A 13-year-old Alabama boy who was found dead at an extended stay hotel in March died from malnutrition and dehydration, complicated by neglect. Shelby County Coroner Linda Evans contacted Birmingham police on June 6 and told them that she had classified Aston Starkey’s death a homicide, AL.com reported. Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded to Extended … Read more
A north Georgia sheriff’s deputy was fired from his job Tuesday when he was arrested on federal child exploitation and pornography charges. Steven Bunte was arrested at his home in Gordon County by federal investigators. Cherokee County officials said he’d been employed by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office for five years, assigned to the Adult … Read more
Florida investigators have released hundreds of pages relating to their investigation into the disappearance and murder of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, who was reported missing on February 26, the day after her birthday. Soto’s body was found in a wooded area in Osceola County, near where her mother’s boyfriend was seen with a flat tire on … Read more
A Florida man was shot and killed on Sunday when Fort Myers police officers saw him climbing out a window carrying a large knife and “what appeared to be a dismembered body part.” Police said they were called to the scene at about 11:30 p.m. about a woman and two small children hiding in a … Read more
On January 19, 2001, Athens-Clarke County firefighters found Tara Baker’s body responding to a fire at her Athens apartment. The investigation determined that the fire was intentionally set, and investigators spent over two decades seeking answers in the case. In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, discusses the resolution of a … Read more
Alec Baldwin announces a new family reality show that will air on TLC. The video teaser offers a glimpse into the Baldwin family, with seven young children and a marriage with a 25-year age gap between the couple. The announcement is just in time for the July start of Baldwin’s manslaughter trial. Baldwin’s attorneys have … Read more
Special counsel David Weiss is expected to comment Tuesday afternoon on the guilty verdict in Hunter Biden’s gun trial. Earlier Tuesday, after just a few hours of deliberations, a jury found the president’s son guilty of all three felony counts stemming from his purchase and possession of a gun while he was addicted to crack … Read more
A Kentucky State Police search team with cadaver dogs are currently in Reynolds Station area of northwest Kentucky, reportedly in connection with the disappearance of an 8-month-old baby. News 14 reports that the area is close to Deanfield Church, approximately half a mile from the home where infant Miya Tucker lives with her parents, Tesla … Read more
The latest preliminary quarterly crime figures from the FBI show dramatic decreases: a 26% drop in murders, robberies down by nearly 18% and violent crime overall down 15% in the first quarter of 2024, compared to last year in the same period. The FBI released only percentages Monday, however, and not the underlying figures, because … Read more
Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old who was killed by fiancé Brian Laundrie in 2021, wrote a letter asking him to stop calling her names and telling him she would “always have (his) back,” according to recently released FBI documents. The letter is among over 300 pages of documents related to the investigation. The handwritten letter is … Read more