An Iowa woman who killed herself and her young son in May reportedly had information about the disappearance of two girls years earlier, the Des Moines Register reports. Teresa Catherine Gerleman, 36, pulled herself and her 8-year-old son, Henry Fields, in front of a train last month. But before doing that, she claimed to have information …
A Texas woman on trial for allegedly stabbing her nephew to death was having an affair with the man and claims the incident was an act of self defense. WDSU-TV reports that the murder trial of Andira Abdelaziz, 37, started Thursday in San Antonio. She is facing a murder charge in connection to the August …
The man who shot and killed an Atlanta-area socialite in a murder-for-hire plot more than three decades ago has been freed after serving a 20-year prison sentence. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Phillip Anthony Harwood was released from Coastal State Prison on Friday. Harwood pleaded guilty in 2003 to killing 35-year-old socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan …
A 3-year-old boy was found dead earlier this week with bruises all over his body and broken teeth, and now his mother’s boyfriend is in custody. The New York Post reports that Kenneth Lynch, 36, is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s son, Messiah Allen. Emergency crews found Allen …
A Michigan man accused of impregnating his daughter and grooming her for years is behind bars on incest charges, DailyMailTV reports. Greg St. Andre, 37, has been charged with having sexual contact with a blood relative. Authorities say St. Andre had sex with his daughter, 18 at the time, in 2016 and is the biological father …
Unsettling new information has been released about Joseph DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, who has been linked to at least 12 murders and dozens of rapes decades ago in California. The New York Daily News reports that Paul Holes, the investigator who initially cracked the case and tied DeAngelo to the crimes, revealed a …
The Oklahoma woman who allegedly tried to kill her daughters, including one who was stabbed dozens of times, reportedly “snapped” and said she was angry over how the girls looked at her. KJRH-TV reports that Taheerah Ahmad, 39, is accused of stabbing her 11-year-old daughter up to 70 times and striking her head with a …
A man on a Frontier Airlines flight from Colorado Springs allegedly punched a pregnant woman in the stomach and her service dog over how much space the pooch was taking up on the plane, the New York Daily News reports. Hazel Ramirez and Matthew Slivay, who are deaf, were on the flight to Orlando with …
A Pakistani exchange student was among those killed during the school shooting in Texas on Friday, the New York Post reports. Sabika Sheikh had been planning to return to Pakistan in June, but she was caught in the gunfire at Santa Fe High School that left 10 people dead. Sheikh had been participating in a State …
Police have once against solved a cold case using DNA and a genealogy website, just weeks after the person believed to be the Golden State Killer was caught using the same tactic. Buzzfeed reports that Washington State authorities nabbed the man they believe is responsible for a double murder in 1987 of a Canadian couple. …
Investigators believe a grandfather gunned down his wife, daughter, her four children and then himself in what authorities say is the deadliest mass shooting in Australia in 22 years. The New York Post reports that three guns recovered from the scene belong to 61-year-old Peter Miles, who owned the remote farmstead where the bodies were …
Authorities in Arkansas are investigating the deadly beating and potential rape of a young girl in her own home, WTXL-TV reports. The 3-year-old child was found with bruising from the waist up and what appeared to be a cord tied around her neck. There are also indications, including blood evidence, that the girl may have been …
