BOZEMAN, MONTANA — A Montana woman is accused of setting her boyfriend’s van on fire while he was still trapped inside, killing him — and later bragging to a friend about it in a chilling phone call, according to investigators. The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said 51-year-old Beth Bakken has been charged with deliberate homicide…
LOUISA, KENTUCKY — A West Virginia woman was taken into custody Monday after a routine traffic stop in Louisa led to the discovery of fentanyl and drug paraphernalia, police said. According to the Louisa Police Department, officers pulled over a vehicle after noticing its license plate light was not properly illuminated. Inside the vehicle was…
GRAFTON, WISCONSIN — A former Wisconsin firefighter is behind bars after allegedly shooting his wife multiple times during a heated argument that police say unfolded shortly after she met with a divorce lawyer. 53-year-old Guy Paider is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, according to the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office….
McDOWELL, KENTUCKY — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) have opened a death investigation following the discovery of a woman shot to death in Floyd County late last week. Authorities identified the victim as 34-year-old Jill Howell of Prestonsburg, who was found fatally shot inside a residence on East Back Street in McDowell. KSP troopers and…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Nearly a year after a woman’s body was found at the bottom of a 24-story stairwell in a Chicago high-rise, her husband — already convicted of assaulting her — is now facing first-degree murder charges, police confirmed this week. Adam Beckerink, 47, was charged Monday in Cook County for the October 2024…
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — A man once found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing a 6-year-old Kentucky boy in 2015 has been extradited from Florida after authorities discovered he was living near a school and had failed to register as a convicted felon. Ronald Exantus, who served half of his 20-year sentence, was arrested…
SANFORD, FLORIDA — A 23-year-old Florida man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend because she refused to have an abortion may soon face the death penalty after being convicted of first-degree murder and killing an unborn child, prosecutors announced Monday. The Seminole County jury found Donovan L. Faison guilty in the 2022 shooting death of 18-year-old…
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY — Nearly three decades after 14-year-old Lydia Perkins vanished, Lexington police have renewed their search for the missing teenager — a case that has haunted her family and investigators for 28 years. Perkins disappeared from the Cardinal Valley neighborhood on October 19, 1997, when she was just a freshman in high school. Her…
LIMA, MONTANA — A 28-year-old Montana mother has been arrested and charged with deliberate homicide after her disabled 2-year-old son was found decomposing inside their home, police said. The mother allegedly admitted she “stopped giving him water” weeks before his death, saying she felt “overwhelmed” and “didn’t prioritize him.” According to court documents obtained by…
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY — A documented MS-13 gang member with an extensive criminal record in El Salvador and pending U.S. drug charges was arrested in Kentucky following a joint operation between ICE, the ATF, and the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, officials confirmed. The suspect, Omar Alexander Ramirez, had been released into the U.S. under the Biden…