APPALACHIA, VIRGINIA — Federal authorities are searching for a Virginia high school football coach who vanished just as state police were closing in on him over child pornography allegations. The U.S. Marshals Service has now issued a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of 46-year-old Travis Lee Turner, warning he may be armed….
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO — Police say a 24-year-old man is facing a kidnapping charge after allegedly walking away with a Costco shopping cart that had a 4-week-old baby strapped inside. The mother told officers she briefly turned toward a book display when she realized her cart — and her newborn — had vanished. Mother Says…
PORTLAND, OREGON — Prosecutors say a 58-year-old Oregon man carried out a disturbing harassment campaign against the father of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, calling his workplace repeatedly, contacting his co-workers, and claiming the grieving parent would “get what was coming to him.” Kevin Purfield was arrested and charged…
AKRON, OHIO — A late-night argument inside an Akron home turned deadly when a 38-year-old man allegedly shot and stabbed his girlfriend before turning the gun on her two sons, leaving one injured and the other narrowly escaping harm. Police say Gregory Tillman is now facing multiple charges including murder, domestic violence, and assault. Argument…
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A 31-year-old man is facing severe charges after a 9-month-old girl was found unresponsive and “cold and stiff” in her crib — and investigators discovered he had given police a fake name to hide an outstanding warrant tied to another toddler’s death. Authorities say Rick P. Artis is now at the…
NEWTON COUNTY, GEORGIA — A 19-year-old pregnant woman was killed instantly when an alleged drunk driver slammed into her mother’s Hyundai as it reversed “improperly” out of a driveway on Thanksgiving weekend, leaving a Georgia family shattered just hours after celebrating the holiday together. Officials say Jaylah Donald and her unborn baby did not survive…
AMERICUS, GEORGIA — A 20-year-old Georgia beauty queen is facing a murder trial this week, accused of beating her boyfriend’s 18-month-old son to death inside her college dorm room after allegedly telling friends she “hated” the child and resented his presence. Prosecutors say the boy, known as Romeo “J.D.” Angeles, died from catastrophic injuries while…
MASON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA — A West Virginia woman who admitted helping dispose of a woman’s body in a deep water well after a fatal shooting has been sentenced to life with mercy, four years after the disturbing death of 35-year-old Cheyenne Johnson. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Virginia Smith assisted her then-boyfriend in the killing and…
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — An Ohio mother has been sentenced to probation after her 11-year-old son told police he was tied up in the basement, beaten with electrical cords and metal pipes, and left restrained for hours before being found wandering alone inside a Target store. The disturbing claims led to a criminal case that ended…
BOON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN — A 22-year-old pregnant woman missing for weeks was found murdered in the Manistee National Forest, and prosecutors say the people responsible were the two individuals she trusted most — her mother and stepfather. Authorities allege the pair forced her into the woods, stabbed her, and cut out her unborn baby in…