Katherine Schaffstall

After Andrea Yates was arrested for drowning her five children to death, it was revealed that she was a member of an alleged cult led by extreme religious leader Michal Woroniecki. While Woroniecki has denied claims that his group was a cult, he has been open about sharing his Christian values with his followers, which […]

Andrea Yates shocked the world when she killed her five kids by drowning them in a bathtub back in June 2001. More than two decades later, her crime and trial are being broken down in Investigative Discovery’s docuseries The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story. While the project is expected to answer many […]

Nick Reiner initially hired attorney Alan Jackson to represent him after he was accused of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. While the case is certainly high-profile, it is not the first time Jackson has found himself involved in cases that have grasped the public’s attention. Jackson ultimately stepped down as Nick’s […]

Andrea Yates made headlines when she drowned all five of her children at her family’s home in Houston, Texas, in June 2001. More than two decades later, her ex-husband, Russell Yates, will speak out about the tragedy in Investigation Discovery’s The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story. While the former couple is no […]

A mother and father in Union, South Carolina, have been arrested after their 5-month-old son died, with authorities allegedly believing that they neglected and abused the infant leading up to his passing. Officers with the Union Public Safety Department responded to Union Medical Center on August 8, 2025, after they received a report about potential […]

Agents from the U.S. Marshals Service have arrested a 34-year-old mother after they found her two missing children in Manitou Springs, Colorado, in December 2025. The U.S. Marshals said that the two children, who are 3 years old and 12 years old, were reported missing from Connecticut back on October 16, 2025. Amid the search […]

Police say that a man they’ve arrested in Indiana was driving drunk and under the influence of pills when he threatened to kill another couple at a stop sign, just because their cars crossed paths on the road. Jay Messer is facing several charges following the incident, including three counts of unlawful possession of a […]

Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a mother for alleged neglect after her toddler son drowned on the front porch of their home. Three weeks after the toddler died, Elizabeth Holderness reportedly turned herself in to deputies the morning of Monday, January 5, according to WITN. Holderness, 30, has been formally charged with felony involuntary […]

A retired Air Force Major who also worked as a former substitute teacher has been arrested in Alabama on child porn charges, according to reports. Officers with the Leeds Police Department arrested Daniel Martin Brown and booked him into the Jefferson County Jail on Thursday, January 1. Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin said that authorities […]

More than a decade after she was convicted of the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, Jodi Arias seems to be seeking new counsel in an attempt to clear her name and challenge her conviction. Arias, 45, has been writing a blog called “Just Jodi” as she serves out her prison sentence. In her […]

A Michigan man is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, according to authorities and media reports. The deadly attack took place on New Year’s Eve on Wednesday, December 31, when Milford police said the girlfriend of Peyton Bilbia called in a welfare check for him because she could […]

An Olympic hopeful from Colorado is facing charges after she allegedly fatally stabbed an Uber driver 60 times with a kitchen knife inside his car. Khayla Dawson claimed she was going for a “joy ride” when she scheduled an Uber pickup with driver Jeremy Campbell on October 26, 2025, according to an arrest affidavit filed […]

A man in California has been arrested for hitting a mother and her 5-year-old child with his pickup truck while allegedly drunk driving through a Trader Joe’s parking lot in the middle of the day. The Clovis Police Department revealed in a Facebook post on Sunday, January 4, that Steve Myer has been identified as […]

A 93-year-old California man allegedly turned himself in to police and told them he fatally shot his 86-year-old spouse, Luxury Handbag Shopping confirms. Fremont Police Department officers were dispatched to a parking lot in the 5000 block of Mowry Avenue in Fremont, California, around 12:22 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, after a caller reported that he […]

Just one day after a woman in Maryland was reported missing by her ex-boyfriend, her dead body was found in his apartment — and investigators believe that he fled the country soon after he made the false report. Now, an international manhunt is underway as investigators are eager to track him down. Howard County Police […]

Police allege that a mother in Tennessee fatally shot three of her family members — including her 2 young sons — before dying by suicide. Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office were asked to conduct a welfare check on Friday, January 2, at the Waverly home of nurse Heather Thompson, and found her and three others dead […]

Police arrested two people on animal cruelty charges after they abandoned nine puppies and two adult dogs in a park in Largo, Florida. All 11 of the dogs were found abandoned in plastic tubs left in Taylor Park on December 19, 2025, according to The Tampa Bay Times. After the dogs were found, they were […]

A man in Texas is facing multiple criminal charges after he was accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend at an apartment complex in Arlington where he shot her new boyfriend. Aaron Webb was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, December 30. Police confirmed in a press release that he is currently being held in the […]

A grandson has been arrested for allegedly murdering his elderly grandparents after the couple was found dead inside their home in Greenville, North Carolina. Pitt County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call around 9:30 a.m. from a home on Deborah Court on Wednesday, December 31. As they entered the house, investigators found an elderly […]

Police in Texas believe that a 15-year-old girl is in grave danger one week after she disappeared with a 41-year-old man. Maryuri Yolani Gomez Marquez was last seen in Plains, Texas, around 8 a.m. on Sunday, December 28, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Soon […]

A man in Missouri was arrested after he allegedly killed his grandmother and stabbed her two French bulldogs, which resulted in a brief standoff with police. Ronald Allred was booked on Monday, December 29, and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection to the death of his grandmother, Fannie Allred, according to […]