Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Wednesday. He was 74. Robert William Pickton, 52, is seen in this undated image made from video. The Canadian … Read more
On Friday, a New Jersey man was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in the 2021 death of his 6-year-old son. Christopher Gregor, 31, was found guilty of endangering the welfare of a child in regards to a March 2021 incident in which he was filmed speeding up a treadmill Corey Micciolo was running on, causing the … Read more
A Kentucky woman has been arrested after an infant’s body was reportedly discovered in a restaurant toilet on Wednesday. Bowling Green police responded to an IHOP after someone called 911 about a bleeding woman in a bathroom who possibly miscarried. Officers discovered the baby deceased in a toilet before locating Shaniqua Caldwell, 35, in the … Read more
A man in Florida has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the 2009 killing of his uncle in New York City after authorities say DNA collected from a discarded fork linked him to the crime. Rosario Prestigiacomo, 64, was stabbed to death at his Queens home on Feb. 10, 2009, according to a … Read more
The former South Carolina court clerk accused by the Alex Murdaugh defense team of tampering with the jury has been summoned to a State Ethics Commission hearing to answer to more than 75 ethics violations uncovered during the course of the investigation. Becky Hill, at the time the Colleton County Clerk of Court, resigned from … Read more
An 81-year-old man who investigators said terrorized a Southern California neighborhood for years with a slingshot has died just days after his arrest, authorities said. The man, who was previously identified by police as Prince King, was found dead Wednesday evening at a home in Azusa, east of Los Angeles, police Sgt. Nick Covarrubias said. “We … Read more
Videos shared on social media showed a man attacking several people with a knife in the southwest German city of Mannheim on Friday. A police spokesperson confirmed the incident and said there was no danger to the public after the suspect was apprehended. The police did not immediately provide any information about the severity of … Read more
A federal lawsuit claims police officers took thousands of dollars from a businessman in their Tennessee city in exchange for obstructing efforts to investigate allegations that he was sexually assaulting multiple women for years. The police department has denied any wrongdoing. The extortion claim involving several Johnson City police officers appears in court filings from … Read more
Family and friends of Jennifer Dulos, who disappeared from her Connecticut home in 2019, are expected to offer emotional testimony Friday as her late estranged husband’s former girlfriend is sentenced after being convicted of helping to plan and cover up her killing. Michelle Troconis, 49, faces up to 50 years in prison. Prosecutors say Dulos’ … Read more
A California judge will consider Friday whether to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas in 1993 after kidnapping her from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that shocked the nation. Jurors in 1996 found Davis guilty of first-degree murder and of the “special circumstances” of kidnapping, burglary, … Read more