Katherine Schaffstall

The family of murdered Ohio dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe, “all expected” her ex-husband to be arrested in connection to the killings, according to a loved one. Spencer, 37, and Monique, 39, were fatally shot in the middle of the night or early morning in their home on December 30, 2025, and […]

Four months after Maria Niotis and her best friend, Isabella Salas, were tragically killed in Cranford, New Jersey, the Niotis family’s lawyer, Brent Bramnick, spoke to investigative journalist Kristin Thorne as part of Us Weekly’s new true crime video series, Uncovered. In September 2025, Niotis and Salas were run down by a car as they […]

Nick Reiner has been living at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles ever since he was arrested in December 2025 for allegedly killing his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. About a month after Nick, 32, moved into the facility on December 15, 2025, Us Weekly has gotten insight into his […]

A man in Michigan was arrested for assaulting his pregnant girlfriend after he allegedly gave her a brain bleed and drove her to a Walmart to get Tylenol instead of the hospital. Police responded to an emergency room in Bay City, Michigan, on December 29, 2025, after a 39-year-old woman was brought in with a […]

A man in Illinois was arrested after his girlfriend jumped out of his moving car to escape after he hit her, causing her to suffer a cut on her forehead that exposed her skull. Thomas A. Welch has been accused of attempted murder, aggravated domestic battery and kidnapping. An arrest affidavit obtained by WCIA stated […]

A Kansas man and his girlfriend were arrested after they allegedly forced his 4-year-old daughter to go outside in the freezing cold in nothing but her underwear as a punishment during a family Christmas activity. Brady Burr and Abby Bradstreet have been charged with child abuse and child endangerment, according to online court records viewed […]

A man in Pennsylvania is facing nearly 500 criminal counts after hundreds of human skeletal remains were found inside his home. Jonathan Gerlach was arrested on Tuesday, January 6, at Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse announced in a statement on Thursday, January 8. Rouse said that authorities executed […]

Authorities are searching for a missing 12-year-old boy in Chickasha, Oklahoma, after his parents were arrested on child abuse charges. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced on Thursday, January 8, that Ryan “RJ” Davis was last seen around 11 p.m. on Friday, January 2, at Fourth Street and East Grand Avenue near the Quality […]

Police in Jasper County, Missouri, arrested a pastor from Parsons, Kansas, after he allegedly held a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her. Joshua Price has been charged with first-degree kidnapping, two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor, according to Jasper County court records. A probable […]

A man in Ammon, Idaho, was arrested on Tuesday, January 6, after he allegedly threw hot soup on his 3-month-old baby and rubbed hot chili oil in a woman’s eyes, according to police. Carlos Swearingen has been charged with felonies for attempted strangulation, injury to a child, misdemeanor domestic battery without traumatic injury and an […]

A teenager in Georgia has been arrested after allegedly scamming her ex-boyfriend out of thousands of dollars by falsely claiming that she was pregnant with his child. The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said that an investigation into the matter was launched in early December 2025 after the alleged victim contacted the Criminal Investigations Unit to […]

Two months after Robert Eugene Brashers was identified as the suspect in the infamous 1991 yogurt shop murders in Austin, Texas, he has now been linked to another unsolved murder that took place in Kentucky back in 1998. On Wednesday, January 7, police in Lexington, Kentucky, named Brashers as the person responsible for the death […]

Wade Wilson got the public’s attention when he was arrested for the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz, and he quickly became a social media sensation for his good looks and face tattoos. In the debut trailer for Paramount+’s Handsome Devil: Charming Killer, exclusively shared with Us Weekly, viewers get an even deeper […]

More than six months after Mallory Barbour was reported missing from her home in northwest Washington state, police say they have arrested the man they believe is responsible for her disappearance and tragic death. The Mason County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday, January 7, that “detectives arrested a 45-year-old Bremerton man […]

A woman in Wisconsin who was pregnant with her second child was found dead this week after her estranged boyfriend allegedly set her family’s house on fire with the 3-year-old child they share still inside, police said. Milwaukee police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the death of Gladys Johnson who was found dead […]

A mother in Anderson, Indiana, is facing criminal charges after she shot and killed her 17-year-old daughter, believing she was an intruder, according to police. Chief deputy prosecutor for the Madison County Prosecutor’s Office Andrew Hanna confirmed on Monday, January 5, that Tia Holmes was arrested on the preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent […]

In September 2025, friends Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas were tragically killed when they were run down by a speeding driver in their neighborhood in Cranford, New Jersey. Four months later, investigative journalist Kristin Thorne is sharing even more insight into the case in Us Weekly’s new true crime video series, Uncovered. While the incident […]

After Andrea Yates was arrested for drowning her five children to death, it was revealed that she was a member of an alleged cult led by extreme religious leader Michal Woroniecki. While Woroniecki has denied claims that his group was a cult, he has been open about sharing his Christian values with his followers, which […]

Andrea Yates shocked the world when she killed her five kids by drowning them in a bathtub back in June 2001. More than two decades later, her crime and trial are being broken down in Investigative Discovery’s docuseries The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story. While the project is expected to answer many […]

Nick Reiner initially hired attorney Alan Jackson to represent him after he was accused of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. While the case is certainly high-profile, it is not the first time Jackson has found himself involved in cases that have grasped the public’s attention. Jackson ultimately stepped down as Nick’s […]

Andrea Yates made headlines when she drowned all five of her children at her family’s home in Houston, Texas, in June 2001. More than two decades later, her ex-husband, Russell Yates, will speak out about the tragedy in Investigation Discovery’s The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story. While the former couple is no […]