Baron Jonson Court records describe a long gap between the child’s morning care and the afternoon 911 call. PINE RIVER, Minn. — The parents of 10-year-old Cecilia Cross face upgraded murder charges after police said she spent much of an August day alone in a zipped safety bed before a broken frame crushed her neck. The case … Read more
Christopher Thomas survived after a witness and Denny’s workers helped him before emergency crews arrived. PORTLAND, Ore. — Deborah Thomas said she learned her son had survived a near-fatal throat slashing after a friend alerted her and she watched news reports about an injured man at a North Portland Denny’s. Her son, 33-year-old Christopher Thomas, … Read more
Witness accounts placed a family dispute over Cuba at the center of the homicide investigation, police say. LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Two neighbors helped police trace the hours before and after a woman was found dead in a central Las Vegas home, where her husband is accused of killing her during a dispute over their … Read more
In Louisiana, Roxanne Record was convicted of manslaughter after jurors heard competing accounts of intent, punishment and neglect. BATON ROUGE, La. — Jurors convicted Roxanne Record of manslaughter, not murder, after a trial over the death of 4-year-old China Record, who prosecutors said was forced to drink whiskey during a punishment at a Baton Rouge … Read more
Tiffani Scarborough’s co-workers went to her Dublin home after she failed to appear at work. DUBLIN, Ga. — The first sign of danger was a missed shift, not a 911 call from inside the home where 25-year-old nurse Tiffani Scarborough was later found shot to death. Scarborough’s absence from work in June 2021 sent co-workers … Read more
A worker was hit with a shovel while trying to stop an attack on another shopper, police said. MURRAY, Ky. — Store employees were restraining a woman accused of stabbing another shopper when police arrived at a Goodwill in Murray on April 21, authorities said after filing attempted murder and assault charges. The case centers … Read more
Jessica Hilliard, 34, was killed outside Niki’s Quick Six after police say a parking lot fight turned into a shooting. PARKS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Jessica Hilliard’s family says the mother of three spent her last moments doing what they knew her for: stepping toward someone who needed help, even as danger waited outside a local … Read more
The case followed Linver Ortiz Ponce from a Bay Shore street to a gas station and then to a church lot. BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Linver Ortiz Ponce escaped one attack and tried to hide at a gas station before a group abducted him and took him to a church parking lot, where prosecutors said … Read more
Madeline Spatafore was shot by her husband, Ryan Hosso, before he died in nearby woods, say police. SEVEN FIELDS, Pa. — Madeline Spatafore, a 25-year-old physician assistant from Butler County, was found shot to death in her home April 28 after police said her husband called his parents and admitted killing her. Spatafore’s death is … Read more
Authorities said Gene Donald Kaping lay outside overnight before he was found unresponsive. QUITMAN, Texas — For about 12 hours after Gene Donald Kaping was hit by a golf cart in his driveway, deputies said, no medical help was called as the 71-year-old man remained outside through the night. That gap now sits at the … Read more