Katherine Schaffstall

Three juveniles were arrested after investigators connected them to 12 random shooting incidents that took place in Austin, Texas, in which four people were injured and two fire stations were targeted. Austin Police Department Chief Lisa Davis said that two teenagers were taken into custody on Sunday, May 17, following the shootings. The shooting spree […]

Alan Cumming has become an expert host on shows like The Killer Among Us and The Traitors, and he revealed the advice he gave to good friend Parker Posey amid her own reality TV hosting debut exclusively to Us Weekly. “We talked before she left [for Italy] and she called me from there,” Cumming, 61, […]

A Christian school kindergarten teacher in Indiana admitted to having sex with a teenager on several occasions, including on school grounds and at the teen girl’s house. Torrie Lemon pleaded guilty to one count of child seduction as a Level 5 felony on Thursday, May 14, and was sentenced to serve 40 days in jail, […]

Wade Wilson, the convicted murderer who became a viral social media fixation as the “Deadpool Killer,” is back in the spotlight after his crimes were documented in Paramount+’s Handsome Devil: Charming Killer and Netflix’s Worst Ex Ever. Wilson was found guilty in June 2024 of murdering Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral, Florida, […]

A couple in Florida has been arrested after they allegedly beat up a mother because they didn’t like how she disciplined her child in public. The mother told police that her 4-year-old son was misbehaving at the time of the incident and he spit in her face, according to arrest reports viewed by Us Weekly. […]

Five people have been arrested after a teenage girl in Missouri was allegedly kidnapped, beaten and fatally shot. Hunter Ames, Christopher Hull and Alayna Mason have each been charged with kidnapping in connection with the death of Kayla Huff, according to court records. Meanwhile, Julian L. Mason has been charged with a felony count of […]

A car chase that involved the Arkansas State Police ended in a crash, and footage captured a shocking moment when a small child emerged from the wrecked car and ran toward officers. Dash cam footage documented the chase that took place in Joiner, Arkansas, on May 2, and showed a Dodge Charger refusing to pull […]

After spending nearly three decades on death row, Richard Glossip was released on bond as he awaits a retrial in the 1997 killing of his boss, Barry Van Treese. The case has drawn national attention, with Kim Kardashian paying for his release. In light of his release, Us Weekly breaks down what Glossip has been […]

While Alan Cumming is about to share deeper looks into several true crime stories on The Killer Among Us, he exclusively revealed to Us Weekly which true crime story first piqued his interest during his childhood. After Cumming, 61, was asked if true crime was a popular topic during his childhood in Scotland, he told […]

An Alabama man has been arrested after he was accused of shooting his son’s girlfriend. Jeffrey Scott Towers was arrested on Monday, May 11, on a warrant and charged with manslaughter, the Trussville Police Department announced in a statement. Towers, 54, was arrested two months after the Trussville Police officers responded to a home after […]

A family’s worst nightmare came true when a missing teenager in Alabama was found dismembered in the woods after his body was set on fire. The Eufaula Alabama Police Department said in a statement that Markavious “Mark” Rumph was reported missing after he was last seen at a gas station Eufaula, Alabama, on May 6. […]

Children’s book author Kouri Richins built a public identity around grief — penning a heartfelt picture book to help her three young sons process the loss of their father. But a Utah jury has now decided that the very tragedy she chronicled was one she orchestrated herself. Richins was convicted in March 2026 of fatally […]

A Michigan couple has been arrested after they allegedly confined their adopted children in dog cages and made them wear a homemade straitjacket. The Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office announced in a news release that Jessica Klimp pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree child abuse involving two of her adopted children on […]

A North Carolina teacher has been arrested after he allegedly sexually abused children more than two decades ago beginning in 2005. Steven Robert Kohls has been charged with eight counts of sexual activity by a custodian, three counts of sex offense in a parental role and two counts of statutory sex offense of a child […]

Dalton Eatherly, known by his streamer name “Chud the Builder,” has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot someone who confronted him outside of a courthouse in Tennessee. District Attorney Robert J. Nash said that Eatherly, 28, shot an unidentified man during a fight that took place outside of the courthouse in Clarksville […]

The Utah grief author Kouri Richins has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after she was convicted of murdering her husband. Richins, 35, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole during a hearing on Wednesday, May 13, according to NBC News. She received her sentence after she was found […]

A Nebraska man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he broke into his ex-fiancée’s home and killed her just one day after he was released from jail for charges related to a prior attack against her. Casey Kindt pleaded no contest to eight felony counts and three misdemeanors in February in […]

A Kentucky mother has been arrested after she allegedly abandoned her young kids at someone else’s home and left without telling the homeowner, leaving her 2-year-old son to wander into the street looking for her. Crystal Neal was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 years old or younger and abandonment […]

A DoorDash driver in Idaho has been arrested after he allegedly shot a man in front of thousands of witnesses when he grew impatient with the crowd while trying to deliver baby formula during a lantern festival. Edsel Robert Johnson was arrested and charged with one count each of first-degree murder, reckless driving and battery […]

A Michigan man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he trapped and shot his ex-girlfriend two times in front of their young daughter. Gregory Keyier-Deniro Davis was convicted by a jury in Oakland County on April 10 on all eight charges he was facing, which included one count each of premeditated […]

A high school band director in Florida has been arrested after he allegedly sent sexual social media messages to a student. The Fort Myers Police Department announced in a news release that Leroy Irving Jr. was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday, May 12. Irving worked as the band director at Dunbar High […]