A California woman is on trial for allegedly killing her former stepfather after she discovered naked images of herself on his computer, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Jade Janks, 39, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Thomas Merriman, 64, who was found dead in January 2021 at his apartment in Solano Beach, California. “This was …
A northeast Alabama man has been arrested and charged with killing his 62-year-old mother. DeKalb County emergency officials responded to a home in Collinsville Tuesday night and found Sandra Jelks dead in her living room, WDEF reported. Jelks was the mother of a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office employee, so Sheriff Nick Welden asked deputies in …
A Florida woman was arrested this week on charges of child neglect and animal cruelty after deputies saw the “deplorable conditions” of her home, which include trash, fecal matter, urine, rotten food, rats, and a variety of insects. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested Shannon Marie Morgan, 38, on Wednesday after they received …
State Attorney: “Every incident of alleged elder exploitation or abuse touches our heart and never fails to shock us. It seems particularly harder to understand when the alleged perpetrator of the exploitation is a daughter, or a son or another blood relative”
A Louisiana Uber driver was stabbed to death in the parking lot of a hotel by a rider who “decided he was going to kill someone.” Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said that 54-year-old Yolanda Dillion picked up Brandon Jacobs, 29, in New Orleans on Thursday and drove him to a Travelodge in Harvey at …
Records from the June 2021 arrest, which charged Anderson Lee Aldrich with five felonies, were unsealed this week.
A Florida man is accused of violently stabbing to death a woman whom he was trying to date, FOX 4 reports. On September 26, police were called to a residence on South Haberland Boulevard in Port Charlotte, where they found a bloody and gruesome scene. Officers found a woman whose hands were tied behind her back, …
Authorities continue searching for an Iowa newborn who was allegedly drowned by her parents and then discarded in garbage bags, the Des Moines Register reports. On Wednesday, police arrested the child’s mother and father, 24-year-old Taylor K. Blaha and 31-year-old Brandon D. Thoma, who are in jail on $1 million bail each. Multiple agencies are working …
A man found dead in upstate New York this week had been missing for almost 10 years and was living under an alias, a development that has devastated his family, the News Times reports. On Monday, first responders were dispatched to a 911 call involving a 59-year-old man in Rock Hill. The person who called …
A woman found dead after a house fire in Atlanta earlier this month was stabbed several times and her neck was slashed, police said. WXIA reported that two people were found dead inside the home: Lola Bell Thomas, the homeowner, and her nephew, Bobby Grubbs. Thomas was the victim of a homicide, the Fulton County …
Investigators recovered human remains on Friday from a wooded area near the Philadelphia International Airport where they had previously searched for clues in the October disappearance of a woman from Sellersville, more than 40 miles away. KYW said investigators were on the scene with a man in an orange prison jumpsuit with the word “inmate” …
A 5-year-old South Carolina girl reported missing after her mother was found dead has been located, and her father has been charged with her mother’s murder. Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said that Aspen Jeter’s father, 46-year-old Antar Antonio Jeter, is in custody after two warrants were issued for his arrest, one for the murder …
