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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
Former soldier charged in 1982 rape, murder of California 5-year-old abducted on way to school
Anne Pham vanished Jan. 21, 1982, in the time it took her to walk fewer than 1,000 feet to her Seaside elementary school. On Thursday, convicted sex offender Robert Lanoue, who lived around the block from the Pham family in 1982, was charged in connection with her rape and murder. → Read More
Baltimore man gets 41 years for killing, dismembering daughter after lifetime of abuse
As a younger man, Lawrence Banks spent 15 years in prison for throwing his then-7-month-old daughter through a glass door during an argument with her mother. On Monday, he was again sent to prison for killing and dismembering that same daughter more than four decades later. → Read More
Colorado mom who faked years of daughter’s ‘terminal’ illnesses pleads guilty in girl’s death
Kelly Renee Turner, 43, is expected to be sentenced to 16 years in prison next month. Turner, who was initially charged with murder, pleaded guilty to child abuse in the 2017 death of 7-year-old Olivia Gant. → 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
When a hired hitman voiced concern about killing Sylvia White's husband in 1992, the soon-to-be widow had a chilling response. “It’s not that hard to do. I had a stepchild. I put a bag over it until it stopped breathing. It was better off,” she said. → 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
Columbus police dispute accusations they Maced double amputee, took his legs
In a 23-second video, the man can be seen writhing on the sidewalk in pain as fellow protesters tend to him and pour water over his face and eyes. His legs, which witnesses said other protesters had to retrieve from police, are lying on the ground nearby. Columbus police officials are disputing claims they took the man's legs. → Read More
Officer accused of killing George Floyd remains eligible for pension if convicted of murder
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing Floyd, could still receive upward of $1 million in pension benefits, according to state officials and a CNN analysis. → 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
Minneapolis club owner: George Floyd, ex-cop Derek Chauvin both worked security at club
Maya Santamaria told KSTP in Minneapolis that Floyd and Chauvin both worked security at El Nuevo Rodeo in Minneapolis up to the end of last year. She could not be certain if the two men knew one another before their fatal confrontation Monday, which led to Floyd's death. → Read More
Charges dropped against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend as police chief retires, FBI joins probe
Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot eight times and killed March 13 by police officers executing a search warrant at her Louisville apartment. Her death has prompted protests and outrage across the country. → Read More
Colorado fire medic who volunteered to help New York through pandemic dies of COVID-19
The body of Paul Cary, 66, arrived home in Colorado Sunday night, three days after he succumbed to COVID-19 in a New York City hospital. Cary, a longtime Aurora firefighter and paramedic before his 2010 retirement, was working with a private ambulance company when he volunteered in March to travel to New York to help relieve overwhelmed first responders there. → Read More
Police: Denture maker accused of killing 22 while disguised as cop owned multiple mock patrol cars
The deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history started Saturday night with a domestic argument between Nova Scotia denture maker Gabriel Wortman, 51, and his girlfriend, authorities allege. More than 12 hours later, 22 people were dead and accused shooter Gabriel Wortman, 51, had been killed in a shootout with Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers more than 60 miles and 16 crime scenes away… → Read More
Video allegedly shows black men kicked out of Walmart for wearing masks against COVID-19
Jermon Best, who recorded the video and uploaded it to YouTube, said the incident took place March 15 inside a Walmart in Wood River, Illinois, located on the Missouri state line about 25 miles north of St. Louis. → Read More
Lawsuits: Florida authorities mix up bodies of teens killed in crash, harvest wrong organs
Deleigha Gibson, 18, and Samara Glenise Cooks, 15, were passengers in a car that struck a utility pole just before 1:30 a.m. July 29, 2019. The girls' bodies were mixed up at the scene and the mix-up was not discovered until Cooks' mother was shown a body prior to her daughter's funeral. Both families have filed lawsuits. → Read More
Stepmom of missing Colorado boy Gannon Stauch charged in his death, police say
Gannon Stauch, 11, of Colorado Springs, was last seen alive by his stepmother, Letecia Stauch, on Jan. 27. Letecia Stauch, 36, was arrested Monday morning in South Carolina and charged with first-degree murder of a child under 12 by a person of trust, child abuse resulting in death, tampering with a body and tampering with physical evidence. → Read More
Best friends killed hours apart in separate shootings in Alabama, police say
Derrick Marks Jr., 25, of Birmingham, was killed at an Irondale apartment complex about six hours after his friend, 21-year-old Delquan McNeily, was slain during an argument outside a barbershop about 6 miles away in Center Point. → Read More
Jennifer Dulos case: Estranged husband, murder suspect Fotis Dulos attempts suicide
Fotis Dulos, 52, of Farmington, Connecticut, appeared to have attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, according to media outlets. WFSB in Hartford reported that paramedics were spotted performing CPR on Dulos outside his garage. → Read More