Taco Bell Employee Killed After His Teen Son, Working the Same Shift, Denies a Counterfeit Bill and Customer Shoots Into Drive-Thru Window
Murder
The teen watched his father get shot and desperately tried to save him
Homicide
January 7, 2022
Toddler Girl Died of ‘Homicidal Drowning’ After Dad Drove Truck Into Freezing River: Coroner
An Indiana toddler who was found dead in a river in November — days after her father was found alive in a submerged truck — died from homicidal drowning, authorities said on Wednesday. According to the Indianapolis Star, the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office said Emma Sweet, 2, died from “complications of hypothermia and asphyxia due …
Missing
January 7, 2022
MISSING: 12-Year-Old Girl Vanishes After She’s Told She Can’t Go Outside [Report]
Tennessee police have asked for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old girl who reportedly vanished on Thursday afternoon. According to WHBQ, the Memphis Police Department issued an alert for Amaya Whitefield. Police said Whitefield disappeared from the 1500 block of South Wellington Street after she was told she was not allowed to go outside. …
Court
January 7, 2022
BREAKING: Cop Dad & Son Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole for Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder
Three Georgia men who were found guilty of killing Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 were sentenced on Friday to life in prison, with only one of them getting the possibility of parole. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, 64 and 34, were sentenced to life without parole for felony murder, plus 20 years for …
Child Abuse
January 6, 2022
Fire Leads to Discovery of 11 Malnourished Children Living in Feces-Covered Home: Reports
Eleven children in Washington remain in protective custody after a fire on Sunday reportedly uncovered they were living in substandard conditions. KREM reported that a fire in the backyard of a Spokane home led firefighters to discover that the residence was covered in trash, animal feces, and rotting food. Firefighters wrote that they also found …
Murder for hire
January 6, 2022
Man Pays To Have Ex-Wife Murdered — But Hitman Kills Her Sister by Mistake
A Washington man was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for a botched September 2017 murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the death of his ex-wife’s sister. Kevin Lewis, 34, paid $2,400 to his cousin, Jerradon Phelps, 19, to kill his ex-wife, Amanda Canales. Though Lewis directed Phelps to a home in Everett, he did …
Murder
January 6, 2022
DCF Caseworker Stabbed to Death in Home While Investigating Report of Children in Danger: Officials
An Illinois child welfare worker was killed Tuesday when she was reportedly stabbed during a home visit. Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) investigator Diedre Silas, 36, was murdered while responding to reports of children in danger at a home in Thayer. Six children, between the ages of 1 and 7, were at the …
Unsolved
January 5, 2022
Dad Shot Dead While Bringing Daughter’s Birthday Cake Into Chuck E. Cheese: Report
A Texas father was fatally shot in a Chuck E. Cheese parking lot on Friday during an altercation with another man. Calogero Duenes, 24, was bringing his 6-year-old daughter’s birthday cake into the Humble establishment when he got into an argument with a man, driving a burgundy Ford, in the parking lot. After hearing gunshots, …
Fraud
January 5, 2022
Deaf Quadriplegic Man, Injured Cop Among Those Scammed by Alex Murdaugh: Report
South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who remains jailed on financial fraud charges, is reportedly facing at least eight additional civil lawsuits from people who he allegedly scammed. According to Fox News, Murdaugh, 53, is accused of stealing money from a deaf man who was left paralyzed following a 2011 car accident and an ex-highway patrolman …
Accident
January 5, 2022
DEVELOPING: 13 People — Including 7 Kids — Die in Fire at Rowhouse With Broken Smoke Detectors [Reports]
At least thirteen people, including seven children, were killed on Wednesday in a blaze at a Pennsylvania rowhouse that also left two people injured. WCAU reported that the fire occurred in Fairmont, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, in a two-unit rowhome. It is believed that 26 people resided in those two units, which are owned by …
Shooting
January 5, 2022
George Floyd’s 4-Year-Old Grand-Niece Shot as She Slept in Bed: Reports
The 4-year-old grand-niece of George Floyd — whose 2020 murder at the hands of a Minnesota police officer gained international attention — was reportedly shot on Saturday at her Texas home. KTRK reported that Arianna Delane was shot as she slept in a bedroom located on the second floor of a Houston home. The girl’s …
Politics and Crime
January 4, 2022
DA Refuses To Prosecute Ex-NY Governor Andrew Cuomo for Groping, Despite ‘Credible’ Accuser
On Tuesday, prosecutors announced they have dropped a groping charge against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, marking the foreseeable end to a legal saga that led to Cuomo’s resignation. The Albany County District Attorney said in a statement that they are not prosecuting Cuomo, 64, for forcible touching, as an independent investigation determined they …
