The stepfather of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari testified in his trial Tuesday, revealing new details about his loveless marriage with who he described as an increasingly unstable Diana Cojocari. Christopher Palmiter, 61, was charged alongside Cojocari with failing to report her daughter, Madalina, missing in December 2022. Cojocari, who had already spent 17 months […]
Stepfather of Madalina Cojocari testifies in trial over her disappearance Christopher Palmiter, the stepfather of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari, took the stand Tuesday in his criminal trial. Madalina disappeared at age 11 in November 2022. 9 FOCUS STORIES: Find Madalina In April, Palmiter pleaded not guilty to failure to report the disappearance of a […]
For 23 days, Christopher Palmiter didn’t know the location of his stepdaughter, Madalina Cojocari, a Mecklenburg County prosecutor said during opening argument to a jury on Friday. “When all of this is wrapped up, you’re not going to have the answer of what happened to Madalina,” Assistant District Attorney Austin Butler said. “But you’ll have […]
The first witnesses have been called to the stand in the trial for Christopher Palmiter, the stepfather of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari. Madalina disappeared at age 11 in November 2022. 9 FOCUS STORIES: Find Madalina In April, Palmiter pleaded not guilty to failure to report the disappearance of a child. Madalina’s mother, Diana Cojocari, […]
The stepfather of Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark has gone missing in California, authorities have said. Concerns are now growing for Attilio Brillembourg, 53, from New York, after he was last seen in a luxury Malibu neighbourhood – specifically the 6000 block of Murphy Way – in the early hours of Saturday morning. The […]
It’s a case that has captivated and intrigued the world. MORE: Community honors missing Madalina Cojocari on her 13th birthday On Monday, the mother and stepfather of the missing teen, Madalina Cojocari, are set to face a judge. The now 13-year-old Cornelius girl hasn’t been seen or heard from since November 2022. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Her […]
A 23-year-old Bronx grammar school teacher’s aide was arrested after he sent a 10-year-old student a love letter — and attacked by the girl’s furious stepfather, police said Saturday. Estevan Hamilton was punched in the the face by the child’s stepfather, who stormed over to P.S. 481, the Steam Bridge School on White Plains Road […]
A tip from a relative led to a man being charged Tuesday with accosting a woman on a Brooklyn Park walking trail and sexually assaulting her at gunpoint. Cade Alfred Talawalay, 21, of Brooklyn Center, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree robbery in connection with the random […]
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OCONTO – A 29-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his mother and her husband in 2022 outside their Little Suamico home. Oconto County Circuit Court Judge Jay Conley sentenced David Steinmetz to two consecutive life sentences on Tuesday for the deaths of Lori Steinmetz, 55, and Paul Brennan, […]
On Nov. 15, 2018, firefighters responding to a residential blaze in Claremore, Oklahoma discovered the charred body of the homeowner, Rick Swan. Swan, 60, a local businessman, had been shot in the abdomen, chest, and the back of his head. “I suspected he was murdered and then set on fire,” Claremore PD Detective John Singer […]
Dec. 27—Edgewood police have charged a man with second-degree murder in his stepfather’s death on Christmas Eve. Officers were dispatched Sunday to Darius Semore Welch’s home on Aspen Drive in Edgewood in response to a report of an unattended death. They found the body of Welch’s stepfather, Brian Enright, 49, in the bathroom. Enright had […]