Father kills his two young daughters, then turns gun on himself in grisly murder-suicide: Police
Murder
‘Dad’ was accused of violating a protection order sought by the girls’ mother, and feared custody loss
Technology and Crime
January 4, 2018
‘This b***h got a gun, y’all’: Woman shot while streaming fight on Facebook Live [VIDEO]
A Facebook Live video appears to show the moment a woman was shot in the arm by another woman on Chicago’s South Side. Police said the unnamed 27-year-old woman was shot by someone she knew Tuesday afternoon in the Parkway Gardens housing project. WGN reported that the victim was streaming on Facebook Live when she …
Murder
January 3, 2018
Babysitter intentionally bashes toddler girl’s head in, killing her in minutes: Prosecutor
An Ohio babysitter who was watching a 2-year-old girl when the toddler suffered fatal head injuries learned her fate this week. The Richland Source reported that Allison Nething, 20, was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for the April 2016 death of Marley Milner. The victim’s relatives claimed the child suffered such a violent blow …
Missing
January 3, 2018
UPDATE: Police uncover ‘extremely valuable’ information in 18-year-old case of missing teens
Police said that recently-discovered case notes could help them make great strides in the case of two Oklahoma teens who vanished 18 years earlier. Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman (pictured left and right) celebrated Bible’s birthday with a sleepover at Freeman’s home on December 29, 1999. The next day, Freeman’s parents, Danny and Kathy Freeman, were found …
Drug Crime
January 3, 2018
Police bust 70 for pot at Christmas-themed lingerie party, including several high school star athletes
A Christmas-themed lingerie party in Georgia reportedly concluded with police arresting 70 attendees on drug- and gun-related offenses. WSB-TV reported that Cartersville police responded to the home early Sunday following reports of shots fired. Partygoers told the station that officers were inspecting the property when they smelled marijuana in the front yard. The partygoers claimed that police …
Missing
January 3, 2018
‘Skeletonized’ remains found in woods belong to young mother missing for months: Police
Police have confirmed that human remains found in the woods late last month belong to a Florida mother who’s been missing since April. Destiny Aaron, 21, of Hudson, was last seen leaving her Hudson home on April 1 and was reported missing by her parents on April 10. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Pasco police found her body …
Police
January 2, 2018
‘No, don’t you stop’: Woman gives birth on interstate after father leads police on high-speed chase
One New Year’s Day baby was born amid chaos after her father reportedly sped down an interstate and evaded police. Little Anastasia’s mother told WCBD that the baby came three weeks early, leading her father to floor it from their home in St. George to a hospital in downtown Charleston, where they planned to deliver …
Unsolved
January 2, 2018
Do you know her? Police need help identifying woman found dead in mall food court
Georgia police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman whose body was found at Gwinnett Place Mall shortly before Christmas. WSB-TV reported that the unidentified Asian woman was found in a vacant vendor area in the food court of the Duluth mall on December 21 at around 11 a.m. A maintenance worker …
Suicide
January 2, 2018
‘We called Child Protective Services on her quite a bit’: Mentally ill mom allegedly shoots young daughter dead before turning the gun on herself
Police believe a mother and daughter who were found dead in their home on New Year’s Eve died in a murder-suicide that occurred up to three weeks earlier. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the bodies of Karina and Madison Clark were discovered in their Magna, Utah, home after a fellow church member noticed a …
Murder
January 2, 2018
Man beats young stepson to death for sneaking out of bed, forces three brothers to sleep with his body all night: Police
A Florida man is facing murder charges for allegedly killing his 6-year-old stepson by throwing him against a wall–then forcing the boy’s young brothers to sleep in bed with his body. Jack Junior Montgomery, 31, is accused of killing Brice Russell, 6, this weekend at the Masters Inn in Seffner. WFLA reported Montgomery was left in charge of …
Teacher Scandals
January 2, 2018
Christian school teacher accused of sexually assaulting young student
A former teacher at a Christian school in Waldoboro, Maine, was arrested Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a student who was under the age of 14. Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel reports that the alleged incident involving Nancy Leigh Ann Brann, 43, occurred in the fall of 2016 while she worked as a teacher at Coastal Christian School. Police …
Media
January 1, 2018
‘You’re being a bad girl’: Newspaper chairman accused of spanking several female reporters
Several former reporters for an Alabama-based newspaper have accused an ex-publisher of sexually assaulting them in the 1970s. According to the Alabama Political Reporter, several women who previously worked for The Anniston Star have accused H. Brandt Ayers, the paper’s former publisher, of assaulting them years earlier. One of the accusers, Veronica Pike Kennedy, claimed that Ayers …
