Nurse Acquitted in Second Capital Murder Trial of Tot Stepdaughter Who Died of Head Trauma
Court
A juror in the first murder trial did not disclose he was related to the slain girl
Mass shooting
May 16, 2022
Buffalo Supermarket Shooter Plotted to Kill More Black People in Second Attack: Officials
The gunman who allegedly killed 10 people at a New York grocery store on Saturday reportedly planned to stage another shooting targeting Black people. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told CNN that they have reviewed documents indicating that Payton Gendron, 18, intended to leave Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo and open fire at “another large …
Missing
May 16, 2022
Timmothy Pitzen’s Family Fears Harassment From Career Criminal Who Lied About Being Missing Boy
The family of an Illinois boy who disappeared in 2011 said they fear harassment from an Ohio man who, in 2019, claimed to be the missing boy. Timmothy Pitzen’s aunt, Jen West, told The Sun that Brian Rini lives near her following his release from jail for masquerading as her missing nephew. She said she …
Celebrity
May 16, 2022
Jailed R. Kelly Strikes Up Friendship With Accused Brooklyn Subway Shooter: Sources
Jailed singer R Kelly is reportedly friends with a man charged with opening fire at a New York subway station last month. Three sources told the New York Daily News about the friendship between Kelly, 55, and Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James, 62, at Metropolitan Detention Center, where both men are incarcerated. Kelly was …
Murder
May 13, 2022
Mom Fatally Shoots 2 Young Kids, Herself Amid Custody Dispute: Reports
An Oregon woman allegedly took her own life after fatally shooting her daughter and son at their home on Tuesday. Gresham officers discovered the bodies of Ashley Palmer, 31, Kayleana Palmer, 6, and Xavier Palmer, 8, while performing a welfare check. The woman’s ex-spouse, Jenavie Palmer, 34, told The Oregonian that they were in the …
Murder
May 13, 2022
Teens Will Be Tried as Adults for Fatally Beating Spanish Teacher With Baseball Bat
Two Iowa teens who were 16 when they allegedly murdered their Spanish teacher last year will be tried as adults after a judge declined to move their cases to juvenile court on Wednesday. Fairfield High School teacher Noheme Graber, 66, was found dead with head trauma on November 3 under a wheelbarrow at Chautauqua Park, …
Unsolved
May 13, 2022
‘Somebody’s After Me’: 911 Calls Released in Unsolved Gilgo Beach Murders
On Friday, New York police released three 911 calls related to the unsolved slayings of 11 people who may have been murdered by a serial killer. Suffolk County police released audio of a conversation Shannan Gilbert, 24, had with a 911 dispatcher before she vanished near Oak Beach in 2010. After leaving the home of …
Sex Crimes
May 13, 2022
Wife Plants Child Porn on Husband’s Phone to Win Child Custody Case
Two Oklahoma women were recently arrested for an alleged plot that involved planting child porn in a phone belonging to one of the women’s husbands amid a custody dispute. In December, Lacey Hucks, 33, and Angel Moore, 44, allegedly screenshotted 857 explicit images from the Dark Web using Hucks’ husband’s old phone. The plan was …
Child Abuse
May 12, 2022
Mom Says She Was Too Busy To Get Help for 3-Year-Old Daughter Who Died Weighing 9 Pounds: Police
A Florida couple was arrested after their nearly 3-year-old daughter died on Tuesday weighing nine pounds. Arhonda Tillman, 35, and Regis Johnson, 57, allegedly last took their daughter to a doctor on January 2, 2020. At that time, she had only gained three pounds since being born on July 25, 2019, according to WFTS. “Basically …
Missing
May 12, 2022
College Student Still Missing Days After Girlfriend Found Dead in a Lake
An Illinois college student who vanished late last month remains missing even after his girlfriend — who also disappeared — was found dead on Tuesday. CBS reported that Natally Brookson, 22, was found deceased in Lake Michigan. Brookson and her boyfriend, Daniel Sotelo, 26, who are both students at the University of Illinois – Chicago, …
Murder
May 12, 2022
Fitbit Links Computer Technician to Wife’s 2015 Murder That He Blamed on Home Intruder
A Connecticut man was convicted on Tuesday of murder and other charges related to the 2015 slaying of his wife. According to the Hartford Courant, Richard Dabate claimed a masked assailant broke into the Ellington home he shared with Connie Dabate and fatally shot her after demanding credit cards and PIN numbers. Richard said the …
Missing
May 11, 2022
Missing 13-Year-Old Deemed a Runaway is Found Dead in Stream Near Home
A 13-year-old Oregon girl was found dead on Tuesday, a day after her mother reported her missing. According to The Oregonian, Milana Li’s body was found in a small stream at the Westside Regional Trail, less than a mile from where she was last seen on Monday. After Li reportedly vanished from her family’s apartment, …