An elderly Florida woman found dead after a house fire in Daytona Beach over the weekend was the landlord and aunt of the man arrested and charged with her murder. Viola Miller, 70, had told the suspect — 33-year-old Deandre Anderson — to move out because she was afraid of him, a witness who lived …
Deputies in Washington state are looking for four missing, vulnerable adults and their two caretakers, who haven’t been seen since Monday when one of the caretakers reportedly indicated concern about the safety of all six in an adult family home. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said the four vulnerable adults “all suffer from physical and …
Perennial Oklahoma political candidate Paul Tay was arrested this week and charged with kidnapping and raping a woman in Tulsa. Police said that the victim responded to a CraigsList ad for a job on Tay’s latest gubernatorial campaign team in Oklahoma City and that Tay, 58, picked her up for the interview since she didn’t …
Testimony in a preliminary hearing for accused murderer Barry Morphew Monday revealed investigators searching the house he shared with his wife Suzanne Morphew after her disappearance found a needle cap used with a tranquilizer gun in the dryer and a live .22-caliber bullet next to Suzanne Morphew’s bed. The preliminary hearing has offered a first …
Authorities in central Missouri are investigating the deaths of a 43-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter, found dead Sunday night when family members were unable to contact them. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Allison Abitz and her daughter Jozee Abitz are believed to be the victims of homicide. Investigators have not revealed a cause …
A 19-year-old Houston woman has been charged with setting a man on fire earlier this month, killing him. Emma Presler, facing a murder charge, is not in custody, Houston Police said, and detectives are actively searching for her, according to Fox 26. The incident took place on August 6, the station said. Houston firefighters responded …
Philadelphia police on Monday released surveillance video showing the brutal assault on a deliveryman last week by a group of teenagers who surrounded him on bicycles. Zach Lean, 38, is in a medically induced coma fighting for his life at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, ABC6 reported. On Saturday, one of the teens involved in the …
Detectives looking into the shooting deaths of a lesbian couple in the Utah mountains last week have called in federal and state investigators to aid in the investigation. Grand County Sheriff Steven White told Fox 13 that he has asked the FBI and the State Bureau of Investigation to provide extra resources as his department …
A Pennsylvania teacher’s aide accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student arranged a meeting with the boy on Sunday and then shot and killed herself when officers arrived for a well-being check. Jennilynne M. Derolf, 38, was arraigned in Bucks County on July 15 on charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse on a person less …
The father of a baby girl found dead last week after her parents left her with a baby sitter has a previous conviction for child neglect in which he allowed a man to sexually abuse a 12-year-old daughter. Kenneth Lain and Tiffany Coburn, the parents of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain, have been charged with child neglect …
A 14-year-old girl who disappeared after texting her mother for permission to go to a convenience store has been found safe. Destiny Isabella Mercado’s mother, Angelica Pelayo-Hicklin, and her stepmother, Corina Villanueva, told KTLA late Sunday the girl had been found, and the San Fernando Police Department confirmed. Police said Mercado was locatedin the Santa …
Investigators appear no closer to finding a suspect in the shooting deaths of a lesbian couple in the Utah mountains near Moab last week, but family members have revealed more information about women’s last days and the discovery of their bodies. Kylen Schulte, 24, and Crystal Turner, 38, also known as Crystal Beck, were last …
