Katherine Schaffstall

JonBenét Ramsey’s loved ones are still looking for answers nearly 30 years after she was murdered in her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, in December 1996. As the case still remains unsolved, Ramsey’s father, John Ramsey, weighed in on DNA testing in light of former Colorado DNA analyst Yvonne “Missy” Woods pleading guilty to manipulating […]

A mother in Michigan was arrested in connection to her 4-year-old son’s death after she allegedly failed to provide him with necessary medical care as he suffered several seizures. Latoya Washington was charged with one count of involuntary homicide following the death of Curtis Washington. Curtis died more than one year before the arrest on […]

A former Arby’s manager in Oklahoma has been arrested after she allegedly infected a customer and her family with oral herpes when she “intentionally” spit in their food. Jennica Church claimed that she went through the drive-thru line at an Arby’s in Broken Bow in late March after she worked a long shift, according to […]

Taylor Parker has been on death row since 2022, but she recently made headlines after her crimes were documented in Netflix’s Maternal Instinct. Nearly six years after her arrest, the full 911 call she made where she claimed she gave birth on the side of the road has been released. In the call obtained by […]

After Taylor Parker was convicted in the murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, she expressed remorse for the crime in a handwritten letter that she sent to her former boyfriend’s father. In the emotional note obtained by TMZ, Parker, 33, directly addressed ex Wade Griffin’s father, Jimmy Griffin, and asked for forgiveness. While she acknowledged she might […]

A high school special education teacher in Florida was arrested after she was accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy, who is the brother of one of her former students. Michelle Lynn Hancock was taken into custody on Tuesday, June 23, and was charged with transmitting information harmful to minors, using a computer to seduce […]

Taylor Parker became the focus of national attention after Netflix released Maternal Instinct in June 2026, a documentary chronicling her 10-month web of lies that culminated in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent memory. While Parker spent much of 2020 falsely claiming to be pregnant with boyfriend Wade Griffin’s child, she was already […]

A Wisconsin woman was arrested after she allegedly tried to enlist the help of a military man to teach her how to shoot the father of her child, whom she deemed as “pathetic.” “I am going to f***ing kill you, you piece of s***,” Angela Volm wrote in text messages to the father of her […]

Michelle Zajko, a member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, has been charged after she allegedly murdered her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and prosecutors believe she may not have acted alone. Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse said that authorities looked at footage from a neighbor’s doorbell camera, used […]

Taylor Parker complained about prison conditions and not being able to wear makeup in court after she was arrested for killing her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock cutting the baby out of her body and trying to pass the newborn off as her own. In a new jail call recording obtained by The Sun, Parker, 33, […]

Before Taylor Parker fell in love with Wade Griffin and falsely claimed she was pregnant with his child, she was married twice. Following the release of Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, Us Weekly breaks down everything to know about Parker’s dating and marriage history, what Griffin has revealed about their romance and details about […]

A Connecticut woman was charged with murder eight years after she allegedly left her newborn son in a dumpster. Dominique Harrison appeared in court on Monday, June 22, for an arraignment hearing after she was charged with murder, according to News 12. The outlet reported that the charges were in connection to Harrison’s son, who […]

A father in Minnesota will spend the next decade behind bars after he severely injured his 3-month-old twin sons, likely causing them to have developmental issues. After Dylan Raymond Strain pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault with great bodily harm, he was sentenced to serve just under 16 years in prison on Monday, […]

A high school senior has been sentenced to serve five years and six months in prison six months after he set a man on fire on a New York City subway. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, announced in a press release on Tuesday, June 23, that Hiram Carrero had been sentenced […]

Following the release of Netflix’s Maternal Instinct, TikTok influencer Reesa Teesa has weighed in on Taylor Parker’s crimes and even compared the felon to her ex-husband, Jerome “Legion” McCoy. Just days after Maternal Instinct was released on June 12, Teesa, 41, took to TikTok to admit that the film “triggered” her. Teesa, who went viral […]

Taylor Parker’s shocking crimes were featured in Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, providing a deep dive into Parker’s 10-month-long web of lies as she faked a pregnancy with boyfriend Wade Griffin that eventually led her to kill her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock, cut her unborn baby from her womb and attempt to pass off […]

Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct has reignited public interest in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent Texas history: the 2020 killing of pregnant 21-year-old Reagan Simmons-Hancock by her friend Taylor Parker, who cut the victim’s unborn baby from her womb and tried to pass the child off as her own. Now, viewers […]

Taylor Parker shocked the world when her fake pregnancy led her to kill her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock. The case became even more twisted when she claimed she gave birth and tried to pass off the baby as her own. After her story was shared in Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, many true crime […]

The Ohio Supreme Court declined a request to review Mackenzie Shirilla’s post-conviction appeals after she killed her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and friend Davion Flanagan in a fatal car crash. Shirilla, 21, was found guilty of murder in 2023 following the deaths of Russo, 20, and Flanagan, 19, in July 2022. She was sentenced to two […]

A mother in Ohio was arrested shortly after her teen son was accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl. Erin Barker was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence following the shooting on Thursday, June 19. Barker, 47, has not yet entered a plea and her bond has been set at $25,000, according to FOX […]

A family in Mississippi is demanding answers after a 1-year-old boy was fatally shot by police officers in a Walmart parking lot. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced the victim Kohen Wiley family’s plans to seek an autopsy and are asking police to release body cam footage and surveillance footage from the incident during a […]