A decomposing body of a University of Southern California (UNC) student was discovered on Thursday by a school maintenance man, and authorities say the student may have been dead for up to a week. New York Post reports that detectives identified the student as Jacob Kelley, 24, a student in the master’s program of medical physiology. The …
Apparently, former health sciences teacher Tad Cummins is trying to get out jail by claiming he’s not allowed to talk privately with his lawyer. Prosecutors said that Cummins’ allegation is simply not true. Tennessean reports that Cummins, 51, and his lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Dumaka Shabazz, filed a motion last Friday that claimed they’ve been denied …
A Texas woman was sentenced to 27 years in prison after she murdered her husband in 2012, just one day shy of their 32nd wedding anniversary. Houston Chronicle reports that Sandra Melgar was sentenced in Houston on Thursday for killing her husband, 52-year-old Jaime Melgar, in what prosecutors said was a $500,000 insurance scheme. On Dec. 22, 2012, …
North Carolina police arrested a teen in connection with the early Wednesday morning death of his father and another man. FOX 8 reports that Sean Tyler Simmons, 19, is facing two first-degree murder charges. At around 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday, officers arrived at 2406 Flora Vista Circle in Greensboro, where they found two men with gunshot wounds, …
The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office in Marietta, Georgia, confirmed today that the remains found on August 1 in the backyard of a Kennesaw home are of U.S. Army veteran, Chase Massner. The confirmation comes one day after Massner’s mother, Stephanie Cadena, expressed her frustration over the lengthy process of identifying the remains. “Words cannot …
A toddler girl found dead in a car at the Procter & Gamble (P&G) employee parking lot on Wednesday in Ohio, was left locked inside the vehicle by her own mother, police say. New York Post reports that Doyle Burke, the chief investigator for the Warren County Coroner’s Office in Ohio, stated that the mother of child, …
Stephanie Cadena thought she would finally get closure after three excruciating years when authorities found the remains of her son, Chase Massner. Although in all likelihood it was indeed Chase that detectives found in the backyard of a Kennesaw, Georgia home, but the Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office in Marietta still hasn’t officially confirmed it. …
Police arrested a Florida man on Monday after one of his twin babies sustained head trauma while in his care. News4Jax reports that Brendan Rehmer, 19, of Neptune Beach, was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse after a physician confirmed his infant daughter sustained head trauma from either excessive shaking or slamming the the baby’s …
A Florida man is behind bars on murder charges after he allegedly shot a tenant during an altercation over eviction proceedings. Miami Herald reports that Ryan Wilder, 32, of Winter Springs, served Kenneth Palicki, 47, eviction papers on August 18 at around 1:30 p.m. Palicki lived with his girlfriend, Colleen Lyons, 25, at 162 North Indies Drive in …
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested two police officers after they allegedly abused their adopted children. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Tracy Jones, 47, a Jacksonville, Fla. police officer and Rosemary Jones, 36, a Poulan, Ga. police officer, were arrested in Sylvester, Ga. on Tuesday, on child cruelty-related charges. Both suspects are facing two felony cruelty to …
A Kissimmee, Florida, mom was caught reportedly drinking at a bar on Sunday while her two children waited in her car with no air conditioning. Click Orlando reports that on Sunday night at around 10:14 p.m., Larissa Rivera, 28, was inside the Butikin Orlando bar off of International Drive, drinking alcohol while her two children, …
An Iowa couple won big in court on Tuesday after they sued their former attorney for malpractice when the baby they adopted was returned to his birth parents, then murdered by his own father. PEOPLE reports that Rachel and Heidi McFarland won the lawsuit against lawyer Jason Rieper, who “acted negligently” and failed to successfully get the …
