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 …
A Portland firefighter is facing kidnapping charges after he and two accomplices allegedly kidnapped a man he learned had burglarized his marijuana dispensary in order to teach him a lesson. Douglas L. Bourland, 46, is a 14-year veteran of Portland Fire & Rescue, the Oregonian reported, but was on leave from his job at the …
Florida sheriff’s deputies are searching for a woman they say is the suspect in a fatal shooting in a hospital parking lot Saturday night. The Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office initially described Tyshebia Woods as a “person of interest” in the shooting, but an updated release Sunday afternoon called her a suspect. The shooting took place …
Gunshots on a Lake Michigan pier sent beach revelers scrambling over flood barriers for cover Friday afternoon as the unexpected shooting ended with two men — including the gunman — dead and a woman critical wounded. Aidan Ingalls shot himself after opening fire on the couple in a random attack, South Haven, Michigan, Police Chief …
Search teams are combing the area around Ohio’s Hamilton Township looking for a 4-year-old girl last seen on Ring camera video early Sunday afternoon wandering shoeless down her driveway. Township Police Chief Scott Hughes says the department has dogs and drones as well as human searchers out looking for little Emrie, WCPO reported. A dive …
Police in San Fernando, California, are looking for a 14-year-old girl who disappeared after texting her mother for permission to go to a convenience store. Destiny Isabella Mercado sent the text shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, KTLA reported. Police said the girl’s phone was found at about 1:40 p.m. by someone who said it …
Firefighters battling a house fire in Daytona Beach, Florida, Sunday morning found the remains of an adult woman on the ground outside. Police had initially responded to the location for a domestic violence call but immediately called for fire assistance when they saw flames coming out of the house, WNDB reported. Firefighters found the woman’s …
A Texas father was shot in the head while driving along Interstate 10 in Houston Friday night, forcing his two young sons to steer their Toyota Sequoia safely off the freeway. The father, who has not been identified, died from his injuries. The children, ages 8 and 6, were not injured, KHOU reported. Houston Police …
A dramatic night in South Florida began with a 911 caller who reported witnessing a shooting — and that the shooter and an accomplice were trying to drag the victim’s body into a canal. Palm Beach County deputies set out for the location, but before they could arrive, the 911 caller told dispatchers that the …
A man and a woman in Massachusetts have been arrested for kidnapping a four-day-old baby girl Saturday morning in Worcester. The mother reported that a woman she’d met on Facebook and been in frequent communication with — identified as Kassidy Lauziere-Cuevas, 19 — picked her and the baby up Saturday morning for coffee shortly before …
A California man who spent nearly four decades in prison for two murders he did not commit has offered a $50,000 reward for evidence leading to the conviction of the real killers. Craig Coley, now 74, was convicted in 1980 of raping and killing his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Rhonda Wicht, and smothering her 4-year-old son Donnie …
