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 …
Four people are accused of killing and dismembering two men in Oklahoma, then chaining their bodies to concrete blocks in a pond, The Oklahoman reports. Prosecutors have charged a 16-year-old boy, his brother and mother, and the mother’s boyfriend in connection with the deaths. On April 18, authorities discovered the bodies of Alize Smith and …
A mother attempting to stop her daughter from killing herself died amid a struggle over a gun, the Caller Times reports. The victim, 45-year-old Esperanza Escamilla of Corpus Christi, Texas, was negotiating with her 26-year-old daughter Serena Escamilla on May 1 when the gun went off and a bullet struck her chest. Serena was reportedly …
A doctor reportedly tied to the sex cult NXIVM has been accused of performing illegal and perverse experiments on humans, the New York Post reports. The New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct alleges that Dr. Brandon Porter showed “human subjects an actual video of the horrific and brutal murders and dismemberment of four …
A South Carolina doctor whose wife was found dead on Tuesday is facing criminal charges in connection with the death of a man last year, Fox News reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged 46-year-old Adam Lazzarini, a surgeon, with manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the death of William Holland. Holland, 30, died after being shot …
The California man accused of torturing his 13 children is facing additional charges related to the purported homeschooling he and his wife provided to the kids. The Press-Enterprise reports that prosecutors on Friday filed eight counts of perjury against David Turpin in connection to documents he filed with the state to register the school. Authorities …
An off-duty Arkansas police officer was shot and killed inside his home on Saturday as a burst of gunshots struck an apartment complex, WREG-TV reports. Around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, someone in a vehicle began firing a gun toward the Meadow Apartments in West Memphis, striking 25-year-old Forrest City officer Oliver Johnson, Jr. “We just heard …
Authorities may have a break in the grisly case of a woman whose dismembered body was found scattered around a Brooklyn park earlier this month. The New York Daily News reports that investigators have arrested and interrogated a man they suspect murdered and mutilated 26-year-old Brandy Odom three weeks ago. The suspect is reportedly a …
Prosecutors have criminally charged a Canadian woman in connection with the death of her 2-year-old daughter, the National Post reports. Audrey Gagnon, of Quebec City, faces a second-degree murder charge for allegedly stabbing the girl, Rosalie, to death. The mother also faces a charge of committing an indignity to a body after disposing her daughter’s …
A man wearing apparel supporting President Donald Trump allegedly shoved someone onto subway tracks in Manhattan after making derogatory remarks about the person, the New York Post reports. The victim, a 24-year-old Hispanic man, said he was attacked by the perpetrator on the subway train and then later pushed off the platform at Union Square. The …
A manhunt is underway after a gunman shot and killed four people and wounded four others at a Waffle House outside of Nashville early Sunday morning, the Tennessean reports. The suspect is believed to have started shooting just before 3:30 a.m. at the restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee before a customer fought with him and took …
Authorities have arrested a California television producer for allegedly killing her deaf and partially blind sister years ago and then staging the murder to look accidental, Mercury News reports. Police on Thursday took Jill Blackstone into custody in Baltimore on a murder warrant, according to Los Angeles police. Blackstone has helped produce popular television shows such …
