A Virginia woman and her fiancé are accused of beating the woman’s 11-year-old daughter so seriously that the child’s stomach split open days before she died. Latoya Smith, 33, and Demont Harris, 43, are charged with second-degree murder for the May 18 slaying of Heaven Watkins, who relatives told WSET had autism and cerebral palsy. …
Who killed the beautiful woman who came from Mexico to study English in Utah?
A Florida agriculture teacher who allegedly drowned two raccoons and an opossum during class earlier this month won’t face criminal charges—as authorities determined the killings weren’t cruel or inhumane. In a four-page “decline to file” letter obtained by the Ocala StarBanner, Assistant State Attorney Toby Hunt explained his controversial decision not to prosecute Forest High School agriculture teacher Dewie Brewton. …
Three decades have passed since 13-year-old Chuckie Mauk was shot dead during a bike ride to a Georgia candy store. But the search for the killer has not ended. Nancy Grace visits with Chuckie’s mom to discuss the case and the painful loss of her son in this episode. National Missing Children’s Day: Can you …
A recorded phone call reportedly caught suspect Terrence Roach admitting to kidnapping Beckerle to get back at the teen’s mother
A young man in France is being hailed as a hero after he scaled four stories to save a child dangling from a balcony in Paris. The Guardian reports that Mamoudou Gassama, 22, has been honored by France’s President Emmanuel Macron after Gassama was recorded on video climbing a building to save a little boy who was …
A Georgia man and woman accused of killing their 2-week-old daughter and tossing her in the woods appeared in court last week for a Jackson Denno hearing, after one of the defendants filed a motion in an attempt to have his statements given to authorities thrown out. Both suspects, Courtney Bell, and her former live-in boyfriend, Christopher …
A Memorial Day weekend trip to a New Jersey beach placed one Pennsylvania woman at the center of the latest case of alleged police brutality caught on video. As WPVI reported, 20-year-old Emily Weinman, of Philadelphia, was on a beach in Wildwood, N.J., when officers attempted to detain her on suspicion of criminal conduct including …
Two suspects are in custody following an alleged plot to kidnap a student and take him against his will to his native China. According to CBS News, Tianshu Shi was a flight school student in Redding, California, when police say an instructor and his assistant attempted to kidnap him from his home. The pilot, identified …
A 71-year-old Massachusetts woman was found dead Saturday night after reportedly falling into her backyard fire pit. MassLive.com identified the deceased woman as Worchester resident Jacqueline Cardinal. The woman’s daughter, Michelle Gay, told the newspaper that Cardinal was fine 10 minutes before she and her husband came upon the horrifying scene. Fire officials said they believe Cardinal …
Prosecutors announced Friday that they wouldn’t be filing charges against a Texas woman who falsely accused a state trooper of rape. Though Sherita Dixon-Cole, 37, made “blatantly false and malicious allegations,” the Ellis County District Attorney said she won’t face criminal charges as she never made a formal complaint, according to KDFW. “This office shares the outrage …
Authorities in Texas have arrested a small-town police officer on suspicion of fatally shooting his younger brother last week. Stagecoach officer Robert Lee, 59, was reportedly at his home when he opened fire on a man authorities later identified as 57-year-old Rocky Lee. The younger Lee also served in law enforcement and was a deputy …
