Mom: Toddler’s eyebrows WAXED at daycare!
“I birthed my daughter and love every little thing about her and these so called women took it upon themselves to correct the way my daughter should look.”
Weird Crime
February 6, 2018
Couple calls the cops to report their house STOLEN, with only the pipes left behind
MADISONVILLE, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a vacation home reported stolen by a Houston couple might have been repossessed and they’re likely victims of alleged financial issues of the prior owner. KTRK-TV reports Jo and Lonnie Harrison say their one-bedroom cabin is missing from Madisonville, 90 miles (144 kilometers) northwest of Houston. The prefabricated home …
Trials
February 6, 2018
Judge orders anonymous jury in ‘El Chapo’ trial, citing dangers including the drug lord’s use of hitmen ‘to carry out thousands of acts of violence’
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will have an anonymous jury at his U.S. trial later this year. In a written order, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed with prosecutors who argued that withholding the names of jurors was needed to address any fears that …
Cold Cases
February 5, 2018
Investigators say Robert Wagner’s initial statement doesn’t ‘add up to what we found’ – but renewed investigation may end unless new witnesses come forward
“When the tips all dry up, then I guess we move on to the next case.”
School Crimes
February 5, 2018
Dental students took selfie with severed heads: Report
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Graduate dental school students and a top University of Connecticut orthodontics professor took a selfie with two severed heads used for medical research at a training workshop at Yale University last year — an episode Yale officials called “disturbing” and “inexcusable.” The selfie was taken in June …
Cold Cases
February 5, 2018
Natalee Holloway’s mom sues over TV series about daughter
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the producers of what she contends was a fake television documentary about the case. Beth Holloway said in a federal lawsuit filed …
Sex Crimes
February 5, 2018
Pedophile Olympic sports doctor Larry Nassar sentenced to 40 to 125 years in prison for molesting young athletes
By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — The former sports doctor whose serial sexual abuse of girls and young women upended the gymnastics world was sentenced Monday to a third prison term of 40 to 125 years for molesting young athletes at an elite Michigan training center. Larry Nassar listened to dozens of victims …
Child Abuse
February 3, 2018
Police: 5-year-old girl burned in gruesome voodoo ritual to ‘rid her of a demon’; 2 charged
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (AP) — Two sisters tied down and burned a 5-year-old girl, permanently disfiguring her, in a voodoo ritual meant to rid her of a demon causing her to misbehave, police said. The women also threatened to cut off the head of the girl’s 8-year-old brother with a machete, authorities said. The boy …
Trials
February 2, 2018
‘BEYOND EVIL’: North Dakota woman who cut child from Savanna Greywind’s womb gets LIFE without parole
Greywind was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in August
Politics and Crime
February 2, 2018
READ IT: House Republicans release memo on Russia probe
By ZEKE MILLER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Friday released a partisan and bitterly disputed memo that they say shows surveillance abuses in the early stages of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia. The memo, prepared by Republicans on the House intelligence committee, says …
February 2, 2018
Father of three girl victims charges pedophile sports doctor Larry Nassar after judge declines dad’s request for one minute alone in a locked room: VIDEO
CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A father of three victims tried to attack Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom on Friday after a judge declined his request for a few minutes alone in a locked room with the “demon” former sports doctor. He was blocked by an attorney and tackled by sheriff’s deputies. Two of the …
Trials
February 2, 2018
Star ‘Yoga Twin’ NOT GUILTY of murder in Hawaii crash that killed sister
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A woman accused of deliberately driving off a Hawaii cliff and killing her identical twin sister was acquitted of murder Thursday. Second Circuit Judge Peter Cahill found Alexandria Duval not guilty after a trial that started Monday. Duval opted to have a judge instead of a jury decide …
