A Tennessee teacher accused of raping a 12-year-old student is back in jail after authorities say she threatened the victim in a text message, WMC-TV reports. On Thursday, police in Covington arrested 38-year-old Alissa McCommon on charges of coercion of a witness, aggravated stalking, tampering with evidence and harassment in connection with the latest allegations. …
Lawyers for the Utah woman accused of murdering her husband by lacing his Moscow Mule drink with drugs are fighting against the prosecution’s effort to keep her away from her mother, KUTV reports. In court filings this week, defense attorneys for Kouri Richins challenged a motion brought by the state to have no contact with …
The Long Island socialite who shoved a beloved 87-year-old Manhattan vocal coach to the ground, causing a fatal head injury, was sentenced Friday to 8 1/2 years in prison on Friday. Lauren Pazienza, 28, pleaded guilty last month to first degree manslaughter in the death of Barbara Maier Gustern. In court on Friday, Judge Felicia …
An Idaho woman was criminally charged earlier this month, months after the skeletal remains of her newborn were discovered at her home. On June 5, Bannock police were tipped off about an infant’s remains being in a suitcase in a doghouse located in the back of a Downey home. Cops later spoke with the tipster’s …
A Tennessee judge on Friday ended Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s conservatorship over Michael Oher, the former NFL player whose story of poverty and adoption was the subject of the 2009 movie “The Blind Side.” Last month, Oher alleged that the Tuohys never adopted him but instead tricked him into signing a document that put …
Days after a Utah teen was arrested for the murder of her newborn boy, searches found the baby’s body along the side of an interstate highway. Estrella Meza-Ojeda, 18, gave birth prematurely on August 6, KSTU reported. The infant spent 22 days in the newborn intensive care and was sent home with oxygen tanks and …
In a chilling twist of events, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala is found dead, her stiff body soaked in both paint and blood. The spouse, Cara Rintala, finds herself in a situation that marks a legal first in Massachusetts—a woman charged with the murder of her wife. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack delve into the perplexing …
On January 16, 1987, Ann Ledger is found raped and murdered in her apartment in Sandy Springs, Georgia. In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, teams up with Jessica Noll and Todd McComas as they dive into the intricacies of solving cold cases. The trio explores the unique dynamics of their …
It’s been eight years since Crystal Roger went missing. Her then-boyfriend, Brooks Houck, immediately became the main suspect. The mom of five was last seen at Houck’s home. Rogers’ car was found abandoned with a flat tire on the Bluegrass Parkway two days later. Her keys, phone, and purse were inside the vehicle. Houck was …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace told Inside Edition that she’s heartbroken to learn that beloved Colorado mother Suzanne Morphew’s remains were so deteriorated that she had to be identified through her cancer port. “We want justice,” Grace said. “In this case, the murder of a beautiful woman that had been valiantly fighting cancer. It just broke my …
On Friday, Nevada authorities reportedly made an arrest in the unsolved 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur, 25, was fatally shot on the Las Vegas Strip. Two officials told the Associated Press that Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, the uncle of the suspected shooter, Orlando Anderson, was arrested two months after his police searched …
An Indiana woman allegedly admitted to killing her two young children on Tuesday after doing drugs. According to The Herald-Times, Brittany Medina, 33, walked into the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and confessed to drowning her 1-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son in a bathtub. She reportedly explained that she took Xanax, a suboxone strip, and snorted …
