An Ohio mom was killed early Thursday morning when she tried to stop thieves from stealing her car. Alexa Stakely, a 29-year-old school district speech and language pathologist, had just worked her second job as awaitress and was picking her 6-year-old child up from the babysitter’s home, the Columbus Division of Police said. She placed …
The judge hearing the case against actor Alec Baldwin on Friday dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against him after a contentious hearing over the handling of ammunition that defense attorneys said was withheld from them and that saw one of two special prosecutors abruptly resign. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sent the jury home for the …
An Alabama youth minister was arrested this week after he allegedly threatened to kill himself and his wife if the 13-year-old girl he repeatedly raped didn’t give him nude pictures. The girl attended Terry Lewayne Murphree’s church, AL.com reported. Murphree, 39, is charged with nine counts a clergy member having sex with a child, three …
Two Iowans have been charged with human trafficking following an investigation into a missing girl in May. Tana Torres, 49, also faces second degree sexual abuse, conspiracy to commit a forcible felony, and prostitution charges, while Jarod Anderson 34, was also charged with third degree sexual abuse and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony, KCRG …
An Indiana woman and her son murdered her mother in a Virginia assisted living facility last month, with Heather Cummings holding the 81-year-old woman down while Clifton Cummings strangled her with a bag strap. Court documents say Heather Cummings told Cleo Loizides, “Just let go, it’s for the best,” as she struggled for breath, the …
Prosecutors have dropped computer crimes charges against a social media model charged with stabbing her boyfriend to death and her parents. Authorities had charged Courtney Clenney and her parents, Kim and Deborah Clenney, with illegally accessing Christian Obumseli’s laptop after he was stabbed to death in the condo he shared with Courtney Clenney in April …
A 16-year-old Florida girl has been charged with ambushing and killing her mother and her mom’s boyfriend before calling 911 and telling dispatchers a burglar killed them. Kelley McCollom, 38, and Matthew Szejnrok, 22, were found dead inside the Palm Bay home with multiple gunshot wounds on the morning of July 7, Florida Today reported. …
A Florida man has been charged with first degree murder after he gunned down his father and then called police told them he shot him in self-defense. Brandon Cain, 23, called 911 on July 3, saying he had shot his father and was waiting for police to arrive, WESH reported. Palm Bay Police officers arrived …
A 25-year-old Louisiana mother has been charged with murder and child cruelty in the death of her 4-year-old son and the abandonment of her 1-year-old baby boy in a ditch alongside Interstate 10. Aaliyah Jack was arrested in Mississippi and charged with failure to report a missing child after the older boy was found dead …
A Minnesota state trooper with a history crashes involving high speed or inattentive driving in his squad car has been charged with manslaughter and vehicular homicide in a crash that killed an 18-year-old cheerleader in May. Shane Elroy Roper, 32, also faces charges of reckless driving and five counts of criminal vehicular operation, Olmsted County …
A Facebook group dedicated to helping find Madalina Cojocari, the 11-year-old North Carolina girl who disappeared in late 2022, has posted an image it says shows the girl’s mother, Diana Cojocari, leaving the United States. Police in Cornelius officially named Diana Cojocari, a Moldovan citizen, a suspect in her daughter’s disappearance late last month, a …
