POINCIANA, FLORIDA — A Florida father has been convicted of manslaughter after allowing his unlicensed 15-year-old son to take the wheel of his car, leading to a high-speed crash that killed a grandmother and her three young grandchildren in 2023. 68-year-old Richard Seymour Ferguson was found guilty by an Osceola County jury on four counts…
NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT — A 20-year-old Connecticut man is accused of brutally killing his mother with a hammer, knife, and his own fists before calling 911 in tears and telling dispatchers he didn’t know why he did it, police said. Sebastian Van Stockum faces murder charges after police say he attacked his 55-year-old mother inside…
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT — A Connecticut mother and her boyfriend face murder charges after investigators say they abused, starved, and killed a 12-year-old girl, then hid her body in a 40-gallon plastic tote that they later tried to dump at a cemetery. The child, Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia, had been homeschooled and isolated, leaving her disappearance…
TAMPA, FLORIDA — A Florida judge delivered a life sentence without parole to five men convicted of killing 4-year-old Suni Bell during a drive-by shooting in Tampa, calling their actions a “hunt” that destroyed two families. Andrew Thompson (26), James Denson (28), Jaylin Bedward (26), Quandarious Hammond (32), and Zvante Sampson (34) were found guilty…
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA — A 21-year-old Little Caesars employee is behind bars after allegedly shooting a customer through the restaurant’s drive-thru window, claiming the man was staring at him, police said. The suspect, Jahtique Farmer, has been charged with malicious wounding following the violent incident that took place Thursday evening at the Little Caesars on…
KILLINGLY, CONNECTICUT — A 65-year-old woman is behind bars after allegedly walking into an entertainment room and fatally shooting a man in the chest while he watched Toy Story with a 12-year-old child, then calmly going back to bed, authorities said. According to the Connecticut State Police, Michelle Yeagher faces charges of murder, carrying a…
FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE — A Tennessee couple has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after investigators discovered their two adopted daughters were malnourished, starved, and forced to sleep on plastic storage totes in a cold basement as punishment for bed-wetting. Jason Klimp, 45, and Jessica Klimp, 43, pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and…
CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE — A Tennessee mother accused of starving her 13-year-old son with cerebral palsy until he died weighing just 35 pounds is now on trial for first-degree murder and aggravated child neglect, prosecutors said this week. 35-year-old Cheyenne Maddox allegedly deprived her son, Kadaris Maddox, of food and medical care, leaving him “just skin…
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — A 26-year-old Memphis man is accused of hiding in his ex-girlfriend’s bedroom closet armed with an AR-style rifle, waiting until she fell asleep beside her new boyfriend and 5-year-old child before bursting out and threatening them at gunpoint, according to police. Authorities say Corwyn Winfield was arrested on October 28 and faces…
KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA — A 39-year-old Pennsylvania woman accused of hiding the bodies of four newborns throughout her home allegedly gave police a chilling, step-by-step account of how each infant died and was concealed, investigators testified this week. Jessica M. Mauthe was arrested last month after her landlord discovered a baby’s remains wrapped in garbage bags…