Barbara Gagne 
A Utah father is facing child abuse homicide charges after his 7-month-old daughter died inside a scorching hot car where she had been left unattended for more than two hours, police say. Tommy Platero, 34, of Vernal, Utah, was arrested after authorities say he forgot to drop his infant daughter off at daycare on July … Read more
A Memphis mother is now facing child neglect charges after authorities say she repeatedly failed to bring her infant son to critical medical appointments — even after doctors discovered he had multiple unexplained fractures. Kayla Antonette Wells, 24, was booked into the Shelby County Jail on Tuesday on a child neglect charge. What Led to … Read more
A San Antonio man will spend the next 25 years behind bars after shooting his girlfriend’s father to death over an argument that started with a simple nightclub cover charge — a dispute so trivial it makes the outcome all the more devastating. Franco Xavier Summers, 34, pleaded no contest Tuesday to one count of … Read more
A Ventura County man is behind bars on $1 million bail after authorities say he lured a woman from a downtown bar, drove her to an isolated canyon road, and attempted to kill her in a brutal attack that was only stopped when a stranger heard her screams. Ignacio Rafael Anzaldo, 33, of Ventura, was … Read more
A Santa Paula man who spent years sexually abusing two young children inside their own home has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars — and prosecutors say only the victims’ courage brought him to justice. Leonel Galindo, 37, was sentenced on July 30 to 22 years in California state prison after pleading … Read more
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On the night of December 27, 2025, Jason Anthony Scott, then 19, was behind the wheel of a BMW coupe on Ardrey Kell Road when he pressed the accelerator past 100 miles per hour — in a 45 mph zone. Seconds later, his car collided with a Honda CR-V at the intersection … Read more
A 24-year-old Indiana woman is now facing murder charges following a months-long investigation into the death of her own infant, state police confirmed. Chantel Cunningham, of Shipshewana, was arrested and charged with murder and neglect of a dependent causing death, according to Indiana State Police detectives. The charges came months after investigators were first called … Read more
A 23-year-old North Carolina man is facing a first-degree murder charge after investigators say he shot his 19-year-old girlfriend in the head inside her own car — hours after texting her about a murder-suicide agreement. The shooting happened Sunday afternoon on Interstate 77 in Iredell County, near Exit 35 in Mooresville. Officers responded around 4:30 … Read more
It should have been a quick stop. A mother, her two children, a gas station in Marietta, Georgia — and a tank that needed filling. But just after midnight on July 23, what started as a routine errand turned into something no parent should ever have to face. Jerahn Rashad Tucker, shirtless and barefoot, had … Read more
When the skies turned violent over southern Cook County and eastern Will County on July 27, residents braced for what they assumed was a tornado. The destruction that followed — snapped trees, flattened structures, and miles of downed power lines — certainly looked like one. But National Weather Service meteorologists have now confirmed the truth: … Read more