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
A custody dispute involving an 11-month-old boy took a devastating turn after authorities found the infant suffering from a gunshot wound inside an RV in New Mexico. Madeline Veronique Daly, 36, has now pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the death of her son, Basil Stoner, bringing a major development to a case … Read more
Barry Morphew was supposed to be awaiting his murder trial under strict court supervision. Instead, the Colorado man accused of killing his wife, Suzanne Morphew, has been arrested again after prosecutors alleged that he violated the conditions of his $3 million bond by traveling without authorization and becoming involved in a Denver hit-and-run. The latest … Read more
In a country still struggling to recover from one of its deadliest recent disasters, rescuers in Nepal achieved a remarkable breakthrough Friday: two workers were pulled alive from a buried hydropower tunnel after spending nine days trapped underground. The rescue happened at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project in Rasuwa district, where floodwaters and massive … Read more