Katherine Schaffstall

A Washington state woman was seen smiling in court this week after she was sentenced to serve 28 years in prison in connection to her father’s slaying. Alyssa Bradburn was sentenced Thursday, April 2, in Spokane County Superior Court to serve 340 months in prison. She was given her sentence about one month after a […]

A Michigan man has been accused of kidnapping after he was caught with a missing child from Waterloo, Iowa. The Berrien County Police Department said that Daniyal Khan has been charged with second-degree kidnapping, indecent contact with a child and sexual exploitation of a minor. Khan, 23, was charged after the Waterloo Police Department in […]

The 32-year search for a missing Arizona girl ended not with a crime scene but with a phone call. Christina Plante, who vanished from Star Valley at 13, is alive and living under a new name with a family of her own. What authorities once treated as a possible kidnapping now appears to have been […]

A Virginia couple has learned their fates after they were arrested for fatally beating up a tenant and strangling him with a dog leash as forms of punishment. Kristie Lynch was found guilty by a jury in Norfolk, Virginia, on one count of murder in the first degree in September 2025 in connection to the […]

A man in Connecticut has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 12-year-old stepdaughter before she died. Us Weekly previously reported that Eve Rogers was found unresponsive by her mother, Melanie Federline, on the morning of March 18. Emergency personnel with the Enfield Police Department responded to the home at 10:25 a.m. and declared Rogers […]

A Florida woman in her mid-70s was repeatedly stabbed to death while walking her dog in what has been described as a “vicious, unprovoked” attack. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that deputies were called to the South Wood Community in Stuart, Florida, around 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, after neighbors […]

A teenager in Florida allegedly told his girlfriend that he “killed” a pedophile and “cut him up” before the man’s dismembered remains were found in two suitcases being circled by vultures. “I killed somebody and cut him up,” Lucas Jones reportedly told his girlfriend after he allegedly killed 28-year-old Colie Daniel, according to police. Jones, […]

Three people were recently arrested in Pennsylvania after being accused of leaving a baby behind at a crime scene. Authorities arrested the abandoned baby’s father, Joseph Daniels, during a traffic stop on the morning of Saturday, April 4, according to ABC 6. The baby’s mother, Angelina Williams, was taken into custody days earlier. Police said […]

Christina Plante was found 32 years after she disappeared from Star Valley, Arizona, and it’s now been revealed that she had allegedly been the subject of a “custody battle” and left with her mother at the time she went missing. Just days after the Gila County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Plante, 44, had been found […]

At least 19 people were injured during the Lao New Year Parade in Louisiana after a driver plowed into a crowd — and he has since been taken into custody after it was determined he’d been driving under the influence. Louisiana State Police arrested Todd Landry after he was accused of slamming into a cluster […]

Four high school students in Texas have been accused of kidnapping and torturing a classmate in an elaborate scheme. The suspects have been identified four 17-year-olds and have been charged with first-degree aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon. It is not currently clear if they are being tried as adults. The alleged incident took place on […]

A Colorado woman has been left in critical condition after she was attacked by three pit bulls outside of her home. Aurora Police Department and the city’s animal services responded to the home on Monday, March 30, at 11:40 a.m. in response to a reported animal attack. Once they arrived, authorities found Hilda Lorena Cifuentes […]

A nurse in New Jersey was allegedly killed by her ex-fiancé in a murder-suicide just weeks after she was issued a restraining order against him. Tomeka Kamwani’s family said she was killed on March 27 in Swedesboro, New Jersey, according to NJ.com. Kamwani’s sister, Lakiecha Brooks, said that the 41-year-old nurse allegedly had an active […]

A man from Venezuela has been charged with attempted murder following a throat slashing incident on Gilgo Beach, which has caused some concerns he may be a copycat of the Gilgo Beach serial killer. Ruben Guanipa Ramirez has been accused of smothering an unidentified male victim’s mouth with a rag and stabbing him from behind […]

A mother in Baltimore is seeking answers after her daughter and her boyfriend were killed on a birthday trip to Texas. Syreeta Chase said that her daughter, 27-year-old India Thomas, and her boyfriend, 25-year-old Darrell Hall, traveled to Houston in February and they planned to continue Thomas’ birthday celebration by going to Miami. Chase said […]

A family experienced unimaginable tragedy when an uncle walked in on his nephew slaughtering his own 15-year-old brother. Zuberi Sharp pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday, March 30, in connection with the death of his 15-year-old half-brother, Zayde Koehohou, on December 5, 2024. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release […]

A Tennessee woman was arrested after she allegedly beat her grandfather’s wife and left her bleeding on the floor. Allanah Samples was taken into custody on abuse of an elderly person and aggravated assault charges. Police were called to a home near Tennessee City on March 23 after they received a report of an elderly […]

Former Bachelor star Clayton Echard is pushing for accountability after a legal battle over false paternity claims resulted in criminal charges against his accuser. Arizona woman Laura Owens has been charged with multiple felonies, including fraud, forgery and perjury, for allegedly falsifying medical records that said she was pregnant with Echard’s children. Owens has pleaded […]

A mother in Idaho has been arrested for felony injury to child, and police said she tried to justify “jolting” her 1-week-old daughter by saying that she is “not made of glass.” Brenwyn Richey reportedly told a witness that “people do it all the time” when she was caught “shaking and jolting” her baby daughter […]

A woman in Oregon has been reported missing after she was picked up by a stranger when she ran out of gas. Oregon State Police said that 28-year-old Maria Linda Jade Kilmer and a passenger were driving to Salem from Lyons when her vehicle ran out of gas near Milepost 15 along Highway 22 around […]

The son of Hawaii doctor Gerhardt Konig testified against him in court this week, claiming that his father confessed to trying to kill his stepmother during a vacation they went on approximately one year ago. Gerhardt, 47, has been charged with second-degree attempted murder after he was accused of beating his wife, Arielle Konig, with […]