A South Carolina judge on Tuesday ordered the court clerk involved in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial to testify in an upcoming hearing regarding jury tampering. Murdaugh’s legal team has accused Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of rushing jurors to reach a guilty verdict for a book she was writing and self-publishing on …
A man was fatally shot Sunday on a New York subway amid an argument between two other passengers about loud music, according to reports. Jakeba Henderson, 45, was killed on the No. 3 train in Brooklyn as he returned home. The New York Times reported that Henderson — who was shot in his back and …
An 18-year-old Texas woman who was found dead earlier this month was reportedly strangled by her girlfriend. Shania Turner, 24, was arrested on Thursday for killing Tierra Horn, who was found dead along Buffalo Bayou in Houston on January 5. KPRC reported that the fatal altercation occurred as Turner believed Horn had given her a …
A North Carolina man awaiting trial for killing his 3-week-old son in the hospital last year allegedly told police that he may have shaken him too hard. WRAL reported Gunner Bliss died on October 16, 10 days after he suffered head trauma while in the NICU unit at WakeMed Hospital. The victim’s mother allegedly witnessed …
Accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann is due in a New York court on Tuesday, amid reports that he will be charged with a fourth murder. A source close to the case told NBC News that Suffolk County prosecutors will announce the new charges against Heuermann after they are unsealed in court. Heuermann is …
A California man accused of killing his wife and parents-in-law in November pleaded not guilty to their slayings on Friday. Samuel Haskell IV, 35, is accused of killing and dismembering his wife, Mei Haskell, 37, and her parents, Yanxiang Wang, 64, and Gaoshan Li, 72, who were last seen on November 6. In early November, …
Pennsylvania prosecutors arrested a woman for homicide on Wednesday, months after her boyfriend’s 1-year-old daughter was reportedly fatally poisoned with acetone. Iris Jacoby-Alfera died on June 29, four days after she was allegedly found unresponsive in Aleisia Owens’ New Castle home. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the toddler died from organ failure caused …
On Thursday, the Ohio grand jury declined to indict a woman charged with abuse of a corpse for miscarrying at home in September. Mahoning Matters reported that Brittany Watts, 34, was hospitalized in Warren twice and left both times before giving birth at home. Though Trumbull County prosecutor Dennis Watkins said he was legally obligated …
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s former boyfriend — who is serving a life sentence in Missouri for killing her mother in 2015 — has reportedly spoken out in light of her release last month. Blanchard, 32, spent seven years in prison for having her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, go to her family’s home in Springfield to kill her …
Florida police arrested three people Wednesday in connection with Tuesday’s shooting death of a pizza delivery driver. West Palm Beach police officers who responded to reports of a shooting found Domino’s delivery driver Tommie Anderson III, 33, on the ground and bleeding from his neck and arm. WBPF reported that Anderson was breathing at the …
Pennsylvania authorities have asked for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old boy who vanished on Tuesday. WPXI reported that Kahlil Fairbee was last seen in McKeesport, around the 400 block of Penny Street. Additional details regarding his disappearance were not disclosed, but police believe he is in McKeesport or West Mifflin. Fairbee was described …
An Indiana man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman last year. University of Evansville baseball player Willard Peterson, 20, reportedly met the victim at an off-campus house party in November. The victim said she was “very intoxicated” when Peterson, who claimed he was sober, started talking to her and offered her a …
