Katherine Schaffstall

The tragic death of 16-year-old Skylar Neese will be broken down and analyzed in Hulu’s upcoming true crime docuseries Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese. After midnight on July 6, 2012, Neese climbed out of her bedroom window at her family’s apartment in Morgantown, West Virginia. Surveillance cameras captured her getting into the […]

Savannah Guthrie’s family faced an unimaginable situation when they learned that their matriarch, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing in Arizona in February 2026. As police have become involved in the investigation and the case has unraveled, many people are curious about the timeline of events that went down before and after Nancy disappeared. “On […]

Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann allegedly contacted sex workers hundreds of times and watched videos of the killings of women online before he was arrested in connection to the Gilgo Beach murders. In a new court filing obtained by ABC New York, prosecutors claimed that Heuermann, 62, registered burner phones and a Tinder […]

UPDATE — 3/4/26 at 2:50 p.m. ET: A jury found former DeRidder mayor Misty Roberts guilty of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile on Tuesday, March 3. The six-juror panel deliberated Roberts’ guilt for less than an hour after sitting through a five-day trial that included testimony from her two […]

A missing juvenile girl from Memphis, Tennessee, has been located and saved after she was allegedly found at a man’s home in North Carolina, police confirmed. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office revealed in a press release on Monday, March 2, that they received a report about a girl from Memphis who was initially reported missing […]

Two parents were arrested in Glenville, West Virginia, after authorities determined that their 11-month-old baby was malnourished and not being properly taken care of. The West Virginia State Police said that Beraique Taylor and Joshua Taylor, both 21, have each been charged with child neglect creating risk of bodily injury or death and conspiracy to […]

A man in Indiana has been arrested and is facing charges in connection with a fatal shooting that killed his wife and injured their infant daughter. The Kokomo Police Department said that Cameron Tomlinson was taken into custody after he changed his story about the shooting that took place on February 24, according to WXIN. […]

Colin Gray was found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges after his son, Colt Gray, allegedly killed four people in Georgia with an AR-15-style rifle that was kept inside their family’s home. The Georgia jury deliberated for less than two hours before Colin, 55, was convicted on all 27 charges during a hearing on Tuesday, […]

Authorities in Georgia have arrested a couple for neglect after police allegedly discovered their children — including a 3-year-old suffering from an infected circumcision wound — living in “unbearable” conditions during a recent eviction. Mackenzie Zoriah Whitfield and Anthony Clark Jr. were both charged with three counts of cruelty to children, according to online records […]

Retired Chicago Detective Pamela Childs puts her knowledge and skills to the test in Investigation Discovery’s new series Hunt for the Missing: Chicago. The premiere episode follows Childs as she tries to break down the missing person’s case of Kierra Coles, and discusses why there may be more suspects than police initially believed in a […]

A married high school gym teacher in Rhode Island has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a student, whom she admitted to sexting and kissing. Alisha Crins started sending flirty messages to the male victim when he was a sophomore student at Ponaganset High School in Glocester, Rhode Island. Crins, 39, reportedly found his […]

A 13-year-old boy from Oklahoma has been placed in a juvenile detention center in Texas after a woman was found dead inside of his home. The Bryan County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement via Facebook on Monday, March 2, in which they identified 31-year-old Malary Clayton as the victim found dead inside of the home. […]

A woman in Texas has been arrested after she plowed through an active accident scene and drove over the body of a man who had previously been hit by two other vehicles. Tionne Spears has been accused of driving while intoxicated, abuse of a corpse and possession of a controlled substance. Bexar County Sheriff Javier […]

A mother in Virginia was fatally stabbed by an apparent stranger inside of a bus shelter in Fairfax County, police confirmed. The Fairfax County Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a bus shelter on Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive in Hybla Valley at 7:16 p.m. on February 23 to conduct […]

A mother and father in Michigan have been arrested after being accused of nearly starving and torturing two of their children to death. Auturo Bazan-Perez and Dulce Crystal Bazan Castillo have both been charged with multiple counts of first-degree child abuse and child torture for the way they allegedly treated their 9-year-old and 11-year-old children. […]

Police fatally shot a Washington man in order to stop him from a stabbing spree that left his mother and three other women dead. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office announced that Aleksandr Aleksandro Shablykin was shot dead by a responding deputy. The victims have been identified as the suspect’s mother, 52-year-old Zoya Anatolyevna Shabliykina, and […]

A woman in Miami, Florida, has been arrested for allegedly beating her autistic son for kissing a classmate’s cheek during school. Authorities responded to the boy’s aftercare program after the coordinator said a teacher noticed his injuries, according to a police report. Police said that the 7-year-old boy had “visible injuries” when he participated in […]

A woman from Long Island, New York, has been arrested three decades after she reportedly admitted to killing a crying baby in 1993 by stuffing a paper towel down the infant’s throat. Denise Merker was arrested on February 2 and charged with murder in connection to the girl’s death 33 years after the crime took […]

As the search for missing woman Nicole “Nikki” Winder continues in Texas, police have revealed a major update in the case: Authorities said that shortly after she was last seen, Winder’s truck was found torched as a result of “arson.” The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office said that Winder, 53, was last seen around 3 p.m. […]

Two parents in Maryland have been arrested after they let their kids starve, leading to the death of one of their children from malnourishment. The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office announced in a statement that Bernice Byrd and Gerald Byrd pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse resulting in death and first-degree child abuse in connection […]

A doctor in Virginia has been charged with two sex crime counts after he allegedly told a victim that he had a “fantasy” about her. Richmond Police charged Frank Ramsey, 83, with felony object sexual penetration and misdemeanor assault and battery on August 11, 2025. At the time of his arrest, he was working part-time […]