Katherine Schaffstall

A 10-month-old baby has died in South Carolina after his babysitter left with his care inflicted “extensive head and body injuries.” The Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office confirmed in a news release that Jacob Ray Wescott was sentenced on February 9 to serve 33 years in prison after he was convicted of homicide by child […]

The search for a missing 2-year-old girl in Alabama continues after she was last seen at her home in Enterprise. Officials with the Enterprise Police Department identified the missing girl as Genises Nova Reid. After she was reported missing, an alert was sent out on the afternoon of Monday, February 16, asking that police keep […]

A disgruntled dad has been identified by police as the gunman behind a deadly mass shooting that took place inside a hockey rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on Monday, February 16. The shooter allegedly targeted members of his own family before dying by suicide. Officials with the Pawtucket Police Department confirmed that three people — […]

A man from Ohio has been charged in connection with the murders of his ex-girlfriend and a U.S. soldier in North Carolina. The Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office said it was contacted by the Moore County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday, February 14, regarding a report of a double homicide in Vass, North Carolina, according to a […]

A woman was fatally stabbed at her home on Long Island, New York, and a teenage relative was injured after her estranged husband allegedly attacked them before turning the knife on himself in an apparent suicide attempt. The Suffolk County Police Department confirmed in a press release that Adriana Barbosa was found with stab wounds […]

An 11-year-old boy has died, and his two siblings are in critical condition after their mother allegedly fed them liquid methadone in Malaysia. Selangor Police confirmed on Wednesday, February 11, that three children were taken to the Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin Hospital in the town of Kajang after they became sick, according to a statement shared […]

Three days after multiple people were found killed in Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale homes in related shootings, police in Florida have revealed that the suspect showed up to the Sarasota residence with two handguns, five knives and other weapons. Russell Kot, 51, is suspected of killing Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and Ben Azivov, 18, at a […]

A student assistant at Ohio State University has been charged with sex crimes that allegedly involved a 13-year-old victim. Anthony Bokar has been accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl from Athens County in November 2025, according to Athens County Common Pleas court documents viewed by WBNS. Bokar, 21, was sexting with the girl, according […]

A father in Utah allegedly waterboarded his teenage daughter because her bedroom wasn’t “spotless to his expectations,” according to reports. David Nephi Johnson — who is the chairman of the Wasatch County Republican Party — has been accused of aggravated child abuse, according to a probable cause arrest affidavit viewed by Law&Crime. Officers with the […]

A missing 3-year-old has been found safe after his father killed the boy’s mother and shot his sister, fleeing the scene as he left “blood curdling” screams behind. Police found the young boy’s slain mother, Rayven Amuan Edwards, when they responded to a home in Washington, D.C. after they received a report of a shooting […]

UPDATE — 2/13/2026 at 12:10 p.m.: Police have arrested a New Mexico man for allegedly killing his 11-month-old child before partially burying the baby’s remains in a remote area. Us Weekly confirmed John Hannon, 43, was arrested for child abuse resulting in death and tampering with evidence, according to the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office. […]

A couple in Florida has been arrested after they got into a fight with 20 other people while playing pickleball, police confirmed. Authorities in Volusia County said that they arrested Anthony Sapienza and Julianne Sapienza after they allegedly got into a fight with others at the Spruce Creek Country Club in Port Orange, Florida, on […]

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 […]