Katherine Schaffstall

Hawaii anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig has been convicted of attempted murder after he was accused of trying to kill his wife, Arielle Konig, during a 2025 hike. A Honolulu jury deliberated for one day before they returned the verdict against Gerhardt, 47, on Wednesday, April 8. Gerhardt was convicted of attempted manslaughter based on extreme mental […]

The remains of Nicole Alston were found in Hogansville, Georgia, in 2007 after her body had been dismembered and set on fire. However, it was not until 2023 that authorities were able to identify the remains as Alston’s by using public genealogy databases. Alston’s girlfriend, Angel Marie Thompson, was indicted in February 2026 after prosecutors […]

A Rochester, New York, man is suing a former prosecutor in the District Attorney’s Office for malicious prosecution and wrongful incarceration after he allegedly had a relationship with the plaintiff’s wife at the same time he was prosecuting his case. Jonathan D. Francisco, Livingston County, Livingston County’s District Attorney’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office are […]

After nearly three years of maintaining his innocence, Rex Heuermann has admitted he is the Gilgo Beach serial killer — confessing to strangling eight women whose bodies he dumped along a Long Island highway over a span of 17 years. The guilty plea reshapes a case that Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney called one […]

Two elementary school employees in Oklahoma have been arrested after they were accused of attacking a 10-year-old student and a 5-year-old student on separate occasions. Teacher’s aide Elizabeth Kay Sutton and personal care assistant Ottoria McClung were both charged with assault and battery upon a student, according to The Lawton Constitution. Authorities learned of the […]

A school bus driver in Florida has been arrested and charged with more than two dozen counts of child neglect after her bus, packed with 29 young children, was clipped by a speeding train. The incident took place at the intersection of East Central Avenue and North Market Street on Thursday, April 2, in Bushnell, […]

A man has been charged with murder after he was involved in a California car crash that killed a pregnant woman and her boyfriend. Marshall Campbell Judson has been charged with two counts of murder, one count each of murder of a human fetus, assault upon a peace officer or firefighter, carrying a concealed, loaded […]

Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy said she’s open to admitting she murdered her three children in 2023 as the start of her murder trial approaches. Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, said she “is offering to admit that she killed the children” if the judge agrees to a bifurcated trial format, according to WCVB. A bifurcated trial is […]

A 22-year-old groom has been accused of shooting and killing one of his friends during his bachelor party trip in Oklahoma. Officers with the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office reported to an Airbnb cabin in Oklahoma just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, in response to a shooting, according to KBTX. Upon their arrival, detectives […]

A Michigan woman has been arrested after she allegedly held her sister-in-law captive in a basement for approximately two years. Authorities began an investigation into the matter on March 15 when the 58-year-old woman held captive broke a window at a neighbor’s house in Saginaw, Michigan, and begged for help. The homeowner of the neighboring […]

New details have emerged after a North Carolina man was accused of poisoning and killing his wife with eye drops years before he allegedly tried to stage his own kidnapping. After Josh Hunsucker’s wife, Stacy Hunsucker, died in 2018, he was accused of fatally poisoning her by putting lethal doses of eyedrops in her drinks […]

A school bus driver in Virginia has been arrested after she was accused of strangling a student on the way to school. Police became aware of the situation on March 30 when they received a report of a disorderly individual at Linkhorne Elementary School in Lynchburg, Virginia, according to a press release viewed by Us […]

A pastor in San Antonio, Texas, was arrested last week for sexually abusing two young girls over the course of several years. Pastor Ryan Pena was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child on Friday, April 3, after investigators in California reached out to the San Antonio Police Department, according to News 4 San […]

Owners of a horse “rescue” in Florida have been arrested after 69 animals were found starved and abused while under their care. Marion County Sheriff’s Office Agriculture Detective Kraig McClaskey and Investigator Justin McClure reported to Happy Valley Horse Rescue on November 4, 2025, after they received an anonymous tip regarding the mistreatment of horses […]

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, […]