There are a lot of lists for a young Black woman to aspire to. The Dean’s list. The Best Dressed List. But most don’t end up where Shanika Minor is now – the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List. In another dubious honor, Minor is the first fugitive from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to make the list. […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The family of an Arizona mother suspected of killing her three young sons spoke out about the tragic event Monday. Relatives of 29-year-old Octavia Rogers thanked family and friends for the outpouring of support they have received since Rogers was arrested earlier this month. The victims’ grandmother Tanella McCoy described Rogers as […]
Police say the Shemel Mercerius was shot to death by 24-year-old Taariq Stephens who later turned himself into the police. The motive behind her murder is not known.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Tuesday convicted an actor who played a police officer on TV of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife that was partially witnessed by their two young sons. The verdict in the trial of Michael Jace, who appeared on the FX series “The Shield,” came after […]
Sasha Bell and Sacorya Reed were both shot to death in Bell's townhouse. Police have a suspect in custody, but no charges have been filed.
SEATTLE (AP) — A man dismembered a nurse and mother of three in her suburban home then drove her head and other remains to Seattle, where they were found in garbage bags in a recycling bin, authorities said Tuesday. The disclosure came as a King County judge ordered the suspect in the case, John Robert […]
For some people, winning the lottery is the break of a lifetime. For others, its a tragedy. That was the sad case for Craigory Burch, Jr. who was killed in January of this year after winning almost $500,000 in the Georgia State Lottery. Burch was shot in front of his girlfriend after using some of […]
FORT LITTLETON, Pa. (AP) — A retired state trooper killed a turnpike toll collector and a security guard in a holdup attempt at a toll plaza and then was shot dead by troopers while trying to escape with the money, authorities said. Clarence Briggs, who retired four years ago, confronted two Pennsylvania Turnpike toll collectors […]
A confessed serial killer, who preyed on poor Black women in Indiana, has been hit with five new charges, reports CNN.
Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law William Balfour who was convicted of killing her mother, brother and nephew has spoken out for the first time since he was sentenced to life in prison in 2012. In an interview with ABC7 from Pontiac Correctional Center, Balfour has claimed evidence from the murder was planted in a conspiracy to put him […]
A tragedy struck students at an Arizona high school over the weekend. Two 15-year-old girls died Friday in a shooting at a suburban Phoenix high school that was apart of a murder-suicide. According to the police, a suicide note was found at the shooting scene near the cafeteria of Independence High School in Glendale. Law enforcement revealed […]
An entire family of six was found dead in their Chicago-area home this week, including 10 and 13-year-old boys, The Chicago Tribune reports.
