Calabar, Nigeria – A police officer attached to the Atakpa Division in Calabar, Cross River State, has shot three persons after reportedly going AWOL. Converseer learned that the incident occurred on Sunday morning near the Watt Market area, where the police station is located. According to The Paradise News, eyewitnesses said the officer, whose identity…
The Borno State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old girl, Fatima Adamu, on suspicion of infanticide after her newborn baby was found d3ad. It was gathered that on March 21, 2025, at about 8:00 am, Fatima, from Gamari Village, Niger Republic, gave birth to a healthy male baby. However, shortly after hearing the…
A 51-year-old pilot was killed when a small propeller plane crashed into a field near the city of Bonn in western Germany, police said on Friday. His six-year-old daughter managed to escape the burning wreckage but was seriously injured, police added. Emergency responders treated the child at the scene before taking her to the hospital….
BILOXI, Miss. (TCN) — A 21-year-old woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for killing her best friend in 2022 and hiding his remains in the woods. WLOX-TV reports Angel Pierce entered a guilty plea for first-degree murder and armed robbery in connection with the death of Cody Smith. Following the plea, a judge…
IONE, Calif. (TCN) — Officials announced this week that a woman who died during a conjugal visit with her husband at a state prison had been strangled. KCRA-TV reports that on Nov. 13, 2024, at around 2 a.m., David Brinson called officers using a family visit phone at Mule Creek State Prison and said that his wife,…
SEASIDE, Calif. (TCN) — A 72-year-old Nevada man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for abducting, sexually assaulting, and fatally strangling a child who disappeared over four decades ago. The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced March 20 that a judge sentenced Robert Lanoue to 25 years to life in prison…
Nollywood has lost a great actress. Nkechi Nweje is said to have passed on this morning, March 21, after a brief illness. Her cause of death has not been disclosed but colleagues have gone online to express shock over her death. Nkechi starred in movies alongside other greats like the late Junior Pope Odonwodo. Nkechi…
TAMPA, Fla. (TCN) — An 18-year-old man faces a charge of murder after allegedly severely beating an elderly woman who then died months after the attack. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, on Dec. 26, shortly before 7 a.m., deputies responded to the University Area Park and found a “severely injured woman who had been…
In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Terri Austin joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the latest evidence in the University of Idaho slayings as Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers fight to have the death penalty taken off the table, Kimberly Sullivan allegedly…
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (TCN) — A 34-year-old woman will spend the next several years behind bars after pleading guilty to killing her 2-month-old son. The infant was found dead in a couch cushion with drugs in his system. Court records show Jennifer Cooper entered the plea for second-degree murder, second-degree cruelty to children, and possession of a controlled…
