Police believe a family found dead in a California home this week died as the result of a murder-suicide. According to KTLA, Michael and Amy Birnkrant and their children were apparently killed with a gunshot to the chest inside the Pacific Hills residence. A firearm was reportedly recovered near Michael Birnkrant’s body. There were no …
A British woman is expected to argue in court that winning the lottery “ruined her life” in an attempt to attain a judgment against Europe’s prevailing lottery system. As the New York Post reported, 21-year-old Jane Park’s primary complaint is that the program should not be accessible to minors. She was 17 when she won …
The Oscar-winning Crash director and outspoken ex-Scientologist Paul Haggis has denied multiple accusations of sexual assault, and suggested that the Church of Scientology might somehow be behind the allegations. After a publicist filed a civil suit last month claiming Haggis raped her, three more women have come forward accusing the Million Dollar Baby director of …
A Texas teen accused of murdering his adoptive parents may have been abused, KDFW-TV reports. Carl Edward Brewer, now 18, is scheduled to stand trial in three weeks for allegedly killing his mom and dad in November 2016. Recently obtained court records indicate the teenage had a difficult home life. Brewer’s teachers told authorities that his …
The Cleveland Clinic allowed a colorectal surgeon to remain on staff despite multiple allegations that he had raped patients, USA Today reports. Two women say the doctor, Ryan Williams, sexually assaulted them while they were under his care in 2008 and 2009. In one of the cases, the prominent medical provider reportedly agreed to a …
An escort who dated former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he threatened to kill her, the New York Post reports. Spitzer is alleged to have made the threat while lobbing expletives toward her in a phone call, a recording of which is now in the hands of the New York Police Department. The Russian escort, …
The former Bachelor star who killed a neighbor in a traffic accident last year suffered a major setback in his efforts to avoid jail time. The New York Post reports that Chris Soules, who was charged with failure to remain at the scene of a fatal accident, had filed a constitutional challenge to the Iowa …
A Chicago woman surrendered to police this week, the day after she allegedly shot a woman in a violent crime broadcast live on Facebook. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities say the 27-year-old victim was recording a Facebook Live video Tuesday afternoon in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood when she became involved in a verbal argument with …
A Memphis, Tennessee, couple is behind bars for allegedly abusing the woman’s 3-month-old daughter to the point that she remains hospitalized. Billy Sanders told WHBQ that his daughter Albreelynn is clinging to life after her mother’s boyfriend threw her against a wall. “She didn’t do anything to stop it, and basically told the roommate to …
A medical examination of two pitbulls who mauled their young owner to death last month revealed that the dogs had swallowed what appears to be human hair. CBS News 6 reports that a necropsy on Tonka and Pac-Man, who were both euthanized after the fatal attack on their owner Bethany Lynn Stephens, found strands of long, …
Two attackers are on the run after allegedly slashing a Texas man’s throat as he thwarted a potential kidnapping. Othon Maldonado and his wife, Sandra Martinez, pulled into a Houston Whataburger on December 18. They were reportedly exiting their car when two men armed with knives approached them. Martinez told KSAT that the suspects took her …
A 21-year-old California man is facing criminal charges for allegedly using Snapchat to solicit an 8-year-old girl for sex. The Sacramento Bee reported that Gilberto Garcia-Bejarano was arrested January 2 as he arranged to meet the girl but was met detectives instead. Roseville police got involved January 1 after the girl’s mother found explicit Snapchat messages on her daughter’s …
