South Carolina authorities are looking for a man they say killed his uncle and left his body in a culvert behind a shed near his home. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office began investigating a missing person case on July 5 and eventually found the man’s body behind the shed, according to WSPA. Further investigation led …
A Kansas man who allegedly killed his 8-year-old daughter in May was charged on Tuesday with child sex crimes reportedly dating back as far as 2018. According to The Wichita Eagle, Thomas Gatewood, 51, kicked, beat, and struck Jeanetta Gatewood prior to her May 6 death at their Wichita home. In addition to prior arrests …
A true crime enthusiast sparked controversy this week after she reportedly charged her Patreon subscribers to view photos from the autopsy of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, who was brutally murdered by his stepmother in January 2020. Letitia Stauch was convicted earlier this year of stabbing Gannon 18 times, beating him, shooting him, and stuffing his body …
A 17-year-old Idaho boy was shot and killed Wednesday morning by another juvenile who was “handling” a gun. Idaho Falls Police and Fire EMS rushed to the scene at about 10:20 a.m., the Post Register reported. The teen was taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. Police did not …
The family of a teen girl says she was sex trafficked…sold to a marine. The girl was found in a barracks room at Camp Pendleton after going missing for 20 days. The 14-year-old’s family says she was raped. An unidentified Marine was taken from the base in handcuffs by military police officers but has been …
On Monday, a judge issued a 37-day stay in the trial of Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of murdering four University of Idaho students last year. Kohberger requested an indefinite stay in his case as he claimed there were fundamental failures in the grand jury selection process. The grand jury indicted Kohberger in May, and …
A Tennessee man has been identified after shooting a killing a renowned Tennessee surgeon in a Collierville examination room Tuesday, according to police. On Wednesday morning, the Collierville Police Department identified 29-year-old Larry Pickens as the alleged gunman who killed Tennessee surgeon, Dr. Benjamin Mauck, News Channel 3 reports. Pickens was reportedly one of Mauck’s …
In this episode of Zone 7, Sheryl McCollum dives deep into the instrumental role civilians play in solving crimes. She opens by examining the famous case of the Zodiac Cipher and segues into the tragic cold case of Ernestine Andridge. Sheryl introduces the powerful community of WebSleuths, headed by Tricia Griffith, which has changed the …
A Minnesota man was charged on Monday for murdering his elderly mother last year and discarding her dismembered body parts. KARE reported that Troy Mitteness, 56, admitted to stabbing Sandra Mitteness, 83, in June 2022 and scattering her remains as he drove from Burnsville to Appleton. The suspect allegedly said that he killed his mother …
Alabama police are searching for a shooter, or shooters, responsible for firing at two Birmingham firefighters Wednesday morning. According to NBC 13, the incident unfolded as the firefighters did maintenance work around the “Norwood area at Station 9 on 27th Street North,” in Birmingham. Either a man or multiple men allegedly entered an open bay …
Police arrested a man Tuesday who allegedly forced a woman into a guest hotel room at Caesars Palace on the Strip in Las Vegas. According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police online booking log, Matthew John Ermond Mannix, 35, was arrested following an hours-long standoff. He’s been charged with resisting a public officer, disregarding the …
Rudy Farias, the man who was found outside a Houston church last month after his mother reported him missing eight years ago, spoke to Houston media outlets this week to explain his side of the story. Houston Police said after Farias was found that their investigation revealed he hadn’t been missing at all, that he’d …
