A Philadelphia man has been charged with abducting two girls, driving them to New Jersey, where he sexually assaulted at least one of them, and then abandoning the girls on the side of a the road. Benjamin Pessin faces one count of kidnapping, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and one count …
Sam Haskell is sitting in jail with no bail, accused of murdering and dismembering his wife and her parents. Police found biological evidence at the Haskell home where the wife and in-laws lived. A law enforcement source says the biological evidence is from three different people. Police have yet to say what the nature of …
Fresno County prosecutors have filed charges against a self-proclaimed “satanist” accused of stabbing the man convicted of killing California Polytechnic State University student, Kristin Smart. Jason Richard Budrow, 43, is accused of stabbing Paul Flores, 47, who’s behind bars at California’s Pleasant State Valley Prison, for the 1996 murder of Cal Poly Tech college student, …
On Thursday, Lori Vallow Daybell was arraigned in Arizona on murder charges in the 2019 shooting death of her fourth husband. Vallow Daybell was extradited to Arizona from Idaho — where she is serving life sentences for killing her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan in September 2019, months after her brother, Alex Cox, …
Texas police reportedly believe a 16-year-old girl who was found deceased on Tuesday was murdered. Lizbeth Medina’s mother told KHOU that she found her daughter dead at their Edna apartment after she did not show up to a Christmas parade. The mother said Medina was in the cheer squad and was set to participate in …
Accused child killer Richard Allen has been moved to another Indiana jail, following a motion filed to transfer him after mistreatment allegations. Following an order signed by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on December 6, Allen was transferred to the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle. Allen is charged with murder in connection with the …
The wife of a Maryland mother convicted of scalding her 4-year-old stepson in a bath and tossing his body in a dumpster after he died will spend 30 years in prison in prison herself. Shatika Lawson — wife of Malachi Lawson’s mother, Alicia Lawson — was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday with all …
Newly released warrants have shed details into the disappearance and murder of South Carolina woman, Jamilla Smith. According to court documents, 34-year-old Daniel Gabriel Harmon has been arrested and charged with domestic violence and kidnapping in connection with Smith, identified as his girlfriend. The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office said that Smith has not been seen …
Remains found near the Kiamichi River in Oklahoma have been positively identified as a Louisiana woman who disappeared in 2022 on a road trip to Colorado. Gordon Case said he lost contact with his daughter, 33-year-old Caitlyn Case, on August 5, 2022, as she traveled the backroads in rural Texas. A week later, her SUV …
News reports have identified the gunman who killed three and wounded another on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Wednesday as a professor who unsuccessfully sought at job at the school. Campus police got calls about an active shooter at Beam Hall, home of the school’s business college, at about 11:45 a.m. …
A 60-year-old Wisconsin man punched a middle school basketball coach in the face on Wednesday because he was upset at the amount of playing time his son was getting. West Bend Police did not name the 60-year-old parent or the 62-year-old coach. The altercation took place at the end of an 8th grade game at …
