A Missouri woman is accused of sexually abusing a young boy and livestreaming the assault for her boyfriend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Authorities have charged 31-year-old Heather McDorman, who also allegedly tried to photograph young girls in public restrooms, with five counts of production of child pornography and two counts of attempting to produce …
Authorities in Maryland are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who fatally gunned down a woman earlier this month, WUSA-TV reports. Bettie Jenifer, 44, was shot and killed on the evening of May 10 as she was leaving the business she owned, a temporary hiring agency, in Greenbelt, Maryland. The shooting happened …
More than 550 birds and 10 dogs were recovered in Indiana this week as part of an investigation into illegal animal fighting, WXIN-TV reports. Authorities on Thursday raided properties in two counties southwest of Indianapolis after Crime Stoppers received a tip about the operation. Police executed search warrants on the LMB Farm, where they seized …
A Hawaii woman missing for more than two weeks in a forest is alive and well, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. Searchers on Friday discovered Amanda Eller, 35, who had disappeared May 8 while hiking in the Makawao Forest Reserve. Eller was reportedly in good condition when a helicopter crew located her in a creek between …
A Texas woman who allegedly helped rob a man by enticing him with sex is now facing a murder charge after the encounter went awry, People magazine reports. According to the report Sydnee Whitaker, 18, was arrested on Monday and charged with capital murder following the killing of Adrian Wells, 21, whom police found dead …
A New York father has now been criminally charged with murder and arson after he allegedly chained his young daughter inside a burning car, Newsday reports. Prosecutors on Friday took action against the man, 39-year-old Martin Pereira of Long Island. Two weeks earlier, on May 5, firefighters discovered his 3-year-old daughter, Zoey Pereira, inside a …
A man who survived the Columbine school shooting in 1999 has been found dead, CNN reports. Austin Eubanks, 37, was found deceased early Saturday in his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Routt County Coroner Robert Ryg told the news station that Eubanks’ body had been located in the course of a welfare check after he …
The 1996 rape and murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge led to the conviction of a man who spent two decades in prison for the crime, but authorities now say someone else was responsible for the brutal attack, the Idaho Statesman reports. Police this week arrested 53-year-old Brian Leigh Dripps Sr. for first-degree murder, officials from …
Former NBA player Dennis Rodman is accused of helping steal a 400-pound crystal and other objects from a Newport Beach yoga studio, the Los Angeles Times reports. Vibes Hot Yoga co-owner Ali Shah told the newspaper that on Tuesday afternoon, he watched on live security footage as Rodman entered the store with a former employee …
Authorities have detained a man who admitted to savagely murdering a 77-year-old Florida resident in April and six others around the country, the Miami Herald reports. Police arrested 32-year-old Nicholas Gibson last weekend in New York City, where he got into a fight with officers while exiting a subway train. One of the officers was …
A father grieving over the murder of his son has found a clue that could help catch the killers, KNBC-TV reports. In November, Kris Meyer’s 27-year-old son, Taylor, was in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The trip was supposed to celebrate a friend’s birthday, but it turned tragic when Taylor was robbed and fatally stabbed. The …
A California mother is pleading for information about who struck her son in a hit-and-run crash last week that left him with a serious brain injury, KXTV reports. “I want them to turn themselves in,” Elisa Castellanos said. “How dare you take my son like that and hurt him and leave him there. How could …
