Jonathan Anderson, Journalist

Jonathan Anderson is a Midwest-based journalist. Follow him on Twitter at @crimescoops.

Woman accused of murdering her children’s father locked kids in their bedrooms, forced to use ‘whatever containers were available’ to urinate: Report
Murder

A South Carolina woman charged with murdering her children’s father is now accused of child neglect after she went to great lengths to allegedly lock several of those kids inside their rooms, WMBF-TV reports. Authorities say 35-year-old Meagan Marie Jackson forced three children to stay in their bedrooms and prevented them from leaving by locking …

Katherine Lake
Teacher Scandals
November 21, 2020

Drunk gym teacher banned from school after flashing breasts at students during prom

A British physical education teacher has been banished from school after she drunkenly flashed her breasts at students during a school prom, the Eastern Daily Press reports. The United Kingdom’s Teaching Regulation Agency recently recommended that 44-year-old Katherine Lake be barred from the classroom because of the June 2019 incident. The newspaper reports that Lake drank numerous …

Jennifer Keese
Unsolved
November 15, 2020

Jennifer Kesse: New clues revealed nearly 15 years after Florida woman’s disappearance

The family of a missing Florida woman who vanished nearly 15 years ago hopes new clues may finally lead to answers about what happened to her, FOX News reports. The case centers on Jennifer Kesse, who disappeared on January 24, 2006, when she didn’t show up for work. Two days later, her black Chevy Malibu was found at …

Lucy Letby
November 15, 2020

Accused baby-killer nurse Lucy Letby denied bail: Report

A British nurse accused of murdering eight babies and trying to kill 10 others will remain detained as her case proceeds, ABC News reports. A judge on Friday denied 30-year-old Lucy Letby bail in connection with case, rejecting an application from her attorney. Judge Steven Everett also prohibited publication of information that might reveal the identities of victims …

Shooting
November 8, 2020

Who shot and killed 12-year-old hostage: The gunman or police?

Authorities have identified the victims in a tragic shooting and hostage situation earlier this week outside of Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. But one question has yet to be answered: Whether one of the victims was shot by the gunman or police. On Tuesday, 38-year-old Jason Bourne shot and killed 38-year-old Dianne Hawatmeh and 33-year-old Veronica Muniz at …

Murder
November 7, 2020

Boyfriend of woman missing for a year has been charged with murder

A New York man has been charged with killing his on-again, off-again girlfriend whose body has not yet been found, the Hudson Valley Post reports. Prosecutors on Friday charged 37-year-old Matthew Louis Mercado with murdering 36-year-old Jessica Lopez, who has been missing for about a year. Lopez, a substitute teacher, was last seen in November …

October 31, 2020

MANHUNT for suspect who may have dumped his mother’s body in a Walmart parking lot

A manhunt is underway for a Missouri man accused of abandoning the corpse of his mother, whose death has been ruled a homicide, the Sentinel-Record reports.Connie J. Goodwin, 63, was found dead in a home in Deerfield, Missouri, on Wednesday morning. Hours later, police in Hot Springs, Arkansas, responded to a report of a suspicious package at a …

Celebrity Justice
October 31, 2020

‘Full House’ star Lori Loughlin now behind bars in wake of college admissions scandal

Lori Loughlin has started serving her prison sentence after pleading guilty earlier this year to bribing the University of Southern California to admit her two daughters, CNN reports. The “Full House” actress is serving a two-month sentence at the Federal Correction Institution in Dublin, California, about 35 miles east of San Francisco. The low-security facility for …

Murder
October 25, 2020

20-year-old student and activist fatally shot at Airbnb during dream trip to NYC

The grieving father of an Indiana college student killed by gunfire in New York this weekend says his son was a caring and generous person who wanted to make the world a better place, the New York Post reports. The newspaper published an interview with the father of 20-year-old Ethan Williams, who was shot by a …