An alleged Tennessee killer, accused of murdering Memphis mother, Eliza Fletcher, was in court Monday morning in connection to a rape he allegedly committed last year. Fox News reports that suspect Cleotha Henderson, 38, appeared before two Shelby County judges during the past several days. Monday’s hearing was for the Fletcher case. Another hearing last …
Adnan Syed left a Maryland courthouse a free man on Monday after a judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s 2000 conviction after prosecutors and Syed’s attorneys revealed other possible suspects in Lee’s strangling death. Prosecutors also noted that Syed, 41, was convicted …
Georgia police are searching for a Cherokee County woman who hasn’t been seen in days. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, Anya Love FangLi Bailey, 24, was last seen at her residence in Canton, in the Bridgemill subdivision close to Bells Ferry and Sixes Road. Police say she left her home on foot Sunday night and …
Rapper Ludacris’ longtime manager was arrested on Tuesday in connection with June’s shooting in Georgia that left one person dead and two injured. Ahmed Obafemi, 52, who is known as Chaka Zulu, was seriously injured in the June 26 shooting in an Atlanta shopping center parking lot that killed Artez Benton, 23. In a statement …
A Minnesota woman is facing felony charges after prosecutors said she sexually and physically abused a 6-year-old boy in her care. According to KNSI, citing court documents filed at the Benton County court, 51-year-old Leigh Anne Schwartz has been arrested and charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, child torture, and malicious punishment of a child …
A Georgia father has pleaded guilty to murder and related charges in connection with the 2016 death of his daughter. According to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Milan Wash pleaded guilty on September 15 to murdering his 7-year-old daughter, Kamarie, who was reportedly beaten and abused before her death. In June 2016, a fisherman …
Authorities in Arizona have identified a body that was reportedly found in a suitcase in the desert on Saturday. A cyclist told KSAZ that she was on a public trail in Phoenix when she discovered what appeared to be a bloody head sticking out of large luggage. Police have identified the deceased woman as Jennifer …
A retired Kansas City police detectives has been charged with federal civil rights crimes related to claims that he sexually assaulted two victims while “acting under the color of law.” Allegations against Roger Golubski surfaced when an investigation discovered that Golubski had framed Lamonte McIntyre for a double murder after McIntyre’s mother refused his sexual …
A North Carolina mother and her boyfriend are expected in court Monday after her 1-year-old child was found unresponsive in a bathtub Sunday morning. Sierra Eley, 27, has been charged with child abuse, and Marcus Richardson, 30, has been charged with first degree murder and child abuse, according to WTVD. Rocky Mount police responded to …
A California mother who claimed she was kidnapped and tortured for three weeks in 2016 — but was actually staying with an ex-boyfriend 600 miles from her home — has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for her elaborate hoax. According to the Record Searchlight, prosecutors asked for an 8-month sentence followed by three …
A Missouri couple has been charged with child endangerment resulting in the death of 21-month-old boy who found a loaded gun and shot himself in the head. Police said Alea Little, 24, and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Donnell Straughter, were in bed with the toddler at Little’s home at about 1 p.m. on August 31. The …
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Friday temporarily suspended the law license of prosecutor Ronnie Goldy for allegedly promising a defendant favors in court in exchange for nude images. The Louisville Courier Journal first disclosed in July the 230 pages of Facebook messages between Goldy, the commonwealth’s attorney for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, and Rowan Counties, and …
