Stephen Paddock, the man who sprayed bullets upon a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas on Sunday, apparently purchased tracer ammo at a Phoenix-area gun show prior to the mass shooting that killed 59 people and injured over 500 others. CNN reports that tracer ammunitions are types of bullets that provide an illuminated trace once …
Crime Stories’ call for help in identifying the hero driver who plucked Jason and Beri Adams from the chaos of the Las Vegas massacre was answered. Listeners pointed us to Eric Gomez, who joins Nancy Grace for a reunion with the woman he rescued. Nancy also discusses the latest on investigation into what motivated shooter …
A Knoxville, Tennessee, man is accused of breaking into a friend’s home while dressed as a pirate. WATE reported that Brian Zielinski—who also goes by “Captain Jack Sparrow”—was arrested over the weekend on burglary and resisting arrest charges. Sequatchie County Jail Captain Justin Higdon said Zielinski was wearing a black pirate hat, a black vest, brown jacket, and …
The shooter may have been experiencing something resembling night terrors
A mysterious piece of paper was found in the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock is believed to have opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers on Sunday night, killing 58 people. The New York Times reports that authorities found a piece of paper with cryptic notes written on it in Paddock’s 32nd-floor hotel …
A Virginia mother of five was indicted this week for child abuse after two of her young children were allegedly found in what authorities have described as cages. Prosecutors say all of her children were living in abhorrent conditions. Malista Ness-Hopkins, 39, faces five counts of child abuse stemming from a July visit by Accomack …
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Fred Rowbotham’s plan was to leave job stress behind with a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate his 45th birthday at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. But when the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire rained down, the police officer from Chula Vista, California, sprang into action as if he were …
A jury found a Bronx, New York, woman guilty of butchering her friend and ripping her baby out of her body. DNAInfo reported that Ashleigh Wade, 24, cried as she was convicted of second-degree murder and kidnapping. It took a jury less than five hours to convict Wade on charges that could put her behind bars for the …
A sergeant in the British army is denying charges that he orchestrated elaborate — but ultimately unsuccessful — attempts to kill his wife and pursue a relationship with a woman he met via a dating app. Emile Cilliers was arrested after his wife, Victoria, was severely injured in a 2015 parachute jump in which the …
An Edmonds, Washington, woman who planned to kill her Craigslist date and rip his heart out was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday. KCPQ reported that Amy Caroline Brown, 24, said she was planning to become a serial killer. She also claimed she’s a psychopath who’s been tormented by homicidal thoughts since middle school. …
As more details emerge about Stephen Paddock, an increasingly mysterious and sinister profile emerges about the man who killed 59 people and injured nearly 500 more in a mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night, the deadliest in U.S. history. Investigators are reportedly seeking a woman who Paddock was seen with in the days before …
A man reportedly planned to propose to his girlfriend hours before she was killed in the Las Vegas concert shooting on Sunday. Andrea Castilla, 28, was with her boyfriend and sister when she was shot in the head. Athena Castilla, the victim’s sister, said Andrea was wounded while holding her hand. “She said, ‘Duck,’ and all of …
