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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.

Alan Cumming Reveals Advice for Parker Posey Ahead of Her Hosting Debut: 'Have a Character'

Alan Cumming Reveals Advice for Parker Posey Ahead of Her Hosting Debut

Alan Cumming has become an expert host on shows like The Killer Among Us and The Traitors, and he revealed the advice he gave to good friend Parker Posey amid her own reality TV hosting debut exclusively to Us Weekly. “We talked before she left [for Italy] and she called me from there,” Cumming, 61, […]

Christian School Kindergarten Teacher Arrested After Sexual Relationship With Teen Student

Christian School Teacher Arrested After Sexual Relationship With Teen

A Christian school kindergarten teacher in Indiana admitted to having sex with a teenager on several occasions, including on school grounds and at the teen girl’s house. Torrie Lemon pleaded guilty to one count of child seduction as a Level 5 felony on Thursday, May 14, and was sentenced to serve 40 days in jail, […]

Wade Wilson 2 Handsome Devil

Wade Wilson Admitted to Killing 2 Women: Everything to Know About the Case

Wade Wilson, the convicted murderer who became a viral social media fixation as the “Deadpool Killer,” is back in the spotlight after his crimes were documented in Paramount+’s Handsome Devil: Charming Killer and Netflix’s Worst Ex Ever. Wilson was found guilty in June 2024 of murdering Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral, Florida, […]

Florida Couple Allegedly Beat Up a Mom

Couple Beat Up a Mom Because They Didn't Like How She Disciplined Her Child

A couple in Florida has been arrested after they allegedly beat up a mother because they didn’t like how she disciplined her child in public. The mother told police that her 4-year-old son was misbehaving at the time of the incident and he spit in her face, according to arrest reports viewed by Us Weekly. […]

5 People Arrested After Missing Missouri Teen Was Allegedly Kidnapped, Beaten and Fatally Shot

5 People Arrested After Missing Teen Was Kidnapped, Beaten and Fatally Shot

Five people have been arrested after a teenage girl in Missouri was allegedly kidnapped, beaten and fatally shot. Hunter Ames, Christopher Hull and Alayna Mason have each been charged with kidnapping in connection with the death of Kayla Huff, according to court records. Meanwhile, Julian L. Mason has been charged with a felony count of […]

Toddler Seen Running From Wrecked Car After Chase With Arkansas Police Chase Ends in Crash

Toddler Seen Running From Wrecked Car After Police Chase Ends in Crash

A car chase that involved the Arkansas State Police ended in a crash, and footage captured a shocking moment when a small child emerged from the wrecked car and ran toward officers. Dash cam footage documented the chase that took place in Joiner, Arkansas, on May 2, and showed a Dodge Charger refusing to pull […]

What Did Richard Glossip Do? Former Death Row Inmate Released on Bond Paid by Kim Kardashian

What Did Richard Glossip Do? Former Death Row Inmate Released on Bond

After spending nearly three decades on death row, Richard Glossip was released on bond as he awaits a retrial in the 1997 killing of his boss, Barry Van Treese. The case has drawn national attention, with Kim Kardashian paying for his release. In light of his release, Us Weekly breaks down what Glossip has been […]

'The Killer Among Us' Host Alan Cumming Reveals the Story That Introduced Him to True Crime

Killer Among Us' Alan Cumming Reveals Story That Introduced Him to True Crime

While Alan Cumming is about to share deeper looks into several true crime stories on The Killer Among Us, he exclusively revealed to Us Weekly which true crime story first piqued his interest during his childhood. After Cumming, 61, was asked if true crime was a popular topic during his childhood in Scotland, he told […]

Alabama Man Arrested and Charged With Manslaughter 2 Months After Allegedly Shooting Son's Girlfriend

Alabama Man Arrested 2 Months After Allegedly Shooting Son's Girlfriend

An Alabama man has been arrested after he was accused of shooting his son’s girlfriend. Jeffrey Scott Towers was arrested on Monday, May 11, on a warrant and charged with manslaughter, the Trussville Police Department announced in a statement. Towers, 54, was arrested two months after the Trussville Police officers responded to a home after […]

Missing Teen's Body Identified After Being Found Dismembered and Burned in Alabama Woods

Missing Teen Found Dismembered in Woods After His Body Was Set on Fire

A family’s worst nightmare came true when a missing teenager in Alabama was found dismembered in the woods after his body was set on fire. The Eufaula Alabama Police Department said in a statement that Markavious “Mark” Rumph was reported missing after he was last seen at a gas station Eufaula, Alabama, on May 6. […]

Author Kouri Richins Killed Husband in 2022 Everything to Know

Author Kouri Richins Found Guilty of Killing Husband: Everything to Know

Children’s book author Kouri Richins built a public identity around grief — penning a heartfelt picture book to help her three young sons process the loss of their father. But a Utah jury has now decided that the very tragedy she chronicled was one she orchestrated herself. Richins was convicted in March 2026 of fatally […]

Couple Allegedly Confined Adopted Children in Dog Cages and Made Them Wear Homemade Straitjacket

Couple Arrested for Abuse After Confining Adopted Children in Dog Cages

A Michigan couple has been arrested after they allegedly confined their adopted children in dog cages and made them wear a homemade straitjacket. The Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office announced in a news release that Jessica Klimp pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree child abuse involving two of her adopted children on […]

North Carolina Teacher Arrested for Sexual Assault That Allegedly Dates Back to 2005

Teacher Arrested for Sexual Assault That Allegedly Took Place in 2005

A North Carolina teacher has been arrested after he allegedly sexually abused children more than two decades ago beginning in 2005. Steven Robert Kohls has been charged with eight counts of sexual activity by a custodian, three counts of sex offense in a parental role and two counts of statutory sex offense of a child […]

Streamer ‘Chud the Builder’ Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting Outside Tennessee Court

Streamer ‘Chud the Builder’ Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting

Dalton Eatherly, known by his streamer name “Chud the Builder,” has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot someone who confronted him outside of a courthouse in Tennessee. District Attorney Robert J. Nash said that Eatherly, 28, shot an unidentified man during a fight that took place outside of the courthouse in Clarksville […]

Kouri Richins Sentenced to Life Without Parole

Author Kouri Richins Sentenced to Life Without Parole After Husband's Death

The Utah grief author Kouri Richins has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after she was convicted of murdering her husband. Richins, 35, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole during a hearing on Wednesday, May 13, according to NBC News. She received her sentence after she was found […]

Nebraska Man Killed Ex-Fiancee 1 Day After He Was Released on Domestic Violence Charges

Man Killed Ex 1 Day After He Was Released on Domestic Violence Charges

A Nebraska man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he broke into his ex-fiancée’s home and killed her just one day after he was released from jail for charges related to a prior attack against her. Casey Kindt pleaded no contest to eight felony counts and three misdemeanors in February in […]

Kentucky Mother Arrested After She Allegedly Abandoned Her Young Kids at Someone Else’s Home

Mom Arrested After She Allegedly Abandoned Young Kids at Someone Else’s Home

A Kentucky mother has been arrested after she allegedly abandoned her young kids at someone else’s home and left without telling the homeowner, leaving her 2-year-old son to wander into the street looking for her. Crystal Neal was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 years old or younger and abandonment […]

DoorDash Driver Shot Man While Delivering Baby Formula, Said Reason Is That He 'Had Stuff to Do'

Idaho DoorDash Driver Fatally Shot Man While Delivering Baby Formula

A DoorDash driver in Idaho has been arrested after he allegedly shot a man in front of thousands of witnesses when he grew impatient with the crowd while trying to deliver baby formula during a lantern festival. Edsel Robert Johnson was arrested and charged with one count each of first-degree murder, reckless driving and battery […]

Man Pinned Ex-Girlfriend With His Car Before Shooting Her 2 Times in Front of Their Daughter

Man Pinned Ex With His Car Before Shooting Her in Front of Their Daughter

A Michigan man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he trapped and shot his ex-girlfriend two times in front of their young daughter. Gregory Keyier-Deniro Davis was convicted by a jury in Oakland County on April 10 on all eight charges he was facing, which included one count each of premeditated […]

High School Band Director Arrested After Allegedly Sending Sexual Social Media Messages to Student

Florida High School Band Director Allegedly Sent Sexual Messages to Student

A high school band director in Florida has been arrested after he allegedly sent sexual social media messages to a student. The Fort Myers Police Department announced in a news release that Leroy Irving Jr. was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday, May 12. Irving worked as the band director at Dunbar High […]

What Was Alex Murdaugh Sentence Before His Murder Convictions Were Overturned

What Was Alex Murdaugh's Sentence Before His Convictions Were Overturned?

Alex Murdaugh spent more than two years behind bars after he was sentenced to back-to-back life sentences for the murders of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul Murdaugh — until the South Carolina Supreme Court upended the entire case. On May 13, 2026, the state’s highest court overturned Alex’s murder convictions in a unanimous […]

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