Two Colorado brothers who partook in the brutal gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl will not spend a day behind bars. According to KKTV, Tommy Williams, 20, and Clarence Williams, 19, (pictured left to right) were recently sentenced to probation for the December 2016 attack involving the girl. Tommy pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a child …
Prosecutors have accused a Queens, New York, man of beating his 3-year-old stepdaughter so barbarically that her stomach was shred to pieces during the fatal attack. Marc Jenkins, 32, appeared in court Wednesday on charges that he beat Bella Edwards to death on Monday afternoon. According to the New York Daily News, authorities believe Jenkins …
A woman reportedly filed a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), accusing the then-president of the LDS Missionary Training Center (MTC) of raping her in 1984. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, McKenna Denson filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah. In it, she claims that the church …
A body found in an Atlanta river late Tuesday night has reportedly been identified as a CDC epidemiologist who vanished in early February. According to WSB-TV, Timothy Cunningham’s remains were recovered from the Chattahoochee River in northwest Atlanta. A previous report by the news station indicated that officials described the body as “badly decomposed.” The Atlanta Police …
Twin sisters from Colorado who gained national attention for their openness about a debilitating battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder were reportedly found dead Friday in a car near Royal Gorge Bridge Park. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that Sara and Amanda Eldritch, both 33, were found dead with gunshot wounds at the park’s rest stop. Fremont County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman …
Anthony Borges, the final survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that claimed 17 lives, was reportedly released from the hospital on Friday. According to NBC News, Borges, 15, was shot four times in the back and legs during the Valentine’s Day bloodbath as he shielded a room full of classmates. The …
Completing their investigation of the crime scene early Wednesday, San Bruno police are probing the background of the California woman they believe opened fire Tuesday at YouTube headquarters, wounding three before taking her own life. According to The Mercury News, San Bruno police Chief Ed Barberini told reporters early Wednesday that they completed their forensic examination at …
A trauma surgeon treating three people shot Tuesday at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno expressed frustration with the current state of gun violence, lamenting that mass shootings have become a common occurrence. According to SFGate, Dr. Andre Campbell, a trauma surgeon at San Francisco General, spoke with reporters outside the hospital’s emergency department. There, he revealed …
A Pennsylvania man reportedly shot his pregnant girlfriend dead then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide Wednesday night. According to the Observer-Reporter, Naader E. Rizk, 38, is believed to have fatally shot Michelle Krek, 35, inside their second-floor Cecil apartment. Krek was reportedly seven months pregnant and was due in May; her unborn son also died …
New York City police arrested a Queens man Tuesday in connection with the beating death of his 3-year-old stepdaughter, prosecutors announced Tuesday. According to the New York Daily News, Marc Jenkins, 32, was charged with murder and assault charges after an autopsy determined that Bella Edwards died Monday from blunt force trauma to her abdomen. Law enforcement sources told …
Similar to the “Tide Pod Challenge,” parents and officials are reportedly concerned about another new, yet strange, trend that they fear is sweeping social media. According to KABB, educators in San Antonio, Texas, are informing parents of the “Condom-Snorting Challenge” or “Condom Challenge.” The challenge involves someone snorting an unwrapped condom through one nostril and …
A Kuwaiti court sentenced a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death by hanging for the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found in a freezer earlier this year. Al Jazeera reported that Nader Essam Assaf, 40, and wife Mona Hassoun were detained in February in connection with the death of Joanna Demafelis, 29. Demafelis had vanished in …
