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Katherine Schaffstall

Katherine Schaffstall is a Senior Writer, True Crime for Us Weekly and joined the team in December 2025. She previously worked at McClatchy with the In Touch and Life & Style team as an Associate Editor, where she covered all things entertainment, reality TV, pop culture and true crime. Katherine has also written for publications including The Hollywood Reporter, The Sun and Parade. Originally from Buffalo, New York, she moved to New York City in 2014 to attend Marymount Manhattan College. She was a double major in Digital Journalism and Communication Arts and graduated in 2018. Katherine is currently based in New York City.

Luigi Mangiones Guilty Plea

Luigi Mangione's Guilty Plea in Federal Case and More Top Us Stories

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on August 14, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to two federal counts of interstate stalking resulting in death, confessing in a Manhattan federal courtroom that he traveled to New York with the intent to […]

Mom Arrested After Son With Autism, 6, Jumped Out of Window While He Had Cocaine in His System

Mom Arrested After Son Jumped Out of Window, Tested Positive for Cocaine

A mother in West Virginia was arrested after her 6-year-old son with autism jumped from a second-story window out of their apartment, and he later tested positive for cocaine. Stevie Thibodeaux was arrested following the incident that took place on Monday, August 10, at the Unity Terrace Apartments in Fairmont, according to WDTV. Thibodeaux, 30, […]

Florida Woman Fatally Shot Her Mom and 2 Young Daughters After She Found Porn on Her Husband's Phone

Florida Woman Shot Her Mom, 2 Daughters After She Found Porn on Husband's Phone

A Florida woman fatally shot her mother and two of her children in a murder-suicide after she got into an argument with her husband over porn that she found on his phone. Plant City Police Chief Richard Mills shared an update about the murder-suicide, which happened on May 3, during a press conference on Thursday, […]

Why Did Luigi Mangione Kill Brian Thompson? Motive Revealed After He Pled Guilty to Federal Charges

Why Did Luigi Mangione Kill Brian Thompson? His Motive Revealed

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges on August 14, 2026, and revealed his motive for shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk in December 2024. Mangione entered the plea while appearing in court at the 40 Foley Square courthouse in New York City, where he was facing two federal counts […]

Where Is A Child of My Own Subject Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza Today

Where Is 'A Child of My Own' Subject Eleonor Alejandra Marin Mendoza Today?

Netflix’s August 2026 documentary A Child of My Own breaks down the story of Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza, who faked her pregnancy and kidnapped a baby from the hospital. While Mendoza claimed that she made an arrangement with the baby’s birthmother, Mayra Navarro, to raise the child as her own, Navarro insisted she never made […]

Florida Mom Arrested After Her Son, 4, Fatally Shot His Sister, 5, After Finding Her Loaded Gun

Mom Arrested After Son, 4, Fatally Shot Sister, 5, After Finding Loaded Gun

A Florida mom was arrested after her 4-year-old son got hold of her loaded gun and shot his 5-year-old sister while she was sleeping. Ashley Marie Hosendove was charged with aggravated manslaughter and culpable negligence following the death of her daughter, Ja’nova Raylani, in Florida City. Authorities reported to her home shortly before 2 a.m. […]

Wife Planned to Leave Husband Before He Stabbed Her andTheir Daughter in Murder-Suicide, Texts Reveal

Wife Planned to Leave Husband Before Stabbing Her, Daughter in Murder-Suicide

Newly released text messages revealed a couple’s marital problems before the man stabbed his wife and daughter at their Minnesota daycare in a murder-suicide, and it was also revealed that he stabbed his mother prior to his death. After reports of the stabbings were released, Nathan Brown was identified as the suspect. His wife, Kristen […]

Kristopher Karolkiewicz Bought Gun 8 Days Before He Killed Wife and 6 Kids in Murder-Suicide

Kristopher Karolkiewicz Bought Gun 8 Days Before Family's Murder-Suicide

Police revealed that Kristopher Karolkiewicz bought a gun just over one week before he killed his wife, Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz, their six kids and himself in a murder-suicide. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said that Kristopher, 47, purchased a 9 mm handgun eight days before the tragic events occurred on July 24, according to WOOD […]

Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty in Federal Case After Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Killing Brian Thompson in Federal Case

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty after he was accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, 28, entered the plea while appearing in court at the 40 Foley Square courthouse in New York City on Friday, August 14. He was facing two federal counts of interstate stalking resulting in death. After Mangione’s lawyers told Judge Margaret […]

Lindsay Clancy Phone Search History Revealed by Detective

Lindsay Clancy Looked Up Treatment for a 'Sociopath' in Her Search History

Lindsay Clancy’s search history was discussed during her murder trial, and it was revealed she looked up “can you treat a sociopath” before she killed her three kids. During the trial on Thursday, August 13, Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Timothy Chiappini took the witness stand after he was tasked to extract data from Clancy’s phone. […]

What Was Chris Watts' Sentence After He Pleaded Guilty to Killing Pregnant Wife and 2 Kids?

What Was Chris Watts' Sentence After He Admitted to Killing Wife and 2 Kids?

Chris Watts is serving five consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to murdering his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and their two young daughters in one of the most shocking family killings in recent memory. The Colorado father entered his plea in November 2018, just months after the bodies of Shanann and daughters Bella and Celeste […]

Preschool Worker Arrested After Allegedly Dropping Child, 2, and Pushing His Head Into Pillow

Preschool Worker Arrested After Dropping Child, Pushing His Head Into Pillow

A former preschool worker in Pennsylvania was arrested for recklessly treating a child and injuring him after she allegedly dropped the crying 2-year-old boy on a mat and pushed his head into a pillow. Erin Burke was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and simple assault following the alleged incident that took place […]

Is A Child of My Own a True Story

Is 'A Child of My Own' a True Story? Inside Netflix's Kidnapping Documentary

Netflix’s August 2026 true crime documentary A Child of My Own begins as a scripted telenovela before it transitions to a more traditional documentary-styled film. Throughout the film, viewers watch Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza fake her pregnancy until she’s accused of stealing a newborn baby at a hospital in Mexico City. In light of the […]

Sheriff Says Man Accused of Killing Parents Should Have Been in Jail Before Murder-Suicide

Man Accused of Killing Parents Should Have Been in Jail Before Murder-Suicide

After Justin Sislo was accused of killing his parents in an apparent murder-suicide a sheriff revealed that he never should have been let out of jail due to his history of legal troubles. As Us previously reported, authorities believe Sislo, 35, killed his parents in Madison, New York, before he died by suicide on Friday, […]

Florida Dad Killed While Trying to Break Up a Fight After He Dropped Daughter, 10, Off at School

Dad Killed While Trying to Break Up a Fight After Daughter's School Drop Off

A father in Florida was shot and killed when he tried to stop a fight after he dropped his daughter off for her first day back at school. After Daryl Hill took his 10-year-old daughter to Wolf Lake Elementary School on the morning of Tuesday, August 11, he was riding a bicycle near the city […]

Lindsay Clancy Trial Brought to Standstill as She Breaks Down Amid Autopsy Testimony

Lindsay Clancy's Trial Brought to Standstill as She Breaks Down Amid Testimony

Lindsay Clancy’s trial was brought to a standstill when she broke down in tears during an autopsy testimony and said, “I can’t do this.” The trial was recessed two times on Wednesday, August 12, after Clancy, 36, got emotional as two medical examiners testified after they performed autopsies on her kids Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, […]

Nick Reiner Murder Indictment Perez Hilton Lawyer Addresses Custody Update and More Top Stories

Nick Reiner's Murder Indictment, Perez Hilton Update and More Top Stories

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on August 11, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Nick Reiner was indicted for the first-degree murders of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, nearly eight months after they were found fatally stabbed in their Brentwood home. […]

Who Is Chris Watts' Girlfriend Lizzie Henderson? Inside Relationship After He Killed Wife, Daughters

Who Is Chris Watts' Girlfriend Lizzie Henderson? Inside Prison Relationship

Chris Watts found love behind bars while serving five consecutive life sentences after he admitted to killing his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and their two daughters in 2018. Chris’ new girlfriend, Lizzie Henderson, revealed their romance in August 2026, and shared that things are so serious between them that they’re planning to wed in a […]

Man Stabbed Woman and Their Child Outside of Minnesota Daycare in Suspected Murder-Suicide

Man Stabbed Woman, Their Child Outside of Minnesota Daycare in Murder-Suicide

A dad reportedly killed a woman and their child before he died by suicide in a suspected murder-suicide that took place outside of a Minnesota daycare. Police responded to Brown Bear Daycare in Hopkins, Minnesota, around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, August 12, after they received reports of a stabbing, according to CBS News. Authorities said […]

Chris Watts Has a New Girlfriend, Plans to Marry Her 8 Years After Killing His Pregnant Wife and Kids

Chris Watts Has a New Girlfriend 8 Years After Killing His Wife and Kids

Eight years after Chris Watts killed pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their two daughters, he has reportedly found love again while serving a life sentence in prison. Chris, 41, is now in a relationship with Lizzie Henderson, according to the Daily Mail. The pair are said to be so serious that Henderson, 38, has relocated […]

Family Locked Niece 12 in Dog Cage Shut With Pad Locks for Up to 2 Years Before She Escaped

Family Locked Niece, 12, in Dog Cage for Up to 2 Years Before She Escaped

Four family members in Missouri were arrested after they were accused of keeping a 12-year-old girl with special needs in a dog cage that was kept shut with pad locks, and it’s believed she was held there for up to two years before she managed to run away. Shane Ross, Crystal Ross, Hannah Ross and […]

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