WEST RICHLAND, Wash. (TCD) -- A 39-year-old former police officer was on the run after allegedly killing two women and abducting his 1-year-old son. On Monday, April 22, at 3:23 p.m., West Richland Police Department officers were called to a shooting at Wiley Elementary School and found an adult female deceased outside the school. Police did not identify the woman, but they said it was an isolated incident. The suspect, Elias Huizar, fled the scene following the shooting.

NEWPORT, Mich. (TCD) -- A 66-year-old woman allegedly crashed into a children’s birthday party while intoxicated over the weekend, killing two young siblings and severely injuring several people. According to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday, April 20, at around 3 p.m., emergency personnel...

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (TCD) -- A 45-year-old homeless man is in custody on suspicion of fatally stabbing a woman in her 60s on a Los Angeles Metro train this week. On Monday, April 22, at approximately 5 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department received a report of a possible stabbing at the Universal City Station. The suspect, later identified as Elliot Nowden, allegedly attacked the victim on the train. According to KTLA-TV, Nowden used two small kitchen knives to stab the woman in the neck.

OKLAHOMA CITY (TCD) -- A 10-year-old child reportedly found five of his family members deceased Monday morning in what police said was a murder-suicide in which a man shot and killed his wife and three of their children. On Monday, April 22, at 9:35 a.m., Oklahoma City Police Department officers...

ROSSVILLE, Ga. (TCD) -- A 24-year-old father will spend 30 years in prison for repeatedly hitting his two young children over the course of two days in 2023, causing "horrific bruising" and other injuries. According to an April 19 statement from the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, on...

LIVINGSTON, La. (TCD) -- A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to five decades in prison and must be castrated for raping and impregnating a girl when she was 14 years old. Twenty-first Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux announced Monday, April 22, that a judge sentenced Glenn Sullivan Sr. to 50 years in prison, as well as physical castration, after he pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape.

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Matt Tympanick joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the killing of two mothers allegedly perpetrated by members of an anti-government group, sentencing for the armorer of the "Rust" film set shooting, and the trial beginning for a woman charged in her police officer boyfriend’s death.

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (TCD) -- A 62-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for fatally shooting his daughter and his son-in-law in 2022. Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Ciliberti Jr. announced April 22 that a judge sentenced Carl Cox to two life sentences for the first-degree murders of his daughter, Rhonda Cox, and his son-in-law, James "Jimmy" Neal II. The defendant must serve 30 years before parole eligibility. A jury found Carl Cox guilty in February following a five-day trial.

WEBSTER, Mass. (TCD) -- Police have arrested a 68-year-old man on suspicion of kidnapping and assaulting a juvenile at a beach last week. On Monday, April 15, the juvenile victim, accompanied by her grandmother, spoke with officers at the Webster Police Department and alleged Walter Fanion "lured her inside his car" at Memorial Beach. According to police, the girl said Fanion drove her somewhere to drop off his dog, and then he "assaulted her inappropriately."

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (TCD) -- A 46-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his wife a day before their divorce was set to be finalized in 2023. According to the Colorado 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office, on April 22, a judge sentenced David Lechner to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of his wife, Tracy Lechner. A jury also found the defendant guilty of attempted kidnapping and illegal use of a stun gun. He was sentenced to three years with two years of mandatory parole for the attempted kidnapping and stun gun charges, KMGH-TV reports.

OJAI, Calif. (TCD) -- A 28-year-old man is expected to receive 18 years in state prison after recently pleading guilty to fatally bludgeoning his friend and dumping his remains in a forest in 2019. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced April 19 that Cameron Lykins pleaded guilty to one...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. (TCD) -- Deputies have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of setting a vehicle on fire and tampering with evidence after his father was recently arrested for allegedly killing his wife in January. In a press conference last month, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said that on...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TCD) -- A 29-year-old teacher faces charges after allegedly threatening to pull a gun on students and another teacher at a preschool following an argument. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department alleges that Sheneca Cowart threatened a fellow teacher at the Academy of McCrory Lane on Newsome Station Road. According to an affidavit reviewed by WKRN-TV, officers responded to the school on Thursday, April 18, at approximately 11 a.m. in reference to the threats.

MORRISVALE, W.Va. (TCD) -- A 49-year-old mother has been charged in connection with the death of her 14-year-old daughter, who was found dead in the bathroom of her home this week. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, on the morning of Wednesday, April 17, deputies responded to Cameo Road...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (TCD) -- Police recently arrested a Virginia man after he allegedly shot and killed his wife at his parent's house in Florida. On Wednesday, April 17, at approximately 10:25 p.m., officers with the St. Petersburg Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at a home on 29th Ave. North. Police learned 28-year-old Devin Hansen and his wife, 35-year-old Yasmin Grijalva, were visiting from out of state when they got into a dispute, and Hansen allegedly shot Grijalva.

NIXON, Texas (TCD) -- A 10-year-old boy reportedly confessed to fatally shooting a 32-year-old stranger while the man was sleeping two years ago. According to a news release from the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office, on Jan. 18, 2022, the owner of Lazy J RV Park learned one of his tenants, Brandon Rasberry, had failed to show up to work for two days. After knocking on Rasberry’s trailer without an answer, the owner entered and found the tenant deceased inside before reporting it to the sheriff’s office.

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CARROLLTON, Texas (TCD) -- A woman faces up to life in federal prison after recently being convicted of helping her now ex-fiancé plan the killing of his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas announced Wednesday, April 17, that a...

LUMBERTON, N.C. (TCD) -- A state employee was killed last month after a man carjacked his department-owned vehicle and fatally struck him with it before driving off. Lumberton Police said that on the morning of March 14, emergency dispatch received a call about an attempted carjacking on the 4100 block of West 5th Street. While en route to the call, officers learned the suspect got into a hit-and-run crash in a parking lot several blocks away. According to Lumberton Police, the suspect was attempting to carjack a second vehicle.

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (TCD) -- A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and other charges after he allegedly cut off a man’s toes during an argument. According to WBTW-TV, on April 3, Horry County Police Department officers responded to a stabbing call at an apartment complex near Surfside Beach and found the victim on the ground. The victim had reportedly crawled to the front door to open it.