Police suspect a 25-year-old man fatally shot a 28-year-old woman before killing himself in Arkansas, authorities said. Officers found two people wounded Sunday in Pine Bluff, about 44 miles south of the state capital of Little Rock. A woman was slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle and …
Read More »Illinois quadruple murder was 'not a random incident,' 'tremendous amount of evidence' to be reviewed: police
Authorities said a senseless quadruple murder in Romeoville, Illinois, including two adult victims and their two children was “not a random incident.” Romeoville Police Department Deputy Chief Chris Burne said during a news conference Tuesday afternoon that investigators are reviewing a “tremendous amount of evidence” in connection with the deaths …
Read More »California man's remains found in Arizona desert identified after over 4 decades
It took more than four decades but authorities said Tuesday that they have finally identified the remains of a California man found in a desert area of northwest Arizona in 1982. Mohave County Sheriff’s officials said advanced DNA testing concluded that the remains were those of Virgil R. Renner, who …
Read More »Robert Card manhunt: Maine police calling on public for tips after at least 18 killed in mass shooting
As the manhunt in Maine intensifies for Robert Card, a suspect in a mass shooting at two locations in Lewiston, state and local authorities are asking the public for tips to help lead to his capture. Card, 40, is being sought after at least 18 people were killed and 13 …
Read More »Ohio cop praised for restraint, refusing to shoot suspect
NEW RICHMOND, Ohio – An Ohio police officer is being praised for holding his fire even as a slaying suspect charged him, saying repeatedly, “shoot me.” WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reported the tense moments were captured Thursday on a body camera worn by New Richmond officer Jesse Kidder. The video shows …
Read More »New Jersey parents of Tennessee college student killed by stray bullet say laws 'protect' repeat criminals
Jillian Ludwig, an 18-year-old freshman at Belmont University in Nashville, was jogging in a public park just blocks away from campus on a sunny afternoon last Tuesday when a stray bullet struck her in the head, killing her. “Her roommate said she had been going [jogging] three to four times …
Read More »Trans child molester sentenced for killing friend with a rock in fight over $100
The California child molester who as a 26-year-old served time in a Los Angeles juvenile facility for attacking a 10-year-old girl in a Denny’s bathroom will serve 15 years in an adult prison for bashing his friend to death with a rock in the woods. Hannah Tubbs, also known as …
Read More »Target of 18-day manhunt killed in California's high desert likely used Pacific Crest Trail
LOS ANGELES – A man suspected of killing a retired dentist, taking three men hostage and wounding two deputies was likely using the famed Pacific Crest Trail to elude searchers for 18 days. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Monday that investigators believe 34-year-old Benjamin Peter Ashley was headed back …
Read More »The ‘chance encounter’ and unbroken promise that changed the course of the Idaho student murders case
DENVER — Kristen Mittelman, a top executive at the forensics firm Othram, met Stacy Chapin at CrimeCon two years ago in Orlando. “I honestly don’t know why I was there. I mean, I’d been invited to be there, but we were only 10 months out from losing Ethan,” Chapin said …
Read More »Charlie Kirk's accused assassin stares down death penalty case with limited defense options
OREM, Utah – The murder case against the man accused of killing conservative speaker Charlie Kirk is already facing major legal hurdles — from questions about defense funding to whether the crime even qualifies for the death penalty under Utah law. Tyler Robinson, 22, is being held without bail at …
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