Julia Marnin

An 83-year-old Wisconsin man was criminally charged in the death of his girlfriend, who he allegedly left outside by the front porch of their home for at least a week while she badly deteriorated, according to reports. Richard Engberg, of Ellison Bay, is facing one count of recklessly subjecting an individual at risk to abuse […]

A man accused of fatally shooting his wife at their Virginia home fled the state, prompting a manhunt spanning two other states. Roger Paul Bradford phoned a family member following the killing and confessed that he shot Lisa E. Bradford, on Tuesday, September 22, according to Loudoun County Sheriff Michael L. Chapman, per the Loudoun […]

A former New York teacher faces prison time after prosecutors said he posed as a teenager on Snapchat to solicit nude photos from underage girls and shared child sexual abuse material online. Ryan McCaffery pleaded guilty on Monday, September 21, to two counts of disseminating indecent material to minors as a sexually motivated felony, as […]

A man was handed a 25-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to stabbing his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend to death outside of a Long Island, New York, yacht club. Victor Panebianco, of North Carolina, allegedly killed Christopher Millwater at the Stony Brook Yacht Club as part of what prosecutors have described as a love triangle involving […]

An Indiana man has been charged with raping and killing a 20-year-old a woman more than 24 years after he had taken her for a swim at a Pennsylvania swimming hole. David Heck was charged on Monday, September 21, with murder, rape and kidnapping offenses in the 2002 death of Sabrina Kahler in Erie County, […]

A now former Wendy’s manager was charged with false imprisonment in Tennessee after police said she tied a coworker to a grill as part of an apparent TikTok prank. Michiko Burton was arrested on Thursday, September 17, in connection with the incident at a Wendy’s in Murfreesboro last month, the Murfreesboro Police Department said in […]

A man is facing several charges in the death of a 39-year-old woman, who he fatally shot while mistaking her for a deer in a Delaware field, according to police. Walter Moorhead, of Salisbury, Maryland, was charged with manslaughter and other offenses after he took aim at the woman in Ellendale the evening of Friday, […]

A Connecticut man is accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old boy from a bus stop after arguing with the boy’s mother, according to authorities, who said he threatened to kill her and the child if she called the police. Christopher Rodriguez has been arrested on charges of first-degree kidnapping, risk of injury to a minor, two […]

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to prison in connection with the death of a missing person after 106 bones were discovered across multiple properties in 2020. Michael A. Zappley, of Westville, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday, September 18, over the killing of Miguel Martinez III, according to a Monday, […]

A woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2024 fatal shooting of a fast food employee that allegedly occurred over a drive-thru order. Monica Williams pleaded guilty on Friday, September 18, to second-degree murder in the death of Anitra West, who was killed outside of a Church’s Texas Chicken in Memphis in […]

An 83-year-old man has been arrested in the murder of his former roommate more than 31 years after the man’s mysterious disappearance in Wisconsin. The major development in the cold case investigation into James “Jim” Ruland’s 1995 killing occurred Friday, September 18, when deputies arrested Jerome Baier near Spencer, Wisconsin, according to a news release […]

A man was allegedly motivated by jealousy when he fatally beat a 2-month-old twin girl before blaming her death on his autistic son, according to reports. Demetrius Beatty, of Washington, D.C., has been charged with first-degree felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children in connection with the August 16 incident, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]

A Florida woman is accused of trying to kill her two autistic sons by overdosing them on medication. Marilyn Elise Therrell also tried to die by suicide by taking medication during the September 8 incident, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said, WOFL-TV reported. Therrell, 68, of Kissimmee, was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree […]

A woman and her two young grandchildren were found dead in a submerged car near a Maine boat ramp after they left a family gathering, authorities said. Now, Maine State Police is investigating the circumstances surrounding their deaths. The woman, Sharon Bukulmez, was last seen with her granddaughter, 5-year-old Kinsley Grubb and 3-year-old grandson, Sawyer […]

A husband and wife are accused of running a “busy” brothel out of their Northern California day spa, where sexual services were offered to “sex buyers” every day, according to prosecutors. A human trafficking investigation revealed the San Jose couple, Lin Wang, 46, and Xian Wang, 48, have made about $700,000 each year with their […]

A woman pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in her 3-year-old nephew’s death after prosecutors said she killed the boy by shoving him off Chicago’s Navy Pier and into Lake Michigan. Victoria Moreno, 38, allegedly watched Josiah Bell Brown sink after pushing him into the lake on September 19, 2022, the Chicago-Sun Times reported. The boy, […]

Deputies discovered a man allegedly murdered his mother after they were called to a burglary in upstate New York. Joseph A. Petrella was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Amy M. Hogan, according to a Tuesday, September 15, news release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. He’s also charged with second-degree larceny and […]

Authorities in Maine shared that they are still searching for Stefanie Damron two years after the teen walked into the woods and mysteriously vanished at the age of 13. Her disappearance has been deeply unsettling for her family and their town of New Sweden, where residents have become fearful for their own children’s safety, according […]

More than three decades after a 10-year-old Maryland boy disappeared while riding his bike, a man who lived in his neighborhood has been charged with his murder. George Burdynski Jr., who was “affectionately known as ‘Junior,’” vanished in Brentwood on May 24, 1993, the Prince George’s County Police Department noted in a news release on […]

An Oregon man is prison-bound after prosecutors said he stabbed a romantic rival in the heart during a fatal attack that was “motivated by jealousy.” Eliazar Martinez-Rodriguez, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday, September 15, to 19 years and two months in prison for killing Jefferson Smith Cates in 2024, according to the Clackamas County District […]

A registered nurse was sentenced after being convicted of stealing morphine meant for her 10-year-old patient who was in pain following open heart surgery, prosecutors said. Kaitlyn Elizabeth Chalmers pleaded guilty to obtaining morphine by fraud on June 20 in connection with the drug diversion from the child at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s […]