Katherine Schaffstall

A man has been arrested for allegedly murdering a woman who was found dead near a dumpster in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Altavious Powell was arrested on Thursday, February 19, and charged with premeditated murder, according to online records viewed by Us Weekly. Fort Lauderdale Police officers responded to the 200 block of Northwest 15th Avenue […]

Human remains have been found amid the search for a 85-year-old grandfather who was kidnapped in Sydney, Australia. The remains were found more than one week after Chris Baghsarian was abducted from his home in North Ryde early on February 13. The incident took place when three men broke into his property and forced him […]

A family’s worst nightmare came true when a man in Virginia used a meat cleaver to kill his wife and daughter and wound his son-in-law before he was eventually stopped when police officers fatally shot him. Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis confirmed the “unimaginable scene,” which he described as a “bloodbath,” at the family’s […]

A man in Florida has been arrested after he allegedly fatally shot his wife because he “would rather live in prison” than “deal with” her amid her battle with dementia. Former police officer William Elwood Simmons was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 83-year-old wife, Nancy Simmons, on Saturday, February 21. The […]

A man in Florida has been arrested after he tied his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter up with a robe tie and painter’s tape before punching her to death, police confirmed. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a statement via Facebook that Jeroen Jarrell Coombs has been accused of aggravated child abuse in the death of […]

A man from Norwich, Connecticut, is facing several charges including kidnapping after he allegedly assaulted a woman and fled the scene with her two children, according to police. The Norwich Police Department received a call around 6:20 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, in which the caller reported that a woman was yelling for help in […]

A grieving father was arrested after he attacked the man accused of killing his son while they were in a North Carolina courthouse — and the interaction was caught on camera. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said that Marion McKnight is accused of shooting and killing Jamariyae Dixon in the spring of 2025 when he was just 16 […]

A man was arrested in connection to the murder of his father, and he was taken into custody while naked at the Mardi Gras Casino and Resort in West Virginia. Thomas Jeffrey Lawson Jr. was arraigned on Sunday, February 22, in Kanawha County Magistrate Court on the first-degree murder charge, according to WCHS. Lawson Jr., […]

A man in Minnesota was convicted after he fatally shot his neighbor and abducted his pregnant girlfriend and her four children during a 2024 incident. Chad Aanerud was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30 years during a court hearing on Tuesday, February 17, according to CBS Minnesota. Aanerud, 36, was sentenced […]

A teacher in Wisconsin has been arrested after it was discovered that she was snorting cocaine on the job — in a bathroom used by kindergarteners. Laurie Laubenstein was arrested for possession of cocaine on Thursday, February 19. She was taken to Waupaca County Jail, and as of Friday, February 20, had been released. Laubenstein, […]

A mother’s nightmare came true when she walked into her daughter’s bedroom in their shared apartment, only to find another woman stabbing her child repeatedly. The Pocatello Police Department announced that Marita Gonzales has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery after she was found attacking a 32-year-old woman inside a family’s apartment in […]

A man in New Mexico has been accused of shooting his wife and her two young children after he accused her of cheating on him, killing her 4-year-old son and leaving the mother and her 1-year-old child in critical condition. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office announced that Luis Sanchez was arrested on Tuesday, February 17, […]

A Florida man has been accused of killing his father after they got into a heated argument about a dog. Port St. Lucie police said that Sheldon Morrison killed his father, Glen Morrison, shortly before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, February 18, inside their family garage on Southwest Ketona Circle, according to a police report viewed […]

Police have confirmed that the death of a 16-year-old girl in Bloomington, Illinois, is being investigated as a homicide. Bloomington Police and the McLean County Coroner’s confirmed that Mariah Kletz was pronounced dead at her home on Canada Lane on February 7, according to 25News. The incident was initially being treated as a death investigation, […]

A woman has been arrested after she abandoned her child and drove across several states, ultimately striking a woman with her car once she made it to Indiana during an October 2025 incident. Adria Wilkerson was taken into custody by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, February 17, after she was found responsible for […]

A 16-year-old girl from Ohio is missing after she left her home to meet a mystery man that she connected with on an app. Madison Fields went missing from her family’s temporary home in Colerain, Ohio, on February 13. Fields is described as weighing 125 pounds, and she has brown hair and green eyes. Her […]

Four school employees and one police officer in Aliceville, Alabama, have been arrested after investigators conducted multiple investigations that involved disseminating child sexual abuse material. The four school employees that were arrested are Antavious Belgrave, Lakethia Wilkins, Roderick Granger and Winston Bishop, according to ABC 3340. All three are on the same school district’s payroll. […]

The founder of a non-profit organization in Memphis, Tennessee, has been arrested after he allegedly strangled his wife, according to authorities. Larry Hunter, who is the founder of Touched by an Angel Ministries, was arrested on Monday, February 16, for aggravated assault and domestic assault. Hunter, 64, and his wife got into an altercation in […]

A 21-year-old man in Delta Township, Michigan, has been accused of hitting a family-of-three with his car and shooting them, killing a 3-year-old girl in the process. The Eaton County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that the family was taking a walk on February 13 when they were struck by the car, whose […]

A man has been arrested for murder after he was linked to the death of a missing teen, whose leg was found in a California desert after she vanished from her home. The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release that Abraham Feinbloom was taken into custody on February 13 after investigators confirmed […]

Richard Cottingham, also known as the “Torso Killer,” is serving life in prison for murders he committed in the 1960s and 1970s. While he initially admitted to committing dozens of killings in New York and New Jersey, Cottingham is now owning up to nearly 100 murders amid his old age and ailing health. While discussing […]