Jon Joseph A witness said Rafael Valles tried to take a handgun from Tristin Chase because the child stood in the potential line of fire. RIGBY, Idaho — The youngest person at the center of a fatal confrontation in Rigby was not accused of anything and was not physically injured, but investigators say her presence shaped the … Read more
Michael Maurice Schille was killed inside the South St. Paul apartment he shared with a man who said he helped care for him. SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. — Michael Maurice Schille was a 72-year-old Navy veteran, father and grandfather who shared his apartment with a man who told police he helped care for him. That … Read more
Witness accounts, location records and the defendant’s later statements helped investigators connect Patrocinio Perez to a 2021 shooting in Magna. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Snapchat address led Patrocinio Perez to a crowded Magna house party in August 2021, investigators said. In the days and weeks afterward, Snapchat location information, ride-service records, telephone data, … Read more
The investigation moved from surveillance video and a witness’s roadside encounter to a murder conviction and rejected insanity defense. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Minutes before Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was fatally shot at a Palmdale traffic light, another motorist had a confrontation with a driver and photographed the car’s license plate. That … Read more
Several forms of evidence describe the same violent sequence outside the Lake County Government Center, say investigtors. CROWN POINT, Ind. — A surveillance recording from an Indiana government complex has become a key piece of evidence in the case against a woman accused of striking her estranged husband’s motorcycle with a car and confronting him … Read more
Prosecutors have assembled several overlapping forms of evidence against 18-year-old Mariah Ruiz after an August road rage confrontation turned deadly. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The homicide case against Mariah Ruiz does not depend on a single witness. Prosecutors say cameras recorded key parts of the confrontation, microphones captured gunfire, police recovered five cartridge casings, a passenger … Read more
Police affidavits describe overlapping but distinct accounts from a son accused of murder and a woman charged over what allegedly happened afterward. EL PASO, Texas — Two recorded interviews became central to an El Paso homicide investigation after police found 59-year-old David Edward De Coste dead in a garage: one from the son accused of … Read more
Maylashia Hogg’s relatives searched for answers for more than two years before Jacqueline Reid pleaded guilty in the teenager’s death. BARNWELL, S.C. — When Maylashia Hogg disappeared in February 2024, relatives asked people around them whether they had seen the 17-year-old, who was days from giving birth. Among those questioned was Jacqueline Y. Reid, a … Read more
Prosecutors said Lawrence Goodine changed Kara Akins’ surroundings before police arrived, while his defense highlighted toxicology results and flaws in the investigation. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Before investigators had an autopsy or a final explanation for Kara Akins’ death, Lawrence Goodine repeatedly told officers that she had taken something. Nearly three years later, prosecutors used those … Read more
Laken Snelling initially faced charges tied to concealment, but medical testing and a grand jury later added first-degree manslaughter. LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Lexington police first arrested Laken Snelling after her newborn son was found dead in a bedroom closet, the charges dealt with concealment and evidence, not homicide. Six months later, a medical finding … Read more