Massachusetts police arrested a woman on Wednesday for allegedly striking her boyfriend with her vehicle during a snowstorm on Saturday, resulting in his death. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said they believe Karen Read, 41, backed into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, after dropping him off at a gathering in Canton. Before …
Texas police on Monday announced that they have identified a body that was discovered last month in a car trunk as a missing man who vanished weeks earlier. On January 19, Taylour Young, 25, was reportedly found dead in the trunk of his own car at an impound lot in Dallas — hundreds of miles …
The Georgia police officer who determined last week that there was no evidence of a coverup in Kendrick Johnson’s 2013 death announced on Monday that he is offering $500,000 of his own money for anyone who can prove otherwise. In a statement issued to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said he is …
A Texas teen was arrested on Monday on murder charges for allegedly shooting his mother’s fiancé on New Year’s Day, resulting in the man’s death days later. KSET reported that an altercation occurred after Austin Markowski’s half-brother tore up the new wood flooring in their mother’s bedroom. Markowski, 17, claimed he was showering when his …
Suspect Jeremy Main sought to stay married to his wife months after allegedly killing their daughter
Update, 4:17 p.m. (EST): A judge has rejected a plea deal that would have spared two of Amaud Arbery’s convicted killers from standing trial on federal charges related to the slain man’s civil rights. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said the proposed plea deal did not consider the wishes …
An Alabama woman is facing murder charges for an alleged altercation last week that resulted in the death of a pregnant woman’s unborn child. On January 24, Dothan police were called to the home of Iveonna Turner’s ex-boyfriend, with whom she shares a 2-month-old daughter. Witnesses told officers that they saw Turner, 20, kick and …
An Australian woman was reportedly found dead in an acid-filled bath on Sunday, leading to the arrest of her boyfriend. The Daily Telegraph reported that New South Wales police responding to a domestic violence incident discovered the body of Aminah Hayat, 19, in the bathroom of her Sydney apartment. Hayat was said to be found …
On Friday, a Wisconsin judge approved a measure to destroy the gun Kyle Rittenhouse used in the August 2020 protest shooting that left two people dead. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Rittenhouse, 18, agreed to the arrangement — which entails authorities destroying the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle at the state crime lab …
‘A federal judge on Friday reduced Joe Exotic’s prison sentence by one year for violating federal wildlife laws and devising a murder-for-hire plot targeting controversial animal activist Carole Baskin. According to KOCW, Exotic, 58, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, learned of his new 21-year sentence in an Oklahoma City courtroom. Exotic was originally sentenced …
Thousands attended Friday’s funeral in New York for a rookie police officer who died last week in a shooting that also claimed the life of his partner. According to the New York Post, fallen NYPD officer Jason Rivera, 22, was posthumously promoted to detective first grade during his funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. In addition …
An online petition has received more than 240,000 signatures in support of two Texas brothers and a friend who are accused of killing the brothers’ stepfather. The Change.org petition asks Governor Greg Abbott to release Alejandro Trevino, 18; Christian Trevino, 17; and Juan Eduardo Melendez, 18, who are facing various charges for killing the Trevinos’ …
