Two Honolulu police officers were shot near the base of Diamond Head on Sunday when they responded to an assault call at a home that later burst into flames and spread to other houses in the neighborhood as well as vehicles parked on the street. Live ammunition exploded inside the home as well, the Honolulu …
Louisiana authorities reportedly misclassified a man’s New Year’s Day death as an accidental drug overdose — a mistake that went undetected until funeral home employees examined his body. The Advocate reported that Joah Ross, 26, was pronounced dead at his Baton Rouge home after his mother discovered him unresponsive. Drugs were reportedly found in the …
Police in Texas said Saturday a missing persons case had turned to a homicide investigation after the discovery of the body of Evan Lacey, 19, who was last seen on December 17. The Arlington Police Department said city workers found Lacey’s body while repairing a water leak in a wooded area of south Arlington late …
The body of a 19-year-old woman missing since December 20 was found Monday in rural Greene County, Missouri. The Greene County Sheriff’s Department identified the woman as Mackenna Milhon and said the Springfield Police Department had been investigating since she was reported missing. Now, Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott said, both agencies were investigating Milhon’s …
Two uninvited guests who were ousted from a wedding reception early Sunday allegedly returned to the celebration and beat the groom to death. Brothers Rony and Josue Castañeda Ramirez, 28 and 19, reportedly killed Joe Melgoza, 30, near his sister’s home. KNBC reported that the pair, who lived nearby but did not know the family, …
A homicide investigation is underway after an autopsy determined that a 1-year-old Texas toddler who was reportedly found dead with her brother in late September died of neglect. While Janea Boyd’s cause and manner of death have been determined, KWTX reported that autopsy results for her brother, Terric Boyd, 2, remain pending. On September 30, …
A body that was found in Indiana in mid-September has been identified as a teen girl who was reported missing in Illinois, authorities announced on Sunday. According to the Times of Northwest Indiana, the Lake County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Office said Takaylah Tribitt, 14, was the girl utility workers found dead on September 16 in an …
On Wednesday, authorities announced that forensic testing confirmed that human remains found on Monday were that of missing Alabama teen Aniah Blanchard. Lee County officials said Blanchard’s case is now a homicide and that the three suspects will face upgraded charges. WIAT reported that police received a tip early Monday which led them to Shorter …
California police are searching for a suspect who shot and killed two young boys at an elementary school parking lot over the weekend. ABC7 reports that the victims, ages 14 and 11, died after an early Saturday morning shooting, at around 1:30 a.m., in the parking lot of Searles Elementary School in Union City. When …
A South Carolina mother has been charged with homicide by child abuse and/or neglect in the death of her 2-year-old son earlier this month, WBTW reported. The station said Okedia Colvin of Dillon failed to care for her son properly following a tracheostomy, citing a warrant issued for her arrest. The warrant says she failed …
Authorities in Arkansas arrested a mother on negligent homicide charges on Thursday, months after her 9-month-old daughter reportedly choked to death in her car seat. The Sentinel-Record reported that infant Lucy Weber choked on the top buckle of her car seat, which Summer Rose Kazzee, 22, left her in the rear bedroom with the door …
A Maryland man was reportedly stabbed to death at a Popeyes on Monday night when a dispute about line cutting turned violent. Prince George’s County police said they were alerted to the incident at the restaurant chain’s Oxon Hill location at around 7 p.m. The deadly altercation reportedly began when one man jumped in front …
