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 ...

Philip James Brewer, a 32-year-old man, has been arrested along with Christina Joel Hardy, 47, in connection with the death of 74-year-old Curtis Engeland. They are facing charges for allegedly defrauding and murdering Curtis Engeland, whom they met through a dating app. The pair allegedly gained Engeland’s trust, financially defrauded him, and then violently confronted him at his home. They are suspected of injecting Engeland with fentanyl to kill him before stabbing him to death. The ...

Rebecca Maureen Smith was found guilty of second-degree murder after her husband, Michael Lee Smith, was shot twice in December 2002. Rebecca first claimed to have dropped Michael off to a bus station for alcohol rehabilitation, but detectives discovered bloodstains in their home. She also allegedly indicated an intention to harm him to a friend. In 2007, she was convicted of second-degree murder. Because of Rebecca's acts, Oakland County Circuit Judge Colleen O'Brien went above and above...

Ivy Contrell Lee Jenerette, a 40-year-old man from Horry County, South Carolina, was arrested and charged with causing serious physical harm to a child. On May 8, 2024, a 13-year-old child who resided with Jenerette sustained life-threatening injuries. According to arrest warrants, Jenerette is suspected of beating the youngster numerous times in the head with a piece of wood and the buttstock of a firearm. The assault resulted in multiple life-threatening injuries to the toddler. Later, ...

Franklin José Peña Ramos, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national, has been charged with capital murder in relation to the death of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, Texas. The terrible nature of the case, as well as the circumstances surrounding it, have sparked widespread media attention. Pena Ramos and co-defendant Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel were arrested when Jocelyn's body was discovered in a shallow creek on June 17, 2024. Authorities discovered that she died from strangling. Pen...

In November 2022, Jeremy Dwayne Belt, a resident of Clearfield, Utah, was accused of the savage killings of his elderly grandparents, Janice Walker (85) and Thomas Walker (87). Perhaps as a result of his drug use, Belt got into a violent altercation with his grandparents following a disagreement with his mother. After attacking the grandparents with a tiny sledgehammer and disabling the garage door to keep them from fleeing, he used a .22 caliber firearm to shot them both in the head. Two...

Jeremy Tremaine Williams is a man who was convicted for the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl named Kamarie Holland. He was found guilty of four counts of capital murder, sodomy, sexual abuse of a child less than 12, production of obscene material involving a child, human trafficking, conspiracy to commit human trafficking, and abuse of a corpse.Williams was sentenced to death for capital murder of a child less than 14 years old, kidnapping, rape, and sodomy. He was also sentenced to life for...

Bradley Yohn, a 36-year-old man from Springfield, Illinois, was convicted of a brutal home invasion, kidnapping, and sexual assault. The crime occurred on November 9, 2021, in rural Adams County. Yohn was found guilty of home invasion with a deadly weapon, criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and residential burglary. The victim, a 77-year-old great-grandmother named Christine “Tina” Schmitt Lohm...

Reginald Maclaren, an 83-year-old Englewood, Colorado, man, was charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of his wife, Bethany Maclaren, 70, and their crippled daughter, Ruth Maclaren, 35. The victims were discovered dead on March 25, 2023, at the Maclaren family home. Reginald Maclaren was also accused of tampering with evidence and fraudulent reporting. According to the police report, Reginald Maclaren killed his wife and daughter with an ax after claiming he had lost his job ...