When an au pair from Brazil moved to Virginia, her life apparently became dedicated to two things: a romantic affair — and homicide. Juliana Peres Magalhaes, 24, was once the live-in nanny at a two-story house on Stable Brook Way in Herndon, a medium-sized town that’s part of the broader Washington, D.C., metro area. Her charge...
The man who electrocuted and tortured his wife in a Michigan basement after he accused her of cheating on him will spend the next 14 to 30 years in prison. Saul Lucio-Ipina, 32, was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to two counts of torture and witness interference earlier this month, according to MLive/The Grand...
A 93-year-old man in Florida was arrested over the weekend for trying to kill his wife of 60 years, telling authorities that he was in pain and planned to kill himself, but did not want to leave her alone. Helmut Viktor Stefan Lockner was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with two counts of...
One day before Donald Trump’s rally in State College, Pennsylvania, at Penn State University, a local 74-year-old man was arrested and accused of threatening the former president while buying a parking pass for a commuter lot. The suspect, identified as Paul J. Gavenonis, was arrested on Oct. 25, Friday afternoon, after an employee reported what...
A 24-year-old Ohio man will spend the rest of his days behind bars for abducting his 2-year-old daughter from his girlfriend, fatally shooting the child twice in the head and leading police on a high-speed chase with the infant’s body still inside the vehicle. Seneca County Common Pleas Court Judge Damon Alt on Monday ordered...
With the support of a slain teacher’s family, prosecutors in Shelby County, Tennessee, reached a plea deal with her killer. The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office previously sought the death penalty against Cleotha Abston, 40, for abducting, beating, and shooting Eliza Fletcher, 34, while she was on an early-morning jog. On Monday, however, they announced...
A 29-year-old Uber Eats driver in Florida allegedly spit in a customer’s face and stole hundreds of dollars in outdoor decorations from the victim’s home after she confronted the driver about stealing food from her bag before it was delivered. Alexsandra Del Valle Acosta Aguilar was taken into custody last week and charged with one...
A 17-year-old from Missouri is accused of going on a multistate crime spree that included a high-speed pursuit with police that ended with him striking another car and killing a 23-year-old U.S. Army veteran who was traveling with her mother. Anthony Giancola was taken into custody in Oklahoma and charged with one count of first-degree...
A 25-year-old mother in Indiana was arrested five months after she allegedly left her 21-month-old special needs foster child unattended in a bathtub where the child drowned. Hailynn Volpatti was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death in the May 2024 drowning of...
Jurors convicted a young Indiana man for murdering his entire family amid a spat over him leaving home without permission. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, then 17, was charged as an adult. His first trial ended in a mistrial after a witness asked him why he committed the act. This second trial ended with jurors...