A Pennsylvania judge ruled Friday that a 70-year-old Philadelphia woman accused of stabbing a man dead will stand trial for the killing. According to the Mercury News, Montgomery County District Court Judge Todd Barnes said prosecutors provided adequate preliminary evidence for the case to proceed to trial against Renee DiPietro, following the June 10 death …
The body of a 31-year-old man was found wrapped in a tarp in the back of his Jeep Grand Cherokee Sunday afternoon. Police have not released the man’s identity but said they were investigating the discovery as a homicide, WPVI reported. The discovery was made in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood, a residential area with an …
A Florida teen who killed his girlfriend by repeatedly bashing her head with a metal object has been sentenced to prison, First Coast News reports. Isaiah Greene, 19, was ordered this week to serve 50 years behind bars for the murder of 18-year-old Gabrielle Bolton. Police found Bolton’s body on September 19, 2022, in the …
Brandon Houck pleaded not guilty this week to charges that he killed his girlfriend, Crystal Rogers, in 2015 as prosecutors brought out surprising revelations while arguing to keep a $10 million bond in place. Rogers, a 35-year-old Kentucky mother of 5, was last seen at the Houck family farm in July 2015. Days later, her …
A man arrested this week in connection with the disappearance of Georgia mom Aimee Lafakis has now been charged with her murder. Lafakis, 48, was reported missing from her Brookhaven home on September 29, after she missed a planned dinner with her daughter, and found dead on October 1 in Gwinnett County, CrimeOnline reported. Lafakis, …
A 14-year-old Alabama boy who had a reported “hit list” of family members has been arrested for fatally shooting his 17-year-old brother in Pike County. According to CBS 3, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office received a call October 3 to Banks, where a man told officers that a 14-year-old shot his 17-year-old brother. The father …
Iowa State troopers arrested a man on Interstate 80 this week when they stopped to help him with his stalled car and found a dead man slumped onto the passenger seat, beneath a pile of clothing. Jihad Abdul Malik Gasaway, 23, has been charged with first degree murder and abuse of corpse, the state Department …
A California couple have been charged with murder and child abuse after their toddler drowned in a bathtub earlier this week. Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies and medics were called to the couple’s home in Rodeo Monday night, KPIX reported. Medics performed life-saving measures on the 2-year-old child and rushed them to the hospital, but …
A Texas man is facing murder charges after allegedly beating his father to death on Monday. Todd Jackson Jr., 24, allegedly killed his father, Todd Jackson Sr., 46, with a glass beer mug in their Houston apartment. KTRK reported that responding officers found Jackson Sr. with blunt-force trauma before he was pronounced dead at the …
New York police say they have an 18-year-old teen suspect in custody for allegedly stabbing and killing Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson. New York Post reports that police arrested Brian Dowling Thursday in connection with Carson’s death. During the search of a Lafayette Avenue home near the crime scene, police found a knife and sweatshirt believed …
A 14-year-old Alabama boy has been arrested for the murder of his 17-year-old brother and had a “hit list” of other family members he planned to kill. Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas said that the 17-year-old victim was found dead outside the family’s home Tuesday afternoon, WSFA reported. He had been missing since Monday, although …
New York police have identified a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Brooklyn activist early Monday morning as he and his girlfriend were returning from a wedding on Long Island. Ryan Carson, 32, was waiting for a bus with his girfriend in Bedford-Stuyvesant at about 4 a.m. when he was stabbed to death in …
