The FBI’s investigation into Gabby Petito’s murder is still open, despite last month’s announcement that Brian Laundrie killed her and then took his own life, The Sun reports. The agency in January said that Laundrie wrote a suicide note in which he admitted to murdering Petito. Investigators believe he then shot himself. “All logical investigative steps have …
A man who forced his way into Michael Bloomberg’s Colorado ranch this week and kidnapped a housekeeper was looking for the former New York City mayor or his daughters, KUSA-TV reports. Investigators say 48-year-old Joseph Beecher told the housekeeper that he wanted to “make an international scene” with Bloomberg or his daughters, whom he referenced …
A Michigan mother accused of murdering her 3-year-old daughter told authorities that the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants threatened to kill her if she did not take her daughter’s life, WJRT-TV reports. At the time, the woman, 22-year-old Justine Johnson, had been experiencing hallucinations amid weeks of heroin withdrawal and lack of sleep. The revelations were …
Two Texas mothers are accused of abandoning their children in filthy and dangerous conditions, including a toddler who was allegedly eating his own feces to survive, KPRC-TV reports. The women – 28-year-old Riccy Padilla-Hernandez and 34-year-old Yures Molina – are now facing criminal charges of child endangerment. Authorities discovered the disturbing scene on Wednesday afternoon …
A 4-year-old child died in Louisiana over the weekend after a gun was fired in a vehicle where two adults were smoking marijuana, WDSU-TV reports.A preliminary investigation suggests that whoever fired the gun did not intend to harm anyone, but rather acted negligently, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.The shooting occurred around 10:45 p.m. Saturday outside …
A woman in New York City no longer has a job after she complained on social media about street closures for the funeral of a slain NYPD officer, the New York Post reports. On Friday, Jacqueline Guzman posted a video on TikTok of herself walking down a street that was barricaded for the funeral of …
A Tennessee family is dead after the father allegedly murdered his wife and two children before committing suicide, the Tennessean reports. On Friday, 32-year-old James Travis Pitts reportedly called 911 and said he shot his wife, 32-year-old Barbara Pitts, and two children, 13-year-old MaKayla Kleinert and 6-year-old Riley Pitts. James told a dispatcher that he …
Prince Andrew is expected to be questioned later this year in the sex abuse lawsuit filed against him, The Daily Telegraph reports. A lawyer representing the plaintiff, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, told the news outlet that Andrews will face questioning over the course of one to two days during a deposition in London. “I’m going to try …
A grand jury in Louisiana has indicted a woman who allegedly threw her two young children into a lake, killing one of them and severely injuring the other. Prosecutors in the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that 33-year-old Ureka Rochelle Black has been charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, KSLA-TV reports. …
The accused killers of a young Chicago girl allegedly got sandwiches and drinks after gunning down the child, what a judge described as an “absolute disregard for human life,” the Chicago Sun-Times reports.On Thursday, 16-year-old Emilio Corripio and 27-year-old Xavier Guzman were in court for a bond hearing in connection with last Saturday’s murder of 8-year-old Melissa …
A woman is accused of repeatedly offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy an infant boy at a Texas Walmart, prompting the terrified mother to call police, the Messenger newspaper reports. Authorities allege that 49-year-old Rebecca Lanette Taylor struck up a conversation with a mother at the big-box store in Crockett, Texas on January …
A teen in Florida is accused of attacking a neighborhood jogger with the intention of keeping the man’s body so he could “play with the victim to fulfill his sexual fantasies,” WOFL-TV reports. The unnerving allegations are detailed in an arrest report obtained by WOFL-TV, which alleges that 18-year-old Logan Smith spied on the victim …
