The FBI’s investigation into Gabby Petito’s murder is still open, despite last month’s announcement that Brian Laundrie killed her and then took his own life, The Sun reports. The agency in January said that Laundrie wrote a suicide note in which he admitted to murdering Petito. Investigators believe he then shot himself. “All logical investigative steps have …
Update: Blacksburg Police said late Saturday night they had taken the suspect in the shooting, Jamel D. Flint, into custody without incident, the Roanoke Times said. Original story: A Virginia high school football star was shot and killed Friday night when a gunman opened fire at a downtown Blacksburg hookah lounge near Virginia Tech. Blackburg …
A 38-year-old Florida man left a bar early Saturday morning and couldn’t find his car, so he stole one. Bradford Weitzel told Martin County Sheriff’s detectives he took the other car in a “good faith effort” to find his car. But before he could locate his own vehicle, he said, the stolen car stalled — …
An Alabama man whose brother allegedly gave him a motorcycle to kill his ex-wife surrendered in Texas on Saturday. Central Alabama Crime Stoppers said that Darin Christopher Starr, 54, gave up to a law enforcement officer in Hondo, Texas, at about 1:30 a.m., according to AL.com. Starr was wanted for his part in the fatal …
A Texas man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend last month, authorities say. Camerina Trujillo Perez, 38, was reported missing on January 25 by family members who said that Luis Angel Montes, 35, previously had made threatening statements about her. Authorities issued a CLEAR Alert for Perez last week and said they …
A Texas man killed four members of his family overnight, including a child, and wounded three others before shooting and killing himself. Corsicana Police Chief Robert Johnson said the first shooting was reported just after midnight Saturday at a home in the city, where officers found a man and a woman dead and two other …
A top Russian doctor is under investigation when seven patients died after they were allegedly given battery fluid before having x-rays. Around two dozen other patients became violently ill while preparing for gastrointestinal x-rays at St Petersburg’s Municipal Diagnostic Center No. 1. They were given what they believed to be barium sulfate, a compound typically used …
A Seattle mother was killed sheltering her children from gunshots this week when a man suddenly opened fire on Greyhound bus at a stop in California. Karin Dalton, 43, was traveling with her 14-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter to visit family in New Mexico, Dalton’s aunt told KXTV. The 11-year-old daughter was one of four …
A man who forced his way into Michael Bloomberg’s Colorado ranch this week and kidnapped a housekeeper was looking for the former New York City mayor or his daughters, KUSA-TV reports. Investigators say 48-year-old Joseph Beecher told the housekeeper that he wanted to “make an international scene” with Bloomberg or his daughters, whom he referenced …
A Michigan mother accused of murdering her 3-year-old daughter told authorities that the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants threatened to kill her if she did not take her daughter’s life, WJRT-TV reports. At the time, the woman, 22-year-old Justine Johnson, had been experiencing hallucinations amid weeks of heroin withdrawal and lack of sleep. The revelations were …
Two Texas mothers are accused of abandoning their children in filthy and dangerous conditions, including a toddler who was allegedly eating his own feces to survive, KPRC-TV reports. The women – 28-year-old Riccy Padilla-Hernandez and 34-year-old Yures Molina – are now facing criminal charges of child endangerment. Authorities discovered the disturbing scene on Wednesday afternoon …
