A Rhode Island man was arrested on Tuesday after his ex-girlfriend’s body was reportedly discovered in a refrigerator. Providence police reportedly found Sherbert Maddox, 40, deceased while responding to an Elmwood apartment on Tuesday. Police believe Maddox’s ex-boyfriend, Nathan Cooper, 53, shot Maddox with a stolen .38-caliber Smith & Wesson which was seized along with …
A South Carolina woman had both arms amputated after three dogs attacked her as she took a walk on Sunday, according to reports. Abbeville County police who responded to a home found Kyleen Waltman, 38, seriously injured. Waltman’s friend, Tayna Glimer, told WSPA that she was walking to her boyfriend’s house when the dogs attacked …
A convicted rapist in Canada complained about jail conditions during last week’s sentencing hearing, where his victims also provided impact statements. According to the Ottawa Citizen, Paul Batchelor, 36, spoke longer than his two victims did at the hearing, complaining about not getting enough food at a Quebec jail. Batchelor reportedly also complained about sleeping …
A New Hampshire council announced on Wednesday that it will not be commuting a life sentence for Pamela Smart, who had her 15-year-old lover fatally shoot her husband in 1990. The Executive Council Wednesday voted unanimously, 5-0, against reducing Smart’s sentence. Smart, 54, was convicted of being an accomplice to murder after she convinced her …
A mother and her 3-year-old son and daughter were found dead in a car on Sunday, Florida authorities said. Police responding to a suspicious vehicle parked outside a Melbourne apartment complex discovered the bodies of mother Andrea Langhorst, 35, and her twins, Olivia Dryer and Adam Dryer. Police said it appears the family periodically lived …
A nurse is currently on trial in Tennessee, accused of negligence for allegedly giving an elderly patient the wrong medication in 2017, causing her death. KHN reported that RaDonda Vaught, 38, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, mistakingly injected Charlene Murphey, 75, with vecuronium bromide — a paralyzing drug — when she was …
Two Michigan brothers were released from prison on Tuesday, after spending 25 years behind bars for a murder they did not commit. In 1997, George and Melvin DeJesus were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1995 murder of Margaret Midkiff, a family friend. Midkiff was found dead in the basement of her …
A Texas woman was charged with child abandonment for allegedly trying to give her 12-day-old daughter to a stranger on Sunday. Yessenia Cardenas, 25, was walking down a street in Corpus Christi while reportedly trying to hand her baby to several people. One of those people was Claudia Canales, who told KOAA that she was …
An elderly woman was killed in Louisiana on Monday after she was reportedly dragged by her vehicle while being carjacked by four juveniles. New Orleans police said Linda Frickey, 73, was dragged by her car for an extended period of time. WAFB reported that Frickey, who died at the scene, somehow became dislodged from her …
An Arkansas woman reportedly stabbed her 16-year-old son to death on Sunday, and allegedly called police to her home while detailing the crime. According to KNWA, Rebecca Henley, 44, told a 911 dispatcher that she “just woke up and stabbed her son” at their Mountain Home residence. Responding officers reportedly found the victim with a …
DCF reportedly tried to have the case sealed, but a judge released the records to the public
An Ohio man was charged on Monday with killing his girlfriend who was found dead on Thursday, nearly a year after she was reported missing. Bennie Washington, 39, allegedly fatally shot Audreona Barnes, 19, in the head and left her body under a pile of clothes on his balcony. Washington was evicted from the Cleveland …
