Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter during Mexico cartel operation

Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter during Mexico cartel operation

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Claudia Pardo García was traveling with her husband and five children when she heard the rotors of a police helicopter hovering above their vehicle in the Mexican border city of Matamoros. Minutes later, her 7-year-old daughter had been shot in the head. Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter … Read more

California dad accused of incest involving daughter who died by suicide set to walk free after 5 months in jail

Stephen Vincent Chavez, 41, is expected to be released after serving about five months in jail for sexually abusing his 18-year-old daughter. (Ventura County DA)

A Southern California father who admitted to sexually abusing his biological daughter after giving her alcohol is expected to leave jail after serving about five months in jail. Stephen Vincent Chavez, 41, pleaded guilty in May to one felony count of incest and one misdemeanor count of furnishing alcohol to a minor in connection with … Read more

John-Michael Dooley, 35-year-old South Carolina man, arrested for leaving six-year-old daughter sleeping at store overnight for Pokémon cards launch

This photograph shows displayed collectible cards from the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) at an amateur collector's appartment in Paris on March 11. (AFP)

John-Michael Dooley, a 35-year-old father from Johns Island, South Carolina, was arrested after allegedly leaving his six-year-old daughter sleeping overnight outside a Target to hold his queue for a Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) extension release the following morning. This photograph shows displayed collectible cards from the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) at an amateur … Read more

Melissa Ann Smith, daughter of a Utah police chief, was killed in 1974; 52 years later, DNA tests confirm Ted Bundy did it

Ted Bundy smiles during the second day of jury selection for his murder trial in a Dade County courtroom in Miami, June 27, 1979. (/POOL via AP)

Melissa Ann Smith’s body was found by a deer hunter in a remote forested area near Utah’s Park City on October 27, 1974. Nearly 52 years later, a DNA investigation made a breakthrough in the case, linking serial killer Ted Bundy to the murder conclusively. Ted Bundy smiles during the second day of jury selection … Read more

In 2025, an AI data center plan put a Kentucky familys farmland in developers sights; a mother and daughter refused $26 million and kept their land

A Kentucky family turned down $26 million rather than sell their farm to a data center. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

Would you turn down $26 million? A mother and daughter in Kentucky did. According to a WXIX/Gray News report, a company wanted their farmland for a data center, and they said no. The decision comes as AI demand continues to grow. The 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … Read more

Gabrielle Hanson and Jacob Randolph: San José parents charged with neglect as daughter, 8, dies in cockroach-infested home

The death of 8-year-old Aurora Williams from severe asthma and pulmonary injury has led to felony child neglect charges against her mother and stepfather. (San José Police Department)

An eight-year-old girl from California succumbed to a severe asthma attack following prolonged residence in an unsanitary dwelling characterized by cockroach infestation, mold proliferation, and animal waste accumulation. The death of 8-year-old Aurora Williams from severe asthma and pulmonary injury has led to felony child neglect charges against her mother and stepfather. (San José Police … Read more

Luciano Frattolin case update: Canadian man gets 25 years to life for killing 9-year-old daughter in upstate NY

Luciano Frattolin was sentenced to 25 years to life for murdering his daughter, Melina, and an additional 1 to 3 years for concealing her body (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadia)

Luciano Frattolin was sentenced to 25 years to life for the fatal killing of his 9-year-old daughter, Melina Frattolinin July 2025 in upstate New York. The Canadian resident was handed this sentence during a hearing on Wednesday and faces a potential life imprisonment term, as confirmed by authorities. Luciano Frattolin was sentenced to 25 years … Read more

Who was Kevin Mannix? Ex-San Francisco PD sergeant kills wife and daughter in shocking murder-suicide

Former SFPD Sgt. Kevin Mannix (L) shot dead Ann Mannix (L) and her 24-year-old daughter, Katherine "Katie" Mannix (R), before killing himself. (Facebook/@katie.mannix.5, Facebook/@katie.mannix.98)

Authorities are investigating a double murder-suicide involving two former San Francisco Police Department officers, ABC7 cited sources as stating. former San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Ann Mannix, 65, and her 24-year-old daughter, Katherine “Katie” Mannix, were killed Sunday afternoon inside the family’s home on Strawberry Circle in the Strawberry neighborhood near Mill Valley. Former … Read more

Who was Ann Mannix? All on ex-SFPD deputy chief shot dead alongside daughter by police sergeant husband in murder-suicide

Who was Ann Mannix? All on ex-SFPD deputy chief shot dead by husband in murder-suicide (Linkedin/@AnnMannix)

A double murder-suicide has claimed the lives of former San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Ann Mannix, 65, and her 24-year-old daughter, Katherine “Katie” Mannix. Investigators said that Ann’s husband, former SFPD Sgt. Kevin Mannix, 68, shot the duo dead in a suspected double murder-suicide Sunday afternoon inside the family’s home on Strawberry Circle in … Read more

Pennsylvania murder-suicide: Chilling details emerge about crazed killer; man shot dead 9 people including pregnant daughter and grandchildren

ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 10: Firefighters clean blood from outside the home at 722 Perry Street where 9 members of a family were killed in an apparent domestic dispute on October 10, 2026 in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Photo by JEFF SWENSEN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)

The killer who carried out a mass murder-suicide in Pennsylvania was identified as a grandfather, who killed nine people, including his young grandchildren and pregnant daughter, relatives said, according to the New York Post. Around 5 pm on Friday night, October 9, police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in the city … Read more