Katherine Schaffstall

An Arizona man has been arrested after he was accused of stabbing a man to death, dismembering his body and hiding his remains in a closet and suitcase at two separate locations. Police said that the murder took place at an apartment complex in Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday, May 7. “I think brutal’s a good […]

A Texas mom has been arrested after her two young daughters drowned in their home’s backyard pool, with tests revealing that the children ingested cocaine before their deaths. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez revealed in an X post on Monday, May 11, that Laura Nicholson had been charged with two counts of injury to a […]

A Texas man has been arrested following a triple homicide, in which he allegedly killed his parents and older brother. The Travis County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release on Thursday, May 7, that three people were found dead inside of a Pflugerville home. Deputies reported to the home after they received a 911 […]

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he allegedly set a woman’s house on fire after she rejected his romantic advances, killing her in the process. The Lewistown Police Department said in a statement on Friday, May 8, that Robert Zimmerman was arrested on an outstanding warrant over a fatal arson. Zimmerman, 40, was taken […]

A high school teacher in Ohio has been arrested on assault charges after he allegedly punched a student in the jaw and tried to hit a second student. Matthew Warden was arrested Thursday, May 7, on two counts of assault, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office’s online records viewed by Us Weekly. At the […]

A Tennessee teenager died following a mass shooting during a high school prom event, and authorities are now asking the public for help to determine who killed the girl and injured four others. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement on Sunday, May 10, that police responded to a park in Brownsville, Tennessee, […]

A Texas man has been arrested after he allegedly killed his wife because “she didn’t take his back pain seriously.” Jose Romero has been charged with murder in connection to his wife Yanira Marin de Romero’s killing on May 2. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that Romero, 43, shot Marin […]

A routine visit to a Texas medspa turned deadly in July 2023, and nearly three years later, the spa’s owner and its medical director are facing murder charges in connection with the patient’s death. Amber Johnson, who ran Luxe Medspa in Wortham, Texas, and Dr. Michael Patrick Gallagher, the spa’s medical director, were both arrested […]

A Missouri man has been arrested after he allegedly shot his roommate because her dog wouldn’t stop barking, reportedly claiming he intended to hit the pet instead. Frank Forshee was arrested on Thursday, May 7, and was charged with first-degree domestic assault causing serious physical injury, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm, […]

An Ohio woman was arrested after she allegedly bit and injured a 3-month-old boy while the baby was in her care. Kamariea Marshall has been accused of injuring the boy she was babysitting in March and has been charged with three counts of child endangerment, according to WTVG. The boy’s mother told authorities that her […]

More than 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 […]

Michael Patrick Gallagher, who worked as the medical director for Luxe Medspa in Wortham, Texas, has been charged with murder after client Jenifer Cleveland died while allegedly receiving an “IV cocktail” from the medspa’s owner, Amber Johnson. Gallagher was arrested and charged with a single count of murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, as well […]

A former Christian missionary and convicted sex offender has learned his fate after he pleaded guilty to abusing boys in Texas. Daniel Savala appeared in court in Waco, Texas, by video from jail on Thursday, May 7, three years after he was arrested in 2023. After he pleaded guilty to a charge of continuous trafficking […]

Jeni Haynes spent decades waiting for someone to believe her. After 14 years of horrific abuse at the hands of her father, Richard Haynes, and a mind that fractured into thousands of alternate personalities just to survive it, she finally got her day in court — and made legal history doing it. While Jeni opened […]

Two days after it was revealed that police obtained a search warrant linked to Kristin Smart’s 1996 disappearance and murder, authorities revealed that they may have found human remains on the property that belongs to her killer Paul Flores’ mother, Susan Flores. “We believe that … human remains were there at one time or still […]

A Kentucky woman has been arrested and charged with child abuse after she allegedly gave her 22-month-old son a tattoo. Kentucky State Police troopers arrested Brook McDaniel on Monday, May 4, after officials received a child abuse complaint about her, according to LEX 18 and WNKY. Troopers from Post 15 were called to a home […]

A Colorado man will be spending the rest of his life in prison after he broke into a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor’s home when she was getting ready for bed and fatally stabbed her five times. Ceasar Wilson was sentenced to serve 224 years in prison on Wednesday, May 6, for killing […]

A California-based nanny has been arrested after she allegedly abused an infant in her care. Authorities were notified about a suspected child abuse case reported at a Los Angeles hospital on April 7. An investigation was launched into the matter and authorities learned that the infant, who was admitted to the hospital, had been physically […]

A California man has been arrested after he allegedly kidnapped a teenager, fed him Adderall, forced the child to sell clothes online and abandoned him on the side of a freeway. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced in a press release that Brandon Holguin has been charged with one count each of child […]

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly posed as a teenager in order to enroll as a student at a New York City high school. Authorities said that Kacy Claassen has been accused of enrolling at Westchester Square Academy in the Bronx with a fake name and birthday, claiming she was a 16-year-old, according […]

A former substitute teacher in North Carolina has learned her fate after she took a plea deal regarding her sex crime charge that involved a child. After Katelyn Dawn Schronce pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child in Superior Court, she was sentenced to serve between 20 to 33 months in prison, according […]