Along with Vlad the Impaler, Countess Elizabeth Bathory may be one of history’s most infamous inspirations for the vampire legend. Her reputation for brutality emerged from the torture of her victims — an habit she allegedly enjoyed for years until even her royal background could not save her.
On November 17, 2016, at about 4:30 a.m., Brandi Worley, 31, called 911 after murdering her two children and stabbing herself in the neck. She told the 911 operator, “I have stabbed myself and killed my two kids.” When the police arrived at the Darlington, Indiana home, they found the bodies of 3-year-old Charlee and 7-year-old Tyler in the daughter’s bedroom.
A one-year-old infant in North Carolina passes away in a hot car in the parking lot at Armacell, a manufacturing company, after their father leaves to go to work.
Florida mother Sheila O’Leary, 39, was found guilty of first-degree murder and multiple other charges related to the starvation death of her 18-month-old son in September 2019. Her husband Ryan O’Leary is expected to go to trial soon on the same charges.
The over 30-year-old cold case of Michelle Koski’s assault and murder has been solved using genetic genealogy. The 1990 case was left alone for 15 years before a cold case team started investigating, but in the end, it was too late.
What else has happened on July 4th in history? Most people know that the Fourth of July is known as Independence Day in the USA, but what other notable events have taken place on July 4th?
70-year-old Anthony Sokolich, the caretaker of 63-year-old Katherine Sokolich, called 911 on Saturday after his sister became unresponsive. He had beaten her to the point of inflicting a brain bleed, which killed her the next day.
Carlina White was just days old when she was kidnapped from a Harlem hospital in 1987 and raised under a new name by her kidnapper; 23 years later she solved her own kidnapping.
On May 27, the first volume of Stranger Things 4 was released, and viewers were introduced to a new character, Eddie Munson. Soon after the release of the season, the Netflix Geek Twitter account released a post confirming that the character Eddie Munson was inspired by Damien Echols, one of the West Memphis Three.
On the night of July 2nd, undercover officers from the Detroit Police Department decided to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle leaving a drug house. They pulled the car over in search of narcotics, instead they found the body of a deceased individual.
At least six people were killed and 26 injured when a gunman opened fire on the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
California pardoned Sara Kruzan last Friday, a woman who was convicted in 1994 for the murder of a man who she claimed sexually abused and trafficked her. Governor Gavin Newsom acted as a part of a larger movement to reevaluate sentencing throughout the country.
Kimberly Neptune, 43, was found dead in her home with almost 500 stab wounds on April 21.
Four men and two women were shot this morning outside the after-hours club 4 Cyber Cafe, and two have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. No suspects are in custody.
On Sunday, June 3, a 22-year-old armed man entered Field’s mall in south Copenhagen, Denmark and opened fire. The gunman killed three people and left several others wounded, including four who are in critical condition.
Six-year-old Elle Ragin has gone missing after her mother was found dead of an apparent suicide this past Saturday in her home. Investigators are currently searching for the young girl.
The bodies of three children and a woman believed to be their mother were found Friday evening in Vadnais Lake in Minnesota following an hours long search and rescue operation.
The killer of the young New York mother, 20-year-old Azsia Johnson, who was shot last Wednesday night in the Upper East side of Manhattan, has been arrested without bail. Isaac Argo, the shooter, is charged with second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
With a combined 90 years in federal prison, Jayson and Kara Wright will be ineligible for parole. Even after release, their registration as sex offenders will last the rest of their lives.
