A Texas man said he feared he would catch coronavirus behind bars. A judge decided to let him out of jail. The Houston Chronicle reports that David Cruz, 29, was in a Harris County jail facing murder charges in connection with the August 2019 murder of Christian Tristan. His attorneys filed a motion to reduce …
The father of Gannon Stauch released a statement over the weekend, following the news that his son was found deceased close to 1,400 miles away from his home. Al Stauch released the statement through Restoration Church, A Colorado Springs-based church that has been instrumental in holding vigils and community prayers for 11-year-old Gannon, who was …
A 36-year-old Texas woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly slit her four year-old son’s throat with a knife and then tried to kill herself. Ritika Rohatgi Agrawal’s husband found her wandering around their Sugar Land home Saturday morning with cuts to her neck and wrists and their son dead in an upstairs …
An Ohio man who allegedly murdered a young mother 29 years ago was “hiding in plain sight” in the decades since the slaying, living across the street from the victim’s home and interacting with her family members, Cleveland.com reports. Last week, police arrested 57-year-old Daniel L. Rees in connection with the death of 23-year-old Rachael M. …
An Illinois woman is accused of killing her boyfriend following what she says was years of abuse, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The woman, 36-year-old April O. Turner, allegedly shot her boyfriend, 30-year-old Nicarro Laroy Drake, once in the chest. The shooting occurred Tuesday during a party at a home in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Turner is accused …
Britney Ujlaky was last seen at about 4:30 p.m. on March 8, getting into a green Ford F-150 pickup truck in front of her high school, her rodeo friend Bryce Dickey told Elko County, Nevada, deputies, according to the Daily Beast. And after deputies found her body three days later, the 18-year-old Ujlaky called her …
An Ohio man learned on Monday that he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his 1-year-old son in 2018 amid a custody dispute with the toddler’s mother. To avoid the death penalty, Jason Shorter, 42, pleaded guilty in January to aggravated murder and kidnapping charges related to Nicholas Shorter’s …
New documents appear to show that the husband of Lori Vallow’s niece was concerned for the safety of Vallow’s two children after learning about his wife’s religious beliefs. East Idaho News obtained court documents connected to a custody case involving Brandon Boudreaux and his ex-wife Melani Boudreaux Pawlowski, Vallow’s niece. Melani had asked a judge …
An Ohio mother is awaiting extradition from Louisiana to Mississippi, where she will face charges that she killed her 11-year-old son and left his body in a Laurel hotel room, the Hattiesburg American reported. Latina Oates, 33, was arrested Wednesday morning in New Orleans, where she was accompanied by her two other children. Authorities had …
On Wednesday, police in Florida arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a woman in 1985. The Northwest Florida Daily News reported that investigators in Pensacola used familial DNA to identify Daniel Wells, 57, as a suspect in Tonya Ethridge McKinley’s murder. A family walking their sick dog to an all-night clinic discovered …
A woman accused of killing her baby in Idaho will not be able to suppress DNA evidence that she claimed was taken illegally. On Monday, Second Circuit Court Judge Susan Sabers ruled that DNA evidence found on items in Theresa Rose Bentaas’ trash can will be allowed at her trial in April, the Argus Leader …
A former MMA fighter who was arrested last year in Texas for murdering his ex-girlfriend and her friend was charged in Minnesota Tuesday for killing another ex-girlfriend in 2009, according to reports. Cedric Marks, 45, and Kellee Kristine Sorensen, 34, were charged with the second-degree murder of April Pease. Sorensen reportedly told authorities that they …
