A friend of the man on trial for his father’s murder said the defendant also tried to kill him on multiple occasions. Testifying at Thomas Gilbert Jr.’s murder trial, Peter Smith Jr., 36, said that Gilbert had also attacked him numerous times and once tried to burn his parents’ Hamptons home down when he believed …
A Michigan mother has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges following accusations that she and her then-husband kept their children locked in a room a police officer described as a “dungeon.” The Lansing State Journal reports that Sarah Conde, 29, entered into a plea deal on Tuesday, admitting to having refused dental care for her …
A Fort Benning soldier is dead and his wife has been arrested following a fatal shooting in Alabama. WTVM reports that Brandyn Lloyd Paonessa, a 26-year old Army sergeant, was found with a gunshot to the abdomen on Thursday in the front yard of a property in Phenix City. Emergency responders reportedly administered lifesaving treatment, …
The baby who initially survived a violent delivery at the hands of his mother’s alleged killers has died. WGN-9 reports that Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s son Yovanny Jadiel Lopez died on Friday morning, a little more than six weeks after he was cut from his 19-year-old mother’s womb after she was murdered. Three suspects have been indicted on …
‘Though I hear what my kids went through and what they endured—though as a mother, if I could personally rip his face off, I would’
Authorities in Virginia say a man was convicted of causing serious injuries to his grandfather in late 2017. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, 22-year-old Aaron Michael Adams was initially charged last year with aggravated malicious wounding and malicious wounding — punishable by a maximum of life in prison and 20 years behind bars, respectively. …
A Florida teacher is behind bars after police say she stabbed her husband “multiple times” during a domestic dispute. NBC 7 reports that 43-year-old Kristy Linton Williams is accused of stabbing her husband on his arms, back, and chest. According to police, the couple apparently got into an argument on early Monday morning at the …
“In my 16 years as chief of police, I have never seen anything so disgusting and sickening in my life.”
A British court found sufficient evidence to convict 29-year-old Hannah Cobley of killing her newborn daughter. According to the New York Post, the mother could spend the rest of her life behind bars in connection with the multiple injuries that caused the young victim’s death more than two years ago. The Leicester Crown Court jury …
A Brooklyn woman was convicted of first-degree manslaughter after she drowned her 2-year-old daughter in a storage bin. According to the New York Post, Lin Li was arrested in March 2016 after her daughter Melody died by drowning. Prosecutors reportedly said that Li had forced the 2-year-old girl to stand facing a wall for several …
A family in Florida is facing child abuse charges after an 8-year-old girl told police her foster mother and brother were responsible for the extensive scarring and wounds on her body. NBC Miami reports that police were called to a Fort Lauderdale home on May 16 and found the girl with bruises, scabs, and scars …
Authorities in Texas say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his adult son following a consistently acrimonious relationship. According to the New York Post, 68-year-old Sherman Shirley Fricks is accused of shooting his son, 27-year-old Sherman Palmer Fricks, multiple times with a .380 caliber handgun during an altercation at the suspect’s …
