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
An Idaho man was sentenced to 30 years behind bars following “purposely” spreading HIV. Ada County Sheriffs Department began their investigation into Alexander Louie in Aug. 2023, when a detective posed as a 15-year-old boy and began messaging him. He sent the prosecutor, posting as a “teen boy,” nude photos and promised to record a planned sexual … 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
Two teens kicked out of their elite California Catholic school while falsely accused of wearing blackface have been jointly awarded more than $1 million after proving it was just a green acne face mask. The then-students at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View were just 14 when they took a photo during a sleepover … Read more
Texas mom Savannah Kriger murdered her 3-year-old son after recording a FaceTime video for her ex-husband in which she says to the boy, “Say goodbye to daddy,” the Bexar County Sheriff, Javier Salazar, said in a May 1 press conference about their March 18 deaths. The child, Kaiden, then said goodbye in the short video before Kriger, … Read more
A 34-year-old father in Oklahoma will spend the rest of his days behind bars for viciously beating his 3-year-old son to death and then burning the toddler’s remains in a makeshift burn pit. Seminole County Judge Timothy L. Olsen on Friday ordered Chad Holden Jennings to serve a sentence of life in a state correctional facility without the possibility of parole … Read more
A teen mom who abandoned her newborn baby to die in a plastic bag on Christmas Eve 40 years ago has been caught four decades later. Mary Catherine Snyder was only 17 when she left her unnamed daughter near a stream in a wooded area of Mendham Township, New Jersey, back in 1984. She wrapped … Read more
An Army sergeant has been found guilty of trying to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. Victoria Cilliers, 41, survived the 4,000ft (1,220m) fall at Netheravon airfield in Wiltshire in April 2015. Emile Cilliers was plagued with debt and needed his wife’s life insurance money to start a new life with his lover, … Read more
A 24-year-old Wisconsin elementary school teacher was arrested Wednesday for allegedly “making out” with her fifth-grade student — less than three months before her wedding. Madison Bergmann’s alleged abuse of the 11-year-old boy came to light when the student’s mother overheard her son talking to the teacher on the phone, CBS News Minnesota reported. The victim’s … Read more