A drunk, off-duty Florida jailhouse deputy trying to show his son how to clean his AR-15 rifle last month dropped it, and a bullet struck his daughter when it went off. WPEC reported that Daniel Weber, 35, took out the weapon’s magazine and “believed the firearm to be empty,” Port St. Lucie Police said. He …
Casey Anthony told a number of different stories over time about the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony in 2008, and the new docuseries on Peacock does nothing to clarify the issues, the judge who oversaw her 2011 murder trial says. Anthony was acquitted on charges of murder, manslaughter, and child abuse but was …
Florida police say they’ve solved a 43-year-old murder case using advancements in DNA technology. Evelyn Marie Fisher-Bamforth, then 32, was raped and beaten to death on January 22, 1980, by someone who broke into her home and attacked her in her sleep, WTVJ reports. It’s the oldest cold case solved in #MiramarPD history: Evelyn Marie …
An 8;3-year-old Home Depot employee has died from injuries he suffered weeks ago when a shoplifter shoved him down in the store’s garden center. Gary Risor, a beloved employee known as “Mr. Gary,” had been hospitalized since the October 18 incident at the Hillsborough, North Carolina, Home Depot, WRAL reported. The suspect, who has not …
Actor Amber Heard has appealed a judgment that granted ex-husband Johnny Depp $10 million in a defamation trial, asking for either the judgment to be tossed or for a new trial. The lengthy original trial, in which Heard and Depp sued each other over accusations of abuse, ended mostly in Depp’s favor in June. Heard’s …
One of the four University of Idaho students stabbed to death three weeks ago had injuries substantially more severe than other victims, News Nation reports. The injuries to Kaylee Goncalves were reportedly “significantly more brutal” than the injuries to victims Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, according to the news outlet. News Nation did …
The father one of the college students murdered in Idaho last month said he believes the killer targeted his daughter or her best friend, Fox News reports. In an interview on Sunday with “Fox & Friends,” Steven Goncalves said his daughter Kaylee Goncalves was killed on the third floor of the house along with Madison …
A 69-year-old Tennessee woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly shot someone to death after an argument. The Carter County Sheriff’s Office said it found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds and transported him to Johnson City Medical Center, where he died, the Johnson City Press reported. The sheriff’s office said that Cynthia …
Gunfire knocked out two power substations in central North Carolina Saturday night, plunging thousands of customers into the dark and cold. Officials said full restoration of power in Moore County could take days as badly damaged equipment will have to be repaired or replaced before the stations can be brought back online, WNCN reported. Moore …
A 41-year-old woman was shot while sitting in a car early Sunday morning in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood. Police found the woman lying in the street when they responded at about 5 a.m., WTXF reported. She was shot three times in the neck and should and was transported to a hospital in critical condition. No …
The grandfather of a 7-year-old Texas girl who was kidnapped and murdered by a contracted delivery driver last week writes eloquently on Facebook of his struggle between “hate” and “love” — and his determination that hate will not win. As CrimeOnline has reported, Athena Strand disappeared from her home on Wednesday afternoon after an argument …
A self-proclaimed polygamist “prophet” is in jail in Arizona, charged with child abuse for allowing young children to ride unsecured in the back of a trailer and federal charges of destroying evidence. But according to an affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, Samuel Bateman has more than 20 wives — many of whom are …
