A South Carolina man is accused of fatally gunning down a pregnant teenager and her unborn child before prompting a manhunt across multiple counties. Johnnie McKnight, 38, faces charges of murder, attempted murder and possession of a weapon, WTOC-TV reports. The killings allegedly occurred in rural Estill, South Carolina. According to the television station, McKnight …
Police are searching for a California man who allegedly attacked his former girlfriend and two children with a hammer in a violent rampage early Friday morning. The assault left the woman, 7-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy with “major injuries,” the Sacramento Bee reports. All of the victims were rushed to a hospital, where they remained …
Police arrested a Canadian babysitter and charged her with abandoning a 1-year-old in a burning apartment building early Thursday morning. The babysitter, 49-year-old Josée Milot, faces charges of arson by negligence, failure to provide the necessaries of life and child abandonment in connection with the incident, CBC News reports. Milot has a criminal record, including …
Police this week arrested an Arizona couple for allegedly pressuring their 15-year-old babysitter to have sex with them, the Arizona Republic reports. Jefferey Swartz, 27, and his wife, Samantha Ohlman, 23, met the girl through her brother, authorities have indicated. The husband and wife had asked the victim to babysit their kids after she and …
A 10-year-old New York girl was allegedly beaten and tortured at the hands of her mother and three other adults in what one police official called the worst case of child abuse in recent memory. Authorities in Oswego County, New York, have arrested four people in connection with the abuse. Police became aware of the …
A 20-year-old New Jersey man allegedly beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter to death because she wouldn’t eat dinner, NJ.com reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged Najuquan Ross with murder in connection with the July death of the girl, Natalise “Kayla” Gunter. The girl’s mother, Lucy Gunter, told investigators that she had returned from work when she …
A Michigan man accused of shaking his girlfriend’s 4-month-old daughter to death has taken a plea deal and now could spend the rest of his life in prison. Richard Watson, 46, pleaded guilty this week to second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse, Midland Daily News reports. Under the deal, prosecutors dropped other counts of felony murder …
A Utah mother who starved her son and locked him in a feces-filled bathroom will serve decades behind bars, the Spectrum reports. A judge ruled Monday that Brandy Jaynes must serve up to 45 years in prison for keeping her son isolated in a bathroom for 7 to 8 years, causing him to become so …
A wealthy Louisiana businessman is accused of masterminding a plot to kidnap and torture his estranged wife. Michael Handley, 49, is in jail after prosecutors allege he hired two men to carry out the scheme – both of whom are now dead. Authorities charged Handley with conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping, online impersonation and violating …
A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly raped, beat and threatened to kill a woman, and in one instance told her he would light her on fire. Jorge Moreno, 34, faces a handful of felony charges in connection with the terrifying ordeal, including attempted murder, false imprisonment, sexual battery and battery, the Miami Herald …
A New York man has admitted that he was on drugs when he murdered a mother and her young daughter by choking them and then slashing their throats earlier this month, the Post-Star reports. Bryan Redden, 21, told police that he was “high on drugs” and had “done heroin” when he killed 33-year-old Crystal Riley …
Jim Carrey’s former girlfriend who killed herself revealed to a therapist that she was struggling to keep down foods and couldn’t sleep after the actor abruptly broke off the relationship, Daily Mail reports. The girlfriend, Cathriona White, told her therapist in July 2013 that she wanted to “have it all stop,” according to medical records obtained …
