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Suspect In Nancy Guthrie Abduction May Have Scouted Her Home Before Disappearance Suspect In Nancy Guthrie Abduction May Have Scouted Her Home Before Disappearance
Suspect In Nancy Guthrie Abduction May Have Scouted Her Home Before Disappearance New details in the investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, suggest the masked suspect may have visited her Tucson home before her disappearance on Sunday, Feb. 1. Doorbell camera footage released by the FBI shows the suspect in different stages of attire — one image without a backpack and another with a backpack and weapon. Sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News that the images may have been taken on different days, raising the possibility that the suspect was surveilling the home before the abduction. The…
SWAT Raid Targets Area Near Missing Mom Nancy Guthrie's Home SWAT Raid Targets Area Near Missing Mom Nancy Guthrie's Home
SWAT Raid Targets Area Near Missing Mom Nancy Guthrie's Home A massive law enforcement operation overnight resulted in three people being detained near the Arizona home where Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie disappeared two weeks ago. The Pima County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at a residence on East Orange Grove Road and North First Avenue in Tucson, approximately two miles from Guthrie's home  More than a dozen vehicles — including SWAT, forensics, and FBI units — surrounded the area during the operation. Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed the law enforcement activity on Friday, Feb. 13 was …
Delaware Rapist Serving Five Life Sentences Linked To Violent Maryland Murder 44 Years Later Delaware Rapist Serving Five Life Sentences Linked To Violent Maryland Murder 44 Years Later
Delaware Rapist Serving Five Life Sentences Linked To Violent Maryland Murder 44 Years Later A brutal home invasion that left a 59-year-old Maryland man dead has finally been cracked — 44 years later — thanks to a single piece of DNA left behind in a killer’s bag, police said. Samuel Allen was gunned down inside his Liberty Road home in August 1981 while his wife and daughter looked on in horror, according to Baltimore County Police. Detectives said an armed intruder wearing surgical gloves burst in with a bag, demanded money, and then shot Allen once in the upper body when he walked into the kitchen.  The gunman grabbed Allen’s wallet, forced his daughter outside at gunpoint…
Teen Gets Life For Rape, Murder Of Maryland Woman Found By Daughter: State's Attorney Teen Gets Life For Rape, Murder Of Maryland Woman Found By Daughter: State's Attorney
Teen Gets Life For Rape, Murder Of Maryland Woman Found By Daughter: State's Attorney A Maryland man who was just 17 when he brutally raped and murdered a 61-year-old woman in her Brunswick apartment will spend the rest of his life behind bars, officials announced. The Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that Juwuan Terry Stewart, 19, of Brunswick, was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder and rape in February. Stewart entered the plea on Feb. 19, 2025, in connection with the killing that was discovered on Jan. 22, 2024, when the victim’s daughter found her mother unresponsive inside her home.  The woman…
DNA From Water Bottle Puts DC Man Away For Ex's Mom’s Brutal Maryland Murder 24 Years Later DNA From Water Bottle Puts DC Man Away For Ex's Mom’s Brutal Maryland Murder 24 Years Later
DNA From Water Bottle Puts DC Man Away For Ex's Mom’s Brutal Maryland Murder 24 Years Later After 24 years of silence and questions, justice has finally been served for a Maryland family. A DC man who admitted to murdering his ex-girlfriend’s mother inside her Chevy Chase home more than two decades ago — a cold case that stunned a quiet Montgomery County neighborhood and baffled detectives for years — is heading to prison for decades, authorities announced. Eugene Teodor Gligor, now 45, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday, May 7, to second-degree murder in the 2001 slaying of 50-year-old Leslie Preer, who was found face-down and bloodied in her shower af…
Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence
Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence Bryan Kohberger has been transferred to long-term restrictive housing in J Block at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, prison documents confirmed on Saturday, Aug. 2.  The move comes less than a week after Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the savage stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022. Life Behind Bars Kohberger, 30, will now spend nearly all his time alone. IDOC officials said inmates in long-term restrictive housing are confined to single-person cells, allowed one hour of outdoor recreation daily, and permitted to shower every…
‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Maryland Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case: Prosecutors ‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Maryland Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case: Prosecutors
‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Maryland Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case: Prosecutors A Maryland man will serve more than two decades behind bars after DNA evidence linked him to a horrifying cold case rape and armed robbery that left a couple traumatized in Montgomery County. James Lorenzo Greene, 49, of Fairmount Heights, was sentenced on Thursday, July 31, to life in prison, with all but 23 years suspended, for first-degree rape stemming from an attack on Walker’s Choice Road in Gaithersburg on July 26, 2000, authorities announced. According to charging documents, a man and woman were walking around 1:55 a.m. that morning, when they were approached from behind by a man ho…
WATCH: Bryan Kohberger Pulled Over In Traffic Stop Before Idaho Student Murders WATCH: Bryan Kohberger Pulled Over In Traffic Stop Before Idaho Student Murders
Watch: Bryan Kohberger Pulled Over In Traffic Stop Before Idaho Student Murders The Latah County Sheriff’s Office has released video showing Bryan Kohberger being stopped in his now-infamous white Hyundai Elantra just three months before the savage stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. A Routine Stop, With Chilling Context Deputy Darren Duke pulled over Kohberger around 11:38 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, after clocking him driving 42 mph in a 35 mph zone. The bodycam shows Kohberger, then a Washington State University criminology student, calmly handing over his license and insurance. “You realize this is 35?” the deputy asks. Kohberger replies matter…
Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life For Killing 4 Idaho Students As Families Unleash Fury Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life For Killing 4 Idaho Students As Families Unleash Fury
Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life For Killing 4 Idaho Students As Families Unleash Fury Bryan Kohberger will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Wednesday, July 23 to four consecutive life terms without parole for the brutal stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students. Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and flanked by attorneys, the former criminology student stood silently as Judge Steven Hippler handed down the sentence, which also included 10 years for burglary and more than $270,000 in fines and restitution. Kohberger declined to speak. A murmur of “coward” was heard from the gallery. “You senselessly slaughtered four people,” Hippler told h…
Bryan Kohberger Pleads Guilty In Idaho Student Slayings As Witnesses Fight Subpoenas: Reports Bryan Kohberger Pleads Guilty In Idaho Student Slayings As Witnesses Fight Subpoenas: Reports
Bryan Kohberger Pleads Guilty In Idaho Student Slayings As Witnesses Fight Subpoenas: Reports Bryan Kohberger has pleaded guilty to the brutal stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students, ending a high-profile case that spanned two states and left a college town shattered, multiple outlets report. The 30-year-old former criminology Ph.D. student, originally from Pennsylvania, admitted to the November 2022 slayings in an Idaho courtroom on Wednesday, July 2. Under the plea deal, he will avoid the death penalty but will serve four consecutive life sentences and up to 10 years for felony burglary, CBS News and NBC News report. 💔 The Murders That Stunned A Nation Kaylee Goncal…
Serial Rapist Who Attacked Three Women At Knifepoint In DMV Learns Prison Fate Serial Rapist Who Attacked Three Women At Knifepoint In DMV Learns Prison Fate
Serial Rapist Who Attacked Three Women At Knifepoint In DMV Learns Prison Fate He stalked them. He attacked them. He threatened them with a knife. And now, Jose Angel Gomez is going away for decades. Gomez, 42, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for a string of violent sexual attacks on three women in Washington, DC, according to federal prosecutors. Gomez, formerly of the District, pleaded guilty in January to one count each of first-degree sexual abuse while armed, first degree sexual abuse, attempted first degree sexual abuse and assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from attacks in July, September, and October 2018, the US Attorney’s Office ann…
DNA Nails 82-Year-Old For Brutal 1979 Rape, Murder Of Virginia Woman In Prince George's County DNA Nails 82-Year-Old For Brutal 1979 Rape, Murder Of Virginia Woman In Prince George's County
DNA Nails 82-Year-Old For Brutal 1979 Rape, Murder Of Virginia Woman In Prince George's County After more than 45 years, the family of a Virginia woman who was raped and murdered in 1979 is finally getting answers after DNA evidence led to the arrest of an 82-year-old suspect, officials announced. Rodger Zodas Brown, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, has been charged with first-degree murder, rape, and other related offenses in connection with the brutal killing of 31-year-old Kathryn Donohue, of Arlington, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. For decades, the case remained cold—until now. On March 3, 1979, a passerby found Donohue’s body in a parking lot in the 84…
K9 Sniffs Out Arsonist Who Fled Maryland After Fires, Officials Say K9 Sniffs Out Arsonist Who Fled Maryland After Fires, Officials Say
K9 Sniffs Out Arsonist Who Fled Maryland After Fires, Officials Say A four-legged investigator is being credited with helping crack the case of a Maryland arsonist who torched a home and vehicle before fleeing the state, officials announced. Anne Arundel County Fire Department officials say an ATF ignitable liquid detection K9 named Jessie played a key role in determining that a fire in Glen Burnie was intentionally set—leading to the arrest and guilty plea of Ernesto Sifuentes. Crews responded to the 7800 block of Foxfarm Lane on October 14, 2023, after flames broke out in a home and vehicle, authorities said. Once the fire was extinguished, investigators …
Armed Hyattsville Man Raped Woman Near Metro In 2012, Threatened To Kill Her: Feds Armed Hyattsville Man Raped Woman Near Metro In 2012, Threatened To Kill Her: Feds
Armed Hyattsville Man Raped Woman Near Metro In 2012, Threatened To Kill Her: Feds A cold case has had a major breakthrough leading to the indictment of a Maryland man for a brutal armed rape, according to the US Department of Justice.  Cristian Josue Arteaga, 35, formerly of Hyattsville, was indicted on multiple counts of first-degree sexual abuse while armed after investigators tied him to the 2012 attack of a woman walking home from the Ft. Totten Metro station, the US Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 27. The case had gone cold for over a decade until a DNA hit in late 2023 connected Arteaga to the crime, leading to his extradition to DC in January 20…
'You Maced A Little Girl:' Would-Be Child Abductor Learns Prison Fate In Maryland 'You Maced A Little Girl:' Would-Be Child Abductor Learns Prison Fate In Maryland
'You Maced A Little Girl:' Would-Be Child Abductor Learns Prison Fate In Maryland A Frederick man who pepper-sprayed a mother and her 8-year-old daughter during a brazen armed robbery is set to serve 17 years in prison, prosecutors announced. Nicholas Albanes, 42, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 18, to 20 years, with all but 17 years suspended, in the Division of Corrections after pleading guilty to armed robbery last month. The charges stem from a violent encounter in May 2023, when Frederick police responded to reports of a robbery and possible attempted child abduction near Hillcrest Drive and Lancaster Place. According to the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Offic…
Multiple Life Sentences For Maryland Mass Shooter: State's Attorney Multiple Life Sentences For Maryland Mass Shooter: State's Attorney
Multiple Life Sentences For Maryland Mass Shooter: State's Attorney A Baltimore man convicted of a deadly mass shooting that left two people dead and five others wounded will spend the rest of his life behind bars, prosecutors announced. Jabre Griffith was sentenced to two life terms plus 120 years on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for the murders of Ernest Hall and Micah Strong, as well as for a violent shooting spree in March 2023, according to Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates. “I do not take a sentence of this length lightly when it is imposed on a defendant, but when someone so clearly has no regard for the lives of others, it is without question that they…
Felon Running Fentanyl Operation From Luxury MD Apartment Linked To China Supply Chain: Feds Felon Running Fentanyl Operation From Luxury MD Apartment Linked To China Supply Chain: Feds
Felon Running Fentanyl Operation From Luxury MD Apartment Linked To China Supply Chain: Feds A convicted felon living in a luxury Baltimore apartment was found guilty of possessing fentanyl and firearms, including a "ghost gun," in connection with drug trafficking, federal officials announced Monday. Ryan E. Dales, 36, was convicted on multiple charges, including being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, after a four-day trial in Baltimore, authorities said on Dec. 9. According to evidence presented at trial, Dales operated a drug trafficking operation out of his residence…
Serial Sexual Predator From Virginia Targeting Sleeping Women Arrested 16 Years Later: Feds Serial Sexual Predator From Virginia Targeting Sleeping Women Arrested 16 Years Later: Feds
Serial Sexual Predator From Virginia Targeting Sleeping Women Arrested 16 Years Later: Feds A serial sexual predator from Arlington who preyed on women for years more than a decade ago. has been arrested, federal authorities announced on Wednesday. DNA evidence doomed Ernesto Mercado, 54, who has been charged in connection to at least five sexual offenses that were reported in the Georgetown area of DC between 2008 and 2012. "As yesterday's arrest demonstrates, advancements in technology and collaboration among law enforcement partners can lead to breakthroughs in cases that have previously gone unsolved,” acting FBI Special Agent in Charge David Geist said. According to court do…
Killer Who Ditched Co-Workers Body In Maryland Swamp Gets Life In Prison Killer Who Ditched Co-Workers Body In Maryland Swamp Gets Life In Prison
Killer Who Ditched Co-Workers Body In Maryland Swamp Gets Life In Prison A man described by authorities as a "violent predator" was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday, Sept. 9 for kidnapping, robbing, and killing a Pennsylvania co-worker, authorities announced. Michael Allen Stark, 50, of Royersford, PA was found guilty by a Bucks County jury of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping, theft by unlawful taking, flight to avoid apprehension, and abuse of a corpse, according to District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and court records. Stark's victim was 50-year-old Matthew James Branning of Sellersville, who went missing after l…
Infant Thrown Like 'Dog Poop' Out PA Window By CNA, Mom: Affidavit Infant Thrown Like 'Dog Poop' Out PA Window By CNA, Mom: Affidavit
Infant Thrown Like 'Dog Poop' Out PA Window By CNA, Mom: Affidavit A certified nursing assistant in Maryland and her boyfriend have been arrested for throwing their newborn son out an apartment window and attempting to cover up his death, Pennsylvania State Police troopers announced on Tuesday, June 25, and detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Joshua Wooters, 19, and Emily Dickinson, 20, both of McConnellsburg, have been charged with felonies for criminal homicide and conspiracy, as well as misdemeanor counts of concealing the death of a child and abuse of a corpse, as stated in their court dockets.  The couple's arrests com…
Here's What Trump Said In Phone Call To Grieving Mom Of Slain Maryland Jogger Rachel Morin Here's What Trump Said In Phone Call To Grieving Mom Of Slain Maryland Jogger Rachel Morin
Here's What Trump Said In Phone Call To Grieving Mom Of Slain Maryland Jogger Rachel Morin Patty Morin got an unexpected phone call Thursday morning, June 20. Former President Donald Trump, who was reaching out to express his condolences, Morin's attorneys said. Patty's daughter, Rachel Morin, was killed in August 2023 while jogging on the Ma & Pa trail in Bel Air. Last weekend, her accused killer, Victor Martinez-Hernandez, was arrested in Oklahoma. Patty Morin said she was deeply touched by Trump's phone call. "He was genuine and truly wanted to know how our family was coping," she said. "He asked about Rachel and showed honest compassion for her untimely death.…
DNA Evidence Helps Police Close 23-Year-Old Murder Mystery In Maryland DNA Evidence Helps Police Close 23-Year-Old Murder Mystery In Maryland
DNA Evidence Helps Police Close 23-Year-Old Murder Mystery In Maryland More than two decades after Leslie Preer was found murdered inside her home after failing to show up for work, police in Montgomery County say they have arrested a man in connection to the 2001 cold case. DNA evidence has linked Eugene Teodor Gilgor as a possible suspect in the murder, police say, and on Tuesday, he was arrested by the US Marshals Task Force in Washington, DC.  Early in the morning on May 2, 2001, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the 4800 block of Drummond Avenue in Chevy Chase, where they found Preer's body, and her death was lat…
Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say
Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say An arrest has been made nearly a year after Rachel Morin was found dead near a Harford County trail, authorities said on Saturday. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, was taken into custody in Tulsa, OK, in connection with Morin's August 2023 killing, according to the Harford County Sheriff and Morin's family's legal team. Harford County Sheriff Gahler said that DNA evidence was key in linking Martinez-Hernandez to the murder. "Three weeks ago, on May 20, which should have been Rachel's 38th birthday, investigators uncovered a lead, and we're here today to tell you Rachel's murderer…