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Mom Speaks Out After Son's Killer Gets Life Without Parole In PA Shooting
A York County mother says “justice” has finally been served after the man convicted of killing her son during a gang-related shooting at Cousler Park was sentenced to life in prison without parole, the Pennsylvania Attorney General announced Friday, May 8. Elijah Penn, 21, was sentenced by a York County Common Pleas judge to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 21 to 42 years, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. Penn was convicted in December 2025 following a week-long trial in the 2021 killing of 20-year-old Justin Griffith at the basketball courts of…
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Carnival Cruise Passenger Recalls Moments After Teen’s Death; Aunt Says 'I Know Anna Fought'
Family and fellow passengers are shaken and searching for answers three weeks after a Carnival cruise turned tragic after an 18-year-old high school cheerleader was found dead under a bed. Anna Kepner, of Titusville, Florida, was found dead on Friday, Nov. 7, aboard the Carnival Horizon. Her body was discovered wrapped in a blanket and hidden under a bed in a cabin she reportedly shared with her 16-year-old stepbrother. Investigators have ruled her death a homicide, citing mechanical asphyxiation as the cause. Passenger Tina Altman, who was aboard the ship, described the chaotic moments aft…
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‘Rot In Hell’: Outrage Erupts After Mom, Aunt, BF Charged In Death Of Girl Found In Plastic Bin
The case of 12-year-old Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia, whose body was found stuffed in a plastic bin behind an abandoned Connecticut home, is sparking intense outrage online as police reveal new details about her death. The girl's mother, Karla Garcia, 29, and aunt, Jackelyn Garcia, 28, were both arrested and charged in connection with the child’s death. Garcia’s boyfriend, Jonatan Nanita, 30, was later arrested on murder with special circumstances and other charges, after a brief search, police said. Jacqueline Torres Farmington PD Police believe Jacqueline was the victim of long…
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PA Man Convicted In 'Cold-Blooded' Execution-Style Murder At Housing Complex In NY
A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty in the execution-style killing of a 32-year-old man at a Hudson Valley, NY housing complex, prosecutors announced. On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi said 24-year-old Khyree Pratt of Philadelphia was convicted of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy, and weapons charges following a five-day trial and less than an hour of jury deliberations in connection with a May 2022 murder. Prosecutors said the crime happened on Saturday, May 14, 2022, around 7 p.m. at the Forrestal Heights apartment…
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Erika Kirk Extends Grace To Suspect During Husband Charlie's Memorial Service: 'I Forgive Him'
Grief turned to resolve as family, friends and political allies gathered at State Farm Stadium in Arizona to celebrate Charlie Kirk’s life and promise to continue his work. The service at the home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals near Phoenix on Sunday, Sept. 21 lasted around five hours and there were an estimated 95,000 in attendance. From the lectern, his widow of the 31-year-old conservative influencer offered grace to the 22-year-old suspect in his murder and vowed to carry the mission forward. Erika Kirk, newly named CEO of Turning Point USA, told mourners she intends to make her …
Politics
Trump Demands Bondi Prosecute Political Opponents: ‘Justice Must Be Served NOW’
President Donald Trump blasted Attorney General Pam Bondi as ‘all talk, no action’ before demanding she prosecute his rivals — then praised her an hour later as " a GREAT AG." Trump went on a tirade in a Truth Social post, seemingly targeting Bondi, before backtracking minutes later and praising her work and touting the new nominee for the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. His post specifically encourages Bondi to go after James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump has often accused Comey, Schiff and James, without evidence, of crimina…
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Pennsylvania Jane Doe ID’d In Maryland’s Oldest Cold Case Homicide
For more than half a century, she was known only as “Jane Doe.” Her beaten body was found in a Howard County field in 1971, She died days later, was never identified, and her name was lost to time. For 54 years, the case gathered dust — the police department's oldest cold case homicide. Now police say they finally know who she was. Authorities announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, that DNA profiling has revealed the victim as Sadie Belle Murray, born in 1924 in Pennsylvania, who at the time of her death went by Sarah Belle Sharkey. And in a stunning twist, detectives also tracked down her …
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Sheriff Who Inspired Walking Tall Movies Implicated In Wife’s 1967 Murder
Once hailed as a crime-fighting folk hero, and before that, a hulking pro wrestler, Buford Pusser is now at the center of a stunning allegation: investigators say he likely killed his wife in 1967 and staged the scene. Authorities in Tennessee announced on Friday, Aug. 29 at a news conference that fresh evidence points to Pusser, a former county sheriff whose life inspired the iconic movie Walking Tall and its sequels, as the likely culprit in the death of his 35-year-old wife, Pauline Mullins Pusser. Officials said that, were he alive, there would be probable cause to charge him. Investig…
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PA's 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…
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‘He Called Me Momma Dukes’: Employer, Friend Remembers David Kittredge As ‘A Beautiful Light’
As police continue to investigate the death of David G. Kittredge—whose body was found in a field in Salisbury Township on Friday, July 18—one of the people who knew him best is speaking out. Angela Warner-Logothetis, owner of Mom’s Helping Hands House Cleaning Service, says David wasn’t just an employee—he was family. “David was one of my best friends. He became family to us,” Warner-Logothetis wrote in an email to *Daily Voice*. “He affectionately referred to me as ‘momma dukes.’ I love that we had such a profound effect on each other.” Kittredge worked with Angela for nearly a year. She …
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$666 Scholarship Awarded To PA High School Students By Satanic Group
Two Pennsylvania teens just scored $666 each — not from a traditional scholarship foundation, but from a Satanic congregation that celebrates rebellion, self-expression, and emotional honesty. Satanic Delco, a Delaware County-based independent Satanist group, announced on Tuesday, July 15 that Kylie Tracy of Kennett High School and Adrian Gramatges of Ridley High School are this year’s winners of its annual Outsider Achievement Award. Each graduating senior received $666 and a certificate recognizing their embrace of individualism, creativity, and critical thinking — core values of what the…
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'Ambush-Style' Backyard Stabbing Leaves Alex Camacho Dead In Coatesville, Five Charged: DA
Young men and a teen allegedly hunted, beat, and stabbed the victim in a backyard. One suspect is still on the run. A group of young men and a teenager are facing murder charges after a brutal ambush-style attack that left Alex Camacho dead in Coatesville, Chester County authorities announced on Wednesday, July 9. Camacho was fatally stabbed behind a home on Virginia Avenue on Saturday, June 29, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said. Dorreon Miller, 20; Hyovannie Gonzalez-Declet, 19; Marcus Culclasure, 21; Joseph Lancella, 19; and Shirron Jones-Allen, 17, are all facing Murder…
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Beaten To Death At 2 In DHS Care: Philadelphia Woman Guilty Of Murdering Su'Layah Williams
A 2-year-old Philadelphia girl was beaten to death while under the care of the city's child welfare system—and now her aunt has been convicted of her murder. 'She would not have survived long—minutes—after the blow' Su'Layah Williams, affectionately known as “Susu,” died after suffering blunt force injuries so severe she survived only minutes, authorities said. Her tiny body was found covered in bruises with bleeding on her brain, and her stomach distended from internal trauma, according to an autopsy and child fatality review obtained by Daily Voice. On Monday, July 7, a jury convicted Dia…
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PA Skateboarder Killed In Hit-And-Run; Driver Learns Fate: DA
A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison for a deadly hit-and-run that killed a Bucks County skateboarder, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, June 18. Tajair Anthony Delbridge, 26, pleaded guilty to accidents involving death or personal injury, hindering apprehension or prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal solicitation to commit false reports, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said. The crash happened around 10:16 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, when Joel Steven Moreau, 28, was struck and killed while skateboarding along the 1500 b…
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Dad Of 12 Killed Outside PA Bar As Crowds Looked On, Weeks Later Suspect Arrested: DA
A father of 12 children was stabbed to death outside a Coatesville bar, and now a 54-year-old man is facing a first-degree murder charge, Chester County authorities announced on Thursday, June 5. Stephen Marquis Johnson, 45, was fatally stabbed in the chest near his heart late Friday, May 16, outside the Midway Bar on East Lincoln Highway in Coatesville, according to a release from the Chester County District Attorney's Office. He died at Paoli Memorial Hospital on Saturday, May 17. Officers were flagged down by bystanders and found Johnson lying on the ground with a puncture wound. Investi…
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Latest Update: Suspect ID'd, 8 Burned In Shocking Flamethrower Attack At Colorado Event
A suspect has been identified after what the FBI described as a "targeted terror attack" in which victims were allegedly set on fire at a demonstration outside a Colorado courthouse. The incident occurred in Boulder at the outdoor Pearl Street Mall on Sunday afternoon, June 1. Eight injuries, ranging from minor to serious have been reported, Boulder Police said. Two victims were airlifted to a burn unit with serious injuries. Officers rushed to the scene at 1325 Pearl St. and arrested the suspect at 1:32 p.m. local time. The suspect has been identified as Mohamed Sabry Soli…
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PA Man Extradited For NY Hotel Murder Of Florida Man: Police
A Pennsylvania man has been extradited and will be arraigned for the shooting death of a Florida husband outside a Long Island hotel, Nassau County Police announced late Thursday, May 15. Santana Sgroilin, 22, of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, is accused of gunning down Jorge Vazquez, 35, of Tampa, Florida, outside the Extended Stay America hotel at 905 South Oyster Bay Road in Bethpage around 9:41 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, police said. Vazquez was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by Nassau County Police paramedics. After nearly a month on the run…
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Man Plotted To Kill Romantic Rival, Feed Body To Pigs On PA Farm In Murder-For-Hire Scheme
A New York man who plotted to kill his romantic rival and dispose of the body on a pig farm pleaded guilty in federal court. Albany County resident Jeal Sutherland, 57, of Colonie, admitted to orchestrating a murder-for-hire scheme targeting the father of a child shared with Sutherland’s then-partner, the US Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday, May 14. Sutherland used his cell phone between November 2024 and January 2025 to arrange the victim’s murder, prosecutors said. As part of the twisted plot, he offered to forgive a debt owed by the would-be hitman and also agreed to pay an undercov…
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Duo Murdered Husband At NY Hotel Before Fleeing To PA, Police Say
A month after a husband was shot to death at a New York hotel, his killers were captured on the run in Pennsylvania, police said. Santana Sgroilin, 22, and Jaslynn Garcia, 19, were apprehended in the Schuylkill County borough of Tamaqua on Wednesday, April 30, in connection with the death of Jorge Vazquez at a Long Island hotel, Nassau County Police said. Vazquez, 35, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds outside Bethpage’s Extended Stay America on South Oyster Bay Road at around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, as Daily Voice reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Sgroilin…
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Street Fight Turns Deadly, PA Killer Convicted After Two Mistrials: DA
A Lancaster man who gunned down another man during a street confrontation has been convicted of first-degree murder, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, April 30. Wilberto Melendez, 48, formerly of the 700 block of Rockland Street, shot William Earl Cooper Jr., 31, after an escalating series of arguments early on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, prosecutors said. The dispute ended on the 300 block of South Marshall Street, where Melendez fired four shots, hitting Cooper in the chest and abdomen. Cooper died hours later at a local hospital. The conviction followed …
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Mugshot Released As Family Speaks Out On Arrest In Schuylkill River Murder
A mugshot has been released of the man arrested in the shooting death of Joshua Daywalt, whose body was found in the Schuylkill River earlier this year, Philadelphia police announced Tuesday, April 29. On Friday, February 7, 2025, at approximately 10:17 a.m., police responded to a report of a body floating in the Schuylkill River near Kelly Drive and Midvale Avenue. The body was discovered by a passerby and recovered with the assistance of the Philadelphia Fire Department. Upon recovery, an unidentified white male was pronounced dead on scene by Medic at 10:56 a.m. On February 8, 2025, the …
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Family Of 45-Year-Old Father Killed In Florida State Mass Shooting Hires Attorneys
The family of one of the two men killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University has hired attorneys. Tiru Chabba, a 45-year-old father of two, was one of the men killed in the incident that happened just before noon on Thursday, April 17. Chabba, a resident of Greenville, South Carolina, was on the FSU campus in his role regional vice president of Aramark Collegiate Hospitality, a campus vendor when 20-year-old FSU student Phoenix Ikner opened fire shortly before noon. The other fatal victim has been ID'd as Robert Morales, age 57, a high school football coach who worked at FSU…
Politics
‘No Remorse, No Conscience’: Rachel Morin’s Mom Erupts Over Killer, Slams Senator
There was a special guest from Maryland at the White House press briefing on Wednesday afternoon. Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, whose killer was convicted of rape and murder this week, took to the podium on April 16, to address the media. During a brief statement, Morin was critical of Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador as he probes the case of deported dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia. "Why are we not protecting the American citizens," Morin said. "It's just common sense ... Why are we not protecting our children, and to have a senator from Maryland—wh…
Politics
Senator Flies To El Salvador To Visit American Dad Mistakenly Deported To Notorious Prison
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen made good on his word and took an early morning flight to El Salvador to check on the well-being of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to a high-security prison. Abrego Garcia has drawn national attention after the father of three was shipped out of the country on what federal officials admitted was an "administrative error." This week, El Salvador President Bukele visited the White House, where he and the Trump administration admitted they have no intention of returning him to the US. "How can I return him to the United State…
Police & Fire
Batman And Robin Bust Gambling Suspects On Westminster Bridge In Real-Life Superhero Sting
Not-so-vigilante justice? Batman and Robin aren’t just fighting crime in Gotham—they’re taking down street scammers on London’s Westminster Bridge, too. Tourists on Westminster Bridge were treated to more than just a view when a real-life Batman and Robin swooped in to take down two suspected street scammers in London. Inspector Darren Watson and Police Constable Abdi Osman Metropolitan Police Department Metropolitan Police officers Inspector Darren Watson and Police Constable Abdi Osman went full caped crusader, donning Batman and Robin suits to bust illegal gambling sus…
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Be Proactive, Not Reactive: A Call to Action for Pennsylvania’s Future
Recently, I had the honor of standing in solidarity with students, teachers from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Service Employees International Union members, Teamsters from the Commonwealth of School Administration, and their dedicated President, Dr. Robin Cooper, for a Day of Action. Together, we rallied to protect Philadelphia students and their constitutional right to a free and efficient education. I am deeply troubled by the injustices threatening our children’s future. The progress we have fought for can be undone with a single stroke of a pen, but witnessing people across t…
Obituaries
Nita Lowey, Powerful Congresswoman For Decades, Dies
Nita Lowey, a powerful member of Congress for decades while representing parts of downstate New York, has died. She was 87. Lowey, who represented much of Westchester as well as Rockland County, died on Saturday, March 15 at her home in Harrison, her family announced, saying the cause of death was complications from metastatic breast cancer. Lowey, a Democrat, served in Congress from 1989 until 2021 after deciding not to seek re-election. She sponsored more than 500 pieces of legislation, with over 400 successfully enacted into law. Her most significant achievement was her ten…
Police & Fire
8-Year-Old Paralyzed By Hit-Run Driver Captured After Several Weeks In PA: Cops
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested in connection with a Feb. 4 hit-and-run that left an 8-year-old boy paralyzed, police said. Caleb Campbell, 22, was taken into custody on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, following an intensive investigation by Chester Police, authorities announced. He was arraigned the following day and ordered to be held on $500,000 cash bail. On Feb. 4, at approximately 4 p.m., Chester Police responded to reports of a juvenile pedestrian struck by a vehicle, at 9th Street and Tilghman Street, that fled the scene. Officers found the victim, identified by family as 8-year-old …
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Family Of Federally Convicted Berks County Bank Robber Killed In Domestic Dispute Speaks Out
The family of Matthew Hill, a federally convicted bank robber who was fatally stabbed in a domestic dispute in Lancaster, is demanding justice and pushing back against how he has been portrayed in the media. Matthew Hill, 40, was found dead in the kitchen of a home on the first block of West Farnum Street on Jan. 25, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. A physical assessment revealed evidence of sharp-force trauma. Hill was stabbed during a domestic incident inside the home, investigators said. There is no threat to the public, but authorities have not released further detail…
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Suspect, Victim ID'd After PA Hotel Homicide, NJ Standoff
The community is reeling after the tragic loss of Maisha Koon, who was fatally shot at the Sleep Inn in Bensalem on Jan. 15. Her death has left her family, friends, and neighbors heartbroken, especially as she leaves behind her beloved child, whom she fiercely protected and cherished. Tributes have poured in, remembering her as a devoted mother, a supportive friend, and a vibrant soul who always radiated love. A Mother’s Love One friend recalled Maisha’s unwavering dedication to her children, saying, “She didn’t play about her kids. She always put what’s best for them ahead of herself, …
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CASE: 50 Years After Teen’s Savage Stabbing At PA Mall, Police Still Seek Tips
A 17-year-old was savagely stabbed to death in the parking lot of the Oxford Valley Mall 50 years ago, and investigators are renewing their plea for tips to solve the chilling cold case, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Jan. 13. Patricia “Patty” Bartlett, a senior at Pennsbury High School, was attacked near the former Gimbels department store in Middletown Township around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, 1975, police said. Officers found her suffering from multiple stab wounds in the mall’s east parking lot at 2300 E. Lincoln Highway. She was rushed to the hospital but …
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