“Disturbingly, these are similar tactics child abusers use when grooming children—telling them to pretend they are somewhere else, and that they will get a reward for withstanding their discomfort.”
A Virginia toddler is dead after his 4-year-old brother allegedly mistook a gun for a toy and shot him in the chest Tuesday morning. Louisa County Sheriff’s Office Major Donald A. Lowe told WVTR that the children were home with their mother at around 10 a.m. when the 4-year-old picked up a gun, and, thinking it …
An Iowa mother allegedly pulled her 8-year-old son into the path of an oncoming train in what police have deemed a murder-suicide. KCCI reported that Teresa Gerleman, 35, and Henry Fields, 8, were fatally struck at a crossing in Belle Plaine at 5 a.m. on May 4. Interviews and footage captured by Union Pacific Railroad led officials to determine that …
A Texas woman’s claims of sexual assault at the hands of a state trooper on Sunday have withered following the release of body camera footage that appears to exonerate the accused officer. As WFAA reports, the video evidence is so compelling it has already resulted in a public apology by the accuser’s attorney. Sherita Dixon-Cole …
Paddock allegedly told hairstylist: “I wonder what she’s worried about? She’ll be out of the country.”
LINDEN, N.J. (AP) — Police say an Uber driver told them that former baseball star Lenny Dykstra put a gun to his head when he declined to change the trip’s destination. Linden police say Dykstra was arrested early Wednesday outside police headquarters after the driver stopped and ran out of the car. Police say they …
A North Carolina trooper died in a fiery crash Monday night while reportedly chasing a motorist who drove past a license checkpoint. According to the Winston Salem-Journal, trooper Samuel Newton Bullard, 24, died while he and another trooper pursued suspect Dakota Kape Whitt, 22, who allegedly blew past a checkpoint on U.S. 21 and Ebenezer …
Jodi Arias is still trying to convince an appeals court to set aside her murder conviction in the death of ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, but her lawyer wants the court filing to be kept secret. Nancy Grace revisits and updates the Arias case with her former defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi, author of “Trapped with Ms. Arias”, …
The driver of a school bus that was transporting 38 students and seven faculty members to a field trip when it collided with a dump truck, killing a 10-year-old girl and 51-year-old teacher in New Jersey, has a slew of license suspensions and speeding violations on his record, according to court documents. The bus driver, …
The death of Timothy Cunningham, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist whose body was found in a river weeks after his disappearance, was ruled a suicide by drowning. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday that Cunningham, 35, had marijuana in his body but it didn’t contribute to his death. The medical examiner’s office …
An Alabama parole board denied parole on Wednesday for Judith Neelley, a woman convicted in 1982 for the rape, torture, and murder of a young girl in Georgia. Associated Press reports that 53-year-old Judith Ann Neelley will remain behind bars in an Alabama prison after the parole board declined to free her, following a tear-filled testimony from …
A grown man has been ordered to vacate his parents’ home by a judge after a short legal battle, as reported by the New York Post. 30-year-old Michael Rotondo, who is unemployed and has lived with his parents for the last eight years, was asked Tuesday by State Supreme Court Justice Donald Greenwood to leave …
