A Somerset, Kentucky, grandmother died Wednesday night after a teenage relative reportedly shot her from the back seat. One of her grandsons, an 18-year-old, was driving as another grandson and their cousin were in the backseat. The boys, ages 12 and 17, were playing around with a muzzle-loading pistol when it went off and shot Eutta Phelps, 68, …
A Fort Worth, Texas, couple who flew their private plane to the Bahamas two weeks ago are still unaccounted for. According to a GoFundMe page, Donna and Forrest Sacco were last heard from on September 26 when they refueled their Cessna 150 in North Eleuthera, Bahamas. Family told KDFW that the newlyweds were headed to Rum …
A Florida school district has been accused of blaming four third-grade girls for being molested by their teacher in 2005. The Sun Sentinel reported that the Palm Beach County School District has recently agreed to pay the four victims, who are now adults, $3.6 million to settle the lawsuit. The girls had accused Coral Sunset Elementary teacher Blake Sinrod …
A white restaurant manager in Conway, South Carolina, is accused of beating and forcing an intellectually disabled black man to work for little to no pay for five years. According to The Post and Courier, the US Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that they indicted Bobby Paul Edwards, 52, on a felony forced labor charge. The victim, John Christopher Smith, 39, reportedly …
The Mississippi man accused of murdering Jessica Chambers believed he had suffocated the woman before lighting her on fire, prosecutors alleged during the first day of the high-profile trial. The Clarion-Ledger reported that District Attorney John Champion accused Quinton Tellis, 29, of having sex with Chambers, 19, in her car on December 6, 2014, before he smothered …
To the shock of lawmakers, companies running the foster care system in Kansas revealed that approximately 74 foster children are missing in the state. The Kansas City Star reported that state politicians were equally outraged that Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Phyllis Gilmore was seemingly unaware that three sisters have been missing from their Tonganoxie foster …
An ex-boyfriend of murdered University of Pittsburgh student, Alina Sheykhet, was reportedly arrested Wednesday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Myrtle Beach Online reported that a concerned resident called police around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday to report a suspicious person tampering with the window of a home. Captain Joey Crosby said responding officers approached Matthew Darby, 21, and learned …
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A Lady Lake, Florida, father is accused of drowning his 17-month-old daughter because his wife was divorcing him. The Orlando Sentinel reported that Jeremy Main, 38, turned himself in Monday and admitted to killing his daughter, Makenzie Main, saying that he “ruined his life.” Sumter County deputies noted that Jeremy was bleeding from the wrists when …
Harvey Weinstein’s wife, Georgina Chapman, said Tuesday that she is leaving her husband—an announcement that comes mere hours after two women accused the embattled producer of rape. In a statement obtained by People, Chapman, 41, said she’s separating from Weinstein, 61, after 10 years of marriage. The couple has two children together, India Pearl, 7, and Dashiell Max …
A Franklin, Ohio, woman placed her 4-year-old stepson in a scalding bath and the boy’s father did nothing as he slowly died from his injuries. WCPO reported Tuesday that a judge sentenced the child’s father, Robert Ritchie, 32, to seven years in prison for Austin Cooper’s death. Prosecutors said Ritchie failed to get medical help for …
A family accused a St. Paul, Minnesota, hospital of discarding a stillborn baby in dirty laundry instead of cremating him as promised. The Washington Post reported that Esmeralda Hernandez delivered her premature, stillborn son, José, in April 2013. She kept him with her overnight and Regions Hospital staff offered to arrange a “respectful and dignified” cremation for …
