EAST HARLEM, NY – A man with an extensive criminal record was apprehended for allegedly pushing a 54-year-old subway rider to his death in East Harlem. The arrest warrant for 24-year-old Carlton McPherson, a Bronx native, for an unresolved Brooklyn assault case was active at the time of the fatal shoving incident. On Monday, McPherson allegedly pushed the older man onto the tracks at the East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station just as a …
CAROL STREAM, Ill. – Early Saturday morning, suburban police shot and killed a man while they were responding to a domestic violence call. Bonnie Pigram and her family, in a state of profound grief and anger, said the person killed was her 30-year-old son, Issac Goodlow. The fatal police shooting took place at the Villagebrook Apartments complex in Carol Stream. Pigram expressed her distress over the incident, stating, “I feel like they just shot him …
ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL – An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to drowning his three young children in a bathtub. Jason Karels, 36, from Round Lake Beach entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill. As a result of this plea, he will be sentenced to life without parole, according to Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart. On June 13, 2022, Karels filled a bathtub and drowned his children, Bryant, 5, Cassidy, 3, and Gideon, …
Jerry Thompson, a 45-year-old Connecticut man, has been convicted of the brutal decapitation of his roommate, Victor King, using a samurai sword. The gruesome act was the culmination of a rent dispute, as stated by the Hartford State Attorney’s Office. Thompson, who dismissed his court-appointed lawyer, chose to represent himself during the trial, speaking minimally and refraining from cross-examining the state’s witnesses. Thompson submitted a handwritten legal document, “Sovereign Immunity,” in which he claimed that …
A New Zealand jury has delivered a guilty verdict against a mother who killed her three young daughters. The jury rejected her defense that she was mentally ill at the time and not responsible for her actions. Lauren Dickason admitted to killing her 2-year-old twin daughters, Maya and Karla, as well as their 6-year-old sister, Lianè, nearly two years ago. Lauren Dickason, a 42-year-old mother from New Zealand, pleaded not guilty due to severe depression …
A Louisiana man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing his wife. The suspect, identified as Gregory Chapman, confessed to the crime. The tragic incident took place in front of their home, leaving their 4-year-old daughter traumatized. Chapman’s defense attorney revealed that he had been struggling with mental illness, adding another layer of complexity to this heartbreaking case. Gregory Chapman, 57, is currently in jail on second-degree murder charges …
Elliahs Dorsey, an Indianapolis resident, faces charges of murder, criminal confinement, and four counts of attempted murder in relation to the fatal shooting of police officer Breann Leath in 2020. In hopes of avoiding the death penalty, Dorsey’s legal team has filed a motion in court for an insanity defense. This defense is based on evidence that Dorsey was facing a mental illness at the time of the shooting. Leath, along with three additional officers, …
Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas, 39, is scheduled for execution on April 5, 2023. Thomas was sentenced to death after he fatally stabbed his estranged wife, 20-year-old Laura Christine Boren, their 4-year-old son, Andre Lee, and Boren’s 13-month-old daughter, Leyha Marie Hughes. He did so in a burst of violence that he claims was driven by religious delusions and auditory hallucinations. Thomas’ lawyers say that he was plagued by mental illness and had a …
In a harrowing event that took place on Monday, a man drove a U-Haul truck into at least eight individuals, including a police officer. The incident appeared to be a deliberate “violent rampage” according to the authorities. The suspected driver, 62-year-old Weng Sor, was reported to have a history of mental illness. However, he had no prior arrests. The incident began around 11 a.m. when Sor hit a moped rider near Fifth Avenue and Bay …
Authorities revealed that 35-year-old Ortilla Zamora, who was found dead along with her two children on December 30, in Lakeland, Florida, drove her car into Lake Wire on purpose. Investigators did not find any signs of trauma on any of the victim’s bodies. Lakeland spokeswoman Robin Tillet said the results of the latest investigation indicated that she intentionally drowned herself and the children in the lake. “At this point in the investigation, all evidence suggests …