Alex Stone

A Pennsylvania man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to horrific acts of abuse, and ultimately, the murder of his 12-year-old daughter. The investigation began in May 2024, when police responded to a 911 call about an unconscious child. When emergency services arrived at the scene, they found the […]

A student from the University of Michigan has been found dead nearly 24 hours after going missing in freezing conditions. The last time Lucas Mattson was seen alive, he was leaving a fraternity party around 1 a.m. on Friday, January 23. He was said to be wearing only a T-shirt and jeans and no coat […]

Police in Georgia have identified an animal cruelty suspect after two dogs were found strangled to death in a parking garage last year. According to authorities, a man walking a pair of dogs was caught on security cameras entering a parking garage near 16th St. NW in Atlanta, Georgia, in July 2025. Around 20 minutes […]

A convicted murderer from Texas shared his final words with the families of his victims shortly before his execution. On Wednesday, January 28, Charles Victor Thompson — who was sentenced to death in connection with the April 1998 deaths of his former girlfriend Glenda Hayslip and her then-boyfriend, Darren Cain — died by lethal injection […]

A tech CEO has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder with aggravating circumstances in connection with the death of his estranged wife. Gordon Abas Goodarzi, president of Magmotor Technologies, was arrested on Friday, January 23, at his Rolling Hills Estates home in Los Angeles County after a coroner determined that his wife, Aryan Papoli, […]

A Wisconsin woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly set fire to her father’s home with him inside. Laquita Spears allegedly used a lighter and “charcoal fluid” to set the flames intentionally, which later spread to other apartments which housed a number of “elderly people” with a “large majority of those being disabled,” according […]

A Texas social media influencer has been placed on a heightened supervision status in jail after being accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl on video. Kandy Red Bread — real name Victor L. Corey Paillet III — was arrested on January 16 and charged with promotion of child pornography and aggravated sexual assault […]

A North Dakota man has been charged after a domestic dispute allegedly turned violent. Earlier this week, authorities in Fargo responded to a call from a woman who claimed she’d been stabbed. Police arrived at the apartment around 8:26 p.m. at night. Officers observed there were two circular cuts near her elbow, as well as […]

A 19-year-old is in police custody after he allegedly stabbed his own father to death at their shared home. On Wednesday, January 21, police were called to a neighborhood in Mobile, Alabama, where they found Mark Prince dead in the front yard. He had reportedly been stabbed multiple times, per CBS affiliate WKRG. It is […]

A former police officer was found not guilty of child endangerment after being accused of failing to take the appropriate action to protect the victims in a horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead in May 2022. Us Weekly rounded up everything to know about the ex law enforcement […]

A former MMA fighter pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the death of his 5-year-old daughter. On Friday, January 23, Robert Buskey Jr. admitted in court that he acted with “depraved indifference to human life” and engaged in reckless behavior that caused his child’s death, according to Daily Voice, a local news source […]

Melissa Gilbert plans to continue to support her husband, Timothy Busfield, in court as he faces child sex abuse charges. The Little House on the Prairie alum, 61, already appeared in the courtroom audience earlier this week during a hearing to determine if her husband would stay in jail while awaiting trial. Gilbert could be […]

UPDATE — 1/22/26 at 11:58 a.m. ET: After seven hours of deliberations, a Texas jury acquitted former Uvalde police officer Adrian Gonzales on 29 counts of child endangerment for his response to the Robb Elementary shooting in May 2022. Gonzales was among the first officers to respond to the mass shooting that claimed the lives […]

A Louisiana couple has been arrested on suspicions of neglect and cruelty to a minor after the death of their severely malnourished child. On January 1, authorities responded to a medical crisis call involving a juvenile at around 9 p.m. at a gas station in Geismar, Louisiana, according to a press release shared via Facebook […]

A Las Vegas man is facing a first-degree murder charge after months of disputes between him and his landlord allegedly resulted in a fatal altercation. Alexander Johnson, 26, was arrested on Wednesday, January 14, after allegedly shooting Kenneth Lehman, 55, last August. At the time, he told police that his landlord — who was also […]

Nearly three years ago, 31-year-old Christy Bautista tragically lost her life in a brutal attack while attempting to order pizza at the Ivy City Hotel. Now, her murderer has been sentenced to serve 40 years in prison for his crimes. Originally from Virginia, Bautista had traveled to Washington, D.C., to see a concert in the […]

Melissa Gilbert may be asked to appear in court at husband Timothy Busfield’s upcoming hearing. The Little House on the Prairie alum, 61, was listed as a potential defense witness for a pretrial detention hearing scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, in court documents obtained by Us Weekly. Busfield, 68, has been accused of inappropriately touching […]

Elizabeth Smart is revealing the onslaught of emotions she felt after she was rescued from her kidnapper following nine months of captivity and sexual assault. More than two decades ago, Smart, now 38, was abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Brian David Mitchell when she was only 14 years old. With […]

Timothy Busfield‘s mother-in-law, Barbara Cowan, defended his character while comparing him to her “real son” as he faces allegations of child sex abuse. “I could not love and respect him more if I had carried him as my own,” she wrote in a letter to the judge overseeing the case against Busfield, according to court […]

A couple has been arrested and charged after authorities allegedly found a 1-year-old baby and an elderly man living in “deplorable” conditions inside a roach-and-mold-infested Florida home. Authorities first became aware of the situation when a welfare check was called on the 81-year-old man living in at the property of Nikolas Anthony Cummings and Tashaye […]

As Timothy Busfield faces charges of alleged child sex abuse, Melissa Gilbert’s youngest son, Michael Boxleitner, called his stepfather a “hero” in a character letter written to a judge. Michael, 30 —  son of the Little House on the Prairie alum, 61, and actor Bruce Boxleitner — found himself “overwhelmed with emotion” and “flooded with […]