VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia — Jennifer Mulligan walked into that courtroom having already admitted to everything. She shot her 90-year-old father once in the head while he sat in bed. She made no attempt to hide it. She called 911 herself. But on Tuesday, it was the judge’s words — not the sentence — that silenced … Read more
MIAMI, Florida — A routine lobster-diving trip off the Florida coast turned into a life-or-death situation when a man allegedly jumped into the water and shut off a teenager’s air supply — all because he was angry that someone else was diving in what he considered his spot. It started early on July 29, when … Read more
COLUMBIA, Tennessee — A Tennessee jury has sentenced a man to death for the early-morning slaughter of his mother and two siblings inside the family home — a crime so brutal that even the prosecutor said it “cried out” for the ultimate punishment. Nathanial Pipkin, now 25, was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder … Read more
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — A mother of seven was shot dead in front of her teenage son. A 15-year-old boy lost his life. And it all started over a pickup soccer game. Rafael Martinez-Lopez, 18, was ordered to stand trial Monday on two counts of open murder. Prosecutors say he opened fire outside Southwest Elementary … Read more
WACO, Texas — A 2-year-old girl was left with a broken jaw, broken bones in her wrist and hand, and bruises covering her entire body — allegedly at the hands of the woman trusted to keep her safe. Katrina Lanett Evans, 34, is now on trial in McLennan County for one count of first-degree injury … Read more
MARGATE, Florida — A woman was sleeping in her bed with her 1-year-old daughter when her own brother allegedly attacked her with a machete. When police arrived at the home, they could hear the woman screaming from outside. She ran out covered in blood, telling officers someone was trying to kill her. That someone, police … Read more
FERGUSON, Missouri — She had just signed a new lease and wanted to celebrate with her kids the only way a mom knows how — a late-night slushie run. Shakeela Martin, 35, never made it back to the car. Martin was shot and killed outside a BP gas station just before midnight on June 30. … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 26-year-old man will spend the next 18 years behind bars after investigators say he beat a toddler to death over a diaper accident and then tried to cover it up with a drowning story. Dioblis Williams was sentenced this week to between 13 and 18 and a half years in prison … Read more
BOULDER, Colorado — Officers arrived to find a barefoot toddler standing on a second-floor balcony in nothing but a diaper, crying into the dark for someone to help her. It was just after 10:30 p.m. on a Tuesday when a neighbor called 911 after hearing the child’s cries. When police got to the apartment, the … Read more
GLENDALE, Arizona — Police say a mother was so drunk she had no idea her toddler was suffocating just feet away from her. Officers responded to a home near 67th Avenue and Cholla Street just before 11 p.m. on August 1 after a 911 caller reported a young child trapped inside while the mother lay … Read more