Katherine Schaffstall

Police say that a man they’ve arrested in Indiana was driving drunk and under the influence of pills when he threatened to kill another couple at a stop sign, just because their cars crossed paths on the road. Jay Messer is facing several charges following the incident, including three counts of unlawful possession of a […]

Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a mother for alleged neglect after her toddler son drowned on the front porch of their home. Three weeks after the toddler died, Elizabeth Holderness reportedly turned herself in to deputies the morning of Monday, January 5, according to WITN. Holderness, 30, has been formally charged with felony involuntary […]

A retired Air Force Major who also worked as a former substitute teacher has been arrested in Alabama on child porn charges, according to reports. Officers with the Leeds Police Department arrested Daniel Martin Brown and booked him into the Jefferson County Jail on Thursday, January 1. Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin said that authorities […]

More than a decade after she was convicted of the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, Jodi Arias seems to be seeking new counsel in an attempt to clear her name and challenge her conviction. Arias, 45, has been writing a blog called “Just Jodi” as she serves out her prison sentence. In her […]

A Michigan man is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, according to authorities and media reports. The deadly attack took place on New Year’s Eve on Wednesday, December 31, when Milford police said the girlfriend of Peyton Bilbia called in a welfare check for him because she could […]

An Olympic hopeful from Colorado is facing charges after she allegedly fatally stabbed an Uber driver 60 times with a kitchen knife inside his car. Khayla Dawson claimed she was going for a “joy ride” when she scheduled an Uber pickup with driver Jeremy Campbell on October 26, 2025, according to an arrest affidavit filed […]

A man in California has been arrested for hitting a mother and her 5-year-old child with his pickup truck while allegedly drunk driving through a Trader Joe’s parking lot in the middle of the day. The Clovis Police Department revealed in a Facebook post on Sunday, January 4, that Steve Myer has been identified as […]

A 93-year-old California man allegedly turned himself in to police and told them he fatally shot his 86-year-old spouse, Us Weekly confirms. Fremont Police Department officers were dispatched to a parking lot in the 5000 block of Mowry Avenue in Fremont, California, around 12:22 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, after a caller reported that he […]

Just one day after a woman in Maryland was reported missing by her ex-boyfriend, her dead body was found in his apartment — and investigators believe that he fled the country soon after he made the false report. Now, an international manhunt is underway as investigators are eager to track him down. Howard County Police […]

Police allege that a mother in Tennessee fatally shot three of her family members — including her 2 young sons — before dying by suicide. Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office were asked to conduct a welfare check on Friday, January 2, at the Waverly home of nurse Heather Thompson, and found her and three others dead […]

Police arrested two people on animal cruelty charges after they abandoned nine puppies and two adult dogs in a park in Largo, Florida. All 11 of the dogs were found abandoned in plastic tubs left in Taylor Park on December 19, 2025, according to The Tampa Bay Times. After the dogs were found, they were […]

A man in Texas is facing multiple criminal charges after he was accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend at an apartment complex in Arlington where he shot her new boyfriend. Aaron Webb was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, December 30. Police confirmed in a press release that he is currently being held in the […]

A grandson has been arrested for allegedly murdering his elderly grandparents after the couple was found dead inside their home in Greenville, North Carolina. Pitt County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call around 9:30 a.m. from a home on Deborah Court on Wednesday, December 31. As they entered the house, investigators found an elderly […]

Police in Texas believe that a 15-year-old girl is in grave danger one week after she disappeared with a 41-year-old man. Maryuri Yolani Gomez Marquez was last seen in Plains, Texas, around 8 a.m. on Sunday, December 28, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Soon […]

A man in Missouri was arrested after he allegedly killed his grandmother and stabbed her two French bulldogs, which resulted in a brief standoff with police. Ronald Allred was booked on Monday, December 29, and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection to the death of his grandmother, Fannie Allred, according to […]

A caregiver in Lantana, Florida, has been arrested after the elderly man she was working for left a note asking for help near his mailbox. Denise Williams was living with the 81-year-old man, who employed her to take care of him. The arrest report stated that Williams, 60, was upset with the condition of the […]

A California man has been arrested after he allegedly gunned down his wife in front of their son, claiming to police she cheated on him before her death. Manuel Leal Robles has been charged with first-degree murder following the death of his wife, Ana Karen Robles, in Bakersfield on November 26, 2025. Additionally, he was […]

Police in Columbus, Ohio, are searching for a suspect who killed a dentist and his wife during an apparent home invasion. Columbus Police Patrol officers responded to the residence of couple Spencer Tepe and Monique Tepe on the morning of Tuesday, December 30, after a welfare check was requested, according to an incident report viewed […]

Andrea Yates shocked people around the world when it was revealed that she drowned her five children in a bathtub in June 2001. More than two decades later, the reasoning behind the crime will be explored in Investigation Discovery’s latest docuseries The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story. Us Weekly breaks down everything […]

More than two decades after Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom, she is sharing more details about the experience in Netflix’s documentary Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart. Us Weekly breaks down everything you need to know about the new documentary, including insight into Smart’s notorious, headline-generating case, why she wanted to tell her […]

UPDATE — 12/31/25 at 6:52 p.m. ET: Police officially confirmed late Wednesday, December 31, that the body found in a field the day before does belong to Camila Mendoza Olmos. It is believed she died by suicide. UPDATE — 12/31/25 at 12:45 p.m. ET: Sources told the San Antonio Express-News on Wednesday, December 31, that […]