New York police are searching for a man accused of raping an acquaintance in Central Park, WPIX-TV reports. Investigators have not yet found the attacker, who was reportedly wearing unusual jewelry. Police say on Friday night, a 29-year-old woman and someone she knew left a subway station in East Harlem and walked to a wooded area …
Two people were killed and a third person was injured Saturday in a shooting at a Wisconsin casino, where the gunman also died when confronted by police, CNN reports. Just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday, a gunman opened fire in a restaurant attached to the Oneida Casino, located near Green Bay. Investigators believe the suspect, who …
The family of a murdered California mother says developments in the case have reopened painful wounds since the woman’s death last year, KOVR-TV reports. Authorities this week revealed that 29-year-old Victor Serriteno, who is accused of murdering 32-year-old Priscilla Castro in August, started a fire to cover up the killing. That fire eventually became part of a massive …
The murder of a Georgia mother has led to the arrest of one man and a nationwide manhunt for four other suspects, WAGA-TV reports. Rossana Delgado, 37, vanished in mid-April in DeKalb County, near Atlanta. Four days after she was reported missing, authorities found her body about 100 miles away in the community of Cherry Log, Georgia. Officers …
The teen told police that he checked the girl’s pulse to determine whether she was dead, and that he felt the girl’s soul or spirit exit her body
Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly took sexually explicit photographs of teenage girls and gave them to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday, Fox News reports. The allegation emerged Friday in documents that were unsealed as part of the sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate. The records show that in February 2016, attorneys for one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre, informed …
The gruesome murder of a mother and three children 40 years ago continues to haunt investigators, who believe someone knows what happened, KXTV reports. On April 11, 1981, Sheila Sharp, then 14, discovered three bloodied bodies inside her home in Keddie, California: her mother, Glenna “Sue” Sharp, her brother John Sharp and one of his …
Two North Carolina men have been arrested in connection with the murders of Black transgender women, WSOC-TV reports. Prosecutors on Friday charged 21-year-old Dontarius Long and 33-year-old Joel Brewer with the murders of Jaida Peterson and Remy Fennell. “Our streets are a lot safer,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings told reporters Friday at a press conference, according to …
A former Mississippi high school teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and must register as a sex offender after she had a sexual relationship with a student, WLBT-TV reports. Amber Turnage, now 42, was convicted in March of two counts of sexual battery. The charges stem from a 2017 investigation that found the …
Authorities searching for a British woman in the U.S. Virgin Islands who was reported missing by her American boyfriend have encountered another speed bump in their investigation, The Daily Mirror reports. Sarm Heslop, 41, disappeared March 7 after dining out with her boyfriend, Ryan Bane, 44, and possibly returning to his nearly $600,000 yacht–though authorities have not yet …
The revival of Fox’s “America’s Most Wanted” and the new Nancy Grace-hosted after show “America’s Most Wanted Overtime” are less than a month old and fugitives presented on the shows have already been caught, The Wrap reports. Alison Gracey and Christopher Jones were arrested recently in Madrid, Spain, four days after they were featured on the …
Ohio authorities say they have arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped, raped and assaulted multiple women over the course of two years, in one instance dragging a victim by her neck when she sought to escape, Cleveland.com reports. “Christian Burks is a serial sexual predator,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley said in a written statement. “He will …
