John Nightbridge Guillermo Jafett Hidalgo Ortiz and Zafar Padamsee Mawani have not been seen since May 20. CHICAGO, IL — A married couple with long ties to Chicago and Oak Park has been missing in Mexico City since May 20, after relatives said they left to meet people connected to equipment for an elderly parent. Guillermo Jafett Hidalgo Ortiz, 57, and Zafar Padamsee Mawani, 56, moved from the Chicago area to Mexico last fall, according to relatives …
Prosecutors say Joseph Quiros-Soto confessed in Georgia to killing Mauricio Cuadra during a New Jersey home invasion. BAYONNE, NJ — A 62-year-old Georgia man has been charged in a 1989 Bayonne cold case after authorities said he walked into a police station and confessed to killing a man during a home invasion nearly 37 years ago. Joseph Quiros-Soto, of Griffin, Georgia, is charged with murder and murder during the commission of a burglary in the …
Police said the shootings grew from a domestic-related dispute and stretched across two homes and a business. MUSCATINE, IA — Six people were shot to death Monday in Muscatine before the suspected gunman, a 52-year-old local man, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while police confronted him on a city trail, authorities said. The killings left seven people dead in all and put several parts of the Mississippi River city under investigation. Muscatine Police Chief …
Police said detectives are investigating the Sunday morning homicide at Magnolia Chase Apartments. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — A Navy servicemember was killed and another servicemember was taken into custody after a domestic-related shooting Sunday morning at an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, police and local reports said. Virginia Beach police said officers were investigating a gun-related homicide in the 5000 block of Magnolia Chase Way, in the city’s Kempsville area. The shooting drew a large …
Investigators said the victim was found bleeding on a sidewalk after trying to get help. PHILADELPHIA, PA — Police searched Monday for a woman accused of fleeing after her mother was stabbed to death late Sunday night on the 4600 block of Westminster Avenue in West Philadelphia. The killing remained in its early investigative stage Monday morning. Philadelphia police said officers were called to the block shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday and found a woman …
Melissa Casias had been missing since June 2025 after she failed to arrive at work and did not return home. TAOS, NM — Human remains found last week in the Carson National Forest have been identified as Melissa Casias, a Taos woman who disappeared nearly a year ago after failing to arrive at work, New Mexico State Police said. The identification moves the case from a long missing person search into a death investigation still …
No injuries were reported after the early Sunday crash damaged Café Mystique and nearby parklets. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who crashed a sedan into Café Mystique in the Castro District early Sunday, destroying outdoor parklet space and damaging nearby businesses, officials said. The crash happened about 1:48 a.m. in the 400 block of Castro Street, near 18th Street, after the car left the roadway and struck two parklets …
Police said the attacker fled after stabbing the woman on California Avenue. LONG BEACH, CA — A woman was hospitalized after a man approached and stabbed her while she walked late May 28 in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach, police said. The stabbing remains under investigation, and police have not announced an arrest or released a suspect description. The case drew attention because authorities said the woman was walking when she was attacked, …
Vero Beach police said dental records identified the remains as Jesse Scott Ellis. VERO BEACH, FL — Police said a decomposed body found Wednesday in a wooded area was Jesse Scott Ellis, the man wanted in the March shooting deaths of his wife and another man outside the Indian River County Main Library. The identification closed a two-month manhunt tied to a morning attack that killed Stacie E. Mason, 49, and Danny J. Ooley, 56, …
Ronald Cross, 75, was arrested in the killing of 65-year-old Patricia Wieber after a chase ended near I-70. INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indianapolis police arrested a 75-year-old man accused of killing a woman Thursday night after officers chased him across the city and shot him near Interstate 70, authorities said. Ronald Cross was arrested in connection with the death of Patricia Wieber, 65, who was shot on North Rural Street near East Washington Street. Police said …