Police in Kentucky have arrested the alleged owner of two pit bulls responsible for mauling a woman to death and seriously injuring her husband on Christmas Eve. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Johnny Dale Lankford, 42, has been jailed since December 22 on a second-degree assault charge, unlawful imprisonment, and a bench warrant. Two days later, police …
An Atkins, Arkansas, man who is facing criminal charges for sexually assaulting and raping a girl from the age of 4 to 12 reportedly told the victim years later to “get over it.” According to the River Valley Leader, the Pope County Sheriff’s Office got involved on August 30, after a woman, who is active duty, …
A video circulating on social media reportedly shows the moment a woman decided to face the man who allegedly molested her when she was 6. “There’s a time and a place for everything so I’m trying to be strong,” the woman is heard saying at the beginning of the video. She then walks over to …
Akia Eggleston was 35 weeks into a high-risk pregnancy when she didn’t show up for her baby shower. Six months later, and there’s no sign of the young Maryland mother–leading authorities to believe that something sinister is at play. Eggleston, 23, was last seen on May 3 outside her home in Baltimore. It wasn’t until May …
An elderly couple allegedly caught with more than 60 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop reportedly told officers that they had planned to give it away as Christmas gifts. According to the York News-Times, York County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over Patrick Jiron, 80, Tuesday after he failed to signal and crossed the center line. Lieutenant Paul …
A mother of two whose 13-year-old son fatally stabbed her 4-year-old daughter as she slept has recounted the harrowing ordeal in a new documentary. In Investigation Discovery’s The Family I Had, Charity Lee relives February 5, 2007, the day her 13-year-old son, Paris Bennett, choked her daughter Ella Lee, 4, before stabbing her 17 times. Charity said …
Five people are reportedly fighting to claim infamous cult leader Charles Manson’s remains a month after his death. According to the Los Angeles Times, issues arose after people in Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, and California all attempted to claim Manson’s remains. Claimants include Manson’s grandson and the convicted killer’s longtime pen pal and memorabilia collector, Michael …
Authorities said an 8-year-old girl was repeatedly gang-raped by an 18-year-old man and four minors in Pune, India. The Times of India reported that local police believe the man–along with four youths, ages 9, 10, 12, and 6–lived near the girl and routinely victimized her over the course of five months. Senior inspector Milind Gaikwad said the …
A family in Cypress, Texas, is asking for public’s help in locating a father who reportedly vanished earlier this month after going to purchase a vehicle. KHOU reported that Alberto Arias-Nunez, 37, was last heard from on December 13 when he called his wife to tell her that he arrived in Tyler. Arias-Nunez was supposedly going Tyler to …
The longtime boyfriend of a pregnant North Dakota woman who was murdered by her upstairs neighbors and had her baby taken from her womb is speaking out four months after the unthinkable ordeal. Ashton Matheny recently told People that he dreams about slain girlfriend Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind every night. However, Matheny said that raising their 4-month-old …
A convicted killer who refused to listen to his murder victim’s family in court was reportedly forced to hear their statements–five times over to be exact–on his way to prison. Jeffrey Willis was convicted in November of the murder of Rebekah Bletsch. Authorities believe Willis shot and killed Bletch in June 2014 after she refused to …
Authorities in Florida have increased the reward to $50,000 for information in the case of a Sarasota teen who’s been missing since Labor Day. WFLA reported that the Sarasota Police Department, FBI Tampa Division, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement doubled the reward Thursday from $25,000 to $50,000. Though the Sarasota police have received …
