Two cousins who spent 42 years in an Illinois prison for murders they didn’t commit were formally exonerated on Thursday. James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, were sentenced to life for the 1981 drive-by shooting deaths of Julie Limas, 16, and U.S. Marine Hector Valeriano, 18, who were killed during a softball game in …
A New Jersey man was arrested last week for allegedly killing his elderly mother, who was decapitated. NJ.com reported that on December 8, Jeffrey Surgent, 46, called Ocean County police about his mother’s murder. Responding police officers allegedly found Surgent — nude and covered in blood — in an apartment hallway on top of Alexandria …
Florida mother Donna Adelson engaged in several conversations with her son before her arrest, even continuing to talk for minutes after one of the calls disconnected. According to jail calls obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat, Donna can be heard talking to her son, Charles Adelson, during a 25-minute call from the Leon County Detention Facility, …
The California Highway Patrol issued an AMBER Alert for a 13-year-old girl believed to be in the company of an adult male. According to the alert, Raine Gonzales was last seen in Brawley on December 10, near I and 18th streets, in Imperial County. She was seen “leaving her apartment complex,” the FBI said, according …
An 85-year-old Washington, D.C., man was arrested Thursdayfor the stabbing death of his 81-year-old wife because she made him pancakes. Steven Schwartz was charged with second degree murder while armed in the December 10 killing of Sharron Schwartz at the couple’s home, US Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew M. Graves said in a …
The husband of a missing Florida woman is behind bars after police say they found child pornography in his phone. Mount Dora police arrested Brett Baldwin on Thursday on federal charges of child pornography possession. The arrest comes after a November 28 police search at the Mount Dora home of his missing wife, Nicole Baldwin, …
The 51-year-old man came back with the child and left them with a family member before again taking off.
A Houston mother was shot to death early Friday morning and her three children assaulted, and one of the children told police their father was the perpetrator. Assistant Police Chief Wyatt Martin told KPRC they were called to the southeast Houston home at about 1:30 a.m. for “a man assaulting three children in the street.” …
A Utah man was charged this week with trying to kill his terminally ill wife two years ago “to ease her suffering.” Arenda Lee McCulla, 47, died the following day from breast cancer, KSL reported. McCulla was in hospice care at the time. Six family members say that on December 20, 2021, DeWayne McCulla, 45, …
A Florida man forced his way into the condominium his ex-girlfriend and her mother shared, shooting both women to death. Miami police said the shooting took place just after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Yolanda Villas Condominium in the Flagami area of the city. Investiators said they found Isbelsy Olivera, 22, and her 50-year-old mother, …
Bryan Kohberger’s defense team are inspecting the building this week before it is torn down.
A 13-year-old boy who allegedly killed his mother in October could be moved to a juvenile detention center soon, after a judge heard arguments and testimony on the matter on Thursday. Derek Rosa — who is charged with first-degree murder — reportedly stabbed Irina Garcia, 39, at their Hialeah home as Garcia slept near her …
