Monday marked 20 years since Michael and Mary Short were shot and killed “execution style” in their Henry County, Virginia, home. The disappearance of their 9-year-old daughter, Jennifer, ignited AMBER alerts in Virginia and North Carolina. Her remains were found six weeks later scattered around a creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina. On August 15, …
Amber Heard has reportedly axed most of her legal team amid her appeal of a $10 million judgment for defaming ex-husband Johnny Depp. Deadline reported that Heard has removed lead attorney Elaine Bredehoft as both she and Depp pursue separate appeals in this case. In turn, Heard has introduced David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward …
Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula, die after an assault inside their camping tent. 9-year-old Arlo Schmidt survives, running to another campsite for help. Autopsies show the family members were shot, stabbed and strangled. Police say the man who killed the family was himself, camping nearby. In fact, the campsite to which …
A child welfare employee in Texas has been fired after she allegedly told a teen girl to become a sex worker, KRIV-TV reports. Authorities have not yet identified the employee, but she was seen in a video telling a 14-year-old girl to become a prostitute. In the video, the girl told the CPS worker that …
The brother of ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib turned himself in on Monday in connection with Saturday’s shooting in Texas that left a man dead. Yaqub Talib, 39, was identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Mike Hickmon, 43, at the Lancaster Community Park amid a dispute among coaching staff and officiating …
A Florida preschool teacher was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly punching and pushing a 4-year-old boy. Pinellas County police said in a statement that they responded to Dunedin KinderCare after a witness reported hearing screaming from the preschool’s playground. The witness also alleged that they overheard Ashley Richards, 32, screaming at the victim and punching …
Missing California teen Kiely Rodni is believed to have been wearing a white and pink sweatshirt within hours of her disappearance from a campground earlier this month, KOVR-TV reports. On Sunday, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office distributed a photograph of a hoodie that authorities believe Rodni was wearing on the evening she vanished. The hoodie …
A hitchhiker allegedly stabbed to death a man who was trying to help him at a Texas Taco Bell and then stole the good Samaritan’s truck, KWTX-TV reports. Police have arrested 31-year-old Justin Glen Boswell in connection with the death of 25-year-old Rowdy Mays following the incident. On July 28, police were called to the …
Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, 24, is accused of killing one person when he drove through the crowd at the benefit and then beating his mother to death with a hammer afterward.
A grieving Florida mother is speaking out about the perils of drag racing after her teenage son died in a high-speed car crash earlier this summer, FOX 13 reports. On July 24, 16-year-old Payton Fordyce was riding in the back seat of a vehicle being driven by 17-year-old Austin Lewis in the Tampa area. Lewis and …
On Saturday, Texas authorities charged a 17-year-old boy for March’s fatal shooting of a woman who was killed while visiting her son’s grave. Christian Weston is accused of fatally shooting Yolanda N’Gaojia, 52, on March 22 at Calvary Baptist Church Garden of Memories Cemetery in Killeen. KWTX reported that N’Geojia was killed while visiting the …
Three people were injured Sunday night in an apparently targeted shooting in the Six Flags Great America parking lot. Gurnee, Illinois, police said they began receiving 911 calls shortly before 8 p.m., WLS reported. Gurnee is a popular tourist destination in northern Illinois near Waukegan. Two of the victims — a 17-year-old boy and a …
