Katherine Schaffstall

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 […]

A mother and father in Union, South Carolina, have been arrested after their 5-month-old son died, with authorities allegedly believing that they neglected and abused the infant leading up to his passing. Officers with the Union Public Safety Department responded to Union Medical Center on August 8, 2025, after they received a report about potential […]

Agents from the U.S. Marshals Service have arrested a 34-year-old mother after they found her two missing children in Manitou Springs, Colorado, in December 2025. The U.S. Marshals said that the two children, who are 3 years old and 12 years old, were reported missing from Connecticut back on October 16, 2025. Amid the search […]

Police say that a man they’ve arrested in Indiana was driving drunk and under the influence of pills when he threatened to kill another couple at a stop sign, just because their cars crossed paths on the road. Jay Messer is facing several charges following the incident, including three counts of unlawful possession of a […]

Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a mother for alleged neglect after her toddler son drowned on the front porch of their home. Three weeks after the toddler died, Elizabeth Holderness reportedly turned herself in to deputies the morning of Monday, January 5, according to WITN. Holderness, 30, has been formally charged with felony involuntary […]

A retired Air Force Major who also worked as a former substitute teacher has been arrested in Alabama on child porn charges, according to reports. Officers with the Leeds Police Department arrested Daniel Martin Brown and booked him into the Jefferson County Jail on Thursday, January 1. Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin said that authorities […]

More than a decade after she was convicted of the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, Jodi Arias seems to be seeking new counsel in an attempt to clear her name and challenge her conviction. Arias, 45, has been writing a blog called “Just Jodi” as she serves out her prison sentence. In her […]

A Michigan man is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, according to authorities and media reports. The deadly attack took place on New Year’s Eve on Wednesday, December 31, when Milford police said the girlfriend of Peyton Bilbia called in a welfare check for him because she could […]

An Olympic hopeful from Colorado is facing charges after she allegedly fatally stabbed an Uber driver 60 times with a kitchen knife inside his car. Khayla Dawson claimed she was going for a “joy ride” when she scheduled an Uber pickup with driver Jeremy Campbell on October 26, 2025, according to an arrest affidavit filed […]

A man in California has been arrested for hitting a mother and her 5-year-old child with his pickup truck while allegedly drunk driving through a Trader Joe’s parking lot in the middle of the day. The Clovis Police Department revealed in a Facebook post on Sunday, January 4, that Steve Myer has been identified as […]