Isabella County, MI

Columbus, OH

The Independent

A heartbroken Michigan mom will take one step closer to closure on Monday, with a scheduled evidentiary hearing on her petition to have her three sons, who have been missing for nearly 15 years, declared legally dead.Tanya Lynn Zuvers’ boys, Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton, disappeared in November 2010. They spent Thanksgiving with their father, John, and were last seen in his backyard in Morency, Michigan, a town of 2,200 near the Ohio state line. The children, who were 9, 7 and 5 when they vanished, have not been seen since.In the years immediately following the boys’ disappearance, Zuvers reportedly...

Mom of three boys, missing since 2010 after visiting their now-jailed father, wants them declared legally dead

Arizona State

Mesa, AZ

 A detective for an Arizona prosecutor’s office faces a murder charge for strangling his wife to death and leaving her remains in their bedroom with the kids at home as he tried to flee, police said.John Byrd was arrested by authorities in Mesa, Arizona, earlier this week in connection to the case.On July 31, police responded to a home for a possible missing person, according to ABC 15. Worried friends reported they hadn’t seen the victim all day and she didn’t show up to their regular gym class.The friend called the victim’s 11-year-old son, who said he and his...

Detective claims he ‘snapped and strangled his wife to death.’ He then left her body at home with the kids and fled

Georgia State

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Fitzgerald, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 30-year-old woman from Fitzgerald has been charged in connection with the death of a four-year-old child. According to officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), agents were contacted on Wednesday, July 24, by the Fitzgerald Police Department to investigate the child's death. The GBI reports that the child was left unsupervised in an apartment and later gained access to a vehicle.

South Georgia Woman Charged with Murder After 4-Year-Old Found Dead in Vehicle

Madison Heights, MI

A Michigan mother, 25, and her boyfriend, 32, have been taken into custody on charges of killing and torturing their 6-year-old son, who was held in a pen, was stapled to a wall, and shot multiple times with a BB pistol, among other things. Authorities said that Elaina Rose Jennings...

Michigan boy, 6, 'stapled to wall by his mom and her lover and shot with BB gun' before dying

Colorado State

Penrose, CO

TIME

Return to Nature funeral home was ordered to pay the families of 190 victims whose bodies were found decaying but a payout looks unlikely.

U.S. Funeral Home That Left Bodies Rotting Fined $950M

Melbourne, FL

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Akeena

A Burger King location in Melbourne, Florida, has been temporarily shut down for the third time following since 2023 after a recent state inspection that identified multiple health violations. This incident underscores ongoing concerns regarding the restaurant's adherence to health and safety standards.

A dead lizard, dead roaches, rodent droppings - Florida fast food restaurant closed again

Cincinnati, OH

A father from Ohio who shot his three sons "execution-style" listened to a sinister song in his car just hours before he carried out the brutal killings. Chad Doerman, 33, entered a guilty plea on Friday to three counts of murder as he broke down in tears in court admitting to gunning down Clayton, seven, Hunter, four, and Chase, three, at the family home in Monroe Township, Cincinnati, on June 15, 2023.

Killer Ohio dad listened to sinister song and made chilling call before savage execution of three sons

Detroit, MI

The Mirror US

Wayne County law enforcement officials announced that Desmond Burks, 33, has been charged in connection to the murder of Dr. Devon Hoover, who was found shot dead and wrapped in a carpet last year.

Man in 'intimate relationship' with top Detroit neurosurgeon found shot dead and wrapped in carpet charged

CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) - A Detroit judge who ordered a teen to be handcuffed for falling asleep in the courtroom has been temporarily removed from his docket, 36th District Court Chief Judge William McConico said in a statement.Judge Kenneth King is ordered to attend training "to address the underlying issues that contributed to this incident," read the statement. The decision came after an internal investigation into Tuesday's incident.The teen was in the courtroom as part of a field trip when King called her out for sleeping. The judge then had the teen change into jail clothes and wear handcuffs.McConico said he...

Detroit judge removed from docket after ordering sleepy teen handcuffed

Over a decade after an 85-year-old retired Indiana farmer was found dead on his bedroom floor, a second man has been charged over his murder. Richard Taft, 39, was indicted for murder and burglary resulting in bodily harm over the 2012 death of Lowell Badger. On 8 December 2012, Badger...

A retired farmer was shot dead in his bedroom over 10 years ago. Now two men have been arrested

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Michigan State

Fox News

Police in Michigan said human remains have been found on a property belonging to the husband of Dee Warner. The woman went missing in 2021 and is presumed dead.

Human remains found on husband's property in search for Michigan woman missing since 2021

NBC News

The family of a Michigan teen who was handcuffed and jailed after she fell asleep in a Detroit courtroom earlier this month sued the judge who presided over the measures, accusing him of violating her civil rights in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. The 56-page complaint, filed in U.S. District...

Family of Michigan teen sues judge who ordered her handcuffed after she fell asleep in courtroom

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

North Carolina State

Shelby, NC

UPI News

Melissa Jean Allen Avila, a 55-year-old woman in North Carolina, has been arrested in the death of a newborn girl found in a Southern California dumpster 37 years ago, according to the Riverside Police Department.

North Carolina woman arrested 37 years after newborn's body found in California dumpster

Kenyan police are offering a “significant cash reward” for information leading to the capture of a serial murder suspect who escaped from custody. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha escaped alongside 12 suspects from Gigiri Police Station in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday. Eight police officers have since been suspended and...

Kenya offers cash reward for escaped serial killer suspect

Massachusetts State

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Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Angel August, a small Yorkie and Chihuahua mix pup who could really use your help moving...into your house! Angel recently came into Great Dog Rescue New England's care after an unexpected tragedy. Although she has been an owned pup her whole life, sadly Angel's owner passed away. Now safely in rescue care, Angel is patiently waiting for the next chapter of her life to begin. Will you help her write it?

Little Yorkshire Terrier Who Lost Her Owner Now Looking For Love

Milwaukee, WI

BIN: Black Information Network

A Wisconsin man charged with the murder and dismemberment of a 19-year-old college student who he went on a first date with allegedly plotted to kill her weeks before she went missing.

Man Accused Of Plotting To Dismember Black Teen Weeks Before Their 1st Date

Alabama State

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

Greeley, CO

Oxygen

Oxygen, the home of high-quality, true-crime programming, travels back to 1984 when the dairy industry began the somber task of posting missing children on product packaging, which was ubiquitous in homes across America. In The Girl on the Milk Carton, Oxygen delves into the story of one the first faces...

Jonelle Matthews' Harrowing Disappearance at Age 12 Explored on Oxygen's The Girl on the Milk Carton

The Saginaw News

NewsBreak

6-year-old boy and his father found shot dead inside camper

ISABELLA COUNTY, MI -- Police found a man and his 6-year-old son dead inside a camper after an apparent murder suicide, the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office...

6-year-old boy and his father found shot dead inside camper

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