MUNCIE, Indiana — Mark Trent opened his home to a couple with nowhere to go. That generosity cost him his life. Ian Shelden, 46, was sentenced this week to 69 years in prison for murdering his 55-year-old roommate — a killing hidden for years on a Tennessee mountainside, until Shelden’s own words led police straight … Read more
ROCHESTER, New York — A 2-year-old boy is dead. His mother and her boyfriend are in jail. And the police captain who worked the case says what he saw inside that apartment was unlike anything he wanted to describe out loud. Isaiah Jones was found injured and unresponsive at an apartment complex on Dewey Avenue … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A central Ohio mother will serve no prison time after pleading guilty to child endangerment — a case that has left many questioning whether justice was truly served. Tiffany Le Sueur, 35, was sentenced to probation following her guilty plea. A follow-up hearing is scheduled for April of next year. What Hospital … Read more
FAIRMONT, West Virginia — When deputies pulled up to a home on Five Forks Road, something was already wrong. There was blood on the front door. Blood on the concrete outside. And no one was answering. When the door finally opened, a man stood there with a bandaged arm — confused, disoriented, and struggling to … Read more
MECHANICVILLE, New York — Four children went to their grandmother’s apartment. None of them came home. Harper, 13. Hudson, 11. And 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn. All four were found dead inside Amy Steadman’s Mechanicville apartment on June 23. What police uncovered in the weeks that followed was worse than anyone initially feared. She Had … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A 38-year-old mother is dead, and her children are left with memories no child should ever have to carry. Police say Antwon Shirley, 43, kicked in a bedroom door on Agnes Avenue in the North Town Fork Creek neighborhood and shot Nevada N. Mosley twice while her children were inside the … Read more
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida — He was 91 years old, exhausted, and watching the woman he had spent his life with slip further away each day. His wife, Mary Lippold, 87, had Alzheimer’s disease. She was blind. And he was the only person taking care of her. According to investigators, William Albert Lippold spent nearly a … Read more
WINNECONNE, Wisconsin — On the morning of July 31, Jeffrey Manke walked into a courtroom to finalize his divorce. By that evening, police were at his door for a welfare check. What they found inside shook the small community. Manke, 57, was found dead alongside his two daughters — Jaelyn, 16, and Lenora, 11. Authorities … Read more
POTEET, Texas — A mother is facing serious criminal charges after she allegedly left her two toddlers home alone and drove nearly 30 miles to visit her boyfriend — leaving her children without any adult supervision in the middle of the night. Angelina Herrera was arrested earlier this week and charged with two counts of … Read more
DELMAR TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — A quiet rural home became the scene of an unthinkable tragedy when a 61-year-old woman was shot and killed by her husband during an argument — and the messages she sent just hours before may be the most haunting part of the story. Penny Boom never made it out of her … Read more