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Kristopher Karolkiewicz likely killed his wife, Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz, before he fatally shot their six children in an apparent murder-suicide. Death certificates obtained by News 8 revealed that Kristopher, 47, Mandy, 39, and their six kids were found dead after they were shot in the head at their home in Grand Haven, Michigan. Ottawa Sheriff’s […]

Parents in Arizona will not face charges after their toddler was found alive in a morgue just hours after he was believed to be dead after drowning in a backyard pool. The boy, 18 months, was brought to Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert, Arizona, after his family found him seemingly dead in […]

Dominic Russo’s sister, Christine Russo, reflected on her brother’s death on the fourth anniversary of Mackenzie Shirilla’s fatal car crash. Christine took to Instagram on Friday, July 31, to share a video that featured several photos and clips of Dominic, who died at the age of 20, and their family throughout the years. “Four years. […]

OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney is expected to accept a plea deal with prosecutors after she was arrested for killing her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in 2022. Clenney’s lawyer, Frank Prieto, told TMZ on Friday, July 31, that Clenney, 30, reached a deal in the case after she was accused of fatally stabbing Obumseli, 27. However, he […]

An Indiana man was arrested after he allegedly injured a 3-year-old girl, who claimed she sustained the injuries when a ghost squeezed her. The Evansville Police Department confirmed that Cyrous Baker has been charged with one count of neglect of a dependent and two counts of domestic battery by an adult against a family member […]

Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz’s father, Gary Anderson, spoke out after she was murdered and insisted he “still loves” her husband, Kristopher Karolkiewicz, after he killed her and their six kids in an apparent murder-suicide. “I love my daughter Mandy, and I loved those six children. In a way, I still love Kris,” Anderson told The Detroit […]

Alex Murdaugh is seeking independent review of DNA evidence that was found under his wife Maggie Murdaugh’s nails after he was accused of killing her and their son Paul Murdaugh in 2021. As Alex, 57, is preparing for his retrial in the murder case, his attorneys filed a motion asking for an independent laboratory to […]

After high school cheerleader Alexee Trevizo admitted to putting the body of a newborn baby in a hospital trash can, a court has ruled that the confession captured on police bodycam footage can’t be used by prosecutors in her murder case. The justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously voted to uphold the Fifth […]

Xana Kernodle’s father, Jeff Kernodle, emotionally reflected on not going to his daughter’s house in Moscow, Idaho, on the night that she and fellow college students Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were murdered. While appearing in Netflix’s July docuseries The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, Jeff explained that he considered stopping by Xana’s home […]

Bryan Kohberger previously pleaded guilty for the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students — but nearly three years after the killings, one question continues to haunt investigators, victims’ families and the public alike: Why did he do it? Kohberger, a former PhD student, broke into the off campus home at 1122 King Road […]

A driver’s education teacher in Long Island, New York, was arrested after he allegedly made sexual comments to male students. Suffolk County Police Department confirmed that Joseph Klein was arrested on Wednesday, July 29, and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. His arrest comes after alleged incidents that involved male students during driving […]

Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz’s family paid tribute to their late family member in a joint statement after she and her six children were killed by her husband, Kristopher Karolkiewicz, in an apparent murder-suicide. The family’s GoFundMe page explained that the fundraiser was intended to help Mandy’s mother, Becky Lawwill and her stepfather, Steve Lawwill, with the […]

Elementary school music teacher Joseph Horner allegedly committed an unthinkable crime when he brutally killed and raped his sister-in-law, Victoria Castle, in her Long Island, New York, home in June. While Horner is currently behind bars, he has left Castle’s family — including his wife, Alexia “Allie” Castle Horner – in shock and horror as […]

Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza is the subject of Netflix’s upcoming true crime documentary A Child of My Own, which will take viewers on the journey of her struggle to have children. But her story takes a shocking twist. Mendoza, who was known to her peers as Alejandra, was arrested in 2009 after she faked a […]

A Wisconsin man was arrested after he allegedly killed his mother before he covered her head with cat litter and set her bed on fire. Rodolfo Gonzalez was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, recklessly endangering safety, arson, mutilating a corpse and resisting an officer following the incident that took place on Sunday, July 26. Authorities […]

Netflix’s July 2026 docuseries The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare features detailed interviews with law enforcement and the loved ones of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. One family member that shared her perspective on the case was Goncalves’ older sister, Alivea Goncalves, who has been an outspoken voice while discussing the murders. […]

Kaylee Goncalves’ youngest sister, Aubrie Goncalves, slammed Bryan Kohberger amid his attempt to have his guilty plea withdrawn one year after he pleaded guilty to killing Kaylee and fellow Idaho college students Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Aubrie took to her family’s Facebook page on Monday, July 27, to criticize Kohberger, 31, after […]

A Connecticut woman was arrested for attempted human trafficking after two minors were reportedly found with her inside a hotel room amid a missing juvenile case. The Meriden Police Department launched an investigation into the matter after they received a report of a missing juvenile on July 12, according to WTNH. One day after they […]

Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz admitted she “shoved” her husband, Kristopher Karolkiewicz, after she learned he cheated on her in a Reddit post uploaded two years before he killed her and their six children in an apparent murder-suicide. In a subreddit titled “AsOneAfterInfidelity,” Mandy, 39, responded to a thread asking others if they got “physical” with their […]

Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz revealed her husband, Kristopher Karolkiewicz, had grown “frustrated” with her because she was unable to get over his affair with an intern two years before he killed her and their six kids in an apparent murder-suicide. In a 2024 post featured in the subreddit “AsOneAfterInfidelity,” Mandy, 39, admitted she was “frustrated” that […]

Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz and Kristopher Karolkiewicz‘s home was “full of smoke” after he killed her and their six children in an apparent murder-suicide, according to a 911 dispatch call from the incident. Police said that they believe Kristopher, 47, fatally shot Mandy, 39, and their six kids before he set their home in Grand Haven […]