Police arrested a 77-year-old man in north Georgia after Kentucky detectives linked his fingerprints to a 41-year-old rape case, WCPO reported. Michael Dean Tate is in jail in Union County, Georgia, awaiting extradition to Kentucky, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. According to a release from the Commonwealth’s Attorney in Kentucky, a woman in her 20s reported …
A 14-year-old Ohio boy pleaded true — the juvenile court equivalent of guilty — to killing a 14-year-old girl earlier this year because he believed she was pregnant and thought he might be the father. Sylvia McGee was not pregnant when Isaiah Lynch shot her in the head on March 30, prosecutors said in court …
Two chemistry professors at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, were arrested Friday and charged with making methamphetamine in their college lab. Research Chemistry Director Terry David Bateman, 45, and Assistant Professor Bradley Allen Rowland, 40 — both PhDs — were placed on administrative leave pending the investigation on October 11, three days after the …
Five members of a San Diego family are dead — including three young children — after an apparent murder-suicide sparked by a rancorous divorce. San Diego police said an estranged husband shot and killed his wife and three of their children Saturday morning and wounded a fourth child, who is listed in critical condition after …
A California jury deliberated for 12 days before finding an heiress not guilty of killing her ex-boyfriend and father of her children in 2016, while her co-conspirator’s trial ended with a hung jury. Tiffany Li, 34-year-old daughter of a wealthy Chinese family, was charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the …
An 11-year-old boy is in surgery and five members of his family — including three other children — are dead after a shooting in San Diego Saturday morning, police said. San Diego Police Lt. Matt Dobbs said that the suspect is believed to be among the dead, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Dobbs said …
Pennsylvania police have charged a Bethel Park man who allegedly confessed to driving his girlfriend to Nevada two months ago under false pretenses, suffocating her, and leaving her nude body by the side of a desert road. John Chapman, 39, was arraigned Friday on charges of kidnapping, criminal use of communication facility and obstructing administration …
Video released this week shows Jake Patterson, the man accused of kidnapping teenager Jayme Closs and killing her parents, fighting with an inmate who asked him about the case, WBAY in Green Bay, Wisconsin, reported. Patterson is serving a life sentence for the murders of James and Denise Closs in Barron, Wisconsin, and kidnapping their …
A 16-year-old California high school student who opened fire on classmates and then shot himself has died of his injuries, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Sgt Jennifer Roth said that Nathaniel Berhow was pronounced dead just after 3:30 p.m, KTLA reported. In the campus quad, Berhow, a junior at Saugus …
A New Jersey man charged with manslaughter in the death of a woman he was having rough sex with took a photograph of the woman’s body after she fell unconscious and posted it to social media, NJ.com reported. Superior Court Judge Margaret Foti revealed the existence of the photo, allegedly posted to Snapchat, in court …
Two correctional officers who had been guarding convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein the night he died have declined a plea deal offered them by federal prosecutors, the Associated Press reported Friday. Although the US Attorney’s office in Manhattan declined to comment, the AP said the news likely means the US Justice Department is considering filing charges …
A California high school community was reeling Thursday night after a student shot five fellow students and then himself as classes got under way in the morning, his 16th birthday. Three off-duty police officers dropping their children off at school were the first responders, arriving in seconds, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villaneuva said at …
