Ryan Wesley Routh, who was born in North Carolina in 1966, has a complicated criminal background that includes several offenses. In 1995, he briefly attended North Carolina A&T State University before starting a roofing business. He was convicted in December 2002 of possessing a handgun, resisting law police, and driving with a revoked license. He faced other allegations over the years, such as driving without a license and possessing stolen items. Routh allegedly attempted to assassinate...

Macie Marie Silvey, a 21-year-old mother from Redding, California, was involved in the tragic death of her two-year-old daughter. Silvey purposefully administered prescription tablets to her daughter on January 5, 2023, and she died as a result of the medication's effects. When she returned to Redding, she pretended to have been in an accident. The Redding Police Department examined the issue and discovered that Silvey had given her daughter access to these medications with criminal inten...

Joanne Zephir, a mother from Florida, is facing the death penalty for first-degree murder of her 3-year-old child. The State Attorney's Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit has ruled Zephir eligible for the death penalty. The incident occurred on May 8, 2022, in Osceola County. Zephir was found unconscious in her car, and her children were found in critical condition. The 3-year-old was pronounced dead, while the older child and husband survived. In February 2024, a grand jury indicte...

Nick Pasqual is an actor and producer born on April 12, 1990. He is known for his roles in Archive 81 (2022), How I Met Your Mother (2011), and Poor Paul (2023). Recently, he has been in the news for being charged with attempted murder and burglary over the alleged stabbing of his estranged girlfriend. Pasqual was detained at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Texas after allegedly fleeing the scene. He has been extradited from Texas to Los Angeles and has pled not guilty to the charges.

Terry Michael Wesley, a 33-year-old man from Hope, Arkansas, was convicted of sexual assault and exposing a 13-year-old boy to HIV. The crime occurred on January 1, 2023, when Wesley sexually assaulted the boy while aware of his own HIV-positive status. He failed to disclose this information, raising questions about informed consent and public health safety. Wesley was arrested, charged, and convicted after a three-day trial. He received a 60-year sentence for rape and an additional 50 ye...

Serious accusations against Jeanne K. Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Lantz, 63, are pending in West Virginia about their alleged labor-using of five adopted Black children. Following a wellness check that revealed two of the couple’s five adopted children were living in appalling conditions and were imprisoned in a shed on the Sissonville, West Virginia property, they were initially taken into custody in October 2023. According to the accusation, the couple deliberately targeted the adopt...

Thomas Schopp, also known as Thomas Hiser, has a history of committing sexual assaults against minors, including multiple convictions for child molestation in Alaska. He was found guilty of six charges of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse against a juvenile victim. Schopp was involved in a 2014 incident with juvenile A, in which he videotaped the juvenile engaging in sexually explicit behavior. Schopp was caught and imprisoned for attempting to destr...

Veronica Youngblood, born in Argentina, was found guilty of murdering her two children, Sharon Castro and Brooklynn Youngblood, in August 2018. The murders were motivated by a custody battle with her ex-husband, who had been given permission to relocate to Missouri with Brooklynn. Youngblood supposedly pled insanity during her trial, but the jury dismissed her claim. The prosecution provided evidence of premeditation, including Youngblood buying the weapon used in the murders only nine da...

 Zachary Jarred Walton, a 28-year-old Utah man, has been charged with first-degree felony murder and two charges of second-degree felony aggravated child abuse in connection with a tragic incident involving a 4-month-old newborn. The incident took place on August 25 at the Road Home Shelter in Midvale, Utah. Walton had been babysitting the infant for two to three weeks before to the fatal incident. On the day of the event, Walton awoke weeping and brought her to the shelter's roof via el...

Preston Allen Quain, aka "Tyler," was involved in a legal action in Texas. He was convicted of the murder of Danny Joe Rolen. Rolen was found laying in a pool of blood on the floor of his trailer home. He had been pounded in the back of the head with a hammer and stabbed more than fifteen times. The incident occurred on December 13, 2007, when Quain was sixteen years old. The appellant was subsequently arrested and charged with Rolen's murder. He was initially detained in the Juvenile Det...

Veronica Youngblood, born in Argentina, was found guilty of murdering her two children, Sharon Castro and Brooklynn Youngblood, in August 2018. The murders were motivated by a custody battle with her ex-husband, who had been given permission to relocate to Missouri with Brooklynn. Youngblood supposedly pled insanity during her trial, but the jury dismissed her claim. The prosecution provided evidence of premeditation, including Youngblood buying the weapon used in the murders only nine da...

Devon Erickson is one of the two individuals responsible for the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting that took place on May 7, 2019. The incident occurred at STEM School Highlands Ranch, a charter school situated in Douglas County, Colorado, within the United States. At that particular moment, Erickson, who was 18 years old, and his accomplice, Alec McKinney, who was 16 years old, executed the attack. The sad incident led to the devastating death of Kendrick Castillo, a cherished stud...

 Christy Wedgeworth was convicted of injuring her child by omission, ignoring abuse by Joshua Lowe living with them. She was aware of the abuse but didn't take action. The trial found her failure to act caused serious bodily harm, under Texas Penal Code § 22.04. Her appeal was deemed frivolous, and the conviction was affirmed, leading to a 60-year prison sentence. The evidence of Christy Wedgeworth’s complete disregard for the well-being and safety of her children was overwhelm...

Andrea Bradley, a pregnant mother of 7, was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail for her 2-year-old daughter’s ‘torture’ death. The case raised important problems of child welfare and domestic violence. The court classified the behaviors as abusive and demonstrating a great contempt for human life, particularly that of a fragile kid. The sentencing shows that the court recognized the severity of the abuse, which can vary greatly depending on criteria such as intent, premeditation, ...

Joseph Michael Eaton is a man who confessed to killing four people and a dog, including his parents, and wounding three others in a highway shooting. The violent crimes occurred in Maine in 2023. Eaton was sentenced to life in prison on July 1, 2024. He had been released from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, where he had served about two years for aggravated assault. He was arrested in woods not far from where he had abandoned his vehicle at an exit ramp off the interstate. Eaton...

 Chelsea Renae Cooley was sentenced for the killing of a 3-year-old boy named Travis W. Young Jr. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve 40 to 80 years in state prison. The incident occurred on May 28, 2022, when Travis was found unresponsive while Cooley was babysitting him for her boyfriend. She faced charges of third-degree murder, criminal homicide, strangulation, and aggravated assault of a victim less than 6 years old. The infant was discovered lifeless with baby wipes lodge...

Skylar Bailey, Nathan Nava, and Emiley Ridout have been arrested in connection with a planned murder and robbery in Las Vegas. The event occurred on July 19, when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was notified of a shooting at an apartment complex. Conner Rebolledo, 19, was discovered dead from a gunshot wound. Bailey and Ridout, who had children with Nava, were accused of robbing Rebolledo under the guise of a sexual encounter out of financial desperation. Bailey’s familial ...

Keanan Christopher Turner, a resident of Forestville, Maryland, was involved in a tragic incident in 2021. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed, as well as an assault with intent to kill while armed. The victims were Wanda Wright, 48, and her daughter Ebony Wright, 32. Turner was also charged with setting fire to the apartment while another woman and a 3-month-old baby were inside. The baby was Turner’s child with Ebony Wright. In 2024, Turner was ...

Nathanael Benton is a North Dakota resident who was convicted of shooting two police officers in Delafield, Wisconsin, in 2020. He was sentenced to 80 years in jail for this offense. In addition, Benton was already serving a 50-year sentence for attempted homicide inside the Waukesha County Jail, where he attempted to kill an inmate with a shank manufactured from a pointed toothbrush. The judge added another 80 years to his sentence, making it consecutive. This implies that Benton will se...

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...