Terry Michael Wesley, a 33-year-old man from Hope, Arkansas, was convicted of sexual assault and exposing a 13-year-old boy to HIV. The crime occurred on January 1, 2023, when Wesley sexually assaulted the boy while aware of his own HIV-positive status. He failed to disclose this information, raising questions about informed consent and public health safety. Wesley was arrested, charged, and convicted after a three-day trial. He received a 60-year sentence for rape and an additional 50 ye...

On January 24, 2021, a devastating mass shooting occurred in Indianapolis, Indiana, where 17-year-old Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III fatally shot six individuals, including his father, stepmother, two siblings, his brother's pregnant girlfriend, and her unborn child. The incident stemmed from a family dispute over Childs' curfew. After fleeing the scene, Childs was apprehended the following day. He was tried as an adult, convicted on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and s...

Zsolt Zsolyomi, a 25-year-old Hungarian national, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of two elderly men in Miami-Dade County, Florida, both members of the LGBTQ+ community. The first victim, Carlos Alonso Villaquiran, was found dead on November 21, 2024, with signs of strangulation and internal trauma. The second victim, Rodolfo Fernandez de Velasco, was discovered on January 19, 2025, in his vehicle with seatbelts wrapped around his neck. Zsolyomi h...

Alan J. DiSomma Jr., a 61-year-old Arizona citizen, was convicted and punished for major crimes such as attempted enticement of minors and travel for illegal sexual behavior. DiSomma communicated explicitly online with someone he believed to be the mother of two underage girls, expressing a wish to have sexual intercourse with them. He proceeded to express his intentions, even discussing arrangements to travel to West Virginia to meet the minors. DiSomma was caught in Charleston, West Vir...

Serious accusations against Jeanne K. Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Lantz, 63, are pending in West Virginia about their alleged labor-using of five adopted Black children. Following a wellness check that revealed two of the couple’s five adopted children were living in appalling conditions and were imprisoned in a shed on the Sissonville, West Virginia property, they were initially taken into custody in October 2023. According to the accusation, the couple deliberately targeted the adopt...

Thomas Schopp, also known as Thomas Hiser, has a history of committing sexual assaults against minors, including multiple convictions for child molestation in Alaska. He was found guilty of six charges of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse against a juvenile victim. Schopp was involved in a 2014 incident with juvenile A, in which he videotaped the juvenile engaging in sexually explicit behavior. Schopp was caught and imprisoned for attempting to destr...

 Zachary Jarred Walton, a 28-year-old Utah man, has been charged with first-degree felony murder and two charges of second-degree felony aggravated child abuse in connection with a tragic incident involving a 4-month-old newborn. The incident took place on August 25 at the Road Home Shelter in Midvale, Utah. Walton had been babysitting the infant for two to three weeks before to the fatal incident. On the day of the event, Walton awoke weeping and brought her to the shelter's roof via el...

James Toliver Craig, a 46-year-old dentist from Aurora, Colorado, is charged with murdering his wife, Angela Craig. Angela died on March 18, 2023, as a result of severe exposure to potassium cyanide and arsenic. An autopsy indicated that Craig had studied poisoning methods online and purchased the drugs. According to the affidavit, Craig may have contaminated his wife's protein shakes with these poisons. He was about $3M in debt and wanted to cash in on a $3.5M life insurance policy he h...

Preston Allen Quain, aka "Tyler," was involved in a legal action in Texas. He was convicted of the murder of Danny Joe Rolen. Rolen was found laying in a pool of blood on the floor of his trailer home. He had been pounded in the back of the head with a hammer and stabbed more than fifteen times. The incident occurred on December 13, 2007, when Quain was sixteen years old. The appellant was subsequently arrested and charged with Rolen's murder. He was initially detained in the Juvenile Det...

In February 2024, 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham from Livingston, Texas, was tragically murdered by family friend Don Steven McDougal. McDougal, who had a lengthy criminal history, including prior convictions for enticing a minor, was residing on the Cunningham property and occasionally assisted the family. Audrii was reported missing on February 15, and her body was discovered five days later in the Trinity River. An autopsy revealed she died from homicidal violence, specifically blunt ...

Veronica Youngblood, born in Argentina, was found guilty of murdering her two children, Sharon Castro and Brooklynn Youngblood, in August 2018. The murders were motivated by a custody battle with her ex-husband, who had been given permission to relocate to Missouri with Brooklynn. Youngblood supposedly pled insanity during her trial, but the jury dismissed her claim. The prosecution provided evidence of premeditation, including Youngblood buying the weapon used in the murders only nine da...

Nathaniel White’s reign of terror unfolded over a span of sixteen months in New York’s Hudson Valley, where he brutally murdered six women, including a teenager and a pregnant woman. His story is not just a harrowing tale of one man’s descent into homicidal violence, but a chilling indictment of systemic failures within the criminal justice system. Inspired by violent media and enabled by parole leniency, White's case sparked public outrage and ultimately forced changes to parole...

Negasi Zuberi, also known by aliases such as "Sakima," "Justin Hyche," and "Justin Kouassi," is an American convicted serial rapist and kidnapper. Born in the United States, Zuberi's criminal activities spanned multiple states, including California, Washington, Utah, and Oregon, from 2016 until his apprehension in July 2023. His modus operandi involved posing as an undercover officer, drugging victims, and constructing a cinder block cell in his garage to confine them. Zuberi wanted to 'R...

 Christy Wedgeworth was convicted of injuring her child by omission, ignoring abuse by Joshua Lowe living with them. She was aware of the abuse but didn't take action. The trial found her failure to act caused serious bodily harm, under Texas Penal Code § 22.04. Her appeal was deemed frivolous, and the conviction was affirmed, leading to a 60-year prison sentence. The evidence of Christy Wedgeworth’s complete disregard for the well-being and safety of her children was overwhelm...

Danielle Denise Dauphinais, born in 1978, became embroiled in a high-profile criminal case in the early 2000s. She was responsible for the murder of her 13-month-old daughter, Angelica, in 2001. Dauphinais and her lover, Michael J. Lago, had a violent confrontation that resulted in Angelica's death. Dauphinais and Lago were arrested and accused with numerous crimes relating to the crime and the cover-up. Dauphinais was convicted of manslaughter, endangering a juvenile, and conspiracy to c...

Andrea Bradley, a pregnant mother of 7, was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail for her 2-year-old daughter’s ‘torture’ death. The case raised important problems of child welfare and domestic violence. The court classified the behaviors as abusive and demonstrating a great contempt for human life, particularly that of a fragile kid. The sentencing shows that the court recognized the severity of the abuse, which can vary greatly depending on criteria such as intent, premeditation, ...

Youngmi Shin, a 52-year-old woman from Parkland, Washington, has been charged with two counts of second-degree domestic-violence murder for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jay Choi, during an argument on November 27, 2022. The incident escalated after Shin's husband returned home intoxicated and became verbally and physically abusive when she tried to prevent him from driving under the influence. Shin claims she acted in self-defense when she stabbed her husband in the back; however, p...

Clifton Lee Ray Jr. is an American serial killer linked to multiple murders in Kansas City, Missouri, primarily active between 1987 and 1994, with confirmed convictions for three murders. He was born on July 27, 1958, and had a troubled criminal history that included charges of rape and violent crimes before his murder convictions. Ray was convicted of the murders of Deborah D. Taylor (1987), Joycie Flowers (1990), and Bobby J. Robertson (1994), with DNA evidence linking him to the fir...

Born in 1943, John Edward Robinson was a charming businessman and passionate family guy from Illinois. His criminal career began with financial frauds and false charities, but his need for control and exploitation grew. By the 1980s, he had targeted vulnerable women, enticing them with promises of jobs, money, and BDSM relationships. His first known victims were Lisa Stasi and her daughter Tiffany, who went missing in 1985. By the late 1990s, Robinson had updated his methods for the di...

Joseph Michael Eaton is a man who confessed to killing four people and a dog, including his parents, and wounding three others in a highway shooting. The violent crimes occurred in Maine in 2023. Eaton was sentenced to life in prison on July 1, 2024. He had been released from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, where he had served about two years for aggravated assault. He was arrested in woods not far from where he had abandoned his vehicle at an exit ramp off the interstate. Eaton...