South Carolina authorities announced on Thursday that they are investigating allegations by Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys that a court clerk committed jury tampering during the disbarred lawyer’s murder trial. In a joint statement to Greenville News, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office and the S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said Attorney General Alan Wilson requested SLED …
In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, talks with guest Michael Essligner. Together, they peel back the layers of the notorious prison, Alcatraz, from its reputation as an impenetrable fortress to the infamous 1962 escape. Sheryl and Michael explore the psychology of Alcatraz inmates and discuss the prison’s impact on rehabilitation. …
A fun night out at a concert turned deathly for two sisters and friends as their Uber ride is rammed by a speeding car. The sisters and a lifelong friend died while riding in the back seat of a Honda sedan. Another friend and the Uber driver in the front seat were severely injured. The …
On Wednesday, North Carolina authorities identified a woman whose body was found in a lake last month. On August 29, a boater discovered a body floating in Lake Jordan. Chatham County police, who suspect foul play, used fingerprint analysis to identify the decedent as Hadeel Hikmat, 34, according to The News & Observer. On Friday, …
A 2-year-old girl was found dead on Tuesday in a car parked outside a Florida church. WJXT reported that the girl was discovered at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville Beach, which provided preschool services during the day. It is unclear who was responsible for the child and how long she was in the vehicle. Jacksonville …
Alabama killer, Mason Sisk, 18, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of five family members, including a baby and two young children, News 19 reports. Limestone County Circuit Judge Chad Wise handed down the sentence Thursday, calling the crime “draped in unmitigated evil.” This verdict followed Sisk’s conviction in …
Police released a distressing 911 call this week, leading to the arrests of YouTube mom Ruby Franke and her business partner after a neighbor reportedly helped her 12-year-old son. According to ABC News, a neighbor called 911 on August 30 after the “emaciated” boy arrived at his doorstep with open wounds and duct tape on …
YouTuber Ruby Franke, who was arrested last month on child abuse charges, appeared in a Utah court on Friday and accused her own child of sexual abuse. On August 30, Franke along with her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, 54, were arrested after Franke’s malnourished 12-year-old son reportedly escaped a home with duct tape on his …
Suffolk County prosecutors are expected to hand over more than 280 firearms seized from accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home, while New York police investigate the death of another potential victim. According to Newsday, Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Opisso filed a motion with the State Supreme Court Thursday, indicating that Heuermann …
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Carnival cruise passenger who inexplicably disappeared aboard the ship Monday. According to WPLG, the Coast Guard used a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and boats to search around 3,300 nautical square miles in surrounding Miami waters for 26-year-old Army veteran Kevin McGrath, who was last seen early …
A 26-year-old man accused in the brutal rape and beating of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student last week told police he “went into a rage” and doesn’t recall the rape but afterward pretended to have stumbled across the victim while taking a “high walk.” Brandon Thompson is charged with sexual assault causing great bodily harm, …
A German man is on trial for the brutal murder of his 100-year-old grandmother in the German city of Hamburg, where a jury heard how he decapitated her as she tried to defend herself from her wheelchair. Artur B (the German legal system does not identified victims and suspects except by first name and last …
