Mendota, California — Four-year-old Alex Mercado’s body was discovered by a Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy in a neighbor’s clothes dryer on Saturday, October 31 – about 24 hours following his disappearance. Autopsy reports show that the young Mercado’s cause of death was drowning and was placed in the dryer following the incident. It is not [...]

Peoria, Arizona — 20-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki died Monday, two weeks after being run over by her father for becoming too “westernized.”
Peoria law enforcement officials investigating the case have stated that they expect to change the original charge of aggravated assault against the father, Hassan Almaleki, 48, to more severe counts after meeting with prosecutors. [...]

Miami, Florida — On October 12, five teenagers set fifteen-year-old Michael Brewer on fire with rubbing alcohol in a dispute over $40 and then laughed as he jumped into the pool to extinguish the flames. According to witnesses, the boy had been fully engulfed in flames.
Now he is fighting for his life at the University [...]

The search continues for three Dickinson State University softball players after a friend received a hysterical phone call from one of them in which they mentioned water. Two calls were made to the friend but both ended abruptly.
Authorities do not suspect any foul play. Instead, one of the girl’s father, Lenny Gemar, believes that it [...]

Greenville County, SC – Matthew Brandon Fullbright, 29, was arrested today for allegedly killing an elderly couple from South Carolina.  He was charged with two counts of murder and armed robbery.
The couple, Homer L. Stanton and Jo Ann Staton, had gone missing after leaving a restaurant on Friday night.  They were found by officials, beaten [...]