The CEO of insurance giant UnitedHealth was fatally shot Wednesday morning outside a midtown Manhatten hotel in what sources say appears to have been a targeted shooting. A masked man shot Brian Thompson, 50, in the back just before 7 a.m. near the New York Hilton on Sixth Avenue, police sources told WABC. He was …
A Missouri man who reported his girlfriend missing last week was charged with murder the next day. Court records say that Aaron Malone, 23, called the Barry County Sheriff’s Office on November 25 to report the possible abduction of 24-year-old Aspen Lewis, KTVI reports. Investigators responding to the home found a large blood stain in …
A North Carolina mother was arrested for punching her 6-week-old baby in the face and leaving the child alone in her car while temperatures dropped to around 40 degree while she worked at McDonald’s. Nikita Jones, 21, faces one count of misdemeanor child abuse and one count of intentional child abuse resulting in serious physical …
Public defenders for the man convicted last month of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia have asked for a new trial, claiming a judge’s decision in the case was “contrary to law” and “contrary to evidence.” The brief motion, filed Monday in the Superior Court of Athens-Clarke County, …
A Florida man on the run for three years after killing his ex-girlfriend while she was holding their infant son was captured in Mexico last week and brought back to the United States to stand trial. St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway said Tuesday that Benjamin “Bambi” Williams, 41, is being held without bond at …
A 57-year-old Florida man is being held without bond after he shot his girlfriend in the head on Sunday when she reportedly ended their engagement. Timothy Hyder and Natalie “Dawn” Du’Mee had been drinking at a football watch party on Sunday. In the course of the party, an affidavit says, they argued. They returned home …
A Virginia man already in jail on a charge of concealing a dead body was indicted Monday on murder charges after tests on blood found in his home came back a match to his missing wife. According to WUSA, Naresh Bhatt now faces charges of first degree murder and physically defiling a dead body. The …
A Florida woman convicted to leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase will spend the rest of her life in prison. Prior to the sentence on Monday, Judge Michael Kraynick denied a defense motion for a new trial on the grounds of denial of court-appointed counsel, emotional outbursts in the courtroom, and prosecutorial misconduct, …
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of a Maine man charged in the Christmas Day death of his girlfriend’s toddler daughter two years ago. Tyler Witham-Jordan is charged with indifference murder in the death of the 3-year-old, Makinzlee Handrahan, as CrimeOnline reported. He pleaded not guilty and has tried to shift the blame to …
A Texas man was arrested last week for a road rage shooting that killed a mother of four early last month. San Antonio police responded to a rollover crash on Interestate 35 at about 9:30 p.m. on November 8 and found 31-year-old Julie Marie Butcher inside the vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, …
Investigators believe a body found near an Alabama state park over the weekend is that of a hiker who disappeared in the area in October. A hunter found the body on Saturday morning, about five miles northeast of Cheaha State Park, the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department said. Investigators said evidence indicated the body is Vendula …
Florida police made short work locating a man who allegedly broke into a woman’s home in Tice early Sunday and stabbed her while she was sleeping. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call at about 1:20 a.m. and deployed a drone to find Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, just one street away and …
