Eyewitness News has acquired a disturbing video capturing a daylight murder. On May 3, Steven Anderson was struck and killed by a car while walking on Woodridge Square Drive to collect mail. The 20-year-old transgender woman accused of the crime is currently under investigation.
Tamara Banks, 41, has been sentenced to between nine and 13.5 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter after her four-year-old daughter, Karmity, died in 2022. Banks's daughter was fatally neglected due to a diet consisting solely of Mountain Dew sodas.
Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have arrested a man for allegedly shooting his stepmother in the neck during a graduation ceremony as she attempted to give him a hug.
A suspended attorney from Florida, who had been sued by his father for allegedly stealing $450,000 from the family trust fund, was charged on Sunday with premeditated first-degree murder involving a firearm.
A Nevada man considered the last living suspect in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, was arrested on Friday in connection with the long-unsolved case, according to officials.
Amanda Stott-Smith, a woman who was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally throwing her two young children off the Portland Sellwood Bridge, has died in prison.
The Oregon Department of Corrections confirmed that Stott-Smith, 45, was found deceased in her cell at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility on Sunday morning. The cause of death has not been released.
Authorities have charged a Texas man with murder after he allegedly posed as a minor online to arrange a meeting with and subsequently kill a convicted sex offender.
A probable cause report has been released regarding an East Texas teenager accused of murdering his family on May 23. Eighteen-year-old Cesar Olalde is charged with the deaths of his parents, brother, and sister, allegedly believing they were cannibals intent on eating him.
A Russian woman has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for a bizarre plot to kill her doppelganger in New York City. Viktoria Nasyrova poisoned a slice of cheesecake and gave it to her lookalike, Olga Tsvyk, on August 28, 2016. Nasyrova then stole Tsvyk's passport and work permit.
Marcus Solis reports on the emotional reaction from the family following the sentencing of a Bronx man to life without parole. The man was convicted of fatally stabbing and setting his sister’s ex-boyfriend on fire in 2020 in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx.
Talan Renner, 17, allegedly bragged to his Snapchat friends about killing 16-year-old Preston Lord during a party in Gilbert, Arizona, in October 2023. Renner reportedly wrote, "I got in a fight, a big group fight, and I accidentally killed a kid. I guess I'm just too strong."
An argument linked to a love triangle turned violent on Easter Sunday near a Dallas church, resulting in one man's death and another's arrest. The incident began when a Houston youth minister was shot after an altercation with the pastor's son.
In a dramatic turn of events in Texas, a case involving a man, his alleged wife, and his girlfriend became more complex when a third woman claimed to be the victim’s real wife. The situation unfolded after the man was shot by his wife for bringing another woman home.
Authorities announced Wednesday that a Southern California dermatologist has been charged with poisoning her husband by adding liquid drain cleaner to his tea.
Danielle Johnson, an astrology influencer and “divine healer” known online as Danielle Ayoka, was reportedly troubled by the recent eclipse. In posts on X Thursday, she described the astronomical event as “the epitome of spiritual warfare” and urged her followers to “pick a side.” Johnson has been charged with pushing her children from a moving car.
Kevin Monahan, 66, was sentenced Friday to more than 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis. The shooting occurred last April when Gillis’s SUV accidentally entered Monahan’s rural driveway in upstate New York. Monahan was convicted of second-degree murder in the case.
A Dallas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after reaching a plea deal just before his trial was set to begin. The charge stems from the 2022 murder of a woman following an argument during a pickup basketball game.
