Little girl, 7, kidnapped from grandparents’ house and tossed off bridge
Family Crime
The suspect allegedly choked the girl before throwing her into a lake
August 28, 2017
Family of six drown while fleeing Hurricane Harvey floods
A family of six likely drowned in their van Sunday afternoon while trying to escape floods caused by Hurricane Harvey. Relatives told KHOU that four children, Daisy Saldivar, 6, Xavier Saldivar, 8, Dominic Saldivar, 14, Devy Saldivar, 16, and their great-grandparents, Manuel Saldivar, 84, and wife Belia Saldivar, 81, perished Sunday. Witnesses told the local station that the van …
Unsolved
August 28, 2017
Fetal abduction? Couple arrested in pregnant woman’s disappearance expected to face murder charges [UPDATE]
Investigators are determining whether the Fargo, North Dakota, couple arrested in connection with Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s disappearance are “womb raiders.” At last week’s press conference, Fargo Police Chief David Todd revealed that authorities are looking into a multitude of scenarios—including whether the baby girl was taken from LaFontaine-Greywind’s womb or if her labor was induced, according to …
Bullies
August 28, 2017
Bus aide sprays Lysol in autistic student’s face
A Colorado bus aide who admitted to kicking, hitting, and spraying a student with autism in the face with aerosol disinfectant will spend 20 months behind bars. Monica Burke, 52, was also sentenced to five years probation and ordered to complete 360 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting an at-risk person, ABC News …
Animal Crimes
August 28, 2017
‘You need help! Big Time!’ Judge scolds woman who tried to have sex with dog
A Curwensville, Pennsylvania, woman who tried to have sex with a dog received some harsh words from a sentencing judge. “This is sick,” Judge Paul Cherry told Rachael Harris, 20, on Friday. “You need help!—Big Time!” Centre Daily Times reported that Harris pleaded guilty to four counts each of producing an obscene performance, criminal conspiracy, and …
Weird Crime
August 28, 2017
He lied! Man who claimed he was mistaken as a neo-Nazi and stabbed admits he made it up: Cops
A Colorado man who posted a photo of his bloody leg on Facebook, claiming he got stabbed when he was mistaken for a neo-Nazi, admitted that he lied about the entire ordeal. BuzzFeed News reports that Joshua Witt, 26, initially told authorities that a man attacked him as he got out of his car in Sheridan, Colorado, …
child endangerment
August 28, 2017
Police: Toddler dies in car while ‘mom’ gets high and leaves little girl unattended for hours
Police arrested a New Jersey mother after her little girl died while being left in a car alone. NJ.com reports that Deanna J. Joseph, 39, called 911 at around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, from her home off of Timberland Road. She said she found her little girl inside a car, unresponsive. According to Salem County Prosecutor John T. …
Police
August 28, 2017
Shocking dashcam video shows woman shot dead after firing at police offices **GRAPHIC**
Johnston County, North Carolina, District Attorney Susan Doyle released dashcam footage on Friday that showed an officer-involved shooting that ended with a woman dead. CBS North Carolina reports that on July 8, officers responded to an SUV that crashed off of Interstate 40 in Newton Grove. When they arrived, officers noticed a white GMC Yukon …
Juveniles
August 28, 2017
Body of missing Fargo woman, 8 months pregnant, found wrapped in plastic in a river
The body of a missing pregnant woman has been found in North Dakota. KSTP reports that kayakers found the body of 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind wrapped in plastic in a river north of Fargo. The police department announced on its Facebook page that the body had been positively identified as Greywind on Sunday night. The police …
Cold Cases
August 28, 2017
Concrete slab in a home’s basement may hold clues in the 1989 disappearance, possible murder of woman
Authorities are testing a hunk of concrete found in a Pennsylvania home that they hope will solve the mystery of a 1989 cold case involving a woman who vanished without a trace. FOX News reports that Sunbury Police Chief Tim Miller announced that forensic experts are testing the concrete slab to determine if it holds …
Hate Crimes
August 27, 2017
Black-clad anarchists storm Berkeley rally, assaulting 5
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Black-clad anarchists on Sunday stormed into what had been a largely peaceful Berkeley protest against hate and attacked at least five people, including the leader of a politically conservative group who canceled an event a day earlier in San Francisco amid fears of violence. The group of more than 100 hooded …
Missing
August 27, 2017
‘They took my world from me’: Boyfriend of missing North Dakota woman speaks out
The boyfriend of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind is speaking out a week after the pregnant woman’s disappearance. Ashton Matheny told the Grand Forks Herald that he is struggling with coming to terms with the tragic situation—and the possibility that he may never see his girlfriend of six years alive again. “All I wanted was a life with …
