*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* A young child and a woman died after an incident in a swimming pool in northwest Houston on Saturday at the home of a former professional baseball player, the Houston Chronicle reports. The 5-year-old child was having difficulty in the pool and the 25-year-old …
A man accused of murdering a young mother in Colorado last weekend had just been granted an early release from prison because of the coronavirus, KUSA-TV reports. Last Saturday, Cornelius Haney was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Heather Perry in a Denver alley. Police have not released a motive for the killing. …
An Alabama husband and wife were charged with child abuse in the death of a toddler this week, just one month after they were accused of endangering another child, the Birmingham News reports. Around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, police in Birmingham responded to a report of a child not breathing at the home of 26-year-old Demetric Hampton Sr. and …
A southern California man accused of killing his 1-year-old daughter and stabbing two others, including the child’s mother, is a registered sex offender who had previously been imprisoned, the Desert Sun reports. Adam Slater, 49, is facing charges of second-degree murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from a violent episode on Wednesday …
Montana prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a woman accused of torturing, beating and killing her grandson, the Casper Star Tribune reports. Patricia Batts is facing charges of deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment, aggravated kidnapping and strangulation of a family member in connection with the death of 12-year-old James Hurley, whose body was found …
Lori Vallow’s niece told an Arizona television station that her aunt’s two missing children are being protected from people trying to harm them. KTVK-TV on Friday aired an interview with Melani Pawlowski (formerly Boudreaux) and her new husband, Ian Pawlowski, about the ongoing saga surrounding Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, who have not been seen …
Ohio authorities believe they have cracked a rape and murder that has gone unsolved for 33 years, Cleveland.com reports. Barbara Blatnik’s nude body was found in the woods in Cuyahoga Falls in December 1987. At the time, police believed the 17-year-old had been raped and strangled. The case was cold for decades until prosecutors this week …
An apparent murder-suicide in Utah has left two people dead amid an uptick in domestic violence during coronavirus lockdowns, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Police on Friday morning responded to a report of domestic violence at an apartment building in Midvale, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The report indicated that one of the tenants, Isaac Andre Renfro, …
Notorious Florida mom Casey Anthony is in the spotlight again, but this time she has acknowledged her guilt to authorities, the Daily Mail reports. Anthony, who was acquitted nine years ago of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, has pleaded guilty to speeding in West Palm Beach. Around 9:30 a.m. on January 25, a police officer reportedly …
A Georgia community has raised $20,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of a teenager who hasn’t been seen for months, WGCL-TV reports. Julia Mann, 17, has been missing since February 20, when investigators believe she voluntarily walked out of her family’s home in Watkinsville, about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta. Mann has not been seen …
An alleged New York rapist recently released from jail to help prevent spread of the coronavirus is accused of another sex crime, the New York Post reports. Robert Pondexter, 57, was arrested early Saturday morning in Brooklyn in connection with an attack on a 58-year-old woman, who did not know him. While crossing the street, …
Friends of a missing New York college student used a phone app to find her body and help bring her killer to justice thousand of miles away. CBS News’ “48 Hours” on Saturday night will profile the case of Haley Anderson, a nursing student at Binghamton University who was murdered two years ago. On March …
