Skip to main content

Katherine Schaffstall

Katherine Schaffstall is a Senior Writer, True Crime for Us 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.

'Dancing With the Stars' Brings the Thrills and a Shocking Elimination on Horror Movie Night

'DWTS' Horror Movie Night Shocks With Heartbreaking Double Elimination

The cast of Dancing With the Stars season 35 brought the thrills during Horror Movie Night — but the real scare came with the shocking double elimination. Since nobody was sent home during Dedication Night, the remaining couples’ scores from Tuesday, October 27, were combined with what they earned the week before. Julia Stiles and […]

Has Corie Walsh Pleaded After She Was Accused of Killing 2-Year-Old Son? Inside Case

Has Corie Walsh Pleaded After She Was Accused of Killing Son, 2? Inside Case

Corie Walsh’s attorney has shared a new update on her condition behind bars after she was arrested for the alleged killing of her 2-year-old son — a case her legal team says was fueled by severe psychosis and her reported obsession with Lindsay Clancy’s high-profile triple-murder trial. Shortly after she was arrested, Walsh pleaded not […]

Utah Authorities Connect Serial Killer Ted Bundy to Another 1970s Homicide

Ted Bundy Connected to Teen Girl's 1974 Death in Utah, Says Authorities

Authorities in Utah claim to have discovered new DNA connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a teenage girl found dead by a hunter more than 50 years ago. Authorities have already confirmed Bundy killed at least 30 women and girls in multiple states in the 1970s. The number of his victims have […]

Alexander Brothers Sentenced to TK Years in Prison After Sex Trafficking Convictions

Alexander Brothers Sentenced to Prison After Sex Trafficking Crimes

Former luxury real estate brokers Oren Alexander and Alon Alexander and their brother, Tal Alexander, have been sentenced seven months after a federal jury found them guilty on every count in their high-profile sex trafficking case. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced Tal, 40, Oren, 39, and Alon, 39, to 30 years each in […]

Attorneys of Mom ‘Invested’ in Lindsay Clancy Case Shares Update After She Allegedly Killed Son, 2

Attorneys of Mom ‘Invested’ in Lindsay Clancy Shares Update After She Killed Son

Corie Walsh’s attorney shared an update regarding her condition behind bars after she was arrested for the alleged killing of her 2-year-old son amid her reported investment in Lindsay Clancy’s trial. Corie, 40, was arrested on September 1 after her son Barrett Walsh was found dead in the basement of their family’s Frankfort, Illinois, home. […]

Husband Hid in Bushes at Walmart Parking Lot Before Killing His Wife After Her Shift

Man Hid in Bushes at Walmart Parking Lot Before Killing Wife After Her Shift

A man in Pennsylvania was arrested after he allegedly hid behind a bush in a Walmart parking lot and waited for his wife to finish her shift before he killed her. The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that Destino Jean-Louis has been charged with first-degree murder and other charges after he allegedly shot Latosha […]

Couple Allegedly Tormented 3 Orphans Living With Them, Harassed Them About Their Dead Parents

3 Orphans Allegedly Tormented by West Virginia Couple in 'House of Horrors'

A couple in West Virginia has been arrested after they allegedly tormented three orphans that were living with them with disturbing punishments and harassed them about their dead parents. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department confirmed in a press release that Erica Lynn Sayre and Clifford Gale Sayre are facing multiple charges after an investigation was […]

Florida Mom Arrested While Exiting Plane From Las Vegas After Leaving

Florida Mom Arrested After Leaving Her 4 Kids Home Alone for Vegas Work Trip

A Florida mom was arrested on a plane after she allegedly left her four children home alone so she could travel to Las Vegas for a work trip. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release that Irene Miller was arrested after a juvenile called 911 around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, […]

Florida Teacher Arrested for Indecent Exposure, Accused of Standing Naked in Home Doorway

Teacher Arrested for Indecent Exposure After Standing Naked in Home Doorway

A teacher and coach in Florida was arrested for indecent exposure after witnesses claimed they saw him standing naked in the doorway of his home as he allegedly touched himself. The Titusville Police Department confirmed in a Facebook post on Tuesday, October 27, that Justin Samson was arrested Saturday, October 24, and was charged with […]

Florida Man Waited Outside Estranged Wife's Home Before Killing Her in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Man Waited Outside Estranged Wife's Home Before Killing Her in Murder-Suicide

A husband killed his wife in an apparent murder-suicide in Florida. The Bradenton Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a report of a shooting at a Bradenton, Florida, home just before 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 22. Once officers arrived at the scene, they discovered the deceased bodies of Phillip […]

Dad Arrested After Dropping Infant Off at Grandparents House With Skin 'Peeling' Off From Hot Bath

Dad Arrested After Dropping Baby Off at Grandparents House With 'Peeling' Skin

A North Carolina father was arrested after he allegedly burned his 7-week-old baby with hot bath water before dropping the child off at his grandparents’ home while the infant’s skin was “peeling” off. Jaylen Walker has been charged with felony child abuse after his son allegedly suffered second- and third-degree “burns” to his body “from […]

What Did the Alexander Brothers Do? Inside Their Sex Trafficking Crimes After Being Found Guilty

What Did the Alexander Brothers Do? Inside Their Sex Trafficking Crimes

A federal jury convicted Tal Alexander, Oren Alexander and Alon Alexander on every count in their high-profile sex trafficking case, closing a five-week trial that included testimony from 11 women who detailed how the brothers drugged, sexually assaulted or raped them between 2008 and 2021. The March 9, 2026, verdict ended one chapter of a […]

Inside Christa Pikes Condition After Botched Execution

What is Christa Pike's Condition? What to Know After Botched Execution

Nearly a month after the state of Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike, her legal team says the death row inmate is regaining her ability to communicate and move on her own as recent court filings detail how troubled the botched September procedure truly was. Pike, 50, was administered two doses of pentobarbital at the […]

Where Is Susan Smith Now? Inside Her Life Today After She Lied About Carjacking and Killed Her Sons

Where Is Susan Smith Now? Inside Her Life Today After She Killed Her Sons

Susan Smith’s case captured national attention after the 1994 deaths of her two young sons. While she initially claimed that the children were taken during a carjacking incident and publicly pleaded for their safe return, the case sustained a drastic twist when it was revealed that she made the whole story up and was actually […]

Florida Woman Set Man on Fire After Verbal Argument and Burnt 80 Percent of His Body: Police

Florida Woman Set Man on Fire After Argument, Burnt 80 Percent of His Body

A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly covered a man in an accelerant and set him on fire after they got into an argument, and he was left with severe burns covering 80 percent of his body. Tanisha Shelton was arrested following the incident on Saturday, October 24, and was charged with attempted first-degree […]

Hunter Foster Police Officer Resigns After Fatally Shooting Boy

Police Officer Resigns After Fatally Shooting Boy, 1, in Shoplifting Incident

A police officer in Mississippi has resigned after he fatally shot a 1-year-old boy while responding to an alleged shoplifting call. On Friday, October 23, Senatobia Mayor Greg Graves confirmed to the Associated Press that Hunter Foster had stepped down from his position with the Senatobia Police Department. The decision came after the Mississippi Attorney […]

College Student Accused of Recording Sex With Classmate, Sharing Video in Fraternity Group Chat

College Student Accused of Recording Sex, Sharing Video With Frat Brothers

A college student in North Carolina was arrested after he allegedly filmed himself and a classmate during a sexual encounter and shared the footage in his fraternity’s Snapchat group chat. Alexander Michael Evanoff was arrested on October 19 and has been charged with two counts of felony secret peeping and disclosure of private images, including […]

Oregon Man Killed Girlfriend, Her Teenage Son and Grandmother Days Before He Died by Suicide

Man Killed Girlfriend, Her Teen Son and Grandma Days Before He Died by Suicide

Four people in Oregon are dead after a man killed his girlfriend, her teenage son and her grandmother days before he died by suicide. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release that Katie Lynn Kinder, her son, Evan Scott Kinder, and her mother, Patricia Lynn Campbell, were found dead in a home […]

Florida Elementary Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Physically Abusing 6-Year-Old Special Needs Student

Florida Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Physically Abusing Special Needs Student

A teacher at a Florida elementary school was arrested after he was accused of physically abusing a 6-year-old student with special needs. Kevin Adkisson, a teacher at Wadsworth Elementary in Palm Coast, was arrested on Friday, October 23, in connection to an alleged assault that took place on October 16, according to WFLA. After someone […]

Grandparents and Toddler Found Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide: Everything to Know

Grandparents and Toddler Found Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide: What to Know

Authorities have identified the three people found dead inside an Ohio home following a series of mysterious 911 calls as a 22-month-old boy and his two grandparents, who had been helping to care for him because of his medical disabilities. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Melissa E. Campbell, Gale F. Sanders and Kozzar […]

NYC Mom Charged With Murder After She Allegedly Killed Her Autistic Son, 25, in Shocking Attack

Mom Charged With Murder After She Allegedly Killed Her Autistic Son, 25

A New York City mother was charged with murder after her 25-year-old autistic son was found brutally slain inside their home in Queens. The New York Police Department confirmed to Us that in addition to being charged with murder, Suk Kuen Wong was also hit with a weapon possession charge on Wednesday, October 21, in […]

Next

Already have an account?

I agree to the terms of the Terms of Service,
the Privacy Policy and receive emails from US

Or get back to the