Jonathan Jared Baker, a 24-year-old Ohio man, was convicted of aggravated murder and kidnapping of his seven-month-old daughter, Emery. Baker abducted Emery during a marital disagreement and fled in a Camaro, sending police on a high-speed chase through Tiffin, Ohio. During the pursuit, Baker escaped capture by driving wildly until he crashed into a house. Emery was discovered with serious injuries after being extricated, including cranial hemorrhage and hard breathing. An autopsy indicat...

Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel is a former third-grade teacher at Severna Park Elementary School (Annapolis, MD) who has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse. He was accused of inappropriately touching at least eight students on several occasions in his third-grade math class, according to the allegations. The charges include seven counts of child sex abuse and 14 counts of fourth-degree sex offense, as per the legal accusations. Despite arguments from his defense for house arr...

Jonathan Allen Dunn, a 37-year-old guy from Roy, Utah, has a history of violence and child abuse. He was sentenced to prison in 2017 for breaking the arm of his girlfriend's child, and he served two years before being released on parole in 2019. In December 2023, Dunn was arrested again for inflicting serious physical abuse on two twin children he was babysitting. The children were discovered unconscious; the boy died, while the sister suffered a brain bleed. Dunn faced several allegation...

Matthew Scott Brenneman, a 40-year-old Minnesota man with a history of domestic violence, was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Danicka Bergeson, in July 2023. Brenneman had several domestic violence cases outstanding before the murder, but he was discharged with few limitations. His most prominent crime was the murder of Bergeson, for which he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The plea deal resulted in a 285-month prison sentence, with all other counts withdrawn. Brenneman ...

Michelina Desiree Goodwin, 46, of Great Mills, Maryland, was convicted of the murder and dismemberment of her partner, James Volodimir Nalborczyk, in December 2022. Goodwin shot Nalborczyk in the back with a handgun during an altercation at her home, then dismembered his body. The victim's family reported him missing on December 21, 2022. Goodwin first claimed the gunshot was an accident, but investigators discovered evidence that contradicted her account. The matter went to trial, and Go...

Antonio Riaño, 62, of Zapotitlán Palmas, Oaxaca, Mexico, was arrested in Cincinnati on homicide charges in connection with the 2004 shooting death of Benjamin Becarra. Riaño fled the United States to avoid prosecution and was added to the Butler County Sheriff's Office's "Most Wanted" list. The crime entailed a shooting that claimed Becarra's life. Riaño was elusive for nearly two decades. Law enforcement agencies including the US Marshals Service, Butler County Prosecutor's Office, a...

Karen Blackledge is a woman from Quincy, Illinois who was involved in a serious criminal case. She was charged with two counts of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, residential burglary, and aggravated criminal sexual assault. Initially, she pleaded not guilty to the charges, but later she changed her plea to guilty. Despite her attempts to withdraw her guilty plea and have the judgment thrown out, her motions were denied in Adams County court. Consequ...

Jeffrey Robert Martin was convicted for the rape and murder of 12-year-old Gabrielle Miranda Bechen in June 2006. Martin, originally from New Geneva, Pennsylvania, and 65 years old as of 2023, has been on death row since being convicted in May 2008. The crime occurred on a horse farm in Dunkard Township, where Martin worked as a farmhand. Gabrielle Bechen disappeared while riding her all-terrain vehicle at the Greensboro horse farm. Her body was found buried on the farm five days...

Daniel Marc Lofaro, a former research scientist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory and assistant professor at George Mason University, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for serious child sexual exploitation offenses. Lofaro engaged in predatory activity against kids across many online platforms, including contacting a 12-year-old victim on a social media app and seeking graphic images and videos from a 14-year-old victim via an online dating app. Over the course of o...

Johnny Joe Avalos, an American serial killer, perpetrated a number of crimes in San Antonio, Texas, between 2012 and 2015. He raped and strangled five people, including four women and a teenage girl. Avalos claimed to have attempted to murder at least twenty additional women, but they escaped before he could carry out his plan. His arrest came in April 2015, when DNA evidence linked him to the murders. Avalos faced capital murder charges but was unable to obtain the death penalty owing to...

Tina Mejia, a 26-year-old mother from Glendale, and her boyfriend Jacob Gano, 23, were arrested in connection with the death of Mejia’s 7-month-old son, Brian Mejia. The infant was brought to a hospital with severe injuries on March 31, 2024. Mejia and Gano told officers that the child had fallen out of bed at their apartment the previous day. Mejia noticed swelling on the side of the child’s head and took the baby to the hospital when the swelling worsened. Prior to this incident, a ...

Ashlee Taylor Crawley, a 26-year-old mother from Georgia, and her partner James Dee Tripp have been arrested on charges related to child sexual abuse. Crawley faces two counts of child molestation and one count of computer or electronic pornography, alleging she engaged in sexual acts with her children. The investigation began after a tip from MeetMe revealed that Crawley had been producing sexually explicit content featuring her children and selling it online. The story raises concerns a...

Dakota J. DeGroot, a 27-year-old resident of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 9, 2024, for possessing child pornography as a repeat offender. The indictment alleges that DeGroot possessed electronic files containing child pornography on or about January 18, 2024. DeGroot was previously convicted of possessing child pornography in Winnebago County Circuit Court in 2016. As a repeat offender, upon conviction of the offense alleged in the federal indictment, ...

Briley Shayne Turner's partner, Hodge, was killed in an incident at her home on August 18, which was reported to the police. Turner allegedly repeatedly stabbed Hodge with a knife after striking him with a baseball bat. Hodge died as a result of complications after suffering many stab wounds and physical force trauma. He died as a result of several blunt and sharp force traumatic injuries, according to an autopsy that determined his cause of death to be homicide. Evidence at the incident ...

Carla Faith is a former daycare owner who was sentenced to six years in prison on child abuse charges and for attempting to influence a public servant. She was found guilty on 26 counts of misdemeanor child abuse. The charges stemmed from an incident where authorities discovered 26 children hidden behind a false wall in the basement of her daycare, Play Mountain Place, in late 2019. The children were found in soiled or wet diapers and were sweaty and thirsty. Many parents reported that th...

His face – he just didn’t look the same – nothing behind his eyes. They were dark. His eyes were dark. His face was contorted.I knew a couple of boys that were sold to others and used in a few snuff type movies,so their fate was sealed right after they were sold…They didn't know that of course until it was happening to them.I can get all we need to drug them.After that they are gone forever. Steven Lorenzo. Autographed Letter, Signed. Handwritten, Commercial #10 (4.125 × 9.5 envel...

Brian Steven Smith was convicted of murdering Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. He was sentenced to a 226-year prison sentence. This case garnered global interest as Smith had documented Kathleen Jo Henry’s murder in images and videos found on an SD card. In addition to Henry’s murder in 2019, Smith told authorities that he had slain Veronica Abouchuk in 2018. Smith, originally from South Africa, obtained US citizenship in September 2019. Smith’s heinous crimes shocked the An...

Ronnie Dean Stout II, a 42-year-old man, has been identified as the suspect in starting the Park Fire in California. According to reports, Stout allegedly pushed a burning car into a gully at Bidwell Park, which ignited the massive blaze. The fire has led to widespread evacuations and has become one of the largest wildfires in California. Stout was arrested by investigators around 1:30 am, less than 12 hours after the fire started. He appeared in court, but his arraignment was continue...

Maggie Patience Ybarra was convicted for her involvement in the murder of Kensie Aubry. She and Michael Hendricks were sentenced for a crime that involved the dismemberment of Aubry's body. Ybarra received a sentence of life in prison plus an additional 56 1/2 years. The case was particularly heinous, with elements of sexual misconduct and abuse against a minor (Maggie’s daughter), which Ybarra was also found guilty of. Her conviction included one count of second-degree murder, attempte...

Susan Monica, a former sailor and convicted killer, was responsible for the deaths of two farmhands, Stephen Delecino and Robert Haney. Susan Monica was born as Steven Buchanan on July 8, 19481. She later began living as a woman and adopted the name Susan Monica. Delecino disappeared in 2012, while Haney went missing in 2013. Monica mutilated the men and gave some of their bodies to her pigs. The investigation began after authorities learned that she was using Haney's food stamp card. In ...