Katherine Schaffstall

A woman in Florida who was arrested after being accused of drowning her own 7-month-old daughter in a bathtub has been deemed “not well” during the first court hearing in her case, which took place on Thursday, January 15. Tierra Scott-Franklin has been officially charged with premeditated murder. A judge would not grant her bond […]

A man in Memphis, Tennessee, has been arrested after he was accused of raping and kidnapping a 13-year-old girl that he met on Snapchat during an incident on Christmas Eve 2025. Breon Collins was arrested on Wednesday, January 14, and was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, evading arrest in an automobile and evading […]

A man has been arrested in Tennessee after his wife found nude videos of their teenage babysitter on his phone, which were shot in the couple’s bathroom. Christopher Thomas Collins stands charged with nine counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, according to Hamilton County court records. Us Weekly can confirm that his […]

A young father in Texas pleaded guilty after he was arrested for shaking and beating his malnourished 1-month-old twins, leading to their deaths. Fernando Vega entered his plea after being charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury in the deaths of his children, Massail and Mirena Vega. Following his plea, Vega, 23, […]

When Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped and abducted out of her childhood bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, back in 2002, her family was catapulted into the spotlight as the world set out to find her. While Elizabeth’s parents, Ed Smart and Lois Smart, were quick to speak to the media about their daughter’s disappearance, the […]

Michael McKee threatened to murder his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, “many times” before his arrest for allegedly killing her and her dentist husband, Spencer Tepe, according to the victims’ family member. “Monique was very vocal about being terrified of this guy [until her death],” the couple’s brother-in-law Rob Misleh told People about McKee, 39, in an […]

An 18-month-old girl has died in Minnesota after her mother poured a “significant amount” of sleeping medication into her bottle just hours after she lost custody of the child. Officers with the Champlin Police Department responded to a home on Castle Rock Court on Friday, January 9, where they found a young child not breathing, […]

An 18-year-old man in Phoenix, Arizona, has been accused of killing his neighbor and then living in his home for weeks following the crime. Police officers reported to a home in the Laveen neighborhood of Phoenix on Monday, January 12, after the homeowner had not been heard from for many days. “Details on the call […]

A man has been arrested in Pennsylvania after he allegedly tried to buy a 6-year-old girl from her mother for $5,000 after he babysat the young victim. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that Allegheny Township police said the incident took place when Theodore Magee was asked to watch the girl overnight at his […]

A man in Missouri has been arrested after police alleged he called his son to confess to stabbing his wife to death for “cheating,” and told him he “sat with her” as she bled out before fleeing their home. Malang Akbari has been charged with first-degree murder for killing his wife, Manhaz Akbari, according to […]

After Ohio couple Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe were murdered in their own home, one of their family members revealed that the suspect in the case, Michael McKee, used to “torment” Monique when they were still married. “She just had to get away from him,” Monique’s brother-in-law, Rob Misleh, said of McKee, 39, while appearing […]

Several stars from Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise have found themselves at the center of legal drama over the years. No matter the city they live in or the show they star in, no reality stars seem to be safe from the threat of being exposed. In light of the trend, investigative reporter Kristin Thorne […]

More than two decades after Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped by Brian David Mitchell from her own bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, people are still fascinated by her months-long disappearance. While Smart has been open about the scary experience in the past, she is preparing to share even more insight into the ordeal in Netflix’s […]

An employee at NRG Stadium has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 8-year-old boy inside a restroom during a Houston Texans game in December 2025. The Houston Police Department confirmed in a Facebook post on Tuesday, January 13, that Ushay Nixon was charged with indecency with a child by exposure and attempted aggravated […]

Police revealed that a weapon found at murder suspect Michael McKee’s home matches the one that’s believed to have been used to kill his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her dentist husband, Spencer Tepe. The weapon in question is just one of “multiple weapons” discovered by police when they searched McKee’s property, Columbus Police Chief Elaine […]

Police have reportedly launched a probe into the shocking death of former Olympian and world champion canoeist Miklos Dudas. Dudas was found dead at the age of 34 at his home in Budapest, Hungary, of mysterious circumstances on January 5. While police initially said there were no signs of foul play or criminal activity, new […]

Preacher Michael Woroniecki blasted Investigation Discovery’s docuseries The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story, insisting that he “had nothing to do” with the murders of Andrea Yates’ five children. Before Andrea, 61, drowned her children in June 2001, she and her husband, Rusty “Russell” Yates, were said to be followers of Woroniecki. After […]

Illinois man Adam Beckerink has been formally charged with first-degree murder of his late wife, Cailtin Tracey, after she died in October 2024. On Tuesday, January 13, Chicago police announced the official charges against Beckerink, 47, more than one year after Tracey was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell in Beckerink’s South Loop […]

Michael McKee, who has been arrested in connection to the murders of Ohio couple Spencer Tepe and Monique Tepe, reportedly “disappeared” from Las Vegas for months before his alleged involvement in the grisly crime. Vascular surgeon McKee, 39, was named as a co-defendant in a medical malpractice suit that was filed in Clark County District […]

Ohio couple Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe’s brother-in-law opened up about her relationship with ex-husband Michael McKee after the surgeon was arrested in Illinois for allegedly killing them both. “She was terrified because he had threatened her life on multiple occasions when they were married,” Rob Misleh told NBC News about Monique in a video […]

The employer of Michael McKee has broken its silence after the vascular surgeon was arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her Ohio dentist husband, Spencer Tepe. At the time of the killings, McKee, 39, worked at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. Three days after he was arrested, the […]