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Katherine Schaffstall

Katherine Schaffstall is a Senior Writer, True Crime for Us Weekly and joined the team in December 2025. She previously worked at McClatchy with the In Touch and Life & Style team as an Associate Editor, where she covered all things entertainment, reality TV, pop culture and true crime. Katherine has also written for publications including The Hollywood Reporter, The Sun and Parade. Originally from Buffalo, New York, she moved to New York City in 2014 to attend Marymount Manhattan College. She was a double major in Digital Journalism and Communication Arts and graduated in 2018. Katherine is currently based in New York City.

College Student, 22, Fatally Shot By Officer While Trying to Enter Wrong House After Drinking

College Student Fatally Shot By Officer While Trying to Enter Wrong House

A 22-year-old college student was fatally shot by a police officer after he allegedly knocked on the door of the wrong house in Pennsylvania following a night of drinking with his friends. The Montgomery District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release that the fatal incident took place in Upper Pottsgrove Township on Sunday, August […]

Lindsay Clancy Permanently Paralyzed

Is Lindsay Clancy Permanently Paralyzed? Injury Details After 2-Story Fall

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother on trial for the January 2023 murders of her three young children, has appeared in court in a wheelchair throughout the proceedings — the lasting result of a two-story fall she took the same night her kids died. Clancy is paralyzed from the waist down after jumping from a second-story […]

Bryan Kohberger Granted New Hearing After He Filed to Withdraw Guilty Plea in Idaho College Murders

Bryan Kohberger Case Takes Another Turn After He Filed to Withdraw Guilty Plea

Bryan Kohberger was granted a new hearing date after he filed to withdraw his guilty plea for murdering Idaho college students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Kohberger, 31, is expected to return to court in June 2027 after he filed for post-conviction relief in Ada County District Court in July, according […]

'House of Horrors' Woman Sentenced After Severely Neglected Girl, 14, Was Found Weighing 35 Lbs

'House of Horrors' Woman Sentenced After Girl, 14, Was Found Weighing 35 Lbs

A Wisconsin woman will be spending nearly a decade in prison one year after she was arrested for the false imprisonment of a 14-year-old with autism in a “house of horrors,” who was found weighing only 35 pounds. Kayla Stemler pleaded no contest to chronic neglect of a child causing bodily harm, chronic neglect of […]

Mica Miller Death of the Pastors Wife Season 1

Where Does Death of the Pastor’s Wife’s Mica Miller's Stalking Case Stand Now?

Netflix’s Death of a Pastor’s Wife took a deep dive into Mica Miller’s stalking case after she died in April 2024. While her death was initially ruled a suicide, authorities took a closer look into the case when it was revealed that Miller claimed she was being actively followed, tracked and harassed in the months […]

New York Firefighter Killed Wife and Attempted to Remove Crime Scene Evidence in Murder-Suicide

New York Firefighter Killed Wife, Tried to Cover Up Scene in Murder-Suicide

A firefighter in Poughkeepsie, New York, fatally shot his wife at their home and tried to cover up the crime before he died by suicide, according to authorities. The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office said that James “Jimmy” Brugger and Melinda “Mindy” Brugger were found dead at their home just before midnight on Friday, August 21, […]

Mayde McGuire Off Duty Police Captain Locked Boy in Hot Minivan While She Went Fishing

Off-Duty Police Captain and Partner Locked Daughter, 2, in Hot Car to Fish

A police captain in Nebraska and her partner were cited with child abuse after allegedly leaving their 2-year-old daughter in their locked, hot minivan while they went fishing. Another couple who were fishing at the same lake as Mayde McGuire and her partner, Mary Tobiassen, found the girl in the vehicle. Police said that McGuire, […]

Uncle of Ohio 'House of Horrors' 16 Minor Victims Charged With Sex Abuse Alongside Parents

Uncle of Ohio 'House of Horrors' 16 Minor Victims Charged With Sex Abuse

Two men have been charged with sexual abuse alongside Ohio “House of Horrors” parents Elizabeth Siders and Gary Siders Jr., with one of the defendants being identified as the uncle of the 16 kids who were forced to live in squalid conditions. A jury in Vinton County arrested and indicted Josh Saunders and Brandon Henderson […]

Lindsay Clancy Trial Reporter Sparks Backlash for Winking at Camera Brittany Romano

Lindsay Clancy Reporter Addresses Backlash for Winking, Smiling at Camera

A reporter covering Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial sparked backlash when she appeared to wink and smile at the camera in the courtroom. As the trial was being livestreamed by CourtTV on Monday, August 24, the camera panned to show a row of journalists in the courtroom gallery. Journalist Brittany Romano noticed the camera on her […]

Lindsay Clancy Should Be Held Criminally Responsible for Killing Her 3 Children, Psychologist Says

Psychologist Says Lindsay Clancy Is Criminally Responsible for Kids' Murders

While Lindsay Clancy has never denied killing her three kids, her defense has argued she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible due to her mental health struggles. A pivotal moment in the case took place on Tuesday, August 25, when forensic psychologist Dr. Kirk Heilbrun insisted that he believed she was “criminally responsible” for the killings […]

President Donald Trump Pays Tribute to Dolly Parton, Lowers U.S. Flags to Half-Staff for 1 Week

President Trump Pays Tribute to Dolly Parton, Lowers Flags to Half-Staff

President Donald Trump paid tribute to Dolly Parton shortly after she died at the age of 80, revealing that the United States flags will be lowered to half-staff for one week in her honor. “Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away. […]

Dolly Parton's Nephew Addresses Her Death in Emotional Video: She 'Deserves to Be Comfortable’

Dolly Parton's Nephew Addresses Her Death at Age 80 in Emotional Video

Dolly Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver paid tribute to his late aunt while confirming her death at the age of 80 in a sentimental video. “I am representing the Parton and Owens family today, announcing the passing of my Aunt Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean,” Seaver began in the clip posted to Parton’s Instagram account on Tuesday, […]

Dolly Partons Health Updates Everything She Has Said About Her Illness

Dolly Parton's Health Struggles: Everything She Shared Before Her Death

Dolly Parton was open about her health issues before she died at the age of 80 in August 2026. In September 2025, Parton surprised fans when she missed a scheduled visit to her Dollywood theme park to celebrate the new Night Flight Expedition Ride. Instead, the country singer appeared in a prerecorded video message played […]

Oregon Man Killed Girlfriend, Her 2 Relatives and 2 Friends in Murder-Suicide on Farm

Oregon Man Killed Girlfriend, Her 2 Relatives and 2 Friends in Murder-Suicide

A man killed his girlfriend, her two family members and two friends on a rural property in Oregon before he died by suicide, according to authorities. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Benjamin Charles Parker died of an apparent suicide inside of a car after he murdered his girlfriend, Stella Jade Kimsey, her mother, […]

Former TV Anchor Pleads Guilty to Killing Mother, 80, Who Suffered Stab Wounds in Halloween Attack

Former TV Anchor Pleads Guilty to Killing Mother, 80, After Halloween Attack

A former TV news anchor has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing her mother to death less than one year after the October 2025 killing in Kansas. Prosecutors announced that Angelynn Mock pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Friday, August 21, for the death of her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers. As part of a plea agreement, […]

Lindsay Clancy First Words to Husband Revealed After She Killed Their 3 Kids

Lindsay Clancy’s 1st Words to Husband Revealed After She Killed 3 Kids

Lindsay Clancy’s first words to her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, after she killed their three kids were revealed during a forensic psychologist’s testimony in her murder case. On Monday, August 24, Dr. Kirk Heilbrun took the stand to discuss his experience of evaluating Lindsay, 36, for three days in April. In an Associated Press livestream, Heilbrun […]

Ohio ‘House of Horrors’ Parents Previously Investigated Over Children's Health and Education

Ohio ‘House of Horrors’ Parents Investigated Over Children's Health, Education

Nearly two months after Ohio “House of Horrors” family Elizabeth Siders, Gary Siders Jr., Christina Siders and Gary Siders Sr. were arrested for allegedly endangering 16 children, new court records revealed that the parents were previously investigated over concerns for the children’s health, education and developmental delays. The newly released Gallia County court documents reveal […]

Lindsay Clancy's Mistrial Request Denied as Judge Condemns Prosecution for Testimony About Religion

Lindsay Clancy's Mistrial Request Denied After Testimony About Religion

Lindsay Clancy’s defense team’s request for a mistrial has been denied by Judge William Sullivan after the prosecution recruited a witness who evoked her Catholic religion while testifying. Dr. Kirk Heilbrun took the stand on Monday, August 24, to discuss a conversation he had with Clancy, 36, in April after she killed her children Cora, […]

Elderly Couple Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide After Husband Picked Up Wife From Nursing Home

Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide After Husband Picked Up Wife From Nursing Home

An unimaginable nightmare came true for one Ohio family when an elderly couple was found dead at their home following an apparent murder-suicide, according to authorities. The Miami Township Police Department identified Annie Franklin and William Franklin as the deceased, per Dayton Daily News. It’s believed that William, 87, killed Annie, 85, before he took […]

Former Officer Sean Grayson Died in Prison After Killing Sonya Massey: Inside His Cancer Battle

Former Officer Sean Grayson Died in Prison: Inside His Cancer Battle

Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey inside her own home, has died in custody just six months into a 20-year prison sentence at the age of 32. His attorney confirmed the death on August 23, 2026, reigniting attention on a case that prompted a new Illinois law and drew […]

Ohio ‘House of Horrors’ Parents Elizabeth and Gary Siders Charged With Child Sex Abuse

Ohio ‘House of Horrors’ Parents Charged With Child Sex Abuse in Separate Case

After Elizabeth Siders and Gary Siders Jr.’s 16 children were rescued from their Ohio “House of Horrors,” a state official revealed they’re facing additional charges in a separate case after they allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with a minor. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson announced in a news release that Elizabeth, 33, and Gary Jr., […]

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