Katherine Schaffstall

A mom in Ohio has been sentenced after she admitted to shoving her kids down the stairs, which she previously claimed was “normal discipline.” Daisha Phillips was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday, June 22, after she pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse, according to a courtroom report from the Cincinnati […]

One month after a high school teacher in Georgia was accused of sexually abusing a student, a warrant claimed that some of her students allegedly threatened to expose her OnlyFans account in order to get better grades. Maris Nichols was accused of having sex with a student twice, and she was arrested in May in […]

Taylor Parker committed an unimaginable crime when she killed her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock, cut the unborn baby from her womb and attempted to pass off the child as her own. The disturbing case is now the subject of Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, leaving viewers stunned by the elaborate web of lies that […]

A father in Idaho has been arrested after he allegedly let his daughter suffer and refused to let doctors save her while she was dealing with a life-threatening infection. Joshua Bailey has been charged with felony injury to a child in connection with allegations that he refused to provide medical care for his 10-year-old daughter. […]

The hospital in Idabel, Oklahoma, where Taylor Parker reported to after claiming she gave birth has asked Netflix fans to not visit following the release of Maternal Instinct. “While the events portrayed were real and remain a matter of public record, they also represent one of the most painful chapters in the lives of the […]

A former teacher in Texas was arrested after he was accused of exchanging nude photos with a student. The McLennan County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dylan Goforth, a former West ISD teacher and coach, on Wednesday, June 17, amid allegations that he had an improper relationship with a student, according to KWTX. Goforth, 34, was arrested […]

A Texas woman was arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with a car crash that killed her 6-year-old daughter in March. The Arlington Police Department announced that Courtney Getz was taken into custody in Arlington by the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force on Tuesday, June 16. Getz, 21, was charged with […]

Wade Griffin’s love story took a terrifying turn when his new girlfriend, Taylor Parker, revealed she was pregnant after just a few months of dating. Their whirlwind romance initially seemed picture-perfect, but questions began to swirl as more time passed. It turned out that Griffin’s loved ones had a right to worry, as she was […]

A mother in Missouri was arrested after she allegedly starved her 1-year-old daughter to death, feeding her only 250 calories a day. Sausha Mia Myers was arrested and charged with two counts of child abuse and neglect with serious physical injury on Sunday, June 14. Authorities learned of the alleged abuse when they responded to […]

A Wisconsin woman was arrested for allegedly setting her ex-boyfriend’s barn on fire after she learned he was talking to another woman. Donna Jo Franklin has been charged with one count of arson of a building without the owner’s consent with an increased penalty because the victim is elderly. The Sturgeon Bay Police Department confirmed […]

A Kentucky mother and father have been arrested after they allegedly abused their children for years, at points locking their kids in dog cages and burning their skin with cigarettes. Kayla Smith and Brian Smith were arrested in February and indicted on March 30. They were taken into custody at Fayette County Detention Center on […]

For more than a decade, the women whose remains were found along a desolate stretch of Long Island highway had no name attached to their killer. Then, in July 2023, investigators arrested a former Manhattan architect outside his office — and the case that had haunted Suffolk County since the early 1990s finally cracked open. […]

After nearly three years of maintaining his innocence, Rex Heuermann has admitted he is the Gilgo Beach serial killer — confessing to strangling eight women whose bodies he dumped along a Long Island highway over a span of 17 years. The guilty plea reshapes a case that Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney called one […]

Taylor Parker committed an unimaginable crime when she killed her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock, cut the unborn baby from her womb and attempted to pass off the child as her own. Prior to the killing, Parker had lied and told her loved ones that she was pregnant with her own child. She was ultimately caught […]

A North Carolina woman has been arrested after her child repeatedly tested positive for meth following visits with her. Samantha Dale Dockery was arrested by detectives with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office after it was revealed in an investigation that her child repeatedly tested positive for methamphetamine, amphetamine and THC metabolites, according to News Channel […]

A Missouri woman was arrested after she allegedly tried to trade her foster daughter for a monkey after witnesses claimed she did not get “along” with the young girl. Brenda Deutsch was previously charged with felony counts of neglect, child abuse and child endangerment in April 2025 after authorities became aware of the attempted trade […]

Two teenage men have been charged in connection with the death of college basketball player Andre Bell, who was fatally shot in January. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced in a press release on Monday, June 15, that Brayden Carter and Damarion Coleman had been arrested in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on multiple criminal charges, including first-degree […]

Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann has been sentenced to to multiple life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole after he pleaded guilty to killing seven women and admitted to killing an eighth. A Suffolk County, New York, judge handed Heuermann, 62, three consecutive life sentences, as well as an additional 100 years […]

Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial after he was accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024. New York Judge Gregory Carro said on Wednesday, June 17, that Mangione’s lawyers informed him they will attempt to show a jury that he was suffering from “extreme emotional disturbance […]

A preschool assistant in Tennessee was arrested after she allegedly assaulted a nonverbal student. Detectives opened an investigation in April after Christina Burk was accused of assaulting a nonverbal child while she worked at Austin Peay Elementary. A complaint about the incident was filed with the School Resource Officer by school officials and witnesses, which […]

Rex Heuermann’s ex-wife, Asa Ellerup, stood by his side for nearly three decades — and continued to defend him publicly even after he was identified as the alleged Long Island Serial Killer. Now, with Heuermann set to be sentenced after admitting to eight murders, Ellerup has decided to step back from the spotlight. Heuermann pleaded […]