Katherine Schaffstall

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 […]

A man was arrested for breaking into a family’s home in Florida, and he ended up being shot by a mother after he threatened her and her children. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release that the incident took place on the afternoon of Sunday, June 14. Authorities said that the home […]

An Oregon man has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter. Dison Ruda was arrested in connection to the girl’s death more than one year after she died in March 2025, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release on Wednesday, June 10. “I think he hurt my daughter,” the girlfriend […]

A middle school teacher in New Jersey was arrested after he allegedly engaged in sexual contact with a student. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced in a press release on Monday, June 15, that Daniel Burbank was charged with multiple crimes in connection with the sexual assault. Burbank, 37, was employed as a teacher and […]

A celebration following the New York Knicks’ championship victory ended in tragedy when a family’s beloved dog, Jameson, was fatally shot by a Los Angeles Police Department officer. Topanga Patrol Division police officers responded to reports of a “screaming woman” at an apartment unit in Canoga Park, California, on Saturday, June 13, at 8:55 p.m., […]

Timothy Hudson, who was accused of killing stepsister Anna Kepner during a family vacation, was taken into custody and will remain behind bars until his murder trial begins due to a “level of psychopathy” and his alleged “lack of remorse.” Hudson, 16, surrendered to U.S. Marshals on Monday, June 15, after Judge Edwin Torres ordered […]

A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly drove her car toward a group of children playing outside and said she was using them as “target practice.” Pamela Dresser allegedly drove her 1998 Mazda B2000 pickup truck at the group of kids in front of an apartment complex in Cocoa on June 7, according to […]

Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was sentenced on June 15, 2026, to four years in prison after Oslo District Court found him guilty of several charges, including two counts of rape. The verdict — delivered nearly three months after his six-week trial concluded — marks the end of one of […]