A 51-year-old Florida woman charged with fatally shooting both of her ex-husbands on the same day could face the death penalty, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Susan Avalon has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in two separate counties following the December 17, 2025 deaths of Timothy Flecher, 55, and David Scott, 54. The Hillsborough County State’s...
A 30-year-old Ohio father has been charged with murder following the death of his 4-month-old daughter, who prosecutors allege died after being suffocated through dangerous swaddling practices used as punishment. Marcellaus Nekie Malone was arrested and indicted on multiple charges including murder, involuntary manslaughter, domestic violence, and seven counts of child endangerment. The charges stem...
Two additional suspects have been charged in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a tote along a Pennsylvania river, expanding the scope of an investigation that has already resulted in murder charges against the child’s foster parents. Theresa Marie Shipley, 63, the victim’s grandmother, and Sandra Lynn Umensetter,...
The death of 17-year-old Magnus White, a promising U.S. National Team cyclist, has catalyzed a significant legislative push in Colorado aimed at reforming how authorities investigate fatal traffic accidents. White died in 2023 when a vehicle driven by Yeva Smilianska struck him during a training ride outside Boulder, Colorado, as he prepared for upcoming world...
A 64-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to 364 days of probation following a fatal golf cart accident that claimed the life of his 58-year-old wife last year. Angelo Theodosiou will also have his driver’s license suspended for six months after pleading no contest to driving under the influence charges. The incident occurred on November...
A Maryland man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of his wife more than two decades ago, as she was preparing for their young son’s birthday celebration. Dwight Rust Jr., 48, was arrested Tuesday following a grand jury indictment for the death of Michelle Rust, who was 24 years old...
A rural Colorado town of 30 residents faces an unprecedented crisis after its entire government resigned in January, leaving no one to maintain critical water infrastructure or hold elections for new leadership. The town of Hartman, located 10 miles from the Kansas border and approximately 200 miles from Denver, saw its last government meeting dissolve...
A new bipartisan initiative in the United States Senate aims to expand food assistance options by allowing recipients of federal nutrition benefits to purchase hot rotisserie chicken. The proposed Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, introduced Wednesday, would create an exception to current regulations that prohibit the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds for hot prepared...
In January 2019, 23-year-old Savannah Spurlock, a mother of four from Kentucky, went out with friends in Lexington and never returned home. Surveillance footage captured her leaving a bar in the early hours of January 5 with three men. One of them, David Sparks, later told investigators that Savannah had willingly gone with them to...
On October 28, 2022, 25-year-old Shanquella Robinson, a business owner from Charlotte, North Carolina, traveled to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with six friends for what was meant to be a birthday celebration. Tragically, less than 24 hours after arriving, she died. Shortly after her passing, her companions contacted her mother, stating that her death was...