In Collier County Florida on 11/4/2016, Gary Cherelus was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two counts of human trafficking and two counts of tampering with a witness. Cherelus was also declared a sexual predator after pleading no contest to the charges. Cherelus coerced his victims with threats, violence and drugs to get them to engage in prostitution. He was part of an organized criminal enterprise profiting from the sexual exploitation of his victims.

 A jury convicted Johnny Johnson of first-degree murder and recommended a sentence of death. The jury also convicted him of armed criminal action, kidnapping, and attempted forcible rape and recommended life sentences for these crimes. … outrageously and wantonly vile ...

Steve Gilbert felled little 12-year-old Samantha Detzler of Lansing, Michigan in his car before unceremoniously dumping her body along a rural Clinton County road. I choked Samantha Detzler. Please don’t let this man out to do this again to any other girl or any other mother.– Sheila Detzler (Mom) It is this court’s intention that you never be free again. – Judge Jeffrey Martlew

Cheyanne Renae Harris, a young mother, was tragically involved in a heartbreaking case that shook the community. Here are the details: Case Overview: Victim: Her four-month-old son, Sterling Koehn. Incident: Sterling was found dead in a baby swing in their apartment on August 30, 2017. Charges: Cheyanne Renae Harris and the baby's father, Zachary Paul Koehn, were both charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment. Cause of Death: The baby suffered from severe diaper rash, which ...

November 15th, 1995 Jamie Rouse, (b. May 8, 1978 | age 45), dressed in black, went into Richland School in Giles County, Tennessee, with a .22-caliber Remington Viper. He shot two teachers in the head, one of them fatally. Then, with a smile, he took aim at the football coach, but a female student walked into his path and was killed with a shot to the throat. Jamie had told five friends exactly how he had planned this killing, but no one had called for help.iRichland High school senior Jamie Rou...

Jimmy L. Brooks, Jr. is a convicted murderer who was found guilty of four counts of capital murder in connection with the murder of 12-year-old William Brett Bowyer. Brooks and his accomplice, Michael Carruth, kidnapped Forest Bowyer and his son Brett Bowyer from their home by posing as police officers. The kidnappers stole $47,000 and took the victims to a construction site. Brooks shot Brett Bowyer in the head three times, slit Forest Bowyer's throat, and dumped them both into a shallow...

Cora Twombly, aged 44, is one of the four individuals arrested in connection with the disappearance and alleged murder of two women from Kansas, Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley. The other individuals arrested are Tad Bert Cullum, Tifany Machel Adams, and Cole Earl Twombly. Cora Twombly and Cole Earl Twombly are reportedly married. The case involves a complex situation including a custody battle and an anti-government group known as “God’s Misfits”. Tifany Machel Adams, one o...

Emma Jean Huver, a 26-year-old woman from Lansing, Michigan, has been involved in a tragic incident. She pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, admitting that she had a purple 9-millimeter Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol in her car on October 24, 2023. She had previously been convicted of a felony drug offense in 2020. The firearm was involved in the accidental death of her two-year-old child. The incident occurred at a gas station when another individual, ...

William Looper, a 30-year-old man from South Carolina, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the brutal murder of a 2-year-old boy. He pleaded guilty to charges of murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and two counts of unlawful neglect of a child. The child, Brantley Justin Smith, was found with bruises, bite marks across his body, and signs of sexual abuse. The abuse reportedly took place over a period of two weeks. The mother of the ...

Eva D. Heisch was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery in Illinois in 2016. She alleged that her trial counsel was ineffective in their representation. Heisch claimed that her attorneys failed to prevent the State from using her post-Miranda right to silence as evidence, submit limiting instructions for statements made by officers during her interrogation, request separate verdict forms for intentional and felony murder, and file a post-sentencing motion. She further clai...

Joseph “Crazy Joe” Naso, born January 7, 1934 (91 yo), in Rochester, New York, is an American serial killer known as the "Double Initial Killer." He was convicted in 2013 for the murders of four women in California between 1977 and 1994, each victim having matching initials in their first and last names. Naso, a former photographer with a history of petty thefts, documented his assaults in a handwritten diary. His arrest in 2011 led to a trial where he represented himself and was s...

Sandra Kolalou, a 36-year-old Chicago woman, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing her 69-year-old landlord, Frances Walker, in October 2022. The crime occurred in their Northwest Side home, and Kolalou was found guilty on April 22, 2024. Despite the conviction, Kolalou maintains her innocence and plans to appeal. She allegedly sang a menacing song while strangling Walker, threatening to kill her with an inhaler, and attempted to kill another tenant by strangling her and singin...

Jose Guerrero, an American serial killer and rapist, was detained in Madera, California, from 1995 to 1998. He kidnapped and murdered three women and tried to kill a fourth. His crimes went undiscovered for nearly six years until DNA evidence connected him to the murders after he was convicted of a DUI violation. Guerrero's victims were primarily women in a high-prostitution neighborhood. His arrest in 1999 resulted in incriminating comments about violent crimes. In 2004, DNA evidence con...

Amy Gonzalez, David T. Matusiewicz, and Lenore Matusiewicz were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in a conspiracy that resulted in the murders of Christine Belford and Laura "Beth" Mulford in 2013. Amy Gonzalez is the sister of David T. Matusiewicz. The case began in 2007 with David and Christine Belford's bitter divorce and custody struggle. David launched a harassment campaign against Belford, sending her threatening emails and letters. The Matusiewicz family participated in l...

Brian James Dugan, a serial murderer born in 1956, was notorious for his terrible background and criminal record. His criminal past started at the age of 16 with burglary and grew over time, resulting in many arrests for burglary and arson. Dugan was accused with many rapes and killings in the Chicago region between 1983 and 1985. His admissions were critical in connecting him to the Nicarico case after years of erroneous convictions against others. In 2005, DNA evidence led to his indict...

Born on December 10, 1971, Brian Gene Nichols is a convicted murderer best known for breaking out of the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 11, 2005, and going on a killing spree. When Nichols broke free from custody while he was on trial for rape, he killed the judge overseeing his case, a court reporter, a Fulton County Sheriff's deputy, and eventually an ICE special agent. Nichols was taken into custody twenty-six hours after a widespread manhunt was initiated in th...

Charles Lee Duffy, a convicted serial killer and rapist born in Georgia in 1976, murdered three women and seven men in Atlanta from 1994 to 1997. The crimes started with the murder of Priscilla Culberson in June 1997. Gwendolyn Wyche was shot several times outside her home in July 1997, and Pok Yeo Kim was killed during a heist at her office two days later. Duffy was arrested in March 1998, and he pleaded guilty. DNA evidence tied him to the unsolved death of Priscilla Culberson in 2005, ...

In December 2024, Chicago resident Marisol Vazquez, 37, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder following the death of her 21-month-old daughter, Lucia. On December 20, emergency responders found Lucia unresponsive in their East Garfield Park home, with water emerging from her mouth, suggesting drowning. Vazquez, reportedly making incoherent statements about being "trapped by electronics" and needing to "be with nature," later confessed to suffocating her daughter with a bedshee...

David Pagniano was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his wife, Sandra Pagniano. The crime took place in 2017 amid a contentious divorce. Sandra Pagniano was kidnapped from her home, driven to a remote location, and buried alive. Evidence revealed that she struggled vigorously while in the grave and was likely conscious for up to five minutes after being buried. David Pagniano was also sentenced to a 16-year prison term for kidnapping, forgery and ...

Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old individual, hails from Fairview, New Jersey. He is being charged with attempted murder in relation to Salman Rushdie, a well-known British-Indian author. The occurrence transpired on August 12, 2022, during a literary gathering in Chautauqua, New York. Reportedly, Matar purportedly inflicted many stab wounds on Rushdie at the same moment when Rushdie was preparing to deliver a public talk. Salman Rushdie suffered severe injuries and was admitted to the hospital, ...