Grandmother, Her Husband Charged After 11-Year-Old Boy Dies From ‘Horrific’ Abuse
Murder
Young Chaskah Davis Smith was found unresponsive in the bathtub. His 9-year-old half-brother was also found with serious injuries.
Missing
February 1, 2022
16-Year-Old Kansas Girl Hasn’t Been Seen Since January 22
Authorities in northeast Kansas are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl and say they have concerns for her safety. Marissa Weber was last seen on January 22 in Olathe, near Kansas City, KAKE reported. At that time, the station said, her hair was dyed brown with blonde highlights but could have been dyed another color …
Weird Crime
February 1, 2022
SEE IT: Fist Fight at the Golden Corral: Steak Order Sparks Chaotic Brawl
A customer says the wild melee that broke out in a Pennsylvania buffet steak house started because he got his steak before another customer, who had ordered first. As many as 40 people may have been involved in the brawl at a Golden Corral in Bensalem that involved chairs and punches thrown. The Golden Corral …
Court
January 30, 2022
Gripping Texts From Suzanne Morphew Among Cache of Exhibits Released by Colorado Judge in Murder Case
The Colorado judge presiding over case against Barry Morphew for the the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, released a trove of evidence last week that had been presented during a preliminary hearing. The evidence included copies of texts in which Suzanne Morphew shares some of her deepest thoughts and feelings about her marriage and …
Manslaughter
January 30, 2022
Texas Couple Jailed After Infant Daughter Dies of ‘Mixed Drug Toxicity’
A Texas couple was arrested this week and charged with manslaughter in the death of their two-month-old daughter last summer. An autopsy said the baby girl, identified as Athena Brigida-Kay Canales in an obituary, died from “mixed drug toxicity,” KAMC reported. An arrest warrant says that Lubbock County deputies responded to the home and found …
Shooting
January 30, 2022
9-Year-Old Child Shoots Younger Child With Gun Left in Car While Adult Picked Up Food
A 9-year-old child shot a 7-year-old child in a car outside a Georgia Chipotle restaurant on Sunday while an adult was inside picking up food. The Snellville Police Department said the gun was “left inside the car” with the children. They released no further information except to say that the wounded child was “conscious and …
Suicide
January 30, 2022
Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst Leaps to Her Death From New York High-Rise
A former Miss USA pageant winner died Sunday when she jumped to her death from a Manhattan high rise, police said. Cheslie Kryst, who won the contest in 2019, jumped from a common area on the building’s 29th floor shortly after 7 a.m. Kryst, 30, lived on the ninth floor of the 60-story apartment building, …
Kidnapping
January 30, 2022
Ex-Boyfriend Hides in Trunk of Woman’s Car, Threatens To Kill Her
An Ohio man was arrested this week after he allegedly hid in the trunk of his ex-girlfriend’s car and assaulted her while she was driving. Jarrod Rodriguez, 40, was charged with kidnapping, aggravated robbery, assault, and aggravated menacing and was ordered held on a $250,000 bond on Friday. The victim told police that Rodriguez hid …
Cold Cases
January 30, 2022
DNA Links 76-Year-Old Man With 1978 Murder of 15-Year-Old Girl
A Colorado man arrested last month on suspicion of killing a 15-year-old girl in 1978 was formally arraigned on murder charges this week. New Yorker Marissa Harvey was visiting her sister in San Francisco in 1978, The Associated Press reported. Police said she went to Golden Gate Park on March 27 for horseback-riding but never …
Murder
January 29, 2022
Young Alabama Woman Found Dead in Her Apartment, Foul Play Suspected
A 25-year-old Alabama woman was found dead in her Hoover apartment Saturday morning after a family member checked on her when she failed to show for work on Friday. Police later arrested a suspect in Fultondale after a brief chase that also included an auto accident involving a police vehicle and an unrelated motorist, AL.com …
Domestic Abuse
January 29, 2022
Heavily Armed Idaho Man Holds Girlfriend Captive While Beating, Strangling, Ultimately Shooting Her
Idaho Falls police were called to the scene of a domestic disturbance Friday night, where they rescued a woman who had been held against her will for hours while the suspect beat, strangled, and even shot her. The police department said a 911 caller reported receiving a text from a neighbor asking them to call …
Kidnapping
January 29, 2022
Virginia Man Barricades Himself in House After Failed Attempt To Abduct 9-Year-Old Girl
Virginia authorities arrested a man they say tried to abduct a 9-year-old girl on Friday afternoon. The Office of the Stafford County Sheriff said that Steven Randall Williams, 34, stopped the girl just before 3 p.m. as she was walking home from a bus stop in Stafford and initially asked for directions, then grabbed her …