Julia Marnin

An emergency alert sent from a kidnapping victim’s Apple Watch led authorities to their alleged abductors after what prosecutors said was a “targeted attack.” The Dover Police Department in New Jersey received the “emergency SOS” from a local resident’s Apple watch the morning of Thursday, March 19, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. When […]

Tennessee’s sole female death row inmate, Christa Pike, is set to be the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years. Her execution is scheduled for September 30, 2026 — more than 30 years after authorities said Pike, then 18, violently killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. […]

A Texas woman crashed her car into a home and injured multiple people, including a woman and a child who later died of their injuries, according to police. Gracie Yates was driving in Stephenville on the morning of Sunday, March 22, when her car veered off the road and collided with a home located near […]

A San Francisco judge sentenced a woman accused of killing a family of four at a city bus stop to probation two years after the deadly collision happened. Mary Fong Lau, 80, previously pleaded no contest in connection with the March 16, 2024, crash that killed Matilde Pinto, her husband, Diego Cardoso de Oliveira, and […]

A body found below a man’s garage floor is believed to be Jill Kloppenburg, a missing Massachusetts woman who vanished last year, authorities said. Kloppenburg, 47, was last seen leaving her home in Lowell — where she was temporarily living with roommates — on January 2, 2025, according to the FBI. She was later reported […]

A body found without a head or hands along a New York road nearly 56 years ago has been positively identified as a Pennsylvania man, authorities have announced. The man’s identity remained a mystery in the decades following the discovery of his body on Davis Hill Road in Andover on March 20, 1970, according to […]

An 18-year-old was arrested in Florida after he allegedly beat and raped a woman who had been panhandling, according to authorities. Jamarcus Giscombe was arrested March 6 on charges of false imprisonment, sexual battery with a deadly weapon or physical force and aggravated battery involving great bodily harm in connection with the assault, court records […]

A man accused of killing his father, a deacon at a Catholic church in Nebraska, allegedly tried to flee police to avoid being caught, authorities said. Martin Zak was arrested on Thursday, March 12, on charges of criminal homicide, felony flight to avoid arrest and felony theft in connection with the death of John Zak, […]

Homicide by child abuse charges have been filed against the parents of a 2-month-old girl who was found unresponsive inside a South Carolina home and allegedly died from severe abuse. Following a 911 call about the infant that was made at around 1:11 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, deputies and other first responders visited a […]

Two parents are “criminally responsible” for a California house fire that killed two of their children and several of their pets in December, authorities said. Stacey Hales and Adam Keenan have been arrested in connection with the deadly December 20 blaze at their mobile home in Murrieta, where first responders also found a carport, three […]

A Michigan woman accused of dealing drugs has permanently lost ownership of 24 animals — dogs, puppies and turtles — kept in “deplorable conditions” at her home, according to authorities and news reports. Michelle Reyntiens, of Warren, was arrested last month on charges of possession of a controlled substance and animal cruelty involving 10 or […]

A Florida high school teacher was arrested over a hit-and-run crash that happened in December, when he allegedly crashed into a 15-year-old student and fled the scene, according to authorities and news reports. Benjamin Fottler, a teacher at Winter Park High School in Winter Park, is facing charges including leaving the scene of a crash […]

A Florida deputy was arrested after authorities said he accessed law enforcement databases to locate a woman he met while working a security job on the set of “Bad Monkey,” a TV show featuring actor Vince Vaughn. The now-former Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy, Lamar Eliseo Roman, was fired in addition to his arrest on […]

A Massachusetts high school student has been charged with a woman’s murder after authorities said he was seen walking down a street holding a knife that appeared to be stained with blood. Anthony DeMayo, a senior who attends Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody, is accused of killing Janet Swallow at her home in Danvers […]

A Washington man accused of killing two women at a bar and grill in 2023 has been captured in Mexico after authorities said he fled his home state and the U.S. following the murders. Samuel Ramirez Jr., was arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, on Tuesday, March 10, about one hour and 13 minutes after he […]

A Maine man accused of shooting his girlfriend twice in the chest at his condo, killing her, has been charged with her murder, according to police and news reports. Austin Doucette, of Carrabassett Valley, was arrested after a 911 call came in on Sunday, March 8, about the shooting of Makayla Rose Desantis, who died […]

Authorities now believe an Alabama family missing for more than a month is dead after finding three bodies buried in a town about 50 miles away. The bodies suspected to be Aurelia Choc Cac and her two children, Niurika Zuleta Choc and Anthony Garcia Choc, were found in Summerdale in Baldwin County the afternoon of […]

Authorities found 37 missing minors, including teens who were victims of sex trafficking and sexual assault, during a weeklong law enforcement operation launched in Southern California, according to officials. The initiative “Operation Safe Return” led by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force and the U.S. Marshals Service resulted in the rescues of 37 […]

A shooting suspect accused of crashing into a Jewish synagogue is now dead in Michigan, according to authorities and news reports. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reported law enforcement responded to an “active shooter” at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield the afternoon of Tuesday, March 12, when a suspect “entered” the building with a vehicle. […]

A Florida woman accused of trying to kill her sister by shooting her at “close range” during an argument was seen smiling in her mugshot following her arrest. Magdalena Dybkowska, of North Lauderdale, was arrested on Monday, March 9, on charges including attempted felony murder and resisting an officer, court records viewed by Us Weekly […]

An Iowa woman is accused of lacing a lasagna that was delivered to a pregnant woman and her family as part of an alleged plot to cause a miscarriage, according to authorities. The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office identified Amber Dena Snow, 36, as one of two co-conspirators who allegedly laced the pasta with oxycodone, a […]