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Remember the case in Texas where a teen stabbed another teen for what seemed like no reason whatsoever? Looks like the trial is happening. https://abcnews.com/US/karmelo-anthonys-murder-trial-underway-texas-track-meet/story?id=133425722 https://www.foxnews.com/us/karmelo-anthony-trial-ignites-rival-camps-threaten-get-jurors-heads-track-meet-stabbing-expert

Affluent Virginia suburb rocked by mansion murder mystery as nanny faces trial Juliana Peres Magalhaes is set to face trial in Fairfax County, Virginia, for second-degree murder in November https://www.foxnews.com/us/affluent-virginia-suburb-rocked-mansion-murder-mystery-nanny-faces-trial?dicbo=v2-ds1PQsZ A bucolic Virginia neighborhood. A seemingly normal family of three. A Brazilian au pair. A double murder. These are all parts of a complex puzzle investigators are still working to determine who killed Christine Banfield — a wife, mother and Fairfax County NICU employee — and Joseph Ryan, the 38-year-old man who showed up at her home armed with a knife, in Herndon, Virginia, in February 2023. Part of that puzzle is in the process...

https://6abc.com/post/amber-alert-nola-dinkins-homicide-investigation-underway-police-say-mother-gave-false-abduction-report-newark-delaware/16718734/ Amber Alert case in Delaware now a homicide investigation after mom gave false report: police Police are now conducting a homicide investigation after an Amber Alert was issued for a 3-year-old girl on Tuesday in New Castle County, Delaware. Police announced on Wednesday that the Amber Alert has been canceled after investigators say the mother gave police false statements about the alleged abduction. New Castle County police say police in Maryland are now leading the investigation, although it is unclear at this time why. The FBI was also assisting with the case. Police say the girl's...

https://www.waow.com/news/wisconsin/dodge-county-search-missing-woman-clyman/article_0af86462-830f-57c4-911f-2ad99ae83d6d.html Dodge County authorities search for missing woman; husband in custody The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing woman in rural Clyman and is asking the public to avoid the area and not join in the search. Family say Crystal Rasch, 37, of rural Clyman, has not been in touch with anyone since June 11. Rasch’s husband, Zachariah Rasch, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon and is being held in the Dodge County Jail on tentative charges of misappropriating personal identification materials. Crystal Rasch filed for divorce in September 2023 and said in court papers her husband had threatened...

On February 14, 2017, the bodies of Abigail Williams and Liberty German were discovered near the Monon High Bridge Trail, which is part of the Delphi Historic Trails in Delphi, Indiana, United States, after the young girls had disappeared from the same trail the previous day. The murders have received significant media coverage because a photo and audio recording of an individual believed to be the girls' murderer was found on German's smartphone. Despite the audio and video recordings of the suspect that have been circulated and the more than 26,000 tips that police have received, no arrest in the case has been made.[1][2][3] Police have not publicly stated nor released details of how the girls were murdered.[6] As early as...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-state-trooper-stops-murder-suspects-suv-with-pit-maneuver-ending-manhunt Six out of the eight killings in Atlanta were Asian women. No motive reported yet, investigation still underway.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article252980198.html FBI returns Friday to Grain Valley property where remains of missing woman were found Investigators from the FBI on Friday will spend a second day gathering evidence at a property in unincorporated Jackson County where the body of a missing woman was found last week. Aubry had been reported missing in Independence after relatives lost contact with her since October. Her last known address was in Kansas City, Kansas. Court records show the homeowner, Michael J. Hendricks, 40, is identified as the homeowner. Hendricks and his girlfriend Maggie Ybarra, 30, were the primary subjects of the investigation that led police to find Aubry’s body in Hendricks’ yard. Hendricks and...

This case is being kept pretty quiet, no major details released to speak of (other than it does say there were two different guns used), but no info regarding who found them, who called 911, very little else. Of interest, the grandfather died just a few days after these murders and it sounds as if he was ill from various articles so probably not unexpected. I think of the typical motives, did grandpa have a big estate? How big in the overall family of grandpa's on down? They sound like a pretty well known family and a powerful one in their state, more on that in the article...

Scott Peterson's death sentence in murder of pregnant wife overturned by California Supreme Court Laci Peterson and their unborn son, Conner, were killed over 15 years ago The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the death penalty sentence for Scott Peterson, convicted in the Christmas Eve murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner. The court's decision came more than 15 years after Laci, a Modesto, Calif., school teacher, was killed. Investigators said Peterson dumped his wife's body from his fishing boat into the San Francisco Bay in 2002. The bodies of Laci and Conner surfaced months later. While the murder conviction against Peterson stayed in place, the court ordered a new penalty phase trial...

Leon Circuit Judge James C. Hankinson set an April 13 trial date for Katherine Magbanua, whose charges in the murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel ended in mistrial earlier this month. Magbanua, wearing a blue Leon County Detention Center jumpsuit, appeared in the courtroom with her attorneys, Chris DeCoste and Tara Kawass. Hankinson asked about her legal representation moving forward; DeCoste said he and Kawass intend to continue defending her. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2019/10/22/judge-sets-retrial-date-katherine-magbanua-dan-markel-killing/4061118002/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-mom-accused-killing-husband-fentanyl-drink-tried-poison-multiple-rcna83817 May 10, 2023, 6:16 PM EDT / Updated May 11, 2023, 9:18 AM EDT By Minyvonne Burke, Antonio Planas and Andrew Blankstein A Utah man who died after his wife allegedly spiked his drink with fentanyl — and then wrote a children's book about grief — had suspected she tried to poison him multiple times and said “she was to blame” if anything happened to him, according to court records. Despite the suspicions, a family spokesperson told NBC News on Wednesday that Eric Richins stayed in the marriage with Kouri Richins because of his children. Eric Richins, 39, died March 4, 2022, at his home in Kamas, about 40 miles southeast...

https://www.fox4news.com/news/search-for-7-year-old-girl-who-went-missing-in-wise-county Search for 7-year-old girl who went missing in Wise County A number of local law enforcement departments are taking part in a search for a 7-year-old girl who was reported missing on Wednesday night. A parent called the Wise County Sheriff's Office just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday saying her daughter, Athena Strand was nowhere to be found. Wise County Sheriff's Office, DPS, Texas Rangers, Fort Worth PD, Bridgeport PD, local fire departments, Wise County EMS, Search Rescue One and several others searched the area around the 200 block of County Road 3573 in Paradise. A massive search is underway in Paradise on Thursday morning...

ARE VIOLENT OFFENDERS GETTING YOUNGER? Two teenagers in Texas have been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of a father and son. Preston Wessling, 38, and 14-year-old Evan Wessling were found dead Saturday morning after the Llano County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) received a 911 call about multiple gunshot victims at a home on Airport Road in Tow, Texas, 90 miles northwest of Austin. Responding deputies found the victims with gunshot wounds on the driveway. Kyler Nathaniel Allen and Jordan Eric Ostrander, both 19, were arrested Monday in connection with the murders. Both are charged with capital murder. Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the killings or the relationship between the suspects and the victims...

Colorado dentist accused of poisoning wife and mom of 6 after ‘heinous, complex and calculated’ crime leaves her brain dead March 20, 2023 A 45-year-old dentist in Colorado faces charges of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, a mother of six children, after severe headaches left her brain dead, investigators said over the weekend. According to the Aurora Police Department, James Toliver Craig was taken into custody early Sunday morning, days after he allegedly drove his 43-year-old wife to the hospital. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, the wife’s condition deteriorated rapidly, and she was placed on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. She was declared medically brain dead a short time later.” further investigation...

A new book is set to reveal devastating details about a deadly love triangle that led to the murder of a marine's pregnant wife after her lover dumped her body at the bottom of a desert mine. Erin Corwin was just 19-years-old when she was strangled in Joshua Tree, California by Christopher Brandon Lee, 27, shortly after the pair embarked on an illicit affair. They had been neighbors on the Marine base in Twentynine Palms, Calif., where Lee, who worked alongside Erin's husband Jon, lived with his wife Nichole and their six-year-old daughter Liberty. The two couples quickly became friends after newlyweds Erin and Jon moved to the site in September 2013. But it was a friendship that would go on to cost Erin her life, new book...

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/police-issue-amber-alert-9-year-old-abducted-lake-20777199.php Police issue Amber Alert for 9-year-old abducted from Lake George New York State Police issued an Amber Alert at 1:29 a.m. Sunday, saying a 9-year-old girl was abducted by an unknown suspect from Lake George four hours earlier Saturday night. Police sent an alert to people’s phones saying Melina Galanis Frattolin was last seen southbound in a white van on I-87 near exit 22 at 9:40 p.m. Saturday. The initial alert said she was last seen at 7:40 p.m., but it was changed to 9:40 p.m. shortly afterward. She is 5 feet tall, 100 pounds, of Indian descent, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue and white striped...

FBI now involved in ongoing search for missing 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in the ongoing search for a missing/endangered 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy who went missing Monday afternoon, and the task force investigating his disappearance is organizing a team of volunteers to start searching for him. Gannon Stauch was believed to be a runaway after he left his home southeast of Colorado Springs between 3:15 and 4 p.m. on Monday. But as the week progressed, his disappearance was upgraded to a missing/endangered person case. His stepmother said he left his home on foot to play at a friend’s house down the street on Monday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office...

Police seem to be no closer to finding 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan than they were when this story began months ago. Since that time, the story has gained international attention as it’s taken twists and turns involving a purported cult, dead spouses, delusions of divinity and preparing for the end of the world. Despite all the angles, and the ever-growing number of people related to the case, the facts remain essentially the same as when it was first announced. The two children remain missing and the parents, Lori (Vallow) Daybell, and her new husband, Chad Daybell, refuse to disclose their whereabouts to police. Both have been named persons of interest in the disappearance of the children. Law enforcement...

The info at this point is that Alex was last seen in Leeds, Maine Friday afternoon where he'd visited a friend and that from there, he was possibly headed to Vermont, however, his dog was found late afternoon Monday near Gray Rd. in N. Yarmouth, which is about 40 miles south of Leeds. His vehicle is a white Dodge Ram 3500 pickup. https://www.wmtw.com/article/search-for-windham-man-continues-dog-found-wandering-north-yarmouth/43910277 https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/mother-of-missing-windham-man-speaks-out-wants-her-son-home-alex-jackson-leeds-maine-dog-found-investigation/97-0d757d25-618a-4a1c-a22e-8021389cfb48...

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/savanah-soto-san-antonio-18573997.php Pregnant San Antonio teen missing after failing to show up at the hospital A pregnant San Antonio 18-year-old girl has been reported missing after her mother says she was scheduled to be induced and failed to show up on Saturday, December 23. A news report by KENS 5 said she was a week past her due date when she was scheduled to be induced. Gloria Cordova said that she last heard from her daughter Savanah Nicole Soto on Friday, December 22, and is worried about her safety. Cordova said she could not find her daughter at her apartment prior to the scheduled appointment, and reported her daughter missing to the Leon Valley Police Department at the...