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According to People, Theresa Cain, 46, fatally shot her husband, Steven Cain, their son Ethan Cain and her father, William Felton, in an apparent murder-suicide. Theresa Cain also shot and critically injured her 20-year-old daughter, Samantha. The attack occurred on Monday, Feb. 27, in the family’s Ohio Township home.
The young boy, unnamed in the press, is recovering in the hospital. The gunman has not been apprehended, but police have been given a lead by an eyewitness.
Two years after an attack left her unresponsive, Wanda Palmer was able to name her attacker. Jackson County police arrested Daniel Palmer on Friday for the attempted murder of his sister.
True crime has grown into a huge community and genre of fans over the years, and yet it still faces criticism and judgment from those on the outside who question how it can even be enjoyable. So the question persists: why do we like true crime?
It was about 2:00 a.m. on November 3, 1984, when 17-year-old Lisa McVey was kidnapped on her bike ride home after a double shift at a Krispy Kreme in Tampa, Florida. The culprit was Robert Joseph “Bobby Joe” Long, “The Classified Ad Rapist,” turned serial killer. For 26 hours, McVey was repeatedly abused, until she talked him into letting her go.
Long distance partners Claudia Brenner and Rebecca Wight met up for a romantic weekend of camping and hiking around the Appalachian Trail in the spring of 1988. At the time, they felt like they might spend the rest of their lives together. However, their time was cut short when Rebecca and Claudia were attacked by a stranger in the woods 34 years ago today.
After 7 long years with his captor, 14-year-old Steven Stayner escaped. He and another survivor, 5-year-old Timmy White showed up to the Ukiah Police Department hand-in-hand, 42 years ago this week. Steven wouldn't have escaped on his own, as he had been brainwashed to believe his captor had obtained legal custody of him. He just had to save Timmy from going through the kind of abuse he had been subjected to.
Simone Hughes, 47, of Milwaukee, has been arrested after an eight-hour long standoff with police in sub-zero temperatures. Hughes was wanted in Milwaukee on charges of first-degree intentional homicide for the shooting death of his girlfriend, 41-year-old Quinette Walters. He also shot their 14-year-old daughter as she ran away, but she survived.
OXYGEN - The organization and hundreds of women who claim they were abused by the former national team doctor or others affiliated with the national governing body filed a joint settlement proposal Tuesday.
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.
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.
Kathy Kleiner was just 20 years old when the infamous Ted Bundy entered through the back door of her sorority house at FSU armed with a piece of firewood he had found outside. Bundy had just escaped from jail for the second time when he committed the brutal attack on the Chi Omega house. Though Kathy and her roommate survived, their lives were forever changed, and this assault went down in history as the one with the bite mark evidence that helped convict Ted Bundy.
Victoria Roland opened up to MMN about her experience as a trafficking survivor, how she managed to escape, and how she turned this terrible situation into motivation to help other survivors on their journey. As well, she clears up some misconceptions about trafficking, and what a trafficking situation really looks like.
Egypt Covington was bound with string lights and shot to death in her apartment back in 2017. Her family fought tirelessly for answers.
Last Sunday, serial killer Joseph Duncan died of brain cancer while awaiting execution in Indiana.
Authorities charged a mother of a 3-year-old girl in Maryland with attempted murder for allegedly slashing the girl's neck with a pair of scissors Saturday. Then, Anne Akers, 28, tried to do the same to herself.
