A Houston woman was found shot to death Monday night outside her apartment, with her 3-year-old son locked inside. Police said they were called to the apartment building and found the 23-year-old woman dead in the doorway with multiple gunshot wounds, KTRK reported. Family members identified her as Diamond Thorton. Thorton’s wife, Nene Carr, arrived …
A Tennessee husband has been charged with the murder of his wife, who was found with her throat cut beside the couple’s vehicle along a rural road. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation charged Benjamin Wayne Hopson, 36, with criminal homicide after witnesses saw him leaving the scene “naked, wet and having blood on his hand …
The body of a 19-year-old farmer who disappeared nearly two years ago has been found in a remote part of Utah not far from the Nevada line. The Box Elder Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that “skeletal remains presumed to belong to Dylan Rounds” were found in the same area of Utah where he …
Danielle Johnson had already stabbed her boyfriend to death. Her 8-month-old daughter was hit by a car and killed.
A Texas judge sentenced a 33-year-old woman to 50 years in prison for the 2019 death of her boyfriend’s daughter. According to the District Attorney’s Office of Harris County, a jury convicted Shawna Hooey on April 3 of murder, in connection with the death of Jakyzia Alexander, 4. Hoovey was taking care of Jakyzia and …
A Mississippi firefighter was shot dead on Sunday in an apparent domestic dispute. Jackson firefighters conducted a wellness check Sunday morning for Gerald “Buster” Bates, 49, who didn’t show up for his work shift, and found him dead. The woman he lived with, 41-year-old Tammie Williams, had barricaded herself inside, so they called Jackson police …
Chicago police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a pregnant woman found in an alley in February. Dontrell Anderson, 26, has been charged with first degree murder and concealing a homicidal death, WBBM reported. He was taken into custody in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, earlier this week and extradited to Illinois, to face trial …
A Tennessee grand jury has indicted a Hardin County couple in the death of their 3-year-old grandson late last year. Carson Brasher was found dead on December 26, 2023, WSMV reported. Jeff and Amy Brasher were arrested on March 29, according to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office said. Amy Brasher was indicted on charges of …
South Carolina authorities have charged Jaremy Smith with 17 counts related to the murder of Florence County paramedic Phonesia Machado-Fore last month. In addition to murder and kidnapping, Smith has been charged with two counts of burglary, carjacking, possessing a weapon in commission of a violent crime, felon in possession of a firearm, criminal conspiracy, …
A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his mother to death at her home, WFLA-TV reports. The attack happened around 2 p.m. Saturday in Frostproof, where the assailant, 21-year-old Emmanuel Espinoza, had come from Gainesville for a family gathering. After the victim opened the door to greet her son, he allegedly stabbed her …
A 20-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested after his 17-year-old girlfriend was found dead in his home. Stow police said they were called to a home in the town at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday for a well-being check, WCVB reported. They were met by Shane Curry, who refused to let officers inside for about …
An Arizona man has been indicted in the murder of a teen found dismembered “and burned beyond recognition” in a bonfire pit in Tonto National Forest last year. Anthony Ruinard Jr., 38, was arrested in July for the murder of 18-year-old Parker League, who had just graduated high school in Nebraska and was visiting friends, …
