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Karmelo Anthony’s ex-girlfriend claimed that he stalked her and sent her an unsettling text message just hours before he fatally stabbed fellow high school student Austin Metcalf. The ex-girlfriend’s claims were revealed during a hearing regarding Anthony’s request for a new trial on Thursday, August 20. Collin County Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye said in […]

A mother of three was killed by her boyfriend in an apparent murder-suicide shortly after she dropped two of her three children off at school in Georgia. Nicole Karastury Elliott was shot in the head outside of her home on Monday, August 17, after a dispute with her boyfriend, Andrew Roy Harris. One day later, […]

Fourteen people — including current and former Penn State students, their fraternity brothers and a prominent Pittsburgh lawyer — have been charged in an alleged multistate cocaine trafficking ring that authorities say operated out of two of the college’s fraternity houses. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the sweeping charges on August 18, 2026, describing […]

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has captured national attention with many people debating if she should be held criminally responsible for killing her three kids, and legal expert Rachael Bennett exclusively told Us that the jurors have an “agonizing choice” to make regarding the outcome. Throughout the trial, Clancy’s family members and medical professionals have testified […]

A mother in Florida was arrested after she allegedly assaulted her daughter’s elementary school teacher and principal when they wouldn’t allow her inside of the school building to get the girl’s backpack that she left in a classroom. Lynesia Dorsey has been charged with battery on a school employee following the incident that took place […]

After 14 people were charged in an alleged drug-trafficking ring that was run by members of two Penn State fraternities, one of the defendants claimed that he was forced to deliver cocaine after he could not repay $1,500 he had borrowed to fund a spring break trip. Lars Zeepvat told authorities that Agostino Abbatiello, one […]

A Texas man was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife after he approached her outside of her home with a “murder kit.” The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that Frederick Spears was found guilty of stabbing his wife, Mary Spears, multiple times in Arlington, Texas, on September 22, 2025. Prosecutors said that Frederick, […]

The victim in a murder-suicide that took place in Upstate New York has been identified as nurse Gabrielle Forman, with her family revealing she was in the process of a divorce before her husband killed her. As Us previously reported, police confirmed that a married couple died in an apparent murder-suicide at their apartment in […]

A mother in South Carolina was arrested after she allegedly allowed several men to sexually assault her two young daughters in exchange for money and drugs. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office took Helena Nichole Hoyle into custody on Friday, August 14, and she was charged with two counts of trafficking persons and two counts of […]

A dad in Tennessee was arrested after his 5-year-old son found his gun and fatally shot himself. Marquavious Washington was charged with criminally negligent homicide, aggravated child abuse and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon following the death of his son, Tamir Washington. The incident took place when Tamir was at his family’s home in […]

Like many people across the country, Emily Thorndike became interested in Lindsay Clancy’s case after she was accused of killing her three children in January 2023. As Clancy’s trial was live-streamed, Thorndike uploaded a video on TikTok to share her thoughts on the mother of three’s medical treatment. The video caught the attention of many […]

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has captured national attention as the former labor and delivery nurse faces charges for the January 2023 killings of her three young children in Massachusetts. Lindsay is on trial at Plymouth Superior Court, where jurors have been hearing weeks of emotional testimony from her ex-husband, mother, sister and former mother-in-law. The […]

A psychologist claimed that Lindsay Clancy described hearing a “male voice” who instructed her to “kill her children and then kill herself” before she killed her three kids in January 2023. After the prosecution rested its case during the trial on Monday, August 17, Clancy’s defense attorney called clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Paul Zeizel […]

A babysitter in Georgia was arrested for allegedly kidnapping two young kids after she befriended their mother in a Facebook group to connect expectant mothers, and it turns out that this was not the first time she was caught allegedly committing the same crime. Lakesha Brown was arrested on Monday, August 17, and taken into […]

Law enforcement launched an investigation into a suspected muder-suicide in Cohoes, New York, after a couple was found dead at The Lofts at Harmony Mills apartments. City officials spoke about the incident during a press conference on Tuesday, August 18, just hours after the suspected murder-suicide took place. Cohoes Police Department Chief Todd Waldin told […]

Police caught former Penn State student Thomas Robinson running a cocaine trafficking ring from his fraternity house thanks to his Venmo activity. Authorities learned of the situation when an informant told police that “a male, using the nickname ‘T-Rob’ [was] selling large amounts of cocaine from the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House,” according to court documents […]

Lindsay Clancy‘s ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, looked stressed when he was spotted having a conversation with his new wife, Rachel Danis, in New York City while Lindsay is on trial for killing their three children in Massachusetts. Patrick, 39, and Danis were spotted at an apartment in Manhattan around 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, according […]

Alex Murdaugh’s high-profile murder convictions were overturned in May 2026, but the disgraced former attorney remains behind bars — and his accommodations aren’t going to change any time soon. While the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out the guilty verdicts in the deaths of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul Murdaugh, Alex is still […]

Lindsay Clancy’s former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, claims her former daughter-in-law was “begging for help” in the months leading up to the brutal killing of her three kids in January 2023. “Lindsay was struggling — we were all concerned,” Susan, who is the mother of Lindsay’s ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, testified in court on Tuesday, August 18, […]

A prominent lawyer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was arrested in connection to his son’s fraternity brother drug trafficking scandal at Penn State. Paul Robinson, an attorney who works at Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebeneck & Eck, was charged after he allegedly helped hide evidence from an alleged multi-state cocaine-trafficking ring that was run by the Sigma Chi […]

A mother in Miami was arrested after she poured hot, melted candle wax onto her two daughters and set a fire inside of her home during an incident she captured on camera. Meliza Campos-Sanchez was taken into custody on Monday, August 17, and charged with first-degree arson, child abuse and two counts of child neglect, […]