A Washington state man initially arrested for assaulting an emergency room nurse at a Seattle hospital was later charged with murder after he told police he “may have killed” his girlfriend at his townhome. Police had already been called to Andy Chu’s townhome in Lake City’s Olympic Hills neighborhood a day earlier, on August 10, …
A California peace officer was killed after colliding with an accused drunk driver, marking his fifth DUI. On Friday in Santa Rosa, California, Jessica Avila Munoz, 31, a peace officer for the Sonoma County Probation Department, was involved in a fatal accident, according to CBS News Bay Area. Munoz was struck by a truck while …
One adult and two teens have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a California mother of eight. Maria Ramos, 33, was found shot in front of her home on August 7, Oakland police said. Around 2:30 p.m., officers discovered her suffering from a fatal gunshot wound on the 5600 block of Hilton …
An AMBER Alert issued for three children ended tragically when the abductor crashed, resulting in the death of one child and leaving two others hospitalized. On Thursday morning, the AMBER Alert was issued in Virginia Beach for three children taken by their father, Dana Plummer, 36. Late Wednesday night, Plummer abducted his three children—a 7-year-old …
A Tennessee woman was sentenced to life in prison after she pleaded no contest to murder and child abuse charges in the death of her boyfriend’s 5-year-old son. Turner Simpkins was found dead in his home in Chapmansboro in July 2023, The Tennessean reported. An autopsy found bruises, cuts on his body, and bite marks …
A Washington state man already wanted for questioning in connection with a deadly fire in Concrete earlier this month is now wanted for murder after the three victims were found to have died from gunshot wounds. Mount Vernon Police had identified Jason M. Birman, 49, in connection with the fire, saying they believed he had …
A former south Alabama beauty queen awaiting trial in a murder-for-hire plot against her husband in the Bahamas has accused her latest boyfriend of abusing her. In a protection order filed against 35-year-old Dorsey Ryan Love last month, Lindsay Shiver accused him of throwing her onto a bed, choking her, and putting a pillow over …
A Florida jury convicted a 60-year-old woman of manslaughter for killing a neighbor in the midst of an ongoing dispute about the neighbor’s children playing outside. The jury deliberated less than three hours before returning the guilty verdict, CBS News reported. Susan Lorincz was initially charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ajike “AJ” …
A pair of 14-year-old Kansas girls were arrested this week for the Labor Day weekend murder of a 93-year-old woman last year. Joanne R. Johnson was found dead in her Augusta home, were she lived alone, and her death was ruled a homicide, KWCH reported. Eight months later, Governor Laura Kelly and Johnson’s family offered …
A former New York police officer received a controversial sentence of 10 weekends in jail for raping a 13-year-old girl. On Wednesday, Judge Kristina Karle sentenced former Rochester cop Shawn Jordan, 40, to 10 weekends in jail—20 days total—followed by 10 years of probation under a plea agreement. He must also register as a sex …
DNA evidence has linked two unsolved murders in Texas to the same person, sparking discussions of a possible serial killer. While investigating Alyssa Ann Rivera’s June 21 death, Austin Police Department (APD) homicide detectives and crime specialists discovered DNA evidence that connected the case to the 2018 homicide of Alba Jenisse Aviles in Bastrop County. …
