A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to shoving his fingers down his 9-week-old son’s throat, killing him. St. Louis Dispatch reports that Robert James Burnette, 21, admitted that he he shoved his fingers down infant Jaxon Burnette’s throat because the baby wouldn’t stop crying. Burnette claimed he was trying to find the baby’s voice box to …
Accused killer Chris Watts reportedly admitted he murdered his wife, but claims it happened after he found her strangling their two young daughters. Yet, a police source says there’s no evidence to suggest that the slain mother hurt her kids. People reports that an source with a connection to the investigation indicated that while there …
A Texas man was arrested for murder on Monday after her admitted, almost 40 years after the disappearance of his 5-year-old nephew, that he beat the boy to death. Dallas Morning News reports that Terry Lee Woodson, 64, initially told police in 1981 that his nephew, Anthony “Burt” Woodson, disappeared. According to Woodson, he left the little …
A Texas man and woman are behind bars and facing child neglect charges after police say they left their 11-year-old daughter home alone to travel cross-country to attend a concert in Detroit. The Houston Chronicle reports that John Guerrero, 48, and Virginia Yearnd, 39, arrived back to home in Houston on Monday and were promptly arrested …
A gamer who traveled from New Jersey to Florida to compete in the Jacksonville Madden Championship alongside the suspect accused of shooting and killing two people described the shooter as a “weird” person who was cold to other competitors. CBS47 reports that Dennis Alston, known as “Evil Ken,” competed in the Madden football video game tournament …
Authorities are searching for a California man who allegedly “ran away” with a teen girl, last seen on Wednesday, after their reported secret romantic relationship was discovered. CBS reports that 25-year-old Phillip Maglaya, a volunteer wrestling coach at Franklin High School in Stockton, is accused of fleeing with a 16-year-old girl who attends the school. The …
A Pennsylvania woman is facing homicide charges after authorities say she gave her toddler daughter a drink laced with fentanyl, causing the little girl to die from drug poisoning. Trib Live reports Jhenea Pratt, 23, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and homicide after her 17-month-old daughter, Charlette Napper-Talley, passed away from fentanyl poisoning in …
A Texas man who initially claimed self-defense after allegedly shooting at a female driver, reportedly shot at several other women while driving because apparently he thinks only men should operate vehicles. Star-Telegram reports that Nicholas D’Agostino, 29, is accused of shooting at at least three women while driving in Katy on separate instances. In one of …
Although he’s been cooperating with law enforcement and claimed he hired an accused murderer legally, a Brooklyn, Iowa, dairy farm owner says he’s been receiving threats after the arrest of a man who worked for him. KCCI reports that on Wednesay, Dane Lang, co-owner and manager of Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, said that he’s received hateful …
The man accused of murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts allegedly followed another girl around in his car prior to Mollie’s disappearance. According to Radar Online, a man named Justin, who lives in a mobile home park on the outskirts of Brooklyn, Iowa, told the outlet that accused murderer, 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera, may have …
The man accused of kidnapping and killing University of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday afternoon. FOX reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera, charged with the murder of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, is scheduled to appear Wednesday at the at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma at 1 p.m. …
The man accused of kidnapping and murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts apparently worked at a pig farm owned by a prominent Republican family, but the family insists that the suspected killer passed a government identification check as a U.S. citizen prior to hiring him. UPI reports that 24-year-old murder suspect, Cristhian Rivera, who’s currently …
