A special grand jury in Virginia this week indicted on child abuse charges the former assistant principal of an elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher last year and issued a scathing report detailing security and administrative failures at the school leading up to the shooting. The grand jury indicted Dr. Ebony Parker …
An 85-year-old Idaho woman reportedly killed a home intruder last month in a shooting that authorities ruled was justified. On March 13, Derek Condon, 39, allegedly broke into Christine Jenneiahn’s Bingham County home, handcuffed her to a chair, and assaulted her. Jenneiahn’s adult disabled son was home at the time of the incident, according to …
A Wisconsin judge nixed the request for conditional release from a woman who was sentenced to 40 years in a mental institution after she and a classmate nearly stabbed another classmate to death in 2014 when all three were 12 years old. Morgan Geyser, now 21, pleaded guilty to attempted first degree homicide but not …
Nearly three decades after receiving a death sentence for kidnapping and murdering Polly Klaas, California child killer Richard Allen Davis is pushing for the sentence to be overturned, following a recent criminal justice reform law. According to prosecutors, Davis based appeal on Senate Bill 483, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021 and …
A body discovered in a submerged vehicle on Tuesday is reportedly a Pennsylvania man who vanished four days earlier. WPXI reported that Brian Posch’s body was found in his work truck in the Monongahela River in Elizabeth Township. Crews were searching the area because his cell phone last pinged near the waterway. Posch, 36, disappeared …
An Idaho detective testified on Thursday about finding Tylee Ryan and J.J. Vallow’s remains buried on Chad Daybell’s property months after their disappearances. Rexburg Detective Ray Hermosillo recounted how investigators had to take turns digging on Chad Daybell’s property due to the strong smell of decomposition. The court also saw graphic images of J.J. Vallow …
Summer Benton is a veteran homicide detective with the Atlanta Police Department. She has worked in various specialized units, including vice, narcotics, and hostage negotiation, before joining the homicide division in 2009. Benton has been featured on the TV show The First 48 and is known for her meticulous investigative approach and strong relationships within …
North Carolina investigators disclosed new details regarding the death of a North Carolina mother and her two children, who had been missing for nearly two weeks before police found their bodies. Benjamin Joseph Taylor, 34, is facing three counts of murder and one count of concealment of death in connection with the deaths of Markayla …
Former NFL star and the centerpiece of one of the nation’s most notorious murder trials, OJ Simpson, is dead at 76. According to CBS News, Simpson passed away in Las Vegas, following a battle with cancer. His family confirmed his death on X Thursday morning. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to …
The murder was caught on video, police say.
Colorado authorities issued a Senior Alert for a 63-year-old woman with a cognitive disorder who hasn’t been seen since Monday. According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Vivian Penaylillo was last seen on foot at Coalton Road and Rock Creek Circle in Superior at around 4:20 p.m. Police said there is concern for her well-being. …
