Katherine Schaffstall

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rebecca “Becky” Hill became a central figure in Alex Murdaugh’s murder case after he was accused of killing his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and their son Paul Murdaugh in 2021. After he filed to appeal the conviction, the South Carolina Supreme Court announced that Alex’s murder trial had been overturned on May 13, 2026, naming Hill’s […]

The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and ordered a new trial after he was accused of killing his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul Murdaugh in June 2021. On Wednesday, May 13, the court announced they were overturning the guilty verdict because they believed the original trial was damaged by the […]

A biology high school teacher in Georgia has been arrested after she was accused of sexually abusing a student on two occasions, with once incident allegedly taking place in a classroom closet. Maris Nichols has been charged with two counts of sexual assault by a person with supervisory or disciplinary authority, according to KGNS. Nichols, […]

A Tennessee man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after he fatally shot his ex-wife as she called 911 for help. Craig Liner pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, first-degree murder in perpetration and aggravated burglary in connection with the death of Karen Liner on Monday, May 11. After he entered his […]

An Alabama woman has been arrested after she fatally shot her husband because she was annoyed with him for bothering her after she underwent heart surgery. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office announced that Sheri Mitchell-Clutts had been accused of murder of a family member using a gun while in the commission of domestic violence. The […]

Nearly three decades after Kristin Smart vanished from a California college campus, her family is still searching — not for answers about who killed her, but for the one thing that could finally bring them peace: her body. Smart was killed in 1996, but her murderer, Paul Flores, wasn’t convicted of the crime until 2023. […]

A daycare teacher in Nashville, Georgia, has been arrested for alleged child abuse after videos of her assaulting children circulated online amongst parents. Kalasha Johnson was fired from Joyful Noise Academy on Wednesday, May 6, after parents obtained multiple videos of her allegedly hitting young children, which she allegedly shared in a group chat with […]

A former nurse’s aide in Indiana has been arrested after she allegedly attacked multiple patients, including a 95-year-old woman who died just days after she was allegedly assaulted. Denise Beard has been charged with one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in death and four counts of battery against a disabled person following a […]