Kye Schaefer has been identified as the New South Wales man killed after surfing at a spot known as Parkie on Thursday morning. Schaefer, 22, had just gotten out of the water and was stabbed multiple times in the parking lot next to the beach. He was still in his wetsuit when he was found […]
When Tobin Bolter was growing up on the east side of the San Francisco Bay Area, he used to chase his little sister around in a battery-operated truck, crashing into her pink Barbie convertible Jeep — in what she’d later learn is a technique law enforcement uses to stop moving vehicles. After he’d done his […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer succumbed to injuries sustained Monday while assisting law enforcement trying to enforce a warrant, becoming the fourth officer to die in the wake of the firefight. Eyer’s death was announced shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday by CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings. An unimaginably painful day for local law enforcement in the […]
The signs of 5-year-old Kinsleigh Welty’s abuse were obvious, local officials have said. Now, family members of the slain girl are calling for changes to the state agency responsible for child welfare, claiming workers assigned to her case should’ve spotted the girls’ injuries and yet failed time and time again to intervene. Sunday, from the […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican journalists held a vigil and protest Saturday a day after one of their colleagues was slain in the southern state of Morelos. They demanded a transparent investigation into the case and vented anger over the dangers news workers face in Mexico, which is one of the world’s deadliest countries for […]
A 10-year-old boy woke up Monday in his home and found his family massacred, four of whom were fatally shot by the child’s father who then killed himself, Oklahoma City police said Tuesday. Jonathon Candy argued with his wife, Lindsay Candy, and fatally shot her and then gunned down three of his sons, between the […]
Note: The video in this story is from an earlier report. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Multiple suspects now face murder charges for after a man was shot dead in St. Petersburg Saturday afternoon, police said. Teens killed in St. Pete murder-suicide during drug-fueled hangout, deputies say According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, three suspects […]
Mayb11, 1951: Jerry Nuzum, center, with his attorneys, W. A. Sutherland, left, and Charles Owen. Ovida “Cricket” Coogler was last seen alive entering a mysterious car driven by an unknown man in downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico, around 3:00 on the morning of March 31, 1949. Jerry Nuzum, a star halfback at NMSU before joining […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two mayoral candidates in Mexico were found dead Friday, bringing to 17 the number of contenders slain in the lead-up to the June 2 election. One candidate was killed Friday in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas. Noé Ramos Ferretiz was running for a coalition of the opposition National Action […]
The family of Sade Robinson is going through hell. “I’m still grieving tremendously,” said Sheena Scarbrough, Robinson’s mother, during a vigil Friday evening at Kilbourn Reservoir Park in Milwaukee. “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with in my entire life.” Prosecutors say Scarbrough’s 19-year-old daughter went on a first date April […]
More human remains were discovered Thursday that are believed to be those of a 19-year-old Wisconsin woman who was dismembered and slain after she went on a date with the suspect, police said. A person found a torso and an arm shortly after 7:30 a.m. on a remote stretch of tree-lined beach of Lake Michigan, […]
The Shelby County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday evening that evidence indicates a Memphis Police Department officer killed in a shootout Friday was killed by friendly fire. The DA’s office said it will not be proceeding with murder charges against a 17-year-old suspect. However, the 17-year-old, who was critically injured the shootout which left MPD […]