Katherine Schaffstall

A mother in California was declared brain dead after she was shot in the head while 14 weeks pregnant with her second baby. Adriana Jimenez was shot while sitting in a car alongside her sister Maria Fernanda Jimenez outside of their apartment in the Canoga Park neighborhood on August 23. Her family has since announced […]

A Missouri woman learned her fate after she was accused of sending her foster daughter to an unvetted home in Texas while an exotic monkey was sent back to her house. Lincoln County Judge Thomas Frawley sentenced Brenda Deutsch to seven years in prison but suspended the sentence on Thursday, September 3, according to FOX […]

A toxicology report revealed new disturbing details of a murder-suicide in Mechanicville, New York, including that mother Sarah Myers and grandmother Amy Steadman poisoned four kids with allergy medication and kratom. The report determined that siblings Harper Harmon, 13, Hudson Harmon, 11, Gracelynn Harmon, 10, and Gavin Harmon, 10, were all given diphenhydramine, the ingredient […]

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked President Donald Trump to pardon the defendant after her murder case ended in a mistrial. “Mr. President, I would hope that you would consider this young lady and the person she is, what she’s been through, and consider a pardon,” Reddington said while appearing on the Tuesday, September 8, […]

Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband Patrick Clancy threatened legal action against conspiracy theorists who claim he was involved in the deaths of their three kids. “Over the past months, Patrick Clancy and his family have been subjected to a relentless, escalating and destructive defamation campaign,” Patrick’s lawyer, Howard Cooper, said in a statement on Tuesday, September 8. […]

UPDATE — 9/04/26, 5:10 p.m. ET: The judge presiding over Lindsay Clancy‘s nearly six-week murder trial officially declared a mistrial on Friday, September 4, after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous decision and were deadlocked 11-1. Clancy’s attorney was granted a hail mary opportunity to petition a higher court to put the Judge’s decision […]

A Massachusetts judge is preparing to declare a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case after jurors spent several days and more than 30 hours in deliberation. Judge William Sullivan granted Clancy’s defense, Kevin Reddington, one hour in order to seek an emergency stay from the Supreme Judicial Court on Friday, September 4, per CNN. Clancy, […]

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on September 3, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Kim Zolciak‘s son Kroy “KJ” Biermann has been indicted on seven counts — aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment and three counts of sexual battery against […]

Randy Yates compared his ex-wife Andrea Yates’ murders of their children to Lindsay Clancy’s crime, saying that Clancy’s case is “not quite as clear” as his ex’s. Clancy, 36, is currently on trial after she killed her three kids in January 2023. While she has not denied the murders, her defense argued she should not […]

An Arizona woman was arrested after she allegedly opened fire on a nail salon and punched an employee when she grew upset over a $15 charge. Essence Mire was taken into custody following the alleged attack at a nail salon in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, August 30. Police officers responded to the nail salon around […]

Erin Piacenti‘s family spoke out after the Bank of America vice president was fatally stabbed in a random attack in New York City’s Times Square, sharing that she was “a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend.” The family shared insight into who Piacenti, 32, was in a GoFundMe page set up to help support […]

Saylor Hayes’s mother, Geordyn Nichole Hayes, was charged with child abuse just six months before the nonverbal 5-year-old was found dead. A report from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office stated that Geordyn, 31, was arrested on February 17 in connection with an incident that had been reported in the Abingdon area, according to documents viewed […]

An adult whose identity has not yet been released will potentially be criminally charged after a 2-year-old boy died in a pool while under their watch, though the toddler’s mother insisted she believes it was an accident. . The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said that it has completed its investigation into the boy’s death and […]

The death of Erin Piacenti has left a young family shattered and a New York City community reeling. The 32-year-old Bank of America vice president was fatally stabbed in Times Square on August 31, 2026, just days after returning to work from maternity leave following the birth of her first child. Piacenti’s death, part of […]

A police officer in Pennsylvania has been charged after he fatally shot college student Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV, who had the cops called on him when he went to the wrong house after a night of drinking with friends. The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, September 1, that police corporal Sean Farrell […]

A father in New Mexico was arrested after he allegedly left his 20-month-old twins in a locked car for about two and a half hours as he went to a bar, which he refused to leave because “people were dancing with him.” Stephan Natseway was taken into custody on Saturday, August 30, and was charged […]

A former attorney in Michigan was sentenced to prison after he admitted to fatally shooting a friend in a bar bathroom over a joke about holding his dog for ransom. Evan Dixon was sentenced on Monday, August 31, to serve between 18 to 40 years in prison for the death of Theron Duncan, according to […]

A mother in Maine admitted to leaving her 3-year-old daughter and family dog inside a vehicle for approximately 15 hours, leading to their deaths. Kelly Sanders Brown pleaded guilty to manslaughter of a family or household member and aggravated animal cruelty during a hearing on Monday, August 31, according to WMTW. A spokesperson for the […]

A woman was arrested outside of the Massachusetts courthouse where Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is being held after she allegedly tried to take photos of the jurors. The Massachusetts State Police said Dawn Light was taken into custody around 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1, outside of Plymouth District Court. Light, 56, was charged with […]

One day after Saylor Hayes was found dead, her parents were arrested in connection to the nonverbal and autistic 5-year-old’s death. John Herb Hayes III and Geordyn Nichole Hayes were taken into custody on Tuesday, September 1, in Tennessee and each charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk/wilfully abandoning a child, the Georgetown County […]

While O.J. Simpson’s prank show, Juiced, never aired, viewers will get a glimpse into the project in Investigation Discovery’s O.J. Unseen: Exploitation of Evil. “There was a mole on the crew who leaked the project to the press, and the reason they leaked it was because they felt that it was so inappropriate and irredeemable […]