A Florida man is facing first-degree murder charges after allegedly beating his father to death on Sunday. According to the Palm Beach Post, Brian McGann Sr. was found dead of blunt force trauma at his Lake Worth Beach home after a family friend called 911. The caller described the victim’s son, Brian McGann Jr., 44, …
A Pennsylvania man wanted for killing his wife — whose strangled body was found on Monday by a child coming home from school — was taken into custody at a hotel in Thursday after a brief standoff with police. Matthew Harrison, 48, was wanted on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, strangulation, aggravated indecent assault …
A Mississippi woman who helped her boyfriend kill his rape accuser in 2019 was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison. Celeste McDonald was reported missing from Jackson, Mississippi, on April 1, 2019, a day before her body was discovered in a marshy area in Mound, Louisiana. McDonald had accused Ryan Hopkins of sexual …
A Texas grand jury has indicted the man suspected of killing a 16-year-old cheerleader on capital murder charges. The indictment says Rafael Govea Romero, 23, killed Lizbeth Medina in the course of a burglary, according to Fox News. It says Romero hit the teen “with a hard object” and repeatedly stabbed her “with a sharp …
Pennsylvania police are searching for a Lancaster County man after his wife was found dead in their home. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said they considered the death of 49-year-old Jami A. Harrison suspicious when her body was found in Penn Township on Monday. On Wednesday, they said, autopsy results “confirmed that the manner of …
A sex offender’s dismembered remains may have been in a freezer at a New York apartment for two years before their discovery last month. Kawsheen Gelzer, 39, is believed to have been killed during a dispute over rent in March 2022. Gelzer is believed to have been paying rent at the Brooklyn apartment before he …
A Georgia woman was charged with murder for allegedly starving her 1-year-old son to death. WXIA reported that Alice Davis failed to get medical attention for her son, who had peripheral pulmonic stenosis. The Mayo Clinic describes peripheral pulmonic stenosis as “a narrowing of the valve between the lower right heart chamber and the lung …
A Pennsylvania man died a hero early Sunday morning when he was shot in the head while defending his sister from her ex-boyfriend. Police are searching for 31-year-old Yeicop Menjivar, who will face murder charges for shooting 24-year-old Kenito Montoya, WPVI reported. Police said Menjivar came to the family home in Upper Darby Township early …
A South Dakota man has been charged with first degree murder and aggravated eluding after he allegedly intentionally mowed down a Moody County deputy during a high speed chase. Chief Deputy Ken Prorok was putting out spike strips on Highway 34 when he was struck by Joseph Hoek, 40, after he reportedly made “homicidal threats” …
The body of a Memphis woman missing since last month has been found along Interstate 22 in Mississippi. Marshall County authorities said that Kelly Sistrunk, 30, appeared to have a gunshot wound to the head, WMC reported. The body was found about 50 feet off the pavement, investigators said. Marshall County authorities were alerted to …
State investigators in Oklahoma are investigating alleged misconduct involving a jailer at the Caddo County Jail and a woman charged with the death of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield. Brownfield was reported missing on January 10, 2023, after a mail carrier found her 5-year-old sister wandering alone outside the home of Ivon and Alisia Adams, their caregivers, …
A 34-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder in the death of her 8-year-old stepdaughter. Natiela Barros has been charged with felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, and first degree cruelty to children in the death of Sayra Barros on Tuesday, Gwinnett County Police said. The girl’s father, Cledir Barros, was charged with second …
