Nearly ten years after a double homicide, a magnet fisherman found a gun and victim IDs in a river, which helped prosecutors in Georgia secure a murder conviction. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ronnie Jay Towns, 38, entered a guilty plea to two murder charges on Monday and was given two consecutive life terms by...
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Woman told boyfriend to ‘finish off’ man they stabbed 10 hours earlier so she didn’t have to see him suffering while they robbed him: Police
ALT: To avoid witnessing the man’s pain during the robbery, the woman instructed her partner to kill the man they had wounded ten hours prior: Police In Texas, a 20-year-old lady and her boyfriend of the same age are accused of robbing and killing a guy who had let them live in his condominium. They...
Women accused of using ‘leash with spikes,’ belt to beat 3 kids for not completing chores to their satisfaction
Two ladies were detained by Texas police for reportedly beating three kids with belts and spiked dog leashes after the boys failed to finish their tasks. Jacalyn Cook, 30, and Haley Blevins, 19, are both charged with multiple counts of child injury, a felony. The mother of the boys, who are aged 12, 7, and...
Starving 7-year-old who had ‘mouth glued shut’ dies in diaper meant for 3-year-old: Police
Additional information regarding the horrific death of a 7-year-old child who was starved and tortured by several family members is provided by recently made public court filings in Oklahoma. According to court documents seen by Law&Crime, the victim’s aunt and uncle, David Yonko and Tiffany Mitchell, as well as her parents, Anthony Yonko and Lisa...
‘He entered with a mission’: Son bursts through hunting cabin door, kills father ‘execution style,’ cops say
A long-standing family dispute turned deadly when aMinnesotaman allegedly broke into a hunting cabin and killed his father execution style as two other men looked on horrified. The Pine County Sheriff s Officeresponded around 8:45 p.m. Fridayfor a shooting at a cabin in Hinckley, which is about 80 miles north of Minneapolis. The 911 caller...
‘We got him’: Arrest made in connection with murder of 22-year-old woman tortured with bleach and burned alive in car
A man was recently arrested inTennesseein connection with the death of a youngArizonawoman whose body was found after she was tortured and burned alive in the back seat of a car. Mercedes Marianna Vega, 22, died under mysterious circumstances in April of last year. AsLaw&Crime previously reported, her body was found after the Maricopa County...
‘Fatherless for the rest of my life’: Man who called 911 for help during home invasion shot dead by responding police
Brandon Durham feared for his life when a woman he knew entered his home with a knife. He called 911 for help, and by the end of the night, he was dead allegedly at thehands of the police. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department held apress conferenceand released astatementoutlining the reported events of Nov. 12,...
Man who ‘crushed’ girlfriend’s skull with hammer, left body in trash at Mother Goose-themed park learns his fate
A judge inOhiothrew the book at a 27-year-old man who savagelykilledhis 24-year-old girlfriend, beating her head in with a hammer, wrapping her body in plastic, and dumping her in a trash can at a local park named after an iconic fictional voice behind countless children s stories. Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge Frank Forchione...
Election judge charged with felonies for allegedly letting 11 unregistered voters cast ballots
An election judge inMinnesotahas been charged with two felonies after allegedly allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast their ballots in the2024 election. Timothy Michael Scouton, the head election judge in Badoura Township Precinct in Minnesota s Hubbard County, allegedly instructed the voters not to fill out new voter registration forms, instead telling them that signing...
Infant ‘wedged’ between mattress and couch cushion suffocates, parents face murder charges
The parents of an 8-month-old girl inGeorgiaare accused ofkillingtheir daughter, who suffocated to death after allegedly becoming wedged between a couch cushion and mattress inside of a filthy home that was covered in animal feces and insects. Miguel Badillo, 24, and Kiara Davis, 27, were taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count...