A movie production crew found the body of a woman shot multiple times at a transit bus stop near an interestate overpass in northwest Atlanta early Thursday morning. Atlanta police said their officers were flagged down just before 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Collier Drive NW and Harwell Road NW for the unresponsive woman. …
A man in Arizona has been arrested after investigators found that he faked his death to avoid registering as a sex offender. Benjamin Hollins, 50, had adopted an assumed name in Mesa when investigators found him living with a family — with young children — who had no idea he’d been convicted of sex offenses …
An Alabama man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend’s 4-month-old son after the infant died Wednesday from injures suffered on April 25. Jacquon Ledarrion Stewart was initially charged with aggravated child abuse, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said, but the charges were upgraded to murder after the baby’s death, according to WBRC. …
Oklahoma authorities have arrested a man for gunning down his parents and sister last week. Jacob Mayhugh, 22, has been booked into the Grady County jail on three counts of first degree murder, the Oklahoman reported. Investigators had been searching for Mayhugh since May 11, when they found James and Patty Mayhugh, 55 and 54, …
Police in Florida believe they have found the body of a Tampa mom who disappeared last week along with her 9-year-old daughter. Authorities cancelled an Amber Alert for Briana Pagan when she was found in a Suwannee County hotel, but her mother, Sylvia Pagan, remained missing, as CrimeOnline reported. The man suspected of kidnapping them, …
Florida authorities identified the man driving the boat that struck and killed 15-year-old Ella Adler on Saturday as 78-year-old Cuban immigrant Carlos “Bill” Alonso, but his attorney said it’s not clear he was the one who hit the girl in Biscayne Bay. Lauren Field Krasnoff told reporters on Wednesday that Adler’s death was “an absolutely …
An 18-year-old California man has been jailed on a murder charge after he allegedly shot his stepfather to death Monday morning. The Chino Police Department said the victim suffered from multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after their arrival at 9:45 a.m. KTLA identified him as Timothy Matthews, 34. Police …
A 17-year-old Wyoming boy has been charged with murder and stalking in the death of a 17-year-old girl on Tuesday. The boy, identified only as E.C., appeared by video in Natrona County Circuit Court on Wednesday and was given a $1 million bail, Oil City News reported. E.C. is charged with killing Lenea Brown early …
The man accused of killing teen farmer Dylan Rounds in 2022 pleaded guilty to second degree murder on Wednesday, a lesser charge that he agreed to in exchange for giving investigators the location of the 19-year-old’s body. James Brenner also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person, KSL …
A Georgia mother who disappeared in late March has been found dead in Tennessee — and her live-in boyfriend and father of her child is facing murder and other charges. Clayton County Police Lt. Ashanti Barbury said that Michale Edwards apparently choked Briana Winston to death on March 17, put her body in a suitcase, …
Florida authorities have located and seized the boat that struck and killed a teenager who was waterskiiing in Biscayne Bay over the weekend. The owner of the boat is said to be cooperating with the investigation, but the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) did not say if the owner was driving or in the …
A Florida Christian school principal was arrested last week for putting student on the ground in a chokehold and using a charging cable to hit the child. Dontay Akeem Prophet, the 33-year-old principal of Destiny Leadership Academy in Ocala, told police he was trying “to prevent harm to the child” by keeping the student in …
