More than five decades after a decorated World War II veteran-turned-milkman was murdered “execution-style” on his route, testimony from his killer’s ex-wife solved the cold case. Hiram “Ross” Grayam had been shot multiple times when investigators searching the area via airplane spotted his milk truck deep in the woods in Vero Beach, Florida, in April 1968, the Indian River County …
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The role of forensic science in solving true crime cases
You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists analyze it, the evidence helps land the perpetrator in jail. Or, that is how forensic science is depicted in “CSI” or “Law …
Read More »FBI serves subpoenas at Chicago suburb of scandal-ridden 'supermayor' Tiffany Henyard
The FBI on Friday served subpoenas in the Chicago suburb where controversial Mayor Tiffany Henyard has faced accusations of corruption, Fox 32 Chicago reports. Henyard, the self-described “supermayor” of Dolton, and Thornton Township Supervisor, has recently been dubbed the“worst mayor in America”by critics after being accused of misdeeds ranging from weaponizing police raids to spending taxpayer money on luxuries in …
Read More »Man who set himself on fire near NYC courthouse holding Trump trial pronounced dead
The man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump’s hush money trial was being held has been pronounced dead, according to officials. Maxwell Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, Florida, died Friday night from his severe burns after lighting himself on fire earlier in the day inside Collect Pond Park near the Manhattan …
Read More »Maryland Democrat official snaps at question about alleged, would-be school shooter's transgender identity
A Democrat Maryland elected official scolded a reporter Friday for asking about the transgender identity of a teenager accused of planning to commit a school shooting. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich was responding to a question about Andrea Ye, who goes by Alex, when he became visibly frustrated. Ye, 18, is accused of plotting to commit a mass shooting at …
Read More »Todd and Julie Chrisley appeal tax fraud convictions more than one year into prison sentences
Todd and Julie Chrisley’s attorney argued on behalf of the incarcerated couple during a hearing at the federal appeals court in Atlanta on Friday. The “Chrisley Knows Best” stars were sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison in November 2022 after a jury found the couple guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million …
Read More »Poland detains 2 suspects in attack on Alexei Navalny ally in Lithuania
Two men have been detained in Poland on suspicion that they attacked Russian activist Leonid Volkov — an ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny — on the orders of foreign intelligence services, officials said Friday. Volkov was attacked on March 12 outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where he lives in exile. The attacker smashed one …
Read More »Judge dismisses 2 felony charges against alleged would-be Minnesota college shooter
A judge has dismissed some of the most serious charges against a former Minnesota college student who police and prosecutors feared was plotting a campus shooting. Waylon Kurts, of Montpelier, Vermont, who was then a student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, was charged last April with conspiracy to commit second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit threats of violence, making terroristic …
Read More »Pennsylvania 13-year-old accused of attacking fellow student with Stanley cup at school
A 13-year-old Pennsylvania middle school student is accused of launching an unprovoked attack against a classmate this week,Upper Gwynedd Police confirmed to Fox News Digital. The student allegedly came up behind the 12-year-old victim in the cafeteria on Wednesday and started violently hitting her on the head with a Stanley cup, FOX 29 reported. Surveillance video of the incident viewed …
Read More »Feds investigate Texas surgeon accused of denying patients life-saving liver transplants
A decorated Texas surgeon stands accused of depriving his own patients of new livers by manipulating their records on a national organ wait list. Dr. J. Steve Bynon Jr., 64, has practiced since 1981 and performed more than 800 procedures throughout his career, according to his bio on Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center’s website. His survival and surgical outcome rates are …
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