Hundreds of police officers and members of the public lined the streets of Hartlepool this week to say goodbye to PC Matthew Blades, the 37-year-old officer who was killed in the devastating A66 crash near Middlesbrough. Blades, a married father of two, was remembered not only as a police officer who died while serving the … Read more
Seven months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson home, one brief sentence from her daughter Savannah Guthrie has once again brought the heartbreaking case back into the spotlight. During Thursday’s broadcast of Today, Savannah made a quiet reference to her mother while talking about an upcoming trip to Ireland with the show’s cast. The … Read more
The case against an Illinois mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son has taken a significant turn following her first court appearance, where prosecutors revealed additional allegations about what happened inside the family’s Frankfort home. Corie Walsh, 40, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the death of her son, Barrett … Read more
What was supposed to be a joyful family celebration in Italy ended in heartbreak for a Minnesota family after a father and longtime pastor suffered a catastrophic spinal injury aboard a cruise ship and died weeks later. Stephen “Steve” Junker, a 58-year-old pastor from Elbow Lake, Minnesota, was traveling with his family aboard the Sun … Read more
KJ Biermann, the 15-year-old son of reality television personality Kim Zolciak and former NFL player Kroy Biermann, remains in custody in Georgia as his sexual assault case enters a significant new stage. The teenager was arrested in August in connection with allegations involving a teenage girl, and the case has since escalated from an initial … Read more
The water did not need to come from a storm making landfall to cause major destruction along Southern California’s coast. In Long Beach, powerful waves generated by Hurricane Marie battered the shoreline for days, stripping away sand, damaging the seawall and tearing apart sections of the historic boardwalk along the Long Beach Peninsula. By Tuesday, … Read more
Fifteen years after three Michigan brothers disappeared during Thanksgiving with their father, the case has reached a new and extraordinary stage. John Skelton, the father of Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton, has now been ordered to stand trial on charges that he murdered his three young sons. The decision came after a preliminary examination that … Read more
More than a decade after 19-year-old Morgan Bauer disappeared after moving from South Dakota to Georgia, the long-running murder case has finally reached a major legal conclusion. Katelyn Goble was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a Newton County jury found her guilty of murdering Bauer. The verdict came more … Read more
An 8-year-old Indiana Girl Scout is being praised by her family after helping other children escape a wrecked vehicle following a devastating crash that killed three people. Amelia Freeland was riding home from a Girl Scout trip to Holiday World in Pike County on the evening of August 29 when the vehicle she was traveling … Read more
After nearly six weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberations, the long-running murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has ended without a verdict. On Friday, September 4, a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial after the 12-member jury told the court it could not reach a unanimous decision on whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the … Read more