Authorities in Texas allege that a woman kidnapped two men and held them against their will for ransom, KSAT-TV reports. Court records obtained by the television station show that 44-year-old Reynaicela Alcasar is facing a charge of aggravated kidnapping in connection with the incident. Alcasar is accused of kidnapping two brothers, ages 27 and 35, …
Four family members are dead including a 13-year-old boy in an apparent murder-suicide in Michigan, mlive.com reports. Deputies with the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in Houghton Lake around 3:30 a.m. Sunday after two people alerted authorities of the bodies. After entering the residence, deputies found the bodies of 35-year-old Tirany L. Savage, …
A wealthy dentist goes on trial this week, accused of murdering his wife of 34 years to collect nearly $5 million from insurance while the two were on a big game hunting trip in Africa, the Associated Press reports. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday at a federal courthouse in Colorado in the case …
A disturbing new video shows the moment when a California woman doused a man with a flammable liquid and then set him on fire, KMPH-TV reports. The incident occurred this past Thursday at a park in Sanger, California, near Fresno. Authorities allege that 48-year-old Patricia Castillo walked up to the victim while he was sitting on …
Three people were shot at a luxury Long Island hotel on Sunday when a disturbance broke out at a pool party, ABC 7 reports. Shortly after 5 p.m., two party attendees and a security guard were shot at The Mansion at Glen Cove, a historic hotel and events center in the city of Glen Cove …
A heroic New Mexico mother sprang atop her SUV earlier this month when a carjacker attempted to steal the vehicle with her two young children inside, KOAT-TV reports. Melody Maldonado, 33, had parked her white Hyundai Santa Fe in front of a store in Hobbs, New Mexico, on July 4, so she could buy a …
The ex-boyfriend of a missing California woman allegedly wrote down directions about where to find her body before he was killed by police last month, Fox 2 reports. Now, police have provided those notes to the family of 27-year-old Alexis Gabe, who has not been seen since January. The directions reportedly include highly specific and detailed …
Authorities say they have cracked a cold case involving a young California girl who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered 40 years ago, KION-TV reports. Five-year-old Anne Pham went missing on a rainy morning on January 21, 1982, while she was walking to Highland Elementary School in Seaside. Two days later, a military investigator looking for an …
Police in Philadelphia on Friday released a disturbing video of a group of teenagers brutally beating an elderly man to death with a traffic cone, NBC 10 reports. The recording shows the victim, 73-year-old James Lambert, attempting to walk across Cecil B. Moore Avenue shortly before 3 a.m. on June 14. Seven teens – four boys …
A Georgia swimming instructor will not face criminal charges after a 4-year-old boy drowned at a swimming lesson, but his family is still pushing for answers, NBC News reports. On June 14, Israel “Izzy” Scott was attending his second day of a group swimming class in Hephzibah, Georgia, when he was spotted in the deep …
A 2-year-old girl and her parents are missing after they failed to return from a camping trip in Maine, prompting fears about their safety and pleas for the public’s help for information, Fox 23 reports. Police say that 28-year-old Jill Sidebotham, 38-year-old Nicholas Hansen and their 2-year-old daughter Lydia Hansen were expected to return from …
A new report finds that the California “House of Horrors” siblings who were abused and imprisoned by their parents were later failed by social services agencies and government officials, according to ABC News The 630-page report found that some of the rescued children were placed with other abusive caregivers, while authorities also failed to distribute …
