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Shooting
August 10, 2024

Developing: 4-Year-Old Arkansas Girl Found Shot Dead, Police Seek Tips

A fatal shooting of a 4-year-old Arkansas girl Friday morning is under investigation. Officers with the North Little Rock Police Department (NLRPD) arrived just before 8:30 a.m., in the 200 block of Water Street in North Little Rock, following multiple calls concerning gunshots. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where she later succumbed …

Murder
August 9, 2024

6-Year-Old Boy Was Beaten, Shot With BB Gun, Stapled to Floor Before His Death

A Michigan prosecutor on Friday provided horrific details of the abuse heaped upon a 6-year-old boy who was found dead in his home last week. Giovanni “Chulo” Jennings’ mother, Elaina Jennings, called 911 on July 30 and reported her son was unconscious, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. When officers arrived, the boy was unresponsive …

Karen Read and John OKeefe
Court
August 9, 2024

Karen Read: Attorneys Spar Over Request to Drop Charges, Contact Jurors

Attorneys for Karen Read argued Friday for dismissal of murder and leaving the scene of an accident charges, asking the judge in the case to conduct a special hearing to confirm what they believe to be true — that jurors voted unanimously to acquit her of killing her Boston cop boyfriend. Judge Beverly Cannone declared …

Death investigation
August 9, 2024

Horror at Airport After Dead Woman is Found ‘Entangled’ in Baggage Conveyor Belt

A North Carolina woman died at an Illinois airport on Thursday after she became trapped in a baggage conveyor belt, officials said. Chicago police reportedly responded to O’Hare International Airport’s baggage area after Virginia Vinton, 57, got pinned in machinery at Terminal 5. Surveillance footage showed Vinton, who did not work at the airport, accessing …

Missing
August 9, 2024

URGENT MISSING: Witness in Criminal Case Vanishes Days Before Trial

Police in Louisiana are searching for a missing woman who is a witness in a case that was set to go to trial next week. According to WBRZ, Jovan Johnson, 40, was last seen at her job in LaPlace on Wednesday. St. John Parish police said they believe Johnson may be in danger as she …

Hot Car
August 9, 2024

Gamer Dad Charged With First-Degree Murder in Daughter’s Hot Car Death

An Arizona man entered a not guilty plea on Thursday in connection with last month’s hot-car death of his 2-year-old daughter. Christopher Scholtes remains out of custody despite being charged with first-degree murder and child abuse for his daughter’s July 9 death. KOLD reported that Schlotes was initially charged with second-degree murder, but a grand …

Murder
August 9, 2024

Minnesota Woman Stabs Ex-Boyfriend to Death, Tells Cops She’d ‘Kill Him Again’

A 47-year-old Minnesota woman has been charged with stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death over the weekend, telling police she “would kill him again” while on her way to jail. The Moorhead Police Department said they responded to a home on Sunday and found Willard DeGroat Jr., 47, with a stab wound to his chest. He …