An Indiana high school teacher who retired after he was reportedly filmed slapping a student last month is facing criminal charges in connection with the incident. WBND reported that Michael Hosinski, 61, was arrested on March 3 for misdemeanor battery, but the charges were formally filed on Monday in Elkhart County. Hosinski was a social …
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a 77-year-old woman in Indianapolis earlier this month. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department conducted a welfare check at the home of Cecelia O’Bryan on February 11 and found her dead, with “injuries consistent with trauma,” WISH reported. A second 13-year-old boy was also arrested and …
An Indianapolis nursing home resident was arrested last week and charged with the rape and murder of an 80-year-old woman living at the same facility. Court documents say that a nurse went into Patricia Newnum’s room at about 5 a.m. to dispense her medicine and found Dwayne Freeman on top of her, holding a pillow …
A 6-year-old boy reporting missing from Chicago’s northern suburbs earlier this week was found dead Saturday morning near an abandoned house in Gary, Indiana. The North Chicago Police Department said that three adult members of Damari Perry’s family “believed to be responsible for Damari’s death are in police custody.” Other juvenile members of the family …
An Indiana woman was found shot to death on the floor of her bedroom Tuesday night. Anderson Police said they were called to 37-year-old Andrea Aguirre’s home at about 7:30 p.m. by her estranged husband, who said he had gone to check on her and their children when she didn’t respond to his attempts to …
An Indiana couple reported missing last week turned up in Central Florida in a stolen van with a so far unidentified baby. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office found Lincoln and Amanda Germana at DeLeon Springs State Park after Johnson County, Indiana, detectives alerted them that the couple’s cell phone had pinged in the area, WOFL …
Indiana State Police are looking for information about a fictitious online profile used in 2016 and 2017, around the time that two young teen girls were kidnapped and murdered in the small town of Delphi. Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, disappeared on February 13, 2017, after heading off to the trails …
A 3-year-old boy’s mother and her boyfriend were charged last week with the toddler’s death, according to newly unsealed court records in Indiana. Keenan Fugate died from blunt force trauma to his head and body on October 12, just three weeks after he had been returned to his mother after being in her own mother’s …
The body of 2-year-old Emma Sweet was found Sunday in the White River, 2 1/2 miles from where duck hunters found her father in a submerged pickup truck earlier this week. Jeremy Sweet has been hospitalized for hypothermia and is reportedly in critical condition, WXIN reported. Emma and her father were last seen Wednesday night, …
Investigators searching for 2-year-old girl missing after her father was found in a truck submerged in a river say the little girl was not in or beneath the vehicle when they pulled it out of the water. Emma and Jeremy Sweet were reported missing Thursday after they were last seen on Wednesday night, as CrimeOnline …
Police in northwestern Indiana found the body of a young child in a retention pond Thursday and believe it is that of 1-year-old Jaclyn “Angel” Dobbs, who has been missing since her mother was found murdered earlier this week. Earlier on Thursday, investigators said they had found a maroon, 2020 Dodge Caravan believed connected with …
Police in northern Indiana are looking for a missing 17-year-old boy with autism. Guilliermo Trancoso is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 6 inches with curly hair. He was last seen Sunday afternoon wearing a blue and yellow Tommy Hilfiger coat and Star Wars pajaa pants. Anyone with information should call South Bend police at (574) …
