Julia Marnin

The state of Florida is preparing to execute Curtis Wilkie Beasley, a man convicted of using a hammer to fatally bludgeon 62-year-old Carolyn Monfort. Beasley, 77, whose execution is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, is set to be the 29th person executed in the U.S. this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. He’d […]

A New York Times executive who police said was killed by his in-laws in a northern California park over the weekend had been facing child abuse charges and was involved in a custody dispute with his wife. Officers found 40-year-old Jonathan McKinsey fatally shot in the parking lot of the Dublin Sports Grounds on the […]

A parent was arrested after police claim their toddler was found with a loaded gun at a Michigan daycare. Officers were called to the daycare shortly after the child was allegedly discovered with the weapon inside the Canton facility the morning of Monday, September 24, according to a news release shared by the Canton Police […]

A Tennessee deputy is accused of leaving a K-9 without water for 36 hours in an outdoor kennel, where the patrol dog was discovered dead. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has launched internal and criminal investigations into the K-9’s “unfortunate and preventable death,” Madison County Sheriff Julian Wiser said during a Friday, September 25, news […]

A Maryland middle school teacher is accused of sex trafficking and sexually abusing a teenage boy in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested while trying to meet with the minor, authorities said. Rogie Legaspi, of Baltimore, is facing a slew of charges including trafficking in minors, 15 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and manufacturing child […]

An Illinois woman was handed a 12-year prison sentence for stabbing her former Wendy’s coworker in the head, causing the employee to bleed uncontrollably inside the restaurant, prosecutors said. The employee survived Tichina Marshall’s attack, which left them with a 3-centimeter deep stab wound on their head and a skull fracture, according to the Vermilion […]

A Pennsylvania man was charged with first-degree murder after police said he confessed to killing a missing woman and led detectives to where he hid her skeletal remains seven years ago. David Snyder, of Hanover, is also charged with strangulation in the death of Kimberley Gsell, who went missing on September 29, 2019, according to […]

A South Carolina bartender is accused of killing a woman who had been on vacation with her best friend by pushing her down a flight of stairs. On October 3, 2025, the shove sent Joyce Tomlinson “down the steps head first,” resulting in her hitting her head on a concrete slab, her best friend, Ruth […]

A 10-year-old Tennessee girl escaped a man who allegedly tore out her bedroom window’s air conditioning unit and kidnapped her into the woods, where police said he tied her to a tree and threatened to sexually assault her. The accused kidnapper, Steven Devonte Harris, was arrested the evening of Wednesday, September 23, in connection with […]

A women’s college soccer player noticed a man hiding in the ceiling of her team’s locker room, leading to his arrest on a slew of charges, according to police. Jayson Barker is facing 11 counts of voyeurism following the athlete’s discovery at Wilmington College in Ohio, the Wilmington Police department said in a news release […]

Christa Pike is the only woman on Tennessee’s death row — one of 42 inmates awaiting execution in the state — and she is scheduled to be put to death on September 30, 2026, for a 1995 murder she committed as a teenager. If the execution proceeds, Pike will become the first woman executed in […]

A Florida substitute teacher was arrested after investigators said he met with a high school student for sex acts over the summer, then inappropriately touched and grabbed her inside a classroom. Cameron Coverson, who taught at First Coast High School, was taken into custody Monday, September 21, according to an arrest report obtained by Us. […]

An armed man dressed as Michael Myers from the Halloween movie franchise robbed a Florida liquor store during what deputies learned said was an “inside job” allegedly planned by the store’s clerk. The suspect seen wearing a Michael Myers mask in surveillance footage from Citrus Liquor Store has been arrested along with the business’ employee, […]

A Southern California man is accused of murdering his ex-wife nearly 20 years ago and hiding her body in a crawl space “without the homeowner’s knowledge,” authorities said. Jeff Maiorca was arrested Monday, September 21, in the death of his former spouse, Jill Maiorca, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Jeff, 53, was […]

A woman accused of fatally attacking her husband with a box cutter and coffee mug has been charged with second-degree murder, according to authorities. Christine Clark, of Hartford, New York, is also charged with tampering with physical evidence, a felony offense, and criminal possession of a weapon, which is a misdemeanor, New York State Police […]

A Pennsylvania man was found guilty of trying to kill his ex-wife more than a year after prosecutors said he broke into her home while she was napping, then pistol-whipped and repeatedly shot her. Lebanon County prosecutors said Darrell Long called himself a “hero” after the March 2025 attack, during which his ex-wife, Dawn Long, […]

An Illinois mother charged with murdering her 2-year-old son had reportedly become “very invested” in Lindsay Clancy’s high-profile murder trial in the weeks before the killing — a case with disturbing parallels to her own alleged crime. Corie Walsh was arrested on September 1, 2026, after her son, Barrett, was found hanging from a rafter […]

A woman accused of driving with a pipe bomb and other weapons sped off from Florida deputies during a traffic stop and slammed into a school bus full of children. Tonnetta Evans hit a school bus with 41 Pierce Middle School students inside in Tampa on Wednesday, September 23, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s […]

The trial for a Maryland woman charged with murder in the 2014 disappearance of her two young children has been delayed until next year. Catherine Hoggle’s trial is now scheduled to begin on October 4, 2027, after it was initially set to start next month, a judge ruled on Wednesday, September 23, per NBC4 Washington. […]

Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn’s alleged mistress, Alleigha Botner, returned to testify in his ongoing murder trial, sharing text messages in which they both expressed wanting to kill his wife. Botner first gave testimony on Wednesday, September 23, detailing her affair with the musician, who’s charged in the fatal shooting of his wife, Ashley […]

An Ohio man accused of sexually exploiting, killing and dismembering 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee after she went missing in Indiana earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges in her death. Tyler Thomas, 39, of Columbus, was indicted Wednesday, September 23, on nine federal charges, including kidnapping resulting in death, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]