Katherine Schaffstall

A man who was once named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list has been captured 25 years after he allegedly raped and murdered a 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia. Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced via X on Thursday, February 12, that officials apprehended fugitive Alexis Flores in Honduras for […]

A woman has been charged with the murder of a newborn baby after she allegedly gave birth to the child in a homeless camp in California. The Ventura County District Attorney announced in a news release on Tuesday, February 10, that Marisol Flores is facing the single murder charge, as well as a charge of […]

A youth soccer coach has been hit with nine new charges after he was previously charged with murdering a 13-year-old boy and sexually assaulting two teenage boys. Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino pleaded not guilty to eight new counts of sodomy of a person under 16 and one new count of oral copulation of a person under […]

A man in Pennsylvania has been arrested after an informant he had asked for help instead contacted police, which exposed an active murder-for-hire plot. Officers with the Upper Dublin Police Department first learned of the alleged plot when a man visited their office on Tuesday, February 10. He told officers that Eric Berkowitz had asked […]

As the founder of Predator Poachers, Alex Rosen has set out to make the world a safer place for kids both online and offline. Rosen spoke to investigative journalist Kristin Thorne about the group’s initiative during the latest episode of Us Weekly’s Uncovered, revealing how they find pedophiles online. “So you guys essentially pose as […]

The boyfriend of a missing 25-year-old North Dakota woman — who was last seen on New Year’s Eve — is suspected of killing her and possibly dismembering her body, which has not been located, according to authorities. Police arrested 21-year-old Joshua Alexander Hite on Tuesday, February 10, on charges of murder and tampering with evidence […]

UPDATE — 2/12/2026 at 11:50 a.m.: The victims of the shooting in a gated community in Sarasota, Florida, have been identified. Olga Greinert, 49, Florita Stolyar, 66, Anatoly Ioffe, 61, and Yaroslav Blyudoy, 39, were all killed during the shooting at a Sarasota home on Tuesday, February 10, according to the Herald-Tribune. Meanwhile, the suspect […]

A married couple in Kentucky has been accused of killing their baby after the mother claimed to suffer a miscarriage, only for the baby’s lifeless body to later be found outside of their home. The Kentucky State Police announced that Deeann Bennett and Charles Bennett were arrested and taken into custody on Monday, February 9. […]

Richard Cottingham, also known as the “Torso Killer,” is an infamous serial killer who is serving life in prison for murders he committed in the 1960s and 1970s. Amid his old age and ailing health, he says he is ready to admit to nearly 100 murders. Historian Peter Vronsky, who has a unique relationship with […]

UPDATE: 2/11/2026 at 5:15 p.m.: One day after the deadly shooting in Tumbler Ridge took place, police reportedly identified the suspect. On Wednesday, February 11, police identified the suspected shooter as 18-year-old Jesse van Rootselaar, according to The New York Times, BBC and CBC. It’s believed that Rootselaar killed her mother and stepbrother at their […]

A Wisconsin man was arrested after he stabbed his “friend with benefits” 22 times, and police revealed that he texted her daughter afterwards to tell her about the murder. Police with the Milwaukee Police Department arrested Mile Dukic on February 5 after officers responded to the apartment he shared with victim Amanda Varisco in Milwaukee, […]

UPDATE — 2/11/26 at 2:26 p.m. ET: Gabriella Cartagena‘s family has since confirmed that the 24-year-old has been found dead. The news was revealed on Tuesday, February 10, in a GoFundMe post. “My name is Alpachino Cartagena, and I am the older brother of Gabriella Cartagena, who recently passed away,” the GoFundMe post began. “Gabriella’s […]

Two people have been arrested after they allegedly took a 14-year-old boy to a strip club in Jacksonville, Florida, and posted footage of the child online. Ricky Clark and Aylin Poorhamzeh were arrested in late January and early February after they were accused of taking the child to Passions Gentlemen’s Club in Jacksonville back in […]

A mother of three in Durham, North Carolina, was shot to death by a “man she once loved” after she ended an abusive relationship with him. Officers with the Durham Police Department confirmed in a news release that they discovered the body of 27-year-old ShaKeva Dixon in her apartment on February 3. Soon after, police […]

A woman in Florida has been arrested after she repeatedly stabbed the father of her children after she learned that he was cheating on her with her sister. Jaqueline Rodriguez was arrested on Sunday, February 8, and stands accused of aggravated battery with great bodily harm, according to online records viewed by Us Weekly. She […]

A woman in Louisville, Kentucky, has been arrested after she allegedly made a fake missing person’s report for her stepson, who was the chief suspect in an ongoing murder probe. Officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department arrested Jill Brooks on Monday, February 9, in connection to the shooting death of a 20-year-old man on […]

After Pearl Fernandez pleaded guilty to killing her 8-year-old son Gabriel Fernandez, she is now claiming she was “coerced” into entering a guilty plea and is requesting that she be resentenced. Fernandez, 42, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in March 2018 in connection to Gabriel’s death in 2013. She […]

Minnesota GOP Gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson’s daughter, Hallie Marie Tobler, was “killed in a violent crime” that seemingly involved her husband, according to reports. The St. Cloud Police Department confirmed that Tobler was found dead at the age of 22 inside the apartment she shared with her husband on Friday, February 6, according to CBS […]

A man in Oxfordshire, England, was filmed crying when he was arrested for killing his ex-girlfriend — but his tears had nothing to do with his alleged crime. Instead, he was distraught over the realization he will now miss the impending release of the new Grand Theft Auto video game. The Thames Valley Police’s Major […]

A woman and her boyfriend from Washington state learned their fate after they were arrested for taking her 8-year-old adopted daughter’s body on a road trip across the country after she died from abuse and starvation. The Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Mandie Miller was sentenced to serve 32 years […]

A man from Utah has been charged with manslaughter after he was accused of leaving three men with disabilities in a running vehicle, where they died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Police in West Valley City, Utah, confirmed the deaths of the three men in an X post on Friday, February 6. The police officers also […]