Friends and family members of a pregnant Chicago woman missing for more than a week are pleading with the public to help find her, WMAQ-TV reports. Kierra Coles was last seen Oct. 2, when surveillance video captured the 27-year-old walking near her home on Chicago’s south side. Her family reported her disappearance hours later. “I’m too …
Autopsy reports of a murdered Colorado mother and her two children can’t be sealed, at least not yet anyway, the Longmont Times-Call reports. A judge on Friday denied a request by prosecutors to keep hidden autopsy reports in the homicide case against Christopher Watts, 33, who is accused of killing his pregnant wife, Shanaan, and …
As Halloween nears, clowns are terrorizing residents across England in what could be a repeat of incidents from years past. The Daily Star reports that in the British town of Doncaster, a clown with a Facebook page has been posting ominous messages throughout the week. “I’m coming back, kids. Who wants to play?” one message …
A tip line has been established to help solve the murder of an elderly Florida couple gunned down last month, Tampa Bay Newspapers reports. David Swan, 88, and his wife, Mina, 80, were found dead on Sept. 29 in their Clearwater home. Police Chief Daniel Slaughter said he believes the perpetrator specifically targeted the couple “with …
Man covered in blood turns himself in to police after killing mother of 8 A Florida man wanted for the murder of his wife turned himself in to police this weekend, covered in blood and nearly 200 miles away from the crime scene, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Marco Stephens, 29, approached a Pasco County …
A Mexican couple has confessed to killing up to 10 women and selling off one of the victim’s babies, the Associated Press reports. Authorities on Friday announced that the couple was arrested outside of Mexico City in connection with the slayings. Investigators surveilling the couple on Thursday reportedly saw them emerge from a house with …
The California mother who allegedly abused her children and locked them away in a “House of Horrors” will not be able to delay her criminal trial for mental health treatment, the Desert Sun reports. Jeff Moore, a lawyer for Louise Turpin, had asked the court for a so-called “mental health diversion” because of what he …
A Hawaiian man has accepted a plea deal for murdering his mother and then mutilating her dead body, the Associated Press reports. Yu Wei Gong, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter, abuse of a corpse and identity theft. Gong had initially been charged with second-degree murder in connection with his mother’s death. Court records show …
A 13-year-old boy is in the hospital with serious injuries after a shark bit him Saturday morning along a California beach, KSWB-TV reports. The attack occurred at about 7 a.m. on the first day of spiny lobster season at Beacon’s Beach in Encinitas, California. The boy had been diving for lobsters when he started yelling, …
A man whose girlfriend murdered a pregnant woman and cut out her unborn baby has been acquitted of the most serious charges in connection with the case, The Forum newspaper reports. A jury in Fargo, North Dakota, on Friday found William Hoehn not guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping, although he still faces …
A woman who authorities believe was murdered by her husband at sea had previously expressed fear about being home with him, newly released text messages show. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Isabella Hellmann disappeared last year while sailing in the Caribbean with her husband, Lewis Bennett, for their honeymoon. In May 2017, the …
A California surgeon and his girlfriend are facing mounting accusations of sexual assault from more than a dozen alleged victims, CNN reports. Prosecutors last week charged Grant Robicheaux, 38, and his girlfriend, Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, with drugging and raping two females. But far more charges could be coming: Police have identified upwards of 12 …
