A 27-year-old Alabama man has been charged with capital murder in a deadly shooting that left his ex-girlfriend’s 15-year-old daughter dead and her 5-year-old son wounded. Birmingham Police said that Otis Lee Montgomery III has also been charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied building, WBMA reported. Investigators say Montgomery fired …
An Indiana couple has been charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent for leaving their two children inside a locked SUV while they went shopping at Walmart. Lawrence police said the couple — Mirianne Pierre and Watson Joseph, both 31 — were inside the store for more than 40 minutes Monday night before …
A severed arm discovered on an Illinois beach in May belongs to a slain Wisconsin woman who was killed and dismembered a month earlier, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Maxwell Anderson, 33, is believed to have murdered Sade Robinson, 19, on their first date before discarding her mutilated remains in Lake Michigan and throughout the Milwaukee …
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Bryan Kohberger — who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in their on-campus house in 2022 — may have been targeting one victim when carrying out the quadruple slaying, according to a book that comes out next week. Howard Blum, author of “When the Night Comes Calling: A Requiem for the Idaho …
A South Carolina judge has approved a partial settlement of over $1 million for a newlywed husband who lost his wife in 2023, hours after their wedding. In April 2023, Jamie Lee Komoroski, 26, allegedly drove under the influence and collided with the golf cart carrying the newlyweds Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson, along with …
The man accused of killing Rachel Morin in Maryland last August reportedly remained in the state for months after the slaying. Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s family allegedly told authorities that he stayed with them in Maryland from December 2023 until May 2024. Martinez-Hernandez left two bags of clothes and a pair of shoes when he left Maryland …
Police in Waco, Texas, are looking for a 22-year-old woman who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday. The Waco Police Department said Kristyn Delgado sent a TikTok at about 2 a.m. on Thursday but has otherwise “not communicated directly with anyone. She was last known to be in the 3000 block of S. 3rd Street in …
Florida officials are looking for a 23-year-old man who sexually assaulted a teen girl and then fled the state when he learned she was pregnant. Lee County deputies say Benjamin Garcia had been arrested for lewd battery following two incidents with the girl, WBBH reported. Garcia impregnated the girl, whose age wasn’t given. She hid …
A University of Southern California student who stabbed a man to death Monday night won’t face charges. Ivan Gallegos, 19, was walking with two friends on Greek Row when they saw a man, identified as 27-year-old Xavier Cerf, allegedly breaking into cars, KTLA reported. The three confronted Cerf, and Gallegos, who claimed Cerf had a …
Testimony continues Friday morning in the Karen Read murder trial. A Norfolk County grand jury in Massachusetts indicted Read in 2022 on murder, motor vehicle manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death charges. She’s accused of killing her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer. Read was initially arrested on manslaughter charges …
A Kansas mother was taken into custody on Thursday after first responders found her 9-year-old dead with wounds to the chest and neck. Deputies were called the scene at about 11:30 a.m., according to the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office. The child’s mother, 29-year-old Shyla M. Goracke, was taken into custody at a local hospital. Deputies …
