All tagged family affair
Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead grew up in a family that their counsellor says "thrives in chaos." The twins bounced back and forth between their mother and great-grandmother's houses while a generational power struggle simmered. By the time Jas and Tas were teenagers, they were sick of it. On January 13, 2014. Nikki Whitehead was murdered, and police began to investigate her own daughters as suspects.
While we're on a short holiday break, enjoy an episode from one of our favorites, Lagim: A Filipino True Crime Podcast. This episode covers the murder of Caroline Crouch, a Greek student of Filipino and British descent, who was found dead in her home in an Athens suburb in May of 2021.
On Wednesday, police responded to a call of two people shot to death in the Navajo reservation town of Kaibeto in Arizona. Both had died from gunshot wounds. Lydia Carol King, the wife and mother of the victims, now faces federal charges.
It was a day that changed American media forever. On August 20, 1989, the Menendez Brothers killed their parents, and in the years to come American culture was overtaken with the facts and questions surrounding the case. Even to this day, the public continues to be enraptured by this story of high class and family abuse.
An Irvine, California dermatologist was arrested last week for allegedly poisoning her husband over the past ten years with Drano, causing numerous internal health problems. According to the Irvine Police Department, her husband has video evidence of Yue Yu (45) pouring the liquid into his drinks on three different occasions in July.
A man from Dumont, New Jersey was arrested Sunday after murdering his mother with a fire poker. Patrick Maupai called 911 late Saturday night and admitted to attacking his mother.
A Clearwater Florida man was arrested last Saturday after being found and admitting to brutally murdering his mother in his apartment. The man admitted to plotting his mother’s death for over a year before enacting it this past weekend.
Police investigation of the murder-suicide on Sunday revealed that the dispute had arisen over a Boca Raton vacation home, which the killer had not been invited to.
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.
Two siblings were sentenced to jail last Thursday for their role in the murder of 19-year-old Frank McAlister in 1993 from Shasta County, California. The Shasta County Superior Court charged Curtis and Shanna Culver with voluntary manslaughter, robbery, and multiple assault charges.
18-year-old Megan Joyce Imirowicz of Michigan is now facing a murder charge after throwing chemicals at her father last October, leading to his death this earlier this month.
Two Omaha parents have been charged with intentional child abuse after the father, 23-year-old Theodor Hurt allegedly threw their eight month old girl across a room and into a wall causing a skull fracture. The baby’s mother, 24-year-old Dakota Vick, allegedly witnessed this event.
A Davison man who was convicted of killing his wife by putting heroin in her cereal has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Jason Harris, 47, of Davison, was found guilty on Nov. 17 of first-degree premeditated murder, solicitation of murder and delivery of a controlled substance causing death.
Christina Ann Thompson Harris, 36, died in September 2014. Officials said Harris prepared a bowl of cereal for his wife and laced it with a lethal dose of heroin. Her sisters never stopped fighting for justice.
A man who stabbed his new girlfriend more than 50 times has been convicted of her murder and his mother found guilty of helping him cover it up.
Ian Bennett, 38, of Moordown Avenue, Solihull, faced a 16-day trial at Birmingham Crown Court over the death of Kerry Woolley.
His mother, Lynda Bennett, 63, of the same address, was convicted of assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice.
More than two decades ago, "48 Hours" contributor Troy Roberts reported on the heart-wrenching story of a 9-year-old Russian girl who was adopted by an American couple. They called the little girl Caralee, and their lives together started with promise. But a year-and-a-half later, the couple came to believe Caralee was dangerous, even capable of murder. They say she tried to kill her little brother.
While reviewing dozens of cases in 2019, the cold case unit noticed that the conch, according to autopsy photos, had likely made contact with Moniz’s face and her killer would have had to place his fingers inside the shell to “strike the victim with extreme force.”
Authorities tested that area and got the full DNA profile, which belonged to Reed. DNA from Reed’s family was also found, using samples from under Moniz’s fingernails.
A teenager beheaded his pregnant sister with the help of their mother in a case of alleged honour killing in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district.
An Exmore man, who is accused of murdering his mother and a local fire medic at a July party and then shooting at his sister and causing her to run for her life, entered pleas of not guilty Thursday in Accomack Circuit Court to a dozen charges surrounding the case.
Mark and Debby Constantino were the superstars of the paranormal community until 2015 when they were killed in a double-murder suicide event that had friends and fans shook. It wasn't public knowledge prior to their deaths, but the pair had a tumultuous relationship.
You probably know Sarah Turney from Tiktok -- she's the one whose sister Alissa was murdered by her father back in 2004, and she risked it all to bring attention to her sister's case and went viral in the process -- which is just what it took to get an arrest in the case.
