Tuesday Crime Stories: Florida hostage standoff claims lives of 4 children
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June 12, 2018
Lucas Hernandez funeral set for June 30: What you need to know
A funeral for Kansas boy Lucas Hernandez is scheduled to take place on June 30 at 1 p.m. and according to his family, the service will be open to the public. “We want to offer all those who have come to love our child the opportunity to grieve and say goodbye,” the funeral announcement reads. …
Murder
June 12, 2018
‘Nothing but evil plans for her’: Pair charged with murder of Sydney Loofe, who disappeared after Tinder date
Prosecutors in Nebraska charged two suspects with the first-degree murder of a young woman whose body was discovered in a remote farming area in December. While it’s still unclear how Sydney Loofe died, the Lincoln Journal Star reported that the last two people to see her alive, Aubrey Trail, 53, and Bailey Boswell, 23, were charged …
Unsolved
June 12, 2018
Woman found dead, covered in blood at million-dollar home in ritzy neighborhood
An upscale community in Connecticut is stunned after an elderly woman was found dead Monday morning under seemingly suspicious circumstances. According to the Stamford Advocate, Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said the woman’s husband called authorities at approximately 8:30 a.m. Monday to report that his wife wasn’t breathing and covered in blood. Although the victim’s …
Kidnapping
June 12, 2018
Kamiyah Mobley: Biological mom says she cut ties with teen for speaking to kidnapper who raised her
The biological mother of a Florida teen who was abducted at birth said she’s cut ties with her daughter for still pursuing a relationship with her kidnapper. Shanara Mobley, 36, told the Daily Mail that daughter Kamiyah, 19, has refused to sever ties with Gloria Williams—the woman who posed as a nurse and abducted her from …
Murder
June 12, 2018
HORROR: Gunman kills self, 4 child hostages after 21-hour standoff
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After a standoff of more than 21 hours, officers entered an apartment where a felon with a gun had barricaded himself with four children and found them all dead, a police chief said. The hostage situation began when the girlfriend of Gary Wayne Lindsey Jr. left the …
National
June 11, 2018
HEARTBREAKING: Olympic skier Bode Miller’s tot daughter drowns in pool
By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 19-month-old daughter of U.S. Olympic skier Bode Miller drowned in a Southern California swimming pool, authorities said Monday. Emeline Miller died at an Orange County hospital Sunday, the day after paramedics tried unsuccessfully to revive her after the drowning incident. “We are beyond devastated,” Miller said …
Murder
June 11, 2018
VIDEO: Man talks to reporters about body found in creek hours before he’s arrested for mom’s murder
A Pennsylvania man who told reporters that a newly-discovered body was the victim of “some kind of hit” was arrested on murder charges shortly after the body was identified as his mother. Matthew Haverly, 38, appeared baffled as he talked to WNEP about a then-unidentified body discovered across the street from his Bradford County home on …
Serial Killers
June 11, 2018
REVEALED: Alleged Tampa serial killer viewed porn after random Tampa murders
On late Friday, a Florida judge released 1,700 documents pertaining to last year’s serial killings in Tampa—which included evidence that the suspect watched pornography after carrying out three of the four murders. According to The Tampa Bay Times, recent records stated that data from suspect Howell Donaldson III’s cellphone showed a “significant amount of Internet activity” within …
Bullies
June 11, 2018
‘I have been threatened to get shot in the head by an AK-47:’ Bullied girl begs school board to take action [VIDEO]
A fifth-grader in New Hampshire appeared before her school board and provided officials with a first-hand account of the bullying she’s suffered before urging them to take action. During Timberlane Regional School Board meeting last week, Delanie Marcotte, a student at Pollard Elementary School in Plaistow, claimed her parents spoke with school administrators about the bullying but nothing …
Murder
June 11, 2018
‘God got into my body and walked me downstairs with my baseball bat’: Son allegedly gives ‘very detailed confession’ to missing mom’s murder
A Connecticut man with a history of mental illness reportedly confessed to killing his mother, who was reported missing by her sister days earlier. WFSB reported that the missing persons investigation involving Donna Tucker, 60, turned into a murder investigation Friday afternoon. The woman’s son, Kyle Tucker, 34, gave police a “very detailed confession” that took more …
Missing
June 11, 2018
Missing mom of newborn found dead, wrapped in a tarp next to makshift coffin
A homicide investigation is underway after California officials discovered a woman’s body in a parking lot that was reportedly wrapped in a tarp near an apparent makeshift coffin, ABC 7 reports. Police say the body of 34-year-old Marlene Santellan, of San Bernardino, was found wrapped in a blue tarp and placed beside a plywood box …