A Michigan mother who is charged with killing her son last week allegedly told authorities that his death was part of a suicide pact she had with him. Katie Austin Lee, 39, killed Austin Pikaart on Friday — a day before his 18th birthday — at their apartment in Holland. Lee claimed she tried to …
Pennsylvania police have asked for the public’s help in locating a woman who recently vanished and was possibly abducted, State police said Kylee Fair, 22, may have been taken against her will after someone known to her dropped her off in McKeesport. WTAE reported that alarms were raised after Fair’s friends and family were contacted …
Earlier this month, Florida prosecutors dropped charges against a woman who was arrested last year for threatening a healthcare company during a phone call. On February 14, the State Attorney’s Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit issued a no-bill order for the charge — written or electronic threats to kill or do bodily injury — …
A 15-year-old Ohio boy who reportedly fatally shot his stepfather last week has been charged with murder. Levonte Hyde, 30, died on Thursday after police found him with multiple gunshot wounds in Cincinnati. The teen, who has not been publicly identified, killed Hyde about 30 minutes after Hyde punched the boy’s mother in the face, …
The man accused of killing a UnitedHealthcare CEO last year appeared in a New York court on Friday. According to Reuters, Luigi Mangione’s attorney, Karen Agnifilo, said there were “serious search and seizure issues” with Mangione’s arrest in Pennsylvania. Without providing specifics, Agnifilo also suggested there was evidence being suppressed in this case. Friday’s hearing was …
On Thursday, an attorney representing Sean “Diddy” Combs in his upcoming sex trafficking trial asked a New York judge to be withdrawn from the case. According to the New York Post, Anthony Ricco wrote that he could not remain effective counsel for Combs “under any circumstances.” Though specifics were not provided due to attorney-client privacy, Ricco …
The search continues for a North Carolina man who has been missing for nearly a month. Clinton Bonnell, 50, was last seen in the Gray’s Creek community on January 27. Though details are scarce, Bonnell’s sister told WTVD one of his last known locations was at the Fit4Life gym in Fayetteville. After leaving the gym, …
On Tuesday, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers filed a motion to have a federal sex trafficking charge dropped — claiming the law applied in this case is “racist” and has “not been utilized against any white people.” Combs lawyers said the Mann Act — which prohibits the transport of a person “with [the] intent that such …
A New Mexico couple was arrested on Tuesday for keeping their 15-year-old daughter in a chicken coop for months. According to KRQE, Patricia Madrid, 36, and Jammy Jackson, 59, allowed the girl to use the bathroom twice daily and fed her only ramen noodles. Other children in the home ate whatever they wanted and were …
An 11-year-old girl in Texas reportedly took her own life this month after classmates harassed her about her family’s immigration status. Jocelynn Carranza died on February 8, three days after she tried to kill herself at her Gainesville home. According to the Latin Times, officials at Gainesville Intermediate School never notified Carranza’s family that students …
Georgia officials revealed on Monday that a woman who was found dead in a lake earlier this month had air in her lungs. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Wilson was found floating in Lake Oconee on February 8, shortly after the fishing boat she was on was discovered going in …
A Michigan woman whose two children reportedly froze to death last week has garnered more than $50,000 in donations. A GoFundMe spokesperson told The Detroit News that it will work closely with the fundraiser’s organizer “to ensure funds safely reach Tateona Williams,” the mother of the two deceased children. Williams and her four children were …
