …
A wig reportedly protected an Orthodox Jewish woman from being shot in the head in New York on Saturday. According to WNBC, the unidentified 21-year-old woman was standing on a corner in Brooklyn when a dark-colored car approached her. The backseat passenger window then opened and someone brandished a weapon and fired. Police told WNBC …
A Maryland family is dead after police say an Elk Mills father murdered his wife and children before taking his own life. The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Tara Devina Ricker Milligan, 37, and her children. Teresa Milligan, 14; Nora Milligan, 11; and Finn Milligan, 8. Tara’s husband and the children’s father, …
A Pennsylvania man is dead and police say he was shot execution-style at his own residence after someone waited in a sedan for him to emerge. According to CBS Philadelphia, the incident happened a little before 1 a.m. on Monday, outside of a home on Washington Lane in Germantown. The victim, identified as a 37-year-old …
A 53-year-old Michigan man shot and killed his wife and dog and badly injured his daughter early Sunday morning before he was killed by police. Oakland County Sheriff Micheal Bouchard said that deputies arrived at the Walled Lake home shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday morning after Igor Lanis’s 25-year-old daughter called 911. Bouchard said the …
Amber Robertson, the mother of an Indiana baby girl who disappeared in 2019, was arrested Saturday on four counts of neglect. Amiah Robertson was 8-months-old when she was last seen in the company of her mother’s ex-boyfriend, Robert Lyons, on March 9, 2019, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Indianapolis Metro Police confirmed that Robertson was arrested …
A tractor-trailer driver went on a crash rampage through a Tennessee city Saturday night before ending up in a foot chase with officers across the state line in Kentucky. Several videos show the white USA TRUCK flying through traffic lights, even running on wheels after its front tires were blown out. Clarksville Police said they …
