SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A Texas father has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for the horrific abuse and killing of his 12-year-old son, who was forced to write lines of “I will obey” and endure violent punishments that ultimately left him brain dead. 35-year-old Derrick Coles was convicted on four counts of first-degree…
WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN — A Wisconsin mother and her boyfriend are under arrest after a 4-year-old boy, identified as Dante Campbell, was found unresponsive and “stiff” outside a Dairy Queen in West Allis over the weekend, according to police. Authorities say the couple pulled into the parking lot of a Dairy Queen near 108th Street…
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — A former college hockey player who sexually assaulted a fellow student in her dorm room, then messaged her years later admitting, “So I raped you,” has been sentenced to two to four years in prison, ending a decade-long fight for justice that once went ignored. 32-year-old Ian Cleary, a former Gettysburg College…
PASADENA, TEXAS — A Texas woman is facing a first-degree murder charge after allegedly running over her husband outside a Pizza Hut following a heated text message argument that turned deadly, police said. 37-year-old Alina Gonzalez-Morelos was arrested and charged with murder in the death of 42-year-old Leonardo Mendoza, according to a Pasadena Police Department…
DRESHER, PENNSYLVANIA — A Pennsylvania mother will spend up to 50 years behind bars after her severely disabled 21-year-old son starved to death, weighing just 59 pounds when police found his body on the floor of the family’s apartment. 43-year-old Sherrilynn Hawkins pleaded guilty on Monday to third-degree murder, neglect of a dependent person, theft…
GOODING COUNTY, IDAHO — A 16-year-old Idaho boy who helped murder and dismember his friend, later keeping one of the victim’s bones as a “trophy,” has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison, after telling the courtroom he deserves to suffer for what he did. Rolan Delacruz, tried as an adult, pleaded guilty…
MARANA, ARIZONA — An Arizona man who shot his girlfriend and her dog before FaceTiming his ex-girlfriend to brag about the killings has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, according to court records and local reports. 30-year-old Taton Dorfman was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Hannah Rogers, who was found…
COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS — A Texas couple is behind bars after allegedly abandoning a 12-year-old boy, leaving him to come home from school and discover that his parents had moved out without telling him where they were going. Police in Copperas Cove said the boy’s mother, Erica Renee Sanders, and her boyfriend, Keven Dwayne Adams,…
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA — A California man is in jail after allegedly beating his 71-year-old father to death and later telling investigators he had to “finish the job” because the victim owed him $5,000, according to police and court documents. Authorities say 49-year-old Alfred Juarez Jr. was arrested and charged with murder, robbery, carjacking, and cruelty…
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — What started as a fun birthday getaway quickly turned into a real-life horror movie for a group of Washington women after they discovered a hidden room beneath their Airbnb, prompting sleepless nights, strange noises, and eerie suspicions about the property’s owner. The story — shared on TikTok by user @Trh614 — has…