The crew members who survived a fire on the dive boat Conception have submitted to intensive questioning as the National Transportation Safety Board investigates the cause of the deadly blaze, which killed all 34 passengers. In an effort to determine what caused the blaze that engulfed the vessel early Monday morning — and why none …
The United States Coast Guard has confirmed that four bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a charter boat that became engulfed in flames on Monday morning before sinking, the BBC reports. More than two dozen people remain unaccounted for. Authorities confirmed earlier Monday that five surviving crew members were awake when the fire …
The commercial diving boat that caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning has since sunk in waters off the southern California coast, CBS Los Angeles reports. The Coast Guard said in a statement obtained by the news station that the 75-foot-long charter boat sank in about 64 feet of water where it was …
A New Jersey toddler screamed in agony as she was tortured, raped and eventually murdered by her mother’s boyfriend, The Trentonian reports. Authorities have reportedly accused Maison Andres Torres, 25, of killing 2-year-old Lia Victoria Merino-Rodriguez in August. Torres had moved into his girlfriend’s Trenton, New Jersey, home two weeks after the couple met, according …
An Arkansas woman who died last weekend during a flood pleaded for help from a 911 operator, who told the terrified caller to “shut up” and made other disturbing comments, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Last Saturday, Debra Stevens (pictured left), 47, was delivering newspapers when floodwaters swept her vehicle away in Forth Smith, Arkansas. Newly …
One of the first women to publicly accuse Jeffrey Epstein of sexual misconduct has detailed her experiences with the sex offender and her failed efforts to bring Epstein to justice. Maria Farmer, a once-promising artist, told the New York Times about her attempts to alert law enforcement to the alleged sexual abuses she and her …
Disturbing new video shows the moment a man was horrifically crushed to death by an elevator this week, the New York Post reports. Sam Waisbren, 30, had attempted to exit the elevator in the lobby of his Manhattan high-rise around 8:15 a.m. Thursday when the elevator suddenly lost control and plummeted downward. Waisbren was pinned …
A 21-year-old rape victim suspected of having an abortion has been acquitted of homicide during a retrial case in El Salvador. The Guardian reports that 21-year-old Evelyn Beatriz Hernández was raped by a suspected gang member in 2016 when she was 18 and at the time, had no idea she had become pregnant. She testified …
Two Kentucky women are behind bars after police reportedly found a baby covered in ants and breathing heavy during what was initially a routine traffic stop. According to a press release by the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, Rebecca Jean Fultz, 32, and Charolette Simpson, 69, were arrested after authorities pulled them over on August 15 …
Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly permitted to buy women’s underwear while he was serving time for sex offenses. The Miami Herald obtained records of purchases Epstein made at the Palm Beach County Jail’s shop while he was serving time there in 2008 after pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution involving a minor. According to the records, Epstein …
A man in Texas turned himself in on Thursday, a day after he allegedly shot into the wrong apartment and killed a 9-year-old girl. Tyrese Simmons, 19, is charged with the capital murder of Brandoniya Bennett, who KTVT reported was sitting on a couch in her Dallas apartment when she was shot in the head. …
