Infant twins in Virginia are dead after the babies were allegedly left alone in an SUV for hours. Maj. Frank Carpenter with the Chesterfield County Police Department told WKRC that the babies were found unresponsive Thursday in an SUV on Alfalfa Lane, near Jefferson Davis Highway. The babies are believed to have been in cardiac …
By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A family of seven including four children was found dead with gunshot wounds Friday at a rural property in southwest Australia in what could be the country’s worst mass shooting in 22 years, police and news media said. The children died with their mother and grandparents. The …
UPDATED: Thursday, 4:13 ET Clothes and human remains have been found near the location where Jennifer Hart is believed to have driven her family over a cliff in late March. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office announced in a press release on Thursday that a local resident found a pair of jeans and a shoe with …
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a South Carolina mother who went missing with her 6 children ages one to 11 after failing to hand them over to state custody Wednesday. According to Greenville News, Jennafer Machelle Price, 33, initially wanted to relinquish custody of the children, and reached out to the Department …
A Texas father has turned himself in weeks after his three-year-old daughter reportedly drowned in a pool at a Motel 6 in Lufkin. KTRE reports that police have accused Rondarius Smith, 26, of “staying up all night using drugs and alcohol” before he dozed off, leaving Arianna Smith to her own devices on March 20. Arianna reportedly …
The woman accused of killing her husband before murdering a look-a-like grandmother in Florida is being held without bail in a Florida jail as prosecutors continue to pursue a case against her for her husband’s presumed murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lois Riess is accusing of killing her husband David Riess at the couple’s Blooming Prairie, …
A New Mexico father was arrested this week for allegedly prostituting his 7-year-old daughter for drugs. Over the past year, staff at Lew Wallace Elementary School noticed odd behavior involving the little girl and reported it to police. According to KRQE, it was last May when the girl made alarming comments to a teacher, including “Mom …
A South Carolina doctor whose wife was found dead on Tuesday is facing criminal charges in connection with the death of a man last year, Fox News reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged 46-year-old Adam Lazzarini, a surgeon, with manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the death of William Holland. Holland, 30, died after being shot …
The California man accused of torturing his 13 children is facing additional charges related to the purported homeschooling he and his wife provided to the kids. The Press-Enterprise reports that prosecutors on Friday filed eight counts of perjury against David Turpin in connection to documents he filed with the state to register the school. Authorities …
A North Dakota mother believed to have killed her three children and herself had reportedly set up a GoFundMe a week before carrying out the grisly murder-suicide. Mother Astra Volk, 35, and her children, Arianna Talmage, 6, Aidan Talmage, 10, and Tyler Talmage, 14, were found dead Thursday in their Grand Forks home. Police found …
A North Carolina woman was arrested on Tuesday after police say she starved her mentally disabled daughter to death in February. WRAL reports that Bertha Brewington Melvin, 68, of Fayetteville, is accused of first-degree murder and two counts of exploitation, neglect, and abuse after her adopted daughter, Tial Melvin, 22, passed away from hypothermia and starvation. Melvin …
A manhunt is underway in California for a paroled sex offender who fled in a motorhome with his two young children. ABC 7 reports that Stephen Houk, 46, fled the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles in motorhome on Tuesday after an argument with his wife. The suspect took a three-year-old and an 11-month-old child with …
