Investigators have confirmed that remains unearthed in a Florida junk yard 41 years ago match a missing teenager, the victim of a serial killer now imprisoned for life in California, sheriff’s officials said. Hernando County Sheriff’s investigators, with an assist from the University of North Texas and Virginia-based DNA technology …
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An 8-year-old boy was shot and killed by his 5-year-old brother Thursday at an Arkansas home in what the local sheriff called a “tragic accident.” According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to a residence following a 911 call of a reported shooting involving a young child. …
Read More »Owner of building that collapsed, killing Philadelphia firefighter, accused of setting deadly blaze
A fire that led to a building collapse that killed a Philadelphia firefighter was allegedly set intentionally by building owner Al-Ashraf Khalil, federal investigators announced on Tuesday. Khalil is charged with maliciously damaging a building by means of fire and aiding and abetting. Philadelphia Fire Department Lieutenant Sean Williamson, 51, …
Read More »Pamela Albertson 1990 murder: DNA retest concludes acquitted suspect Robert Earl Hayes was actually killer
A former race track worker acquitted at retrial after his conviction and death sentence for raping and murdering a woman was overturned was almost certainly the actual killer according to new DNA tests, a Florida prosecutor announced Wednesday. Retesting shows DNA found in Pamela Albertson’s vagina came from Robert Earl …
Read More »At least 13 killed, dozens wounded in weekend mass shootings across U.S.: “Horrendous and unthinkable”
At least 13 people were killed and more than two dozen wounded in multiple mass shootings across the United States this weekend, as lawmakers struggle to respond to the country’s long-running epidemic of gun violence. The shootings came after a spate of mass killings that have sparked renewed calls for …
Read More »Killer charged with heading $2 million COVID jobless funds scam from behind bars. Natalie Le Demola helped murder her mother.
A Corona, California woman serving a life sentence for helping murder her mother in 2001 was charged with leading a group that defrauded the state out of millions in unemployment insurance benefits, CBS Los Angeles reports. The Department of Justice charged 13 defendants, five of whom were arrested, for the …
Read More »Mario Batali acquitted of sexual misconduct charges
Mario Batali was found not guilty of indecent assault and battery on Tuesday, following a swift trial in which the celebrity chef waived his right to have a jury decide his fate. Batali, who pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in 2019, had faced up to 2 1/2 years in …
Read More »Brian Laundrie’s parents knew “whereabouts” of Gabby Petito’s body, lawsuit says
New details have surfaced in the lawsuit filed by the parents of Gabby Petito. CBS Miami reports the Petitos amended their lawsuit, alleging that during the search for Gabby, Brian Laundrie’s parents knew their son had killed her and knew “the whereabouts of the body.” Petito disappeared while on a cross-country …
Read More »Texas executes its oldest death row inmate, Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, for killing a Houston police officer
Huntsville, Texas — Texas’ oldest death row inmate was executed Thursday for killing a Houston police officer during a traffic stop nearly 32 years ago. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the June 1990 fatal shooting of Houston …
Read More »Suspect Gerald Brevard arrested in shootings of five homeless men in NYC and D.C.
An intense manhunt ended early Tuesday when federal agents in Washington, D.C. arrested a suspect in the shootings of at least five homeless men there and in Manhattan. Two of the victims were killed. D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee III confirmed Tuesday that the suspect is 30-year-old Gerald …
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