NASHVILLE – A California man who teamed up with his brother to massacre their parents in a Los Angeles mansion in 1989 made rare public remarks Sunday when he called into a true crime conference from prison and revealed he has aspirations for freedom despite a sentence of life without parole. Joseph Menendez, who goes by his middle name Lyle, …
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2 dead, 7 injured in suburban Pittsburgh bar shootout
An exchange of gunfire in a bar in suburban Pittsburgh over the weekend has left two people dead and seven others injured, police in western Pennsylvania said. Allegheny County police said the early morning Sunday shooting occurred at the Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar in Penn Hills. 2 DEAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA BLOCK PARTY SHOOTING First responders discovered the …
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A shooting at a block party in Rock Hill left two people dead and two others wounded. No arrests were made, police said. 4-YEAR-OLD AMONG 5 DEAD IN FIERY SOUTH CAROLINA CRASH Police were called after gunshots were heard at the block party Saturday night, news outlets reported. A 44-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man died at the scene, police …
Read More »Knife-wielding Florida teen allegedly murders boy at sleepover, injures adult: 'Violent, premeditated attack'
A teenage boy is in custody after he stabbed another teen to death and wounded an adult during an ambush at a sleepover, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office in Florida announced. The attack occurred at a home in Wildwood just after 10 p.m. on Saturday. According to officials, deputies arrived at the home and saw that a 15-year-old boy and …
Read More »Lori Vallow's sister reacts to Chad Daybell's death sentence: 'Everything I needed to hear'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “Doomsday mom” Lori Vallow’s sister, Summer Shiflet, on Saturday spoke out publicly for the first time since an Idaho jury convicted Chad Daybell in his triple murder case on Friday. Shiflet’s comments came at CrimeCon 2024 — a true crime convention that brings victims, law enforcement and other criminal justice experts together to share their stories — …
Read More »Indiana serial killer's 18-acre property littered with 10,000 human remains still hides secrets
An Indiana serial killer’s property was littered with 10,000 “burnt and crushed” skeletal remains that kept many of his victims faceless for decades. Herb Baumeister, a successful businessman who was a married father with three children, is believed to have killed at least 25 victims from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He hunted mostly gay men in the …
Read More »Gabby Petito’s mom and stepmom send not-so-subtle message to Roberta Laundrie
NASHVILLE – Gabby Petito’s mom and stepmom torched Brian Laundrie’s mother over the weekend with matching T-shirts they hope will raise money for domestic violence victims and missing persons awareness. The fiery message is a swipe at Roberta Laundrie’s so-called “burn after reading” letter, in which she pledged to help her son with a shovel and garbage bags. Nichole Schmidt …
Read More »Former NJ officer gets 27 years for killing driver, wounding passenger during 2019 chase
A former New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison in the shooting death of one man and the wounding of another during a high-speed car chase 5 1/2 years ago in the city of Newark. Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin, citing a need to deter officers from what he called a “shoot-first, …
Read More »Chad Daybell sentenced to death in Idaho for murder of Lori Vallow's 2 children, first wife
Chad Daybell, husband of so-called “cult mom” Lori Vallow, was sentenced to death in Idaho on Saturday, two days after he was found guilty of murdering her two youngest children and his first wife in 2019. On Thursday, a jury convicted Daybell on all counts, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, insurance fraud and grand theft. Daybell, 55, and Vallow, …
Read More »Tulsi Gabbard's aunt killed, prominent Samoan author charged with murder
A prominent Samoan author and playright has been charged with murdering the aunt of Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaii Democratic Congresswoman, according to multiple reports. Papalii Sia Figiel, 57, was arrested Sunday following the death in Samoa of 78-year-old Caroline Sinaviana-Gabbard, a retired former University of Hawaii professor. The victim was stabbed multiple times and beaten with a hammer, local …
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