Three adults in Virginia are behind bars after a 4-year-old boy died suffering a regime of cruelty, authorities in the Old Dominion say. Rebecca Ann Romero, 53, and Shanyah Elizabeth Dilda, 22, stand accused of one count each of aggravated murder, felony murder, and felony child abuse and neglect. Kemmilyn
A Georgia man was sentenced to 475 years in prison after authorities rescued more than 100 malnourished pit bulls tied to trees and metal stobs in his backyard in a dogfighting ring bust. Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, learned his fate Thursday after being found guilty by a jury this week
A 31-year-old man in South Carolina will spend more than a decade behind bars helping his girlfriend cover up the horrific death of her 4-year-old special-needs daughter, who was found beaten to death and stuffed in the drawer of a dresser shared nearly five years ago. Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
A Connecticut man was found walking down a road a day after he allegedly stabbed his wife and shot his mother-in-law in front of the couple’s two children. Christopher Raye, 45, was charged with murder after the Jan. 27 stabbing death of his wife, Bryana Raye, 30, and her mother,
A 34-year-old man in New York has been arrested for allegedly killing his in-laws and their dog before setting the couple’s house on fire. Robert J. Buda was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in the slayings
Ashley Elkins, 30, was last seen at her Warren, Mich., home on Jan. 2 Her ex-boyfriend DeAndre Booker was initially arrested on a charge of lying to police Michigan authorities have now charged Booker with offenses including murder and evidence tampering A man who allegedly lied to police during their
A 17-year-old Florida girl is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death just days before Christmas while they were allegedly “horseplaying” with a knife in a parking garage. Court records show Jahara Malik is facing a charge of manslaughter with a deadly weapon in the Dec. 20
A mother from Michigan has learned her fate for abandoning her 1-year-old son on Florida‘s Daytona Beach. The boy’s teenage brother reportedly called the cops on her on the day in question — claiming she was “possessed by demons.” Shamika Mitchell, 38, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison
A mother in Seattle is accused of beating her son to death with an extension cord — telling him it’s “butt cutting time” — after he failed to finish his chores, cops say. “(The boy) did not complete his chores and she was angry,” the arrest report, which was first
A Michigan man has now been charged with murder in the death of his missing ex-girlfriend and mother of two after authorities said they found her blood in his bathroom. Deandre Booker, 32, was charged on Friday with premeditated murder, tampering with evidence, dismembering and mutilation of a corpse, and