‘I just lost control’: Sex offender gives chillingly detailed account of how he raped and murdered Indiana teenager in harrowing press conference
A convicted sex offender has confessed to the rape and murder of his 17-year-old neighbor, telling reporters he ‘lost control’ and would ‘take it back’ if he could in a shockingly honest press conference. Richard Hooten, 49, was charged on Wednesday with strangling to death Tara Willenborg as he raped her in her Clarksville, Indiana, [...]
Tragedy for American mother after Irish husband killed daughter, three, before drowning himself because he thought wife was going to take child to Los Angeles
The family of an American woman whose husband allegedly killed their three-year-old daughter and then ended his own life last night, have spoken of their heartache. They spoke out amid claims that Martin McCarthy killed his daughter Clarissa and himself after becoming convinced his 25-year-old wife Rebecca McCarthy, née Cejnar, wanted to end their relationship. [...]
Mom drugged son, started house fire with diapers
HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) — A Hanover mother admitted to deputies that she tried to kill her son with an axe and when that didn’t work, she drugged him and set a fire in his bedroom and her bedroom to attempt to kill him. Deputies arrested Kimberly Shepperson on Saturday for aggravated malicious wounding and arson. Investigators [...]
‘They’re all dead to me now’: Family rift that tore doctor apart before she stabbed her seven-year-old daughter 31 times before killing herself
It was revealed today that the doctor who stabbed her seven-year-old daughter 31 times before killing herself had a major confrontation with her relatives in the weeks preceding her suicide. Victoria Vovchik, 45, told a friend that her relatives were ‘all dead to me now’ after a massive falling out. Vovchik was discovered lying dead [...]
Woman, 18, ‘raped 13-year-old boy in church after Sunday school service’
An 18-year-old woman has been accused of raping a 13-year-old boy inside a church. Hannah Steiner is alleged to have forced the teen to have sex when he asked her to stop after they began touching each other. Police said the alleged rape took place after a Sunday school meeting and before the worship service [...]
Vermont firefighters charged with holding boy,12, as sex slave for years
Vermont state police have charged two men with Connecticut ties in an alleged child sexual assault case spanning several years that involved a victim who says he was wrapped in cellophane and subjected to other bondage. State police charged 39-year-old Frank Meyer of West Haven, Conn., and 42-year-old Brett Bartolotta of Cavendish, Vt., with aggravated [...]
Man, 21, ‘raped girl, 14, to take revenge on her relative who attacked member of his family years earlier’
A 21-year-old man confessed to police that he had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl after sending her lewd photos online as a revenge attack against her family, it was revealed today. Charles Andrew Capps, from New Caney, Texas, has been charged with sexual assault of a child and online solicitation of a minor – both [...]
Dad Sentenced After Forcing Children Into Boxes Wrapped In Duct Tape
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — An eastern Ohio father has been sentenced to six months in prison for punishing his three children by forcing them into plastic storage boxes sealed with duct tape and a square cut in the top for air. The Steubenville Herald-Star ( ) reports that 30-year-old James A. Taylor was sentenced Thursday and [...]
Britain’s worst ever serial killer: The Victorian ‘Angel Maker’ who murdered 400 babies
She was dubbed the ‘Angel Maker’, a prolific serial killer responsible for the murders of around 400 babies, horrific crimes that sent a shock wave through 19th century Britain. Amelia Dyer preyed on the down-on-their-luck, desperate unmarried mothers who paid her to have their children adopted in the naive belief she would find them a [...]
Teen confesses to brutally dismembering Jessica Ridgeway, 10, in his bathtub after kidnapping her on way to school and binding her hands and feet with zip ties
Chilling audio of an 17-year-old admitting to murdering and dismembering a 10-year-old girl and hiding her remains in his home was played before a court today while including his admittance to previously attempting to kidnap a female jogger. In the five-minute recording Austin Sigg, now aged 18 of Denver, Colorado, is heard telling police dispatch [...]
Disney worker, 20, ‘sexually assaulted a young boy and girl over five years’
A 20-year-old Disney employee has been accused of sexually attacking two young children over a period of five years. Matthew Sepik, from Orange County, admitted to the abuse after he was secretly recorded admitting it to one of his victims, according to police. He was arrested and charged with sexual battery on a child younger [...]
FBI seeks public’s help identifying child porn suspects as well as victim’s t-shirt pictured in photographs
The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying two men wanted for their alleged involvement in the production of child pornography. The federal agency is circulating photographs of the suspects as well as other images grabbed from a child pornography video, including a child’s yellow t-shirt and the rear of what appears to [...]
‘She still hadn’t beaten her demons’: Father of tragic country star Mindy McCready’s eldest son says her suicide is ‘not a major shock’ after she is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
The ex-boyfriend of country music star Mindy McCready today spoke about her tragic suicide, admitting it didn’t come as a shock to him after witnessing two previous attempts and because ‘she still hadn’t beaten her demons’. Billy McKnight, who is the father of Mindy’s eldest son Zander, spoke candidly about his troubled ex girlfriend, [...]
23 new charges for man accused of offering toddler for sex on Craigslist
BOISE — A Boise man accused of attempting to prostitute a toddler on Craigslist is now facing 23 federal charges after a grand jury indicted him this week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 40-year-old Jason Lloyd Schaber is accused of offering a 3-year-old for sex on Craigslist. For that allegation, Schaber is now charged with [...]
The company president arrested for ‘slapping toddler in the face and telling his mother to “shut that n****r baby up” because he was crying on a plane’
A man has been accused of racially abusing then physically assaulting a 19-month-old child on a flight to Atlanta last Friday. Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, allegedly demanded that the mother of the crying toddler ‘shut that n****r baby up’ before slapping the infant in the face on the Delta flight on February 8. According to The [...]
Country musician tried to have sex with 7 and 9 year old girls while playing in Dallas
A country musician has pleaded guilty to trying to convince a woman online to allow her two daughters, aged 7 and 9, to have sex with him. Abraham Spear was arrested at a restaurant in Dallas on September 20, when he arranged to meet an undercover FBI agent, posing as the mother of two young [...]