In May 1994, Castro Valley, California was rocked by the death of 14-year-old Jennifer Lin, who was found dead in her family home by her father after coming home from school. Police attempted to work the case and find the truth about what happened to Jenny, but for 28 years the case remained frozen.
From a nobleman’s child in Transylvania to the commander and impaler of tens of thousands, Vlad III made his mark on Wallachian history in blood.
A Los Angeles County Jury has found Bill Cosby guilty of sexually abusing a minor in 1975.
On June 19, authorities responded to a 911 call about a shooting. At the scene, police found three victims: an unidentified woman, 39-year-old Chase Garrett, and 27-year-old Christina Dang. By the time the police arrived, Garrett and Dang were declared dead.
On Tuesday District Attorney Brian R. Sinnett announced that the Adam County District Attorney’s Office and detectives from the Gettysburg Borough Police Department will be reinvestigating the 35-year-old murder of Ivan Darling.
South Carolina man, Michael Gamble, will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was sentenced on June 16 for the murder of his 5-year-old son back in 2019.
On March 31, 2019, Hussle, really named Ermias Asghedom was shot along with two other people by Holder outside his clothing store, The Marathon. Three years later, the trial of his murderer is finally underway.
De'ja McCrary was shot and killed on May 25 after being ambushed by her ex.
Accompanied by four other girls, 17-year-old Damia Mitchell shot into an ex-girlfriend’s house on Valentine’s Day last year, killing the ex’s friend Faith Burns. Georgia’s severe treatment of gang violence charges added onto her sentence.
On this day in 1931, Peter Kurten was convicted for 9 murders and received 9 death sentences.
On May 5, 1977, Mexican-American and Vietnam War veteran Jose Campos Torres, 23, was arrested for disorderly conduct. The police took Torres to “the hole,” an area behind a warehouse near Buffalo Bayou, instead of taking him to the city jail. Torres' body was found a few days later, prompting the Houston Police Department to form an all-Latino homicide unit, the Chicano Squad.
Pennsylvania woman, Evelyn Zigerelli-Henderson, has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband, Cameron Henderson, by burning him to death after inconsistencies in her story lead to evidence of criminal homicide.
Police in Phoenix are investigating a double murder-suicide which occurred at an apartment near 20th Avenue and Hadley Street just before midnight on June 19.
Danielle Redlick, a woman on trial for the murder of her step-father-turned-husband, was acquitted last Friday of the crime due to the history of abuse in the relationship and other complicating factors.
Last night outside a free concert celebrating Juneteenth, an unidentified shooter hit four victims, including a Metropolitan Police Department officer.
Michael Peterson, 31, contacted police on Wednesday afternoon to report his girlfriend and daughter missing in Spearville, Kansas. On Thursday, June 16, the bodies of Kayla Vasquez, 31, and her daughter Aalilyah Vasquez, 4, were discovered in different counties.
This past Friday a Monroe County jury in Pennsylvania convicted Michael Horvath for the murder and kidnapping of his coworker, Holly Grim, back in 2013.
One person was killed and eight others were injured after gunfire erupted in the East Side of Harlem in New York City. Police are actively investigating the scene and no arrests have been made.
Four suspects have confessed to the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci last month on May 10th. In a plea deal, the four received a sentence of 23 years in prison each, halving the standard sentence of 47 years for such a plot due to their cooperation.
In a long-fought court decision that disturbed international journalism groups today, Washington has won its appeal to return Assange to the U.S. for his 18 charges of espionage.
