A Mississippi man accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl may have faked his own death and could be hiding in Colorado, the Biloxi Sun Herald reports. Jacob Blair Scott has been missing since late July, when authorities in Orange Beach, Alabama, found Scott’s abandoned boat with a suicide note in it. Investigators say they were …
A person looking into the suspicious 2010 death of a Florida mother has been found deceased, the New York Daily News reports. The unidentified individual was found dead Thursday in their home in St. Augustine, Florida, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. The victim, “a person who identified as both male and female,” according …
Two Idaho sisters are accused of masterminding a murder-for-hire plot, the Lewiston Tribune reports. Authorities on Thursday arrested 50-year-old Debra Wensman and 46-year-old Doris Wensman, of Greencreek, Idaho, after they allegedly agreed to pay an undercover police officer to murder their neighbor during a sting operation. The sisters were in court Friday and charged with …
A 15-year-old Utah boy is accused of killing an elderly man and severely injuring the man’s wife and son in a violent home invasion last year, then boasting about the crime to friends. Prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges in connection with the Sept. 13 incident, accusing the boy of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary and …
A Florida teen is accused of viciously attacking his mother after she talked with him about sneaking out during the night and using social media, the Sun Sentinel reports. The suspect, 17-year-old James Edward Monroe, allegedly exploded a Molotov cocktail above the woman, burning her, and then beat her with a baseball bat. The assault …
A Nashville woman who was a beloved school crossing guard has died after she was stabbed repeatedly by her grandson, who is now charged with homicide, WTVF-TV reports. Gwendolyn Lavender, 68, was stabbed multiple times Thursday night in her East Nashville home. She died at the scene. Authorities received a call from her grandson, 24-year-old …
The wife of a professional golfer who was criminally charged after attacking her husband and his mother will not be prosecuted if she stays out of trouble, the Daily Mail reports. Krista Glover on Friday reached a deal with authorities on Friday as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, according to Golfweek. As part of …
An Arkansas teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave after she referred to her students as “monkeys” on Facebook, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports. The Little Rock teacher, whose identity has not been released, wrote on Facebook earlier this week that the “monkeys to my zoo came back today,” an apparent reference to classes …
Authorities in Louisiana are asking for the public’s help to find a mother who has been missing since late December, WAFB-TV reports. The 35-year-old woman, Nahendra Faye Davis, of Baker, Louisiana, dropped her kids off at her mother’s house around 4:45 p.m. on December, 27 in Baton Rouge and hasn’t been seen since. Davis left …
An American porn actress is facing a decade in prison for allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot, People magazine reports. Katrina Danforth, 31, has been charged with five counts of using interstate commerce to hire someone to kill an individual identified as “R.H.” in court documents obtained by the magazine. Danforth appeared in court Wednesday in Idaho …
A 1-year-old girl has died after being burned so severely that her skin peeled off, and now her father is accused of causing the horrific injuries, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Authorities on Friday charged 20-year-old Derek Anthony Shockley, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, with second-degree murder in connection with his daughter’s death. Shockley had been arrested Dec. …
A YouTube bodybuilder who severely injured a woman has died after being Tasered by officers who were trying to rescue the victim, WBTS-TV reports. Police arrived to home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Thursday night, where 25-year-old Erich Stelzer was attacking 24-year-old Maegan Tapley. Stelzer was reportedly stabbing and slashing Tapley with a knife when officers deployed …
