Little Lucas Hernandez has been missing for months and now his father is arrested on a domestic violence charge. The Kansas 5-year-old’s stepmom was already jailed on charges of endangering another child, but no one is yet facing charges relating to Lucas’s disappearance. Nancy Grace has been closely following the investigation into what happened to …
After a toddler boy in Wichita, Kansas, died on Sunday, an attorney for the boy’s grandparents filed a lawsuit against the Sedgwick County Department of Children and Families, claiming the agency knew the boy was being abused at home but failed to save him. The Wichita Eagle reports that 2-year-old Anthony “Tony” Bunn died from blunt …
The man who California authorities recently linked to the infamous unsolved Golden State Killer case was charged with an additional 4 counts of murder Thursday for a total of 12. According to the Los Angeles Times, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 72, is alleged to have killed Cheri Domingo and Gregory Sanchez on Oct. 27, 1981, …
The couple’s teenage daughter was in the car at the time.
Over 30 years later, a man accused of killing a Washington girl in 1986 is behind bars after authorities obtained a DNA match. The News Tribune reports that police arrested Robert D. Washburn, 60, of Eureka, Illinois, on Thursday and charged him in connection with the death of 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian. On August 4, 1986, Jennifer disappeared …
By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A family of seven including four children was found dead with gunshot wounds Friday at a rural property in southwest Australia in what could be the country’s worst mass shooting in 22 years, police and news media said. The children died with their mother and grandparents. The …
LONDON (AP) — Police confirmed Friday that a body discovered at a Scottish marina is that of Scott Hutchison, the singer of indie rock band Frightened Rabbit. Hutchison, 36, was reported missing Wednesday after leaving a hotel in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh. Police Scotland said his body was found Thursday evening at the nearby Port …
A grieving family and community leaders are desperate for answers after a 9-year-old boy was killed earlier this year in a vehicular shooting. Dominic “D.J.” Young Jr.’s father reportedly told authorities he and the victim were inside a rental truck on January 20 when someone began shooting. The boy was struck during the gunfire and …
A Missouri mother who admitted to letting her blind and autistic son die in a field could spend as little as 120 days behind bars. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Kimberly Lightwine, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the 2016 death of her son, Austin Anderson, 19. Prior to …
Prosecutors in Pennsylvania are pursuing a slew of criminal charges against a priest accused of sexually assaulting two boys. According to the Philly Voice, 64-year-old Rev. David Poulson was arrested earlier this week and is expected to face counts including indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. The charges were announced …
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they’re not filing criminal charges in the case of a 1-year-old boy who was reportedly seriously injured at an Indiana daycare late last month. A spokesperson for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to WCPO that no charges will be filed for an incident involving Jesse Harris IV, who reportedly returned home from Kiddie Garden …
Michigan investigators are digging up a wooded area northeast of Detroit in a search for more than a half dozen women who may have been murdered and buried there decades ago. Nancy Grace explores the case of Arthur Reams, who is already in prison for killing 13-year-old Cindy Zarzycki. Police now believe he had many …
