Jon Joseph Glenwood Pysher IV was days from beginning a new semester when police shot him outside a stranger’s Pennsylvania home. UPPER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Glenwood Earl “Bubba” Pysher IV was supposed to be starting a new semester at Saint Elizabeth University, preparing to play baseball and moving toward the teaching and coaching career his family … Read more
A driver’s account traces the confrontation from his delayed arrival at a middle school to a fight that ended with six reported wounds. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A delayed delivery, an argument and a push unfolded in quick succession at a Memphis middle school before two adults began fighting and a driver suffered six puncture wounds, … Read more
The Lebanon investigation that began with two witnesses ultimately ended with Jacob Cram pleading guilty and receiving 65 years in prison. LEBANON, Ind. — Two people approaching police on a September evening helped set in motion a murder investigation that would end a year later with a guilty plea and the maximum sentence. Jacob Andrew … Read more
The boy was choosing candy during a family shopping trip when Luke Barkhaus attacked him without warning, according to investigators. PARKER, Colo. — The 7-year-old boy had gone shopping with his mother and sibling, picked out toys and then moved toward a display of candy near the Walmart checkout area when a stranger approached from … Read more
What began as an early-morning vehicle fire led deputies to five victims, multiple fires and a cross-state search for a suspect. FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The first emergency call from the rural property west of Forest Grove was about fire, not homicide. Within minutes, firefighters found human remains, withdrew from the scene and summoned deputies, … Read more
William Feather’s indictment came after his wife’s death at a home where police said officers had handled earlier domestic-related incidents. WESTLAKE, Ohio — Months before William Feather was accused of killing his wife, police had already responded to domestic-related trouble at the couple’s Canterbury Road home, including an incident that resulted in his arrest in … Read more
Investigators said anonymous contacts encouraged Lilyana Rose Wagner’s violent thinking before she killed her mother and later pleaded guilty. TIFTON, Ga. — Months of work on a 14-year-old girl’s phone transformed the investigation into Rachel Suzanne Wagner’s 2024 death, according to Georgia prosecutors, revealing conversations with anonymous online contacts, an intense interest in mass shootings … Read more
The investigation of Emmanuel Menchaca’s shooting took weeks to produce an arrest and more than a year to reach a guilty plea. HOUSTON, Texas — What began with a wounded teenager, his younger brother’s eyewitness account and a firearm recovered from a neighboring home became a weeks-long investigation, a statewide fugitive search and, more than … Read more
Angelynn Mock’s case resumed after months of psychiatric treatment before she admitted killing her mother and avoided a murder trial. WICHITA, Kan. — The murder case against former television anchor Angelynn Mock spent much of 2026 on hold because she was not competent to stand trial. Within weeks of a judge deciding she could proceed … Read more
Child welfare officials were trying to locate 12-day-old Benjamin before his death, which later inspired faster-response legislation in Idaho. NAMPA, Idaho — Two days before 12-day-old Benjamin died in a Nampa travel trailer, Child Protective Services had already asked police to help locate the newborn and his parents for a welfare check, according to Canyon … Read more