A recovery search is underway for a California couple who reportedly rented a vacation home on Valentine’s Day but failed to check out the following day, Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian Irwin, 72, reportedly rented a cottage in Inverness through Airbnb. When housekeepers went to clean, they discovered the couple’s phones, wallets, and their vehicle …
Recently-released surveillance footage reportedly shows an inmate at an Ohio jail fall through a ceiling while trying to escape from jail late last month. WHIO, who obtained the footage, reported that the video shows Jessica Boomershine, 42, at Montgomery County Jail. Boomershine and another man were jailed late last month for allegedly breaking into a …
Jurors deliberating on Harvey Weinstein’s fate said they’re deadlocked on the most serious charges levied against the disgraced producer. The Los Angeles Times reported that the jury of seven men and five women asked if they could be hung on the two charges of predatory sexual assault. They stated that they’re unanimous on the lesser …
As of Friday, a GoFundMe has raised more than $300,000 to send a bullied Australian boy to Disneyland after he was filmed in a viral video crying after school. The New Zealand Herald reported that 9-year-old Quaden Bayles has achondroplasia, a genetic disorder that results in dwarfism. On Tuesday, Bayles’ mother posted a video to …
An Illinois woman was recently arrested, months after she allegedly planned to kill herself and her three children via carbon dioxide poisoning. Emily C. Sparks, 29, was charged with three counts of attempted murder for a reported incident involving her three children, ages 3, 5, and 7. On February 6, someone contacted police and claimed …
A bus driver in New Jersey who allegedly fatally mowed down a passenger after dragging him down a street with his arm trapped in the bus door was arrested on Tuesday while trying to flee the country. NJ Transit employee Fayola Howard, 34, was charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a December 31 incident …
On Thursday, authorities confirmed that a Georgia college student who was found dead days after her disappearance died as a result of homicide. WMAZ reported that Anitra Gunn’s autopsy was completed on Tuesday, the same day her body was discovered in Crawford County, near the Peach-Crawford County line. Gunn, 23, was last seen alive at …
An Indiana woman who was shot and killed on Tuesday is believed to have livestreamed herself exposing a closeted gay man hours before her death. WTTV reported that Jane Waughfield, 40, was shot near the intersection of Lafayette Road and West 30th Street in Indianapolis. Witness accounts indicated that the Camaro the wounded woman was …
Authorities reportedly found the bodies of two newborns at a New Jersey recycling facility. New Brunswick police reportedly discovered a newborn’s body at the Colgate Paper Recycling facility at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. A second body was recovered from the same facility roughly six hours later, according to New Brunswick Today. WPIX reported that autopsies …
Day two of jury deliberations in the Harvey Weinstein trial ended without a verdict. Before adjourning on Wednesday, jurors asked to review emails to, from, and pertaining to “Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra, 59. They also requested to rehear testimony from Sciorra’s friend Rosie Perez and to review all communications Weinstein, 67, had with two private …
A Wisconsin man who lit his ex-girlfriend ablaze on Valentine’s Day did so because she hadn’t paid her taxes. According to WITI, prosecutors said Javaunte Jefferson, 28, lit Savannah Bailey on fire “because she wouldn’t pay her taxes and was buying other stuff.” After the violent act, Jefferson allegedly drove off — leaving Bailey and …
A Texas man drunkenly struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday night — then drove to a beer garden with the corpse in the passenger seat, according to reports. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Paul Joseph Garcia, 24, fatally struck Lee Martin Cagle, 55 as he pushed a shopping cart on Slaughter Lane in Austin. …
