A South Carolina elementary school principal was found shot to death early Sunday morning inside a car, along with the man authorities believe pulled the trigger. Kyle Church, 31, was charged with murder in the death of 54-year-old Wendy Cook, principal at Stewart Heights Elementary School in Dillon County’s District Four, WBTW reports. Coroner Donnie …
A Wisconsin judge will hold hearings this week on several matters — including attempts by attorneys for defendant Darrell Brooks to have statements made by their client suppressed when his trial on 83 counts related to the attack on the Waukesha Christmas parade last year begins in October. Brooks is charged with killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove through the parade.
A North Carolina man has been charged with drenching his mother in gasoline and setting her on fire Monday morning, killing her. Winston-Salem police officers responding to a call just before 11 a.m. found 72-year-old Joanna Parker in flames on her front porch, WFMY reported. They were able to extinguish the blaze and rush Parker …
A SWAT standoff in Ohio on Sunday reportedly ended with a man fatally shooting his 6-year-old daughter and him turning the gun on himself. Mount Healthy police initially received a call regarding a dispute during a custody exchange. Officers who responded to a home owned by Eric Johnson’s parents called SWAT after hearing a gunshot …
Florida authorities charged a woman with murder Sunday after she allegedly killed the father of her children by stabbing him in the thigh. According to Law & Crime, 24-year-old Rhiannon Cole Spicer is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of 29-year-old Larry Jarrell. St. Petersburg police said in an arrest affidavit …
A woman opened fire in Midtown Atlanta on Monday, killing two people and wounding a third — all of whom appear to be connected with a lawsuit the suspect filed earlier this year claiming she was retaliated against when she reported alleged violations of accounting procedures by her employer. While the busy Atlanta commercial hub …
On Sunday, a Mississippi man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son in 2019. Joshua Oakley, 31, was expected to stand trial on Monday for Camden Blair’s capital murder, but a witness came forward on Saturday with more information which reportedly led to him accepting a plea deal. The …
A North Carolina couple has been charged with the murder of their infant child, whose body was found buried in their backyard in Erwin. The Erwin Police Department said Dustin VanDyke, 28, and Gracie Riddle, 18, have been charged with first degree murder and that they believe the baby has been dead since last November, …
A Texas man is in jail after he allegedly fatally shot an unarmed security guard Friday night who wouldn’t let him smoke inside a DeSoto lounge. Derek Phillips, 47, was taken to a local hospital after officers found him at about 10 p.m. at the Brickhouse Lounge with multiple gunshots. He later died from his …
A woman missing for more than a week has been found dead in a South Carolina marsh, and the man suspected of killing her was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds when police came to arrest him. Megan Rich, 41, was reported missing on August 16, WCSC reported. She was last seen on August 12. …
The Alabama mother and TikTok star “Mama Tot” is opening up about how she’s handling news that authorities have arrested a man accused of murdering her son in a marijuana deal gone wrong. Randon Lee, 18, was shot to death on June 24 inside his car at a gas station in Prichard, Alabama. Investigators believe that …
A 9-year-old Utah boy encountered a horrific scene this week at his own home, where he found his mother shot to death in the head, allegedly at the hands of the woman’s husband, KSL-TV reports. Court records obtained by the television station describe the timeline of the tragedy at the family’s apartment in Tooele, which …
