Sandra and Jaime Melgar’s story began 32 years before the tragedy that struck. The pair started dating while they were students at Lamar High School in Houston, Texas. Sandra, a new student from Laredo, Texas, caught the eye of Jaime, who had spent most of his life in Houston after immigrating from Guatemala with his … Read more
The New Hampshire man convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery was sentenced Thursday to 45 years to life in prison in a case that spurred an investigation into the actions of the child protective services system and rattled relations between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Adam Montgomery was found guilty in February of second-degree murder in … Read more
A maths teacher got pregnant by one of her pupils while awaiting trial for taking another schoolboy back to her luxury apartment for sex, a court heard today. Rebecca Joynes, 30, had been on bail accused of ‘grooming’ a 15-year-old for sex by buying him a £345 Gucci belt from Selfridges at the Trafford Centre. … Read more
Disturbing footage has emerged of a New Jersey father forcing his six-year-old son to run on a treadmill because he’s ‘too fat’ just days before the boy’s death from ‘chronic’ abuse. Christopher Gregor, 31, appeared in court on Tuesday to face murder charges after his son, Corey Micciolo, died in 2021 of ‘blunt force trauma’ after years of … Read more
A Pennsylvania mom has been sentenced to life behind bars after she murdered her 11-year-old son by strangling him with a belt while he slept. Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, 51, was found guilty of first degree murder earlier this week for the killing of her son Matthew Whitehead, 11, in their home last April. Police were called to the … Read more
After her mother was killed in a home invasion gone wrong, Martha McKay was quick to forgive the person responsible. Then, 23 years on from her murder, the unthinkable happened to Martha… Described by its website as ‘stately’ and ‘elegant,’ Snowden House, with its marble floor and sweeping staircase, was the perfect setting for a … Read more
Two teen squatters accused of murdering a mom and stuffing her body in a duffel bag at her apartment went on to use her credit card to buy an engagement ring, a court has heard. Halley Tejada, 19, and Kensly Alston, 18, shuffled into Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday charged with killing Nadia Vitels, a 52-year-old woman … Read more
An Iowa Hospital executive stole a hot dog cart vendor’s identity in 1988 to rack up $200,000 in loans, marry and have a child using the stolen name – while the victim was locked up in a mental hospital for trying to claim his identity back. Matthew David Keirans, 58, is now facing up to 32 years … Read more
Former Goodyear teacher Brittany Zamora has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the lowest possible sentence allowed for her crime, after pleading guilty to molesting a 13-year-old student. She will be on probation for the rest of her life and must register as a sex offender. She will get credit for the 478 days … Read more
The family of a hunter who tortured a wolf and paraded it through his local bar before shooting it dead have posted a bizarre reenactment of the scene. Cody Roberts, 42, was cited and fined for being in possession of the live wolf in Daniel, Wyoming, on February 29, but it was not illegal to kill … Read more