A lawyer for the family of Brian Laundrie has said that Brian’s sister Cassie Laundrie was on a camping trip with her brother and their parents after Laundrie returned from a cross-country road trip without his girlfriend Gabby Petito. Petito, 22, was found dead on September 19 in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. A medical …
On Monday, an Arizona woman reportedly fatally shot her 2-year-old daughter and seriously wounded her 6-year-old son before trying to take her own life. The Arizona Republic acquired court documents which stated that Esther Callejas, 24, told family, including her husband, about being depressed shortly before the shooting. Callejas’ husband reportedly told police that he …
A Florida sheriff has criticized the North Port Police Department for letting Brian Laundrie slip away after returning from a road trip without Gabby Petito, his girlfriend and travel companion. Petito was reported missing on September 11, and her remains were found in Bridger-Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19. As previously reported, North …
A Texas boy is facing charges after police say he killed his twin sister, but he apparently claims it was unintentional. On early Wednesday morning, deputies arrived at a home off of Brown Meadow Court in Harris County, where they found 17-year-old Benjamin Elliott performing CPR on his twin sister, Meghan Elliott. Harris County Sheriff …
New police body camera footage of the August 12 traffic stop of Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito shows a sobbing Petito telling an officer her boyfriend hit her “but I hit him first.” At least two witnesses called 911 that day, reporting that they’d seen what might be a domestic violence situation between Laundrie and …
A 26-year-old Louisiana man has been charged with murder in the death of his 11-month-old daughter. The child’s mother asked deputies to check on her infant daughter at a Thibodaux home just after midnight on September 28, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office said. The arrived at the home and spoke with the baby’s father, Jake …
North Port police went to the home of Christopher and Roberta Laundrie twice on the day before Gabby Petito was reported missing and three more times on that day. That was the start of dozens of calls to the Laundrie home since their son, Brian Laundrie, returned home alone from a cross-country trip he was …
A California woman was arrested on murder charges on Tuesday, nearly a year after her husband allegedly killed their two children at their home. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in an alert that Natalie Brothwell, 44, was arrested in Arizona and is awaiting extradition to California, where her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter, Maurice …
On Monday, Washington police shared details about how a man boarded a bus full of elementary school children and fatally stabbed the driver. According to the Tri-City Herald, Pasco Detective Julie Lee wrote in court documents that Joshua Davis, 34, forced entry into a school bus leaving Longfellow Elementary School on Friday after knocking on …
An 8-year-old boy died on Monday night after he was shot on his front porch. WKRC reports that Demetrius Stevenson was fatally shot in the head in Markham, Illinois, while he was playing on his porch. Investigators reportedly believe it may have been a gang-related shooting, with the little boy’s 18-year-old brother the intended target. …
An 18-year-old student was fatally shot outside her Chicago home on Saturday, after returning home from shopping for Halloween costumes. As WLS reports, Melissa de la Garza, who went by the name “Azul,” had just arrived to her residence on the city’s southwest side when she was fatally shot inside her car. The shooter is …
The chief of the Moab City Police department has taken leave days after the announcement of an internal probe to examine the department’s handling of an August 12 incident between Gabby Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie. KUTV reports that Moab City Police Chief Bret Edge had taken Family Medical Leave, effective Monday, September 28. …
