San Antonio, TX

Columbus, OH

Texas State

An American man was executed Wednesday in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman. Gonzales' attorney had appealed for a stay on his execution to the US Supreme Court, but it was rejected on Wednesday. 

US death row inmate executed in Texas

Lee County, MS

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Verona, MS

Mississippi News Group

Verona, MS - On May 30, 2024, the Lee County Sheriff's Department, in collaboration with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, executed a search warrant in Verona, MS, following a prolonged investigation into illegal narcotics sales from a local shop according to a press release from the LCSD.

Lee County Sheriff's Department Executes Major Drug Bust in Verona

North Carolina State

Charlotte, NC

A North Carolina mother is now facing charges for involuntary manslaughter for losing her 8- year-old son in a hot car death. The mother, Ashlee Stallings, is facing serious felonious charges for leaving her daughter inside the car while was at work. This fatal incident yet again highlights the real dangers of leaving young children in cars alone during high temperatures.

North Carolina Mother Charged After 8-Year-Old Dies in Hot Car

Huntsville, TX

CBS DFW

A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday — what would have been the victim's 41st birthday.The remains of Bridget Townsend weren't found until October 2002, nearly two years after she vanished, when Ramiro Gonzales, having received two life sentences for kidnapping and raping another woman, led authorities to the spot in Southwest Texas where he left her body.His execution by lethal injection was planned for Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.Patricia Townsend, the victim's mother, told USA Today...

Texas inmate set to be executed on teen victim's birthday

Oklahoma State

Mcalester, OK

The Independent

An Oklahoma man convicted of raping and murdering his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1985 was executed on Thursday morningRichard Rojem Jr, 66, maintained his innocence up until his execution by lethal injection for raping and stabbing to death Layla Dawn Cummings, the 7-year-old daughter of his ex-wife, Mindy Cummings. Rojem was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. local time at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, approximately 90 miles south of Tulsa. He did not have any final words, according to a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office. Layla’s body was found in a field two months after Rojem and...

Oklahoma executes man for rape and murder of his 7-year-old former stepdaughter

West Virginia State

Kanawha County, WV

Sissonville, WV

Shine My Crown

Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, a white couple from West Virginia, are facing severe charges for allegedly enslaving their adopted…
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Adopted Black Children Enslaved By White Couple, Forced To Sleep On Floor And Confined For 12 Hours

Execution of Richard Rojem Jr. Richard Rojem Jr., 66, was executed on June 27 for the 1985 kidnapping, rape, and murder of his ex-stepdaughter, Layla Cummings, who was seven years old at the time. As Oklahoma’s longest-serving death row inmate, Rojem received a lethal three-drug injection at 10:16 a.m. at the state prison.

Oklahoma: Death row inmate’s final meal could give you a heart attack

Phoenix, AZ

HuffPost

The heroic teenager and her siblings told police that more children remained captive inside the home, but no one was found there.

16-Year-Old Girl Rescues Zip-Tied Brothers In Escape From Abusive Home: Police Say

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

The US Sun

A BRITISH couple who were kidnapped in South Africa had their bodies dismembered and the bloodied parts sold to a witch doctor, it has been claimed. Devoted pensioners Tony and Gillian Dinnis were attacked and abducted last August allegedly by three gunmen at their remote farm in Middlerus in KwaZulu-Natal province. Two men were arrested […]

Brit couple, 73 & 78, kidnapped, dismembered and ‘had body parts sold to witch doctors in horrific’ South Africa murder

DC News Now

The U.S. Marshals Service, along with federal, state, and local agencies in seven federal judicial districts and geographical locations across the U.S., led a six-week national operation that resulted in finding 200 critically missing children, which includes endangered runaways and those abducted by noncustodial persons.

U.S. Marshals reunite 200 children with families

Louisiana State

Yella Clark, 45, an incarcerated Black transgender person, was killed in a fight with other inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., in April. Clark’s trans identity is just being widely reported now. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The...

Transgender inmate killed in prison fight in Louisiana

Arizona State

Coconino County, AZ

An Arizona man will spend the rest of his life in prison over the role he played in the death of his six-year-old son. Anthony Jose Achibeque-Martinez, 28, was handed the sentence on Friday by a judge in Coconino County, Arizona after he was convicted of first-degree murder. Deshaun Martinez was 18 pounds when he was found dead in 2020. His older sibling narrowly escaped the abuse.

Arizona man starved son, 6, to death. Now he will spend life in prison after 18lb boy was locked in cupboard for month

Daily Mail

Kelly Paduchowski, 45, was reported as a missing person at 7.30pm on June 30 after she went for a run and swim at the Campbell Mesa Loop Trails during the day

Arizona mother vanishes after going out for a jog and a swim - as cops arrest her architect husband

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

ABC News

A 10-year-old boy died after he suffered a "heat-related medical emergency" during a hike in Arizona on Tuesday amid triple-digit temperatures.

10-year-old boy dies after being rescued during hike amid hot temperatures

A woman has been jailed for the manslaughter of an 18-month-old boy. Shannon Driver, 27 and from Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, claimed Jaxon Syrett slipped in the shower in September 2020, but was convicted in January. She will serve 12 years in prison and five years on licence. Sentencing her at...

Woman jailed for toddler's manslaughter

Irish Star

The boy's death at a wilderness camp for troubled youths in North Carolina has been ruled a homicide

Boy, 12, smothered to death on first day at North Carolina wilderness camp for troubled teens

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Ramiro Gonzales was sentenced to death after confessing to the 2001 murder of 18-year-old Bridget Townsend

Can you legally break a window to rescue children from a hot car in Texas?

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