Jury finds hubby GUILTY of manslaughter in killing of mom with double life Kat West
Court
Victim’s mom testifies FOR HUBBY WHOSE fingerprints were on LIQUOR BOTTLE-murder weapon that killed HER DAUGHTER Kat West
Murder for hire
November 20, 2020
Tennessee man offers undercover ‘hit man’ $10K to kill his sheriff’s deputy stepfather
A Tennessee man has been arrested and charged with trying to hire someone to kill his stepfather — a Putnam County sheriff’s deputy, the sheriff’s office said. Brian Allen Hodges was taken into custody on Friday and charged with solicitation of first degree murder after he agreed to pay an undercover agent $10,000 to kill …
Shooting
November 20, 2020
Update: 8 wounded in Wisconsin mall shooting; gunman still ‘at large’: Officials
At least eight people were wounded Friday afternoon when an unknown gunman opened fire at a Wisconsin mall, prompting shoppers and store employees to run for cover, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. Witnesses described the shooter as a white man in his 20s or 30s, Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber told reporters, and officers are still …
Homicide
November 20, 2020
Maliyah Bass: Death of little girl found floating in a Texas bayou was homicide, medical examiner says
The official cause of death of Maliyah Bass, a 2-year-old Texas girl found dead floating in a Houston bayou in August, is homicide, medical examiners said Friday, according to KTRK. The toddler’s mother and the mother’s boyfriend are already behind bars, charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence, particularly a human corpse, …
Murder
November 19, 2020
UPDATE: Suspect nicknamed ‘Psycho’ arrested after remains found on rural Colorado properties: Police
The manhunt for Colorado man wanted in connetion with three skeletal sets of human remains found in Conejos County ended Thursday afternoon when investigators found the fugitive at a motel in Gallup, New Mexico. Adre “Psycho” Baroz, 26, faces charges of first-degree homicide, first-degree assault and second-degree kidnapping, CBS4 reported. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation …
Unsolved
November 19, 2020
Virginia mom found dead after vanishing while out with friends; Cops say NO SIGN of foul play!
A Virginia mom who disappeared while out with friends over the weekend was found dead, the Virginian-Pilot reported. Sheena West, 36, was last seen at a tapas bar and restaurant in Virginia Beach. She left without her phone and wallet, and surveillance footage from the restaurant appeared to show her leaving with a man her …
Court
November 19, 2020
Judge blocks federal execution of inmate convicted of raping, burying 16-year-old girl alive
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas man after an appeals court ruled earlier this week that the Justice Department’s protocols for execution violate federal law. Orlando Hall, 49, would have been the eighth person executed by the federal government this year after a 17-year hiatus, Reuters reported. Hall, an African-American …
Family Crime
November 18, 2020
Georgia man makes plans to abduct Florida boy as ‘sex slave’: Cops
A Georgia man was arrested Tuesday and charged with making plans to abduct a Florida boy he met online and turn the boy into his “sex slave,” the Pensacola News Journal reports. Alexander Ingram, 37, has been charged with unlawful use of a two-way communication device in the commission of a felony and interference of …
Murder
November 18, 2020
QAnon mom kills fringe legal theorist she thought was working against her: Cops
A mother heavily involved in the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting an amateur legal theorist after she became convinced he was working against her to regain custody of her children. Neely Petrie-Blanchard, 33, lost custody of her children long ago to the children’s grandmother and had enlisted the …
Celebrity Justice
November 18, 2020
Rapper Tory Lanez enters ‘not guilty’ plea to charges he shot Megan Thee Stallion
An attorney for Tory Lanez entered a not guilty plea Wednesday in a Los Angeles County court, where the Canadian rapper has been charged with shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in July. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was not in court on Wednesday; the plea was entered by attorney Shawn Holley, TMZ …
Court
November 16, 2020
Cult Mom Lori Vallow never told family members her 3rd husband was dead
A newly released recording reveals that cult mom Lori Vallow had considered killing her third husband, Joseph Ryan, before turning her life back to her religion, but that 2018 recording still prompted the Phoenix Police Department to announce a review of Ryan’s death. Nancy Grace discussed the recording and other issues with a panel of …
Murder
November 15, 2020
Utah man accused of killing his wife found dead in traffic accident
A Utah man wanted for shooting his wife to death earlier this week was found dead Thursday in his SUV, the result of a crash off Utah Route 39 near Pineview Reservoir, the Weber County Sheriff’s Office said. Scott William Russell, 53, hadn’t made it very far from his Huntsville home, where police found the …