PEOPLE - A popular Instagram model and influencer was found dead in her Houston-area apartment, and authorities believe her death was the result of a murder-suicide.
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‘For My Fellow Survivors:’ Evan Rachel Wood Flips Off Marilyn Manson After His Kanye West Appearance
OXYGEN - Shortly after Marilyn Manson appeared at Kanye West's listening event for "Donda," his ex Evan Rachel Wood took to the stage to let the world know how she feels.
Iowa Farmworker Gets Life in Prison for the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
NY TIMES - Cristhian Bahena Rivera was convicted in May in the 2018 fatal stabbing of Ms. Tibbetts, which Donald J. Trump used to stoke opposition to illegal immigration.
Former Hells Angels hitman paroled after 20 years in prison for murder
CBC - After serving 20 years for murder, a Hells Angels hitman has been granted day parole for six months with conditions, but the Parole Board of Canada notes "there is still work to be done."
Maryland's highest court reviewing teen sniper's life term
ABC - Maryland’s highest court has agreed to take up the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison for his role in the 2002 sniper spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region. Malvo’s lawyers argue that his punishment goes against a 2012 Supreme Court ruling barring mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders and Malvo should benefit from Maryland's new law enabling prisoners convicted as juveniles to seek release once they've served at least 20 years.
84-year-old man gets consecutive life sentences in 1976 double homicide
NBC NEWS - A judge sentenced an 84-year-old man Thursday to consecutive life sentences in connection with a double homicide in northeastern Wisconsin, a case that had lain dormant for decades before investigators used a DNA sample to make an arrest.
Police: Mother charged with killing 2 children whose bodies were found decomposing
WBAL TV - A mother confessed to killing her two children who were found dead Tuesday afternoon inside an apartment in southwest Baltimore, police said.Baltimore Police say Jameria Hall, 28, has been charged with two counts each of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
Tx. Man Halts His Murder Trial, Confesses to Killing Teen Girl After Valentine's Dance 47 Years Ago
PEOPLE - Seventeen-year-old Carla Walker's 1974 abduction and murder went unsolved until an arrest last year connected the suspect to the crime through advances in genealogy and DNA testing.
Sheriff: 5-year-old still hospitalized on a ventilator after being found in trunk of car
WCHS - A Jackson County 5-year-old boy who was found locked in the trunk of a car is still hospitalized and on a ventilator, according to the sheriff. Both parents are charged with three counts of child neglect creating risk of injury and one count of child neglect resulting in injury.
Nirvana Hit With Child Sexual Exploitation Lawsuit Over Photo on ‘Nevermind’ Album
COMPLEX - The surviving members of the band Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s estate are being sued over their 1991 album Nevermind. Spencer Elden, the man who was featured on the album’s artwork when he was a baby, is suing for child sexual exploitation and is looking to be awarded $150,000 in damages
Star of popular late 90s show arrested in Terre Haute on prescription fraud charge
WTHI TV - One of the stars of a popular late 90s tv show was arrested in Vigo County last week and is facing a pair of charges involving including prescription fraud.The Terre Haute Police Department arrested Nicholas Brendon. Brendon played the character Xander, on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Grandkids, son killed in fire started by grandfather in triple murder-suicide
A Pennsylvania man is believed to have killed himself and murdered his two grandkids and son as they slept in their Steelton home. The family lived above the Raja’s Quick Pick Mart convenience store. While they slept, Jafar Afshar, 67, poured an accelerant inside the home and lit it, killing his grandkids and son.
Illinois woman shot five times through front door, more than 70 shells at scene
A 58-year-old-woman is left recovering from an attack Monday from which she suffered five gunshot wounds. In a news release from Champaign Police, the shooting happened a little before 1 a.m. The woman heard a knock on her door when she reportedly said, “Who is it?” This is when the offender(s) began shooting through her front door.
Young mother gunned down in front of daughter may be case of mistaken identity
Young mother Jacqueline Flores, 25, was shot last week in front of her 6-year-old daughter. Fresno Police in California released a statement saying officers found Flores in her car with a gunshot wound to the head.
Former Mississippi officer pleads guilty to 2019 murder of former lover
Former Mississippi police officer is set to plead guilty to a May 2019 murder. Matthew Kinne, 38, agreed to life in prison without possibility of parole. Kinne admits to murdering his former lover as she threatened to tell his then wife about their affair. The victim, 32-year-old Dominique Clayton, was shot in the head by Kinne as she slept. She was a mother of four.
Knoxville woman fends off kidnapper with dog poop
WATE - The victim was walking her dog on the trails around 1:30 p.m. on Aug 22 when a man approached her asking for some water. Police say he grabbed the victim by the arm and attempted to drag her into the woods. After being punched by the suspect several times, the victim smeared a bag of dog feces in his face to get him to release her.
New Podcast Episode: Case Closed and Re-Opened
After women's screams were reported by a neighbour, authorities paid a visit to Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chavez. A number of bodies were found buried or partially buried on his property.
The murder of Laura Marie Purchase in 1983 was once attributed to notorious Confession Killer, Henry Lee Lucas. But it turned out to be just one of his many false confessions.
New Podcast Episode: Hide and Misspeak
Amari Nicholson was just two years old when he was murdered by his mother's boyfriend, Terrell Rhodes.
Roger "Fred" Farmer had been missing since November 2019, until his body was recently discovered in a storage unit rented by his son Jeremy Farmer.
Officer Arrested for Building Meth Lab
A New Jersey police officer was arrested Saturday after authorities discovered that he had been building a methamphetamine lab in the basement of his home.
New Podcast Episode: No Napping, No Snacking, No Thank You
Natalia Smut was stabbed to death in a presumed domestic violence situation by her boyfriend on April 23rd. We had a quick chat with Natalia's sister Vanessa Singh, who spoke of her sister's one-of-a-kind drag performances, and vibrant personality.
We also dug deep into Colorado-based cult Love Has Won, after their leader's partially mummified remains was discovered in the group's co-living space in Crestone.