Family and friends are desperately trying to find a Florida woman they say has disappeared in Costa Rica. The Miami Herald reports that Carla Stefaniak, 36, has not been heard from or seen since Tuesday and failed to board a plane back to her home in Miami the following day. Stefaniak’s loved ones are pleading …
A Texas mother is accused of gruesomely murdering and dismembering her young son before tossing his remains in the garbage, KTRK-TV reports. Lihui Liu, 43, has been charged with capital murder in connection with the death of the 5-year-old boy on Friday in Houston. Police were called to the woman’s residence for a report of …
Kareem Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs won’t be playing on the gridiron anytime soon as officials investigate a dispute in which he kicked and pushed a woman, TMZ.com reports. The celebrity website posted video on Friday documenting the encounter, which occurred at a Cleveland hotel in February. The NFL is investigating the incident and …
The children in the California “House of Horrors” case would likely testify against their parents should the case go to trial next year, the Press-Enterprise reports. A judge on Friday scheduled a trial in the matter to begin on September 3, 2019. Defendants David and Louise Turpin are accused of abusing 12 of their 13 …
A man in Arizona allegedly murdered a woman hours after he was released from prison, the Arizona Republic reports. On Friday, authorities arrested 34-year-old David James Bohart on suspicion of second-degree murder. The arrest came two days after police discovered the body of 49-year-old Marika L. Jones inside a Tucson house. Jones’ body had stab wounds …
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A woman has filed a federal lawsuit after Georgia police mistook a bag of cotton candy for methamphetamine, causing her to spend three months behind bars, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Dasha Fincher is suing the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, two of its deputies and the maker of a drug testing company. The case, filed …
The man killed by police after a shooting at an Alabama mall on Thanksgiving was likely not the assailant, meaning the gunman is still at large, WBRC-TV reports. Two people, including one child, were shot Thursday night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. amid a …
Texas authorities appear to be on the cusp of cracking a cold case involving the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports. Zoe Campos went missing in 2013 in Lubbock, Texas, and has not been seen or heard from since. On Saturday, police announced they had charged 25-year-old Carlos Andrew Rodriguez with her …
Amazon’s Alexa may have overheard a double murder in New Hampshire, prompting authorities to ask the tech giant for evidence related to the case, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. The development stems from the January 27, 2017, slaying of Christine Sullivan and her friend Jenna Pellegrini in Farmington, New Hampshire. Sullivan, 48, and Pellegrini, 32, …
A Texas woman allegedly left two of her grandchildren to die in a duplex fire earlier this month and made no meaningful effort to help them escape, the Waco Tribune-Herald reports. Now, 44-year-old Andrea Aleman is facing jail time. Police on Thursday arrested Aleman, who has been charged with two counts of second-degree felony reckless …
An Ohio woman who is refusing to pay for $1,600 worth of Girl Scout cookies has now been charged with theft, WCPO-TV reports. Authorities in North College Hill, Ohio, say 31-year-old Noel Hines accepted 400 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in March for her daughter’s troop to sell. But the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio …
