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Orange County Sheriff’s Department (LOS ANGELES) — The suspected victim of a convicted serial killer has been identified using investigative genetic genealogy nearly 50 years after his body was found near a California trail, authorities said. Michael Ray Schlicht is believed to be an early victim of infamous serial killer Randy Kraft — who was sentenced […]

Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Suspected Maine gunman Robert Card allegedly targeted a bowling alley and bar he believed were broadcasting messages that he was a pedophile, according to an arrest warrant released Tuesday. Card’s sister contacted police about two hours after the first shots were fired in last week’s […]

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas) — A Texas man convicted of murdering two elderly women and suspected of killing nearly two dozen people total was found dead in his prison cell Tuesday following an attack by his cellmate, officials said. Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials found Billy Chemirmir, 50, dead in his cell at the […]

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The suspected gunman who officials say killed three people over the weekend at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, before turning the gun on himself had “racist writings and rants” that described a “hatred toward African Americans” and other groups, according to the FBI. The suspect, identified as Ryan […]

Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images (MASSAPEQUA, N.Y.) — Rex Heuermann appeared “traumatized” at his arraignment on Friday in the Gilgo Beach murders of three sex workers, his defense attorney Michael Brown said. Brown, Heuermann’s defense attorney, spoke exclusively with ABC News on Tuesday in front of the Suffolk County courthouse about his client, who is […]

Bryan Bunton (INDIANA) — A loud boom heard across Central Indiana Friday night reportedly shook some homes and left residents wondering what exactly just happened. There were also reports of a light streaking across the sky and a “possible explosion,” the Hamilton County Emergency Management said, as the source of the activity was under investigation. […]

San Francisco Fire Department (SAN FRANCISCO) — An explosion and fire in a San Francisco residential neighborhood that killed a disabled woman and injured her caregiver and a firefighter was allegedly caused by a clandestine drug lab, according to police. The blast on Thursday that leveled one home and damaged two others in the city’s […]

Stockton Police Department (STOCKTON, Calif.) — An alleged serial killer in the California city of Stockton has been linked to a seventh murder in the region, according to an amended complaint that charged the suspect with four additional counts of murder. Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested in October in connection with the unprovoked murders of […]