A man was arrested late last month for murdering his mother, who vanished in Colorado in 2018 and was found dead in the background of her home in April. The Daily Sentinel reported that Richard Vandervelde, 54, was arrested in Pinellas County, Florida, on May 19 and has been extradited to Mesa County, Colorado, where …
An Alabama mother of three who authorities say was murdered by her husband had recently asked a court to lift an order of protection against him, WAAY-TV reports. Just before 2 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at the couple’s home in Huntsville and found the residence on fire, according to AL.com. …
A California mother and daughter are accused of performing an illegal buttocks augmentation that resulted in the death of an aspiring adult film actress, NBC Los Angeles reports. Now the duo — Libby Adame, 52, and 20-something daughter Alicia Gomez — are charged with murder and more than a dozen other victims have come forward. …
A 10-year-old girl was arrested on second-degree murder charges on Tuesday, more than a week after she allegedly shot and killed a woman who was fighting with her mom. On May 30, Lashun Rodgers, 41, and Lakrisha Isaac, 31, were allegedly fighting at an Orlando apartment complex when Isaac gave her daughter a bag that contained …
Florida authorities have determined that the deaths of a woman and her 3-year-old twins are likely the results of a murder-suicide and that the mother killed the children by poisoning them with meth, NBC 5 reports. The bodies of 35-year-old Andrea Langhorst and her two children, Olivia and Adam Dryer, all tested positive for methamphetamine. …
A Kansas man accused of violently shaking and slamming his 4-month-old daughter has been sentenced to prison for her death, KAKE-TV reports. On Monday, Sedgwick County District Judge Eric Williams ordered that 36-year-old Andrew Franklin serve nearly 21 years behind bars in connection with the horrific abuse of the girl, Brexley Grace Franklin. The sentencing …
Wisconsin prosecutors who charged a man with murdering six people, based in part on a “selfie” that he took from the crime scene, say that he had guns and cash on him after the killings. Travis Lamar Birkley, 34, is being held on $1 million bail in connection with the deaths, which were discovered on …
On Friday, a North Carolina man was sentenced to death for murdering and raping his 15-year-old daughter in 2019. Joshua Lee Burgess, 35, was convicted in Union County of strangling and slitting Zaria Burgess’ throat after psychologically and sexually torturing her for 22 hours. The teen’s body was discovered after her father walked into a …
MILWAUKEE – A Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and taking selfie photos with some of their bodies as his background is now facing six murder charges. According to CBS News, 34-year-old Travis Birkley is accused of killing six people who were found on January 23, dead from gunshot wounds. Court documents released last …
A 25-year-old California man has been charged with murder after his mother’s dismembered remains were found in a dumpster near the apartment where they both lived. The Camarillo Police Department said it received a “suspicious circumstances” call just before 7 a.m. on Friday and found the remains in the dumpster, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office …
An Indiana woman is accused of killing her boyfriend after tracking him to a bar where he was having drinks with another woman, the Indianapolis Star reports. Authorities allege that 26-year-old Gaylyn Morris used an Apple AirTag tracking device to monitor the location of her boyfriend, Andre Smith, also 26, according to court records obtained …
A grandfather and four of his grandsons are dead in what authorities believe was a mass killing at the hands of a convicted murderer who had escaped prison, KHOU-TV reports. On Thursday, 66-year-old Mark Collins and the four boys were found dead in their family’s cabin in Centerville, Texas. The family went to the cabin …
