Crystal Bonvillian
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Alabama police ID ‘Baby Jane Doe’ found slain in 2012, arrest father, stepmom
For more than 13 years, Sherry Wiggins faithfully paid child support to the father of her daughter, Amore Joveah Wiggins, whom she lost custody of in 2009 when Amore was 3. In December, the Maryland woman faced every mother’s worst nightmare: She learned her daughter was dead — and had been for more than a decade. → Read More
Colorado mom who faked years of daughter’s ‘terminal’ illnesses pleads guilty in girl’s death
When Olivia Gant succumbed to multiple "terminal" illnesses in 2017, those following her journey mourned the end of her short, painful life. When her older sister was brought to a Colorado hospital the following year, however, a much more sinister reality emerged. → Read More
Harmony Montgomery: Arrest made in connection with New Hampshire girl missing since 2019
Adam Montgomery, age 31, of Manchester, was arrested Tuesday and charged with the felony assault of his daughter, Harmony Montgomery, who was last seen alive in October 2019. The girl, now 7, was reported missing last week. → Read More
North Carolina trooper hits, kills trooper brother, detained driver while responding to traffic stop
Trooper James Horton was responding to a Rutherford County traffic stop just before 9 p.m. Monday, in which his brother, Trooper John Horton, had pulled over a driver. → Read More
85-year-old woman to be paroled in 1973 death of young stepson, killing of husband 2 decades later
Sylvia Ipock White’s release date has been set for Dec. 2, 2022. White, of Kinston, was convicted in 1993 of hiring two men to kill her husband, Billy Carlyle White Sr. She was also convicted in the 1973 murder of her young stepson, Billy Carlyle White II, who suffocated on a plastic bag. → Read More
Video shows police force 4 Black children onto ground at gunpoint in stolen car mix-up
The girls, ages 6 to 17, cried and screamed as they lay on their stomachs on the pavement, two of them with their hands cuffed behind their backs. “I want my mother,” one of them sobbed. → Read More
American confesses to stabbing, dismembering wife while on vacation in France, reports say
Billy Kruger, who lived with his wife in Indonesia, was charged Friday with aggravated murder. The dismembered body of Laure Bardina-Kruger, 52, was found in a storm sewer near the couple’s vacation home in the village of Peyriac-de-Mer. → Read More
Oklahoma woman repeatedly shot after tearing down Nazi flag flying outside man’s house
Alexander John Feaster, 45, of Hunter, is charged with a felony count of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, according to Oklahoma court records. He is accused of firing at Kyndal McVey, 26, with a Colt AR-15 as she ran from his yard. → Read More
She ‘never made it out of the Army alive’: Affidavit details killing of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen
Cecily Anne Aguilar, 22, of Killeen, is charged with conspiracy to tamper with evidence in the April 22 death of Army SPC Vanessa Guillen. Aguilar is accused of helping her boyfriend, SPC Aaron David Robinson, dispose of Guillen’s body along the Leon River in Belton, Texas. Robinson shot himself to death as investigators attempted to take him into custody. → Read More
Body cam footage shows park ranger shoot, kill unarmed Carlsbad Caverns visitor
Charles “Gage” Lorentz, 25, was shot and killed March 21 by a park ranger who confronted him for speeding on a road in the park. Newly released body camera footage shows Lorentz offered no provocation before Ranger Robert Mitchell pulled a Taser on him. Seconds later, Mitchell pulled his service weapon. → Read More
‘Doomsday cult’ leader sentenced to 64 years in deaths of 2 girls on Colorado farm
Madani Ceus, 40, was sentenced Friday to back-to-back 32-year sentences in the 2017 deaths of sisters Makayla Roberts, 10, and Hannah Marshall, 8, on a Norwood farm. The girls' mummified bodies were found Sept. 8, 2017, inside a Toyota Camry, where they were forced to stay for weeks without food or water. → Read More
Unarmed Missouri woman’s family demands answers after deputy kills her during traffic stop
Hannah Renee Fizer, 25, was killed by a Pettis County deputy, who pulled her over for speeding and running a traffic light Saturday night. The deputy stated that Fizer said she had a gun and would shoot him, though her family doubts those claims. Missouri State Highway Patrol officials said no gun was found in Fizer's car. → Read More
Salma Hayek lends voice to efforts to find Fort Hood soldier missing since April
Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, 20, was last seen around 1 p.m. April 22 in the parking lot of the Regimental Engineer Squadron Headquarters on Fort Hood, authorities said. Her car keys, barracks room key, identification card and wallet were later found in the armory room where she was working earlier in the day. → Read More
Black man found hanging from tree is 2nd in California over 2-week span
Robert Fuller, 24, was found hanging Wednesday from a tree near city hall in Palmdale, Calif. Though authorities initially stated Fuller's death appeared to be suicide, they have walked back that statement amid demands that Fuller's death be investigated as a potential homicide. Another black man, Malcolm Harsch, 38, was found hanging from a tree May 31 near the city library in Victorville. → Read More
George Floyd protests: San Jose police fire rubber bullets at own bias trainer, rupture his testicle
Derrick Sanderlin, a 27-year-old community activist who trains new San Jose police officers on how to avoid implicit bias toward minorities, was shot in the groin as he tried to calm a tense scene outside San Jose City Hall. Doctors told Sanderlin and his wife the damage to his testicle may have rendered him sterile. → Read More
Arrest made in Facebook Live killing of retired St. Louis police captain who was protecting pawnshop
Stephan Cannon, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder and other charges in the killing last week of retired St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn. Dorn, 77, was killed protecting a friend's pawnshop after peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd turned violent. → Read More
Retired police captain killed on Facebook Live while protecting friend’s pawn shop
David Dorn, 77, was shot and killed by looters around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday outside Lee's Pawn & Jewelry in St. Louis. Dorn, a retired longtime police officer, was trying to protect the shop, which belongs to a friend, authorities said. → Read More
COVID-19 face mask provided DNA to solve 2018 child rape case, police say
Leonardo Ramirez Jr., 28, of King City, California, was booked Monday on charges of rape by force and lewd or lascivious acts with a child, according to Monterey County Jail records. → Read More
David McAtee: Video shows police killing of Louisville ‘BBQ man’ amid George Floyd protests
David McAtee, 53, was shot and killed in the doorway of his barbecue spot, YaYa’s BBQ Shack, early Monday morning in Louisville. McAtee was killed by police and Kentucky National Guard soldiers enforcing a curfew amid protests over previous officer-involved killings. → Read More
Man charged in 1988 cold case killing of gay American who plunged from Australian cliff
A suspect was charged Tuesday in the Dec. 10, 1988, killing of American mathematician Scott Johnson, 27, who plunged from a cliff near Sydney, Australia. New South Wales Police officials said Johnson's death, which was initially ruled a suicide, is believed to be one in a string of gay bashings that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s. → Read More