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Two men suspected of murdering a 12-year-old girl crossed the border illegally and, according to immigration officials, were released into the country by the U.S. Border Patrol a month before the tragedy. Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, both of Venezuela, had court records with immigration violation holds from Immigration … Read more
It was Jan. 1, 2021, when the San Diego Sheriff’s Department got a call from a man saying his friend, Jade Janks, might have killed her stepfather, Tom Merriman. Assistant district attorneys Jorge Del Portillo and Teresa Pham tell “48 Hours” correspondent Tracy Smith that the caller “told sheriff’s deputies she confessed to drugging him, … Read more
It took almost every ounce of strength left in his 85-year-old body to get to the witness stand, but Bill McCabe waited 43 years for this day and the start of this trial in January 2013. Prosecutor: Good morning, Mr. McCabe … do you remember September 27th 1969? Bill McCabe: Yes, sir. Prosecutor: How old … Read more
A young boy has died following a “medical incident” at a California water park on Saturday. A spokesperson for Wild Rivers Water Park in Irvine told KCAL the incident was not a drowning. “It was a medical incident and he was transferred to (Children’s Hospital of Orange County,” the spokesperson said. “Further details will be … Read more
A New York man has been charged with intentionally trying to drown his two children Saturday morning on a Connecticut beach. West Haven Police said that an officer on patrol at about 2:30 a.m. spotted an SUV parked on the beach and “heard significant screaming” from the water as he approached the vehicle. He saw … Read more
An Indiana man has been charged with the brutal murder of his ex-wife, a surgical resident at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, who was found brutally murdered in her apartment on Sunday. Samantha Woolery’s co-workers went to check on her when she didn’t show up for work and found her apartment door closed … Read more
Arkansas State Police on Friday identified the man they say opened fire at a Fordyce grocery store, killing three people and wounding 11 more, including two police officers. Travis Eugene Posey, 44, will be charged with three counts of capital murder, the agency said. More charges are pending. Posey was wounded in an exchange of … Read more
Investigators in Arkansas have made an arrest in the death of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a plastic tote and dumped alongside a rural county road in February. The St Francis County Sheriff’s Department said that boys riding four-wheelers found the tub containing the body of Troy Alexzandria Strope, 42, on February … Read more
A 64-year-old Ohio woman died last week after her daughter pinned her into a garage wall with her car Anna Millette, 23, is being charged with murder and felonious assault on police officers, who suffered minor injuries when Millette reversed her car and then fled the scene on June 15. In a short video posted … Read more