A child welfare employee in Connecticut is accused of helping a person wanted on child sex trafficking charges elude law enforcement, News 8 reports. Now that employee has also been arrested. The incident occurred Friday at a Department of Children and Families office in Hartford shortly after 4 p.m. Police went to the office upon learning …
Three young children died at the hands of their father in a tragic triple murder-suicide in Oklahoma, Fox 25 reports. Police say 30-year-old Francoise Littlejohn shot and killed 6-year-old Kyren Littlejohn, 4-year-old Aliyah Littlejohn, and 3-year-old Trinity Littlejohn before taking his own life on August 6. Before the deaths, Francoise Littlejohn and the children’s mother reportedly …
A school bus driver is accused of stalking an 8-year-old boy and his family, at times requesting inappropriate photos, walking around the child’s home at night and tracking the boy’s parents with GPS devices, WMTW-TV reports.The driver, 39-year-old Michael Chick of Eliot, Maine, is now charged with interstate stalking, a federal crime.Authorities allege that Chick gave the boy …
Three men have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 33-year-old mother whose decapitated corpse was found in a plastic container floating in Puget Sound 16 years ago, KING-TV reports. On January 15, 2006, police responded to a report of a suspicious object seen floating between Blake Island and Manchester outside of Seattle. Two months later, a …
Loved ones will gather Saturday to say goodbye to a New Hampshire mother and her two young sons who were allegedly killed at the hands of a juvenile, WMUR-TV reports. The case has shaken the community of Northfield, New Hampshire, where 25-year-old Kassandra Sweeney and her two boys, 4-year-old Benjamin Sweeney and 1-year-old Mason Sweeney, …
The man who gunned down Ahmaud Arbery was again sentenced to life in prison, this time after being convicted of a federal hate crime in connection with the murder, WSB-TV reports. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced 36-year-old Travis McMichael to life plus 10 years behind bars on federal charges in connection …
A dark-colored Volkswagen may be tied to the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, authorities said Sunday as they asked for the public’s help in the hunt for the perpetrator. The vehicle may be a dark gray or silver VW Jetta or Passat, has four doors, and appears to have tinted …
The Los Angeles home that actress Anne Heche crashed into is now inhabitable and its owner has lost virtually all her personal possessions, according to an online fundraiser launched by the homeowner’s neighbors. Describing their friend as “a kind and generous person” and “always first to offer help to others,” the neighbors say the homeowner, Lynne Mishele, …
A group of New York teens is accused of punching a young child and then stealing her scooter, WNBC-TV reports.The incident occurred July 28 around 5:50 p.m. in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The 6-year-old victim was riding the Razor scooter when three people believed to be teenagers approached her near the intersection of Bartlett Street …
In a recent interview with NBC News, Nicole Schmidt referenced the notebook confession that Brian Laundrie wrote in which he claimed that he took Petito’s life because he believed she wanted to die.“That was his character, even in his last moments,” Schmidt told NBC News. “He wanted to make sure he looked like the good guy. …
A 2-year-old child died late last month after they were found unresponsive in a hot vehicle in Kansas, KSNT-TV reports. The child, whose identity has not been released, was discovered in the vehicle around 3:40 p.m. last Sunday at a home in Scranton, Kansas. Medics attempted to save the child’s life and rushed them to a …
A suspect wanted after four people were shot to death in Ohio has been captured following a nationwide manhunt over the weekend, CBS News reports. Authorities on Saturday night arrested 39-year-old Stephen Marlow in Lawrence, Kansas – about 600 miles from where the killings occurred near Dayton, Ohio. Marlow was being sought after police were called …
