Courtney Clenney acknowledges causing the knife wound that killed her boyfriend. Her upcoming trial will center on whether prosecutors can prove she committed second-degree murder or whether she reasonably believed deadly force was necessary to defend herself. More than four years after Christian Obumseli was fatally stabbed inside a luxury Miami condominium, former OnlyFans model…
Birth and death records have revealed a heartbreaking detail in the history of Elizabeth Siders, the Ohio mother currently facing child-endangerment charges involving her 16 surviving children. Siders gave birth to conjoined twin daughters at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus on November 20, 2022, according to NBC4. The girls, identified in birth and death…
In Indiana man is facing a felony arson charge after authorities say he cut off his own penis, covered it in gasoline and set it on fire inside his mother’s detached garage. Christopher Michael Peden, 36, was charged with one count of Level 4 felony arson in connection with the disturbing May 6 incident in…
Authorities say the 18-year-old chose to remain behind to speak with a girl and other friends, but major questions about his final hours remain unanswered. The discovery of Nolan Xavier Wells’ body off Mississippi’s Horn Island has left his family and the public asking a very important question: Why did the friends who brought him…
Elizabeth Siders’ attorney is pushing back against officials’ “pure evil” description after her 16 children were found in dire conditions after enduring prolonged and extreme neglect and isolation. The attorney representing the mother of 16 children rescued from an Ohio home says her first concern after her arrest was finding out whether her children were…
A niece of the Siders family is questioning whether the two older adults charged in the disturbing Ohio child-endangerment case may have also been victims inside the home. In a lengthy Facebook post, Kimberly Caldwell defended the aunt and uncle she calls “Aunt Lenny” and “Uncle Gary,” saying the people she remembers would never have…
Marriage records obtained from the Mason County Courthouse in West Virginia reportedly show that Elizabeth Siders, married Gary Siders Jr. on March 31, 2008. Because Elizabeth was only 15, the marriage required approval from her parents and a judge. The records list consent from her parents, Brian Ray Russell and Lori Ann Raines, as well…
Sixteen children were removed from a small Ohio home after authorities allegedly found them living in extreme filth, largely confined to one room and hidden from the outside world. Investigators executed court-authorized search warrants at approximately 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, at a residence on Ohmer Street in Hamden, a village in Vinton County….
A Georgia man suspected of killing his girlfriend died of a heart attack while attempting to dispose of her body in a wooded area in Alabama, authorities said. Jessica Folds, 47, of Lanett, Alabama, and Daniel Robbins, 44, of Macon, Georgia, were found dead on June 10 in a wooded area near County Road 86…
Michigan State Police are investigating after a newborn baby was found dead inside a portable restroom at the Electric Forest music festival on Sunday morning. The discovery was made in the camping area of the annual festival, which takes place at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, Michigan. According to Michigan State Police, the body…
A Michigan couple has been charged with murder after prosecutors say their 7-year-old son died following what authorities described as “extraordinary, terrible neglect” inside a hoardering home. Damien O’Brien, 40, and Jessica O’Brien, 41, of Flint Township, are facing second-degree murder, child abuse, and torture charges in the death of their son, Casper Jacob Shane…
An Oregon mother is facing multiple attempted murder charges after authorities say she tried to kill herself and her three young children using carbon monoxide in a vehicle parked inside her garage, according to police and court records. 2-year-old Chardonnay Marie Benavidez of Keizer, OR allegedly called 911 on the evening of June 6 and…
The woman who faked a pregnancy, murdered her friend, and stole her unborn baby became one of the most infamous killers in modern Texas history and was sentenced to death for her horrific crime. Years later, many viewers of Netflix’s Maternal Instinct are asking the same chilling question: Is Taylor Parker still alive? As of…
The crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo has closed the fundraising campaign established for Karmelo Anthony, one day after the Texas teenager was convicted in the fatal stabbing of fellow student Austin Metcalf. The fundraiser, which reportedly collected more than $630,000 in donations over the course of the case, was originally launched to assist Anthony and his family…
A Houston, Texas, man accused of holding his disabled wife captive inside their $1 million Texas home they shared with their children. Clear Lake-area home for approximately five years will not face criminal prosecution after a Harris County grand jury declined to indict him, according to court records. James Earl Johnson had been arrested in…
A pregnant Indianapolis mother who disappeared with her seven children earlier this year has been found dead in southern Mexico. This discovery brings a tragic end to a months-long search that spanned international borders and raised concerns about the family’s welfare. According to officials in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 30-year-old Makala Pendley was found…
Nick Reiner, 32, who is accused of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is asking to gain access to his inheritance trust in order to pay his mounting legal bills. A new court petition filed by Rob claims that the trustee, first obtained by The Daily Mail, lawyer Paul Kenin, is refusing to hand…
20-year-old Seffan Mederious of Kentucky is facing criminal charges after he told police he left his infant daughter unattended in a bathtub while he scrolled on his phone in another room and returned to find the baby floating in water. Police in Covington, Ky. responded Tuesday (May 26) to reports of an infant who was…
📸 True Crime This Week/YouTube In July 2022, Mackenzie Shirilla was involved in a high-speed car crash in Ohio that resulted in the deaths of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and friend Davion Flanagan. Shirilla was later convicted of murder and sentenced to prison for 15 years to life for intentionally causing the crash. In a…
In 1987, the world watched as 18-month-old Jessica McClure fell into a narrow well in Midland County. For nearly 60 hours, rescuers worked around the clock, capturing the attention, and hearts, of millions across the country. She became forever known as “Baby Jessica,” a symbol of hope, survival, and collective human compassion. Nearly four decades…
Turnstile founding guitarist Brady Ebert was reportedly arrested for attempted murder this week. Lambgoat reports the 33-year-old was arrested in Maryland on March 31. Montgomery County Jail records confirm that a 33-year-old man named Brady O’Brien Ebert was arrested Tuesday on a charge of attempted second-degree murder. Multiple websites and songwriting credits list Brady Ebert’s…
Former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah is speaking out after serving 2 and a half years in prison. “I was wrong,” she told PEOPLE. “I made wrong decisions. I should have done things differently. I should have been more diligent. And I’m deeply remorseful and sorry for my actions and for…
A Brazilian court has acquitted a mom who cut off her boyfriend’s testicles and set fire to his body after catching him trying to rape her young daughter. Erica Pereira da Silveira Vicente claimed she acted after discovering her boyfriend, Everton Amaro de Silva, allegedly attempting to rape her 11-year-old daughter. Vicente told authorities she…
A Utah mother is facing serious criminal charges after she allegedly abducted an 11-year-old boy she believed was bullying her autistic son. 40-year-old Shannon Marie Tufuga of Provo, Utah, is accused of forcibly taking the child in September 2025. Authorities say she searched for the boy and found him riding his bicycle in his neighborhood….
A Collin County grand jury has indicted a former Amarillo woman and her boyfriend on capital murder charges in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son, a case that investigators say involved weeks of alleged abuse before the child was rushed to a hospital with catastrophic injuries. The indictment of Chelsea Rene Berg comes…
Bodycam footage released by police shows former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn visibly distraught moments after reporting that his wife had been shot inside their home. Ashley Flynn, 37, a mother of two, was found dead in her bed on February 16, 2026. According to authorities, Flynn called 911 around 2:30 a.m. and told dispatchers…
Caleb Flynn, a former contestant on American Idol (Season 12), has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of his wife, Ashley Flynn, in Tipp City, Ohio. Authorities allege he shot her inside their home in the early hours of Feb. 16, 2026. Police were dispatched to the Flynn residence around 2:30 a.m….
Over a month has passed since the January 13, 2026 stabbing at Billings Senior High School, where a student and a math teach both sustained non-life-threatening injuries after the student stabbed the teacher and then themselves. No criminal charges have been filed as of February 15, 2026. Yellowstone County Attorney Scott Twito explained that his…
The Utah mother who fatally shot her 11-year-old daughter and then herself at a Las Vegas cheerleading competition had joint custody and primary decision-making authority over the child. This was the case even though a family court had previously found she committed domestic abuse in her daughter’s presence and raised serious concerns about her parenting….
awnia McGeehan, 38, and her 11-year-old daughter Addi Smith were found dead in their hotel room at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on February 15, 2026. They had traveled from Utah for a national cheerleading competition. Police believe McGeehan shot her daughter and then herself. A note was found at the scene,…
The mother, identified as Tawnia McGeehan, fatally shot her preteen daughter, Addi Smith, before taking her own life in their hotel room at the Rio Hotel & Casino. They were in Las Vegas for a cheerleading competition, and their bodies were discovered after they failed to appear for the event. Police said they received a…
Blaec Lammers, a Missouri man convicted in 2014 for plotting a mass shooting after his mother, Tricia Lammers, alerted authorities, has gotten engaged to TikTok creator Phoenix following his release from prison after serving 13 years. They met just seven weeks ago on Tinder, and they are now documenting their whirlwind romance online, including getting…
Police in Kalamazoo, Michigan, have arrested Rajai Keyontae Brown after human remains discovered on a residential property were identified as two individuals who had been missing since 2022. The bodies of Alfred Oneal Simpson, 67, and Tarra Dametria Mayes, 46, were found on August 22, 2023, inside an exterior shed at a Kalamazoo home. The…
Netflix’s latest true crime sensation, Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story, since landing on the streaming service this month. If it feels like a Lifetime movie, that’s because it its! This 2022 Lifetime movie dramatizes one of New Jersey’s most shocking murder cases—but how closely does it follow the actual events? Here’s what really happened….
Jason Rader, a math teacher at Billings Senior High School, was stabbed during a violent altercation on January 13, 2026. The attack occurred at approximately 4:23 PM, after regular school hours, shocking the Billings, Montana community. What Happened? Jason Rader, a math teacher at Billings Senior High School, was stabbed during a violent altercation on…
When Olga Tsvyk accepted a slice of cheesecake from an acquaintance in August 2016, she had no idea she was about to become the victim of one of New York City’s most twisted murder plots. The seemingly innocent dessert would leave her fighting for her life—and expose a criminal scheme so outlandish it could have…
On Nov. 16, 2012, Megan Zanella was 13 when she saw her mother, Lisa Knoefel, stabbed over 170 times by her foster sister Sabrina Zunich, who was 17 at the time. She tells her harrowing POV on the first episode of Season 19 of Evil Lives Here. Megan used to look up to Sabrina as…
This man had over 100 sets of human remains in his house. Police discovered his macabre collection after seeing bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery in Philadelphia. 34-year-old Jonathan Christ Gerlach of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, was arrested on January 6, 2026, after an investigation that lasted several…
FORT WORTH, Texas — A 32-year-old Fort Worth woman has been arrested and charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of her uncle on December 26, 2025, according to court documents and police reports. The motive? He locked her outside and asked her to cook. Ashley Marie Siebenaller is accused of killing 64-year-old Tony Vernon…
When Bethany Anne Decker disappeared from her Virginia apartment on a cold January day in 2011, her family had no idea they were about to embark on a heartbreaking journey that would span more than a decade. This Friday night, Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison revisits this tragic case in “Bethany Vanished,” a gripping episode that…
On November 30, 2025, a Utah mom of four bought one-way tickets to Europe after espousing “end-times” beliefs. Their father hasn’t heard from them since and is desperate to locate them. 35-year-old Elleshia Anne Seymour allegedly forged passport documents for the children to enable international travel. She left behind a note described by her ex-husband…
true The FBI and the Savannah Police Department continue to search for the suspect in a horrific acid attack that left a Georgia woman with severe burns covering half her body. On December 10, 2025, around 8:15 p.m., 46-year-old Ashley Wasielewski was walking near Forsyth Park in Savannah’s historic district when an unknown male wearing…
A few days ago, TikToker Samara – samaraispinkk (5.7M followers) posted a GRWM video about her family cutting ties after the internet discovered her father killed his employee. Recently, people have been digging into Samara’s life and found out that in 2021, her billionaire father killed 54-year-old Gerhard van Wyk, his farm manager, on Boulter…
30-year-old Mica Miller passed away at her own hand on April 27, 2024, at Lumber River State Park in Orrum, N.C. At the time, people were suspicious of her husband, Pastor John-Paul Miller. Now, he’s being federally charged for stalking Mica and lying to federal investigators. Federal Charges: One count of cyberstalking (maximum 5 years…
A former star of the MTV reality series Big Tips Texas has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Amber Rosales entered the guilty plea on August 16 as part of a deal to avoid a murder charge in the 2022 shooting death of her husband, 31-year-old Jeffrey McBride. 32-year-old Rosales was facing 5 to 99 years or…
When Matthew Perry was found dead in his bathtub on October 28, 2023, he had trace amounts of ketamine, which can be used to treat depression, in his stomach. An autopsy later confirmed that he had died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” as well as drowning. He was 54 years old. Almost a year…
Miranda Sipps, a 12-year-old girl from south Texas, passed away Monday from injuries she sustained a few days before. On Wednesday, August 13, the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office released a statement revealing troubling information: instead of getting the girl medical help for life-threatening injuries, her mother and stepfather kept her at home and gave her…
The Dark Secrets of a Failed Marriage: Poison, Fire, and Murder for Hire Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 67-year-old real estate developer Sergio Pino shot himself in his $8 million while the FBI surrounded his $7.9 million mansion in Coral Gables, Miami. The federal agents were there to arrest Sergio for hiring two different murder crews…
The story behind Dateline’s The Trouble at Dill Creek Farm has a number of twists and turns. For 13 years, the murder of 58-year-old pharmacist Ken Juedes went cold. Once his murderer was found, they faced an unexpected consequence. The death of Ken Juedes On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Cindy Schulz-Juedes she says she found…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard (@gypsy.rose.blanchard.insta) Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who served time for her role in her mother’s 2015 murder, announced that she’s pregnant. The official announcement came Tuesday, July 9, but she had previously fueled speculation about a pregnancy by briefly posting a positive test on Instagram. Gypsy…
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s marriage to Ryan Anderson seems to have been doomed from the start. We’re seeing that all along she was yearning to go back to her ex Ken Urker, who broke her heart. She spoke about Ken early in Lifetime’s Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup, and by episode four we’re seeing Gypsy’s stepmother…
This 15-year-old Mississippi girl named Lexi Jade Brown attempted to kill her mother because she was a “weird b**ch” who was “suppressing the black in her.” She stabbed her mother in her sleep and tried to set fire to their home in the early morning hours of June 14, 2024. The mother was thankfully still…
On March 1, 2015, Stacy Feldman’s husband found her passed out in the bathtub with the water still running after she didn’t show up to pick their children up from a carnival. Paramedics were called but, unfortunately, failed to revive Stacy. After Stacy’s funeral, her sister Susan had a lot of unanswered questions as her…
On April 28, 2024, South Carolina preacher John-Paul Miller shocked his congregation when he announced at the end of his sermon that his wife, Mica, had passed away the day before. He said her passing was “self-induced.” The uncommon wording sparked alarm bells in people’s minds. What really happened here? The Mica Miller Story Part 1: On Sunday, April 28,…
The above man is Ronald Keith Davis, a married Pennsylvanian cop who misused his power by strangling (but not killing) his girlfriend Michelle Perfanov while arresting her in an attempt to make her look crazy. “I know you’re not crazy. I’ll paint you as crazy,” Michelle said he told her before the brutal arrest, where…
It’s been a decade since Jessi Hildebrandt has seen her aunt Jodi Hildebrandt and she says that the abuse the Franke children suffered is similar to the severe abuse she experiences under Jodi’s care. Jodi Hildebrandt was arrested August 30 along with her business partner Ruby Franke for multiple counts of abusing Ruby’s four minor…
41-year-old Ruby Franke, who once ran a popular family YouTube channel called “8 Passengers,” is charged with six counts of felony child abuse after one of her four minor children escaped from her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt’s home malnourished and injured. Both Ruby and Jodi have been arrested and charged. Now, Ruby’s the one accusing…
Sharon Morris is sickened by the fact that her ex Anthony James Fiebiger has killed multiple people. “It can happen to anyone,” she says in her episode of Evil Lives Here Season 9, Episode 3. Sharon met Anthony “Tony” Fiebiger because he moved into her apartment complex. She started seeing him when coming home from…
For a while over the past few weeks a TikToker named Ken Waks was showing up on a lot of “For You” pages with disturbing information: he was investigating a plethora of unsolved deaths in cities like Chicago, Austin, Boston, and beyond that he thought were all connected. Was he really onto something, or was…
It’s hard to imagine how some people are capable of unspeaking crimes. In the case of serial killer Wayne Adam Ford, his ex-wife Kelly Pletcher saw him as something other than human. Kelly decided to sit down for an Evil Lives Here episode (Season 9, Episode 4) titled “He Pretends to Be Human” to describe…
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