Katherine Schaffstall

Police have enlisted the help of a cadaver dog in their ongoing search for a missing 2-year-old Alabama girl, whose mother has been called the “only known suspect” by investigators. Authorities were seen with a cadaver dog on the morning of Wednesday, February 18, as they searched the area surrounding the apartment complex where toddler […]

Ellen Greenberg was just 27 years old when she was found dead inside of her apartment in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2011. She was discovered with 20 stab wounds that covered her body, which many people believed seemed impossible to be self-inflicted. However, her death was ultimately ruled a suicide. More than one […]

A woman in Coleman, Michigan, has pleaded guilty and no contest to felonies in she was charged with after a 4-year-old boy used her fentanyl, and had to be revived with Narcan twice after his heart stopped. Chelsea Ross pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and second-degree child abuse when she appeared in front of […]

A grandfather in Lima, Montana, has been accused of negligent homicide after his 3-year-old grandson, who had spina bifida, was found dead inside his family’s home. He was arrested just three months after his daughter was also arrested in connection to the boy’s death. The child’s grandfather, Christopher Michael Cox, has been charged with felony […]

A man in St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman during a horrifying ordeal that allegedly took place at his home over the course of five days. Marquell Steven Goree has been charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of kidnapping, according to online […]

A murder mystery has taken over a senior care facility in Maryland after a millionaire resident was found shot to death on Valentine’s Day. Officers with the Montgomery County Police Department have launched an investigation into who killed 87-year-old Robert Fuller Jr. while he was a resident at the Cogir Potomac Senior Living Facility in […]

A terrifying moment was captured on video when a woman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, managed to escape her ex-boyfriend, who police allege tried to kidnap and assault her on Valentine’s Day. Officers responded to the scene around 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, after they received a report of an attempted kidnapping and domestic assault, according […]

A man from Texas has been accused of fatally stabbing his mother before he fled the scene in her tan 2009 Toyota Corolla with his 4-year-old nephew. Raymond Isaac Carmona was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated kidnapping and theft of property, according to online records viewed by Us Weekly. Officers with the Mansfield Police […]

A 13-year-old boy was enjoying a family vacation in Florida when he was randomly attacked on a boardwalk by a stranger, who slashed him and sliced his neck open. Jermaine Lynn Long has been arrested on one charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to online records viewed by Us Weekly. Police officers […]

A 10-month-old baby has died in South Carolina after his babysitter left with his care inflicted “extensive head and body injuries.” The Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office confirmed in a news release that Jacob Ray Wescott was sentenced on February 9 to serve 33 years in prison after he was convicted of homicide by child […]

The search for a missing 2-year-old girl in Alabama continues after she was last seen at her home in Enterprise. Officials with the Enterprise Police Department identified the missing girl as Genises Nova Reid. After she was reported missing, an alert was sent out on the afternoon of Monday, February 16, asking that police keep […]

A disgruntled dad has been identified by police as the gunman behind a deadly mass shooting that took place inside a hockey rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on Monday, February 16. The shooter allegedly targeted members of his own family before dying by suicide. Officials with the Pawtucket Police Department confirmed that three people — […]

A man from Ohio has been charged in connection with the murders of his ex-girlfriend and a U.S. soldier in North Carolina. The Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office said it was contacted by the Moore County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday, February 14, regarding a report of a double homicide in Vass, North Carolina, according to a […]

A woman was fatally stabbed at her home on Long Island, New York, and a teenage relative was injured after her estranged husband allegedly attacked them before turning the knife on himself in an apparent suicide attempt. The Suffolk County Police Department confirmed in a press release that Adriana Barbosa was found with stab wounds […]

An 11-year-old boy has died, and his two siblings are in critical condition after their mother allegedly fed them liquid methadone in Malaysia. Selangor Police confirmed on Wednesday, February 11, that three children were taken to the Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin Hospital in the town of Kajang after they became sick, according to a statement shared […]

Three days after multiple people were found killed in Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale homes in related shootings, police in Florida have revealed that the suspect showed up to the Sarasota residence with two handguns, five knives and other weapons. Russell Kot, 51, is suspected of killing Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and Ben Azivov, 18, at a […]

A student assistant at Ohio State University has been charged with sex crimes that allegedly involved a 13-year-old victim. Anthony Bokar has been accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl from Athens County in November 2025, according to Athens County Common Pleas court documents viewed by WBNS. Bokar, 21, was sexting with the girl, according […]

A father in Utah allegedly waterboarded his teenage daughter because her bedroom wasn’t “spotless to his expectations,” according to reports. David Nephi Johnson — who is the chairman of the Wasatch County Republican Party — has been accused of aggravated child abuse, according to a probable cause arrest affidavit viewed by Law&Crime. Officers with the […]

A missing 3-year-old has been found safe after his father killed the boy’s mother and shot his sister, fleeing the scene as he left “blood curdling” screams behind. Police found the young boy’s slain mother, Rayven Amuan Edwards, when they responded to a home in Washington, D.C. after they received a report of a shooting […]

UPDATE — 2/13/2026 at 12:10 p.m.: Police have arrested a New Mexico man for allegedly killing his 11-month-old child before partially burying the baby’s remains in a remote area. Us Weekly confirmed John Hannon, 43, was arrested for child abuse resulting in death and tampering with evidence, according to the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office. […]

A couple in Florida has been arrested after they got into a fight with 20 other people while playing pickleball, police confirmed. Authorities in Volusia County said that they arrested Anthony Sapienza and Julianne Sapienza after they allegedly got into a fight with others at the Spruce Creek Country Club in Port Orange, Florida, on […]