JERRY LAMBE David E. Smock A doctor for a private Christian boarding school for boys in Missouri accused of committing a series of child sex crimes against a child was arrested this week after a multi-day manhunt. Dr. David E. Smock, 57, was taken into custody Tuesday night in Arkansas, just miles from the Missouri border, …
By Kaitlin Stanford Mom Who Reported 5-Year-Old Daughter’s Kidnapping Is Now Charged With Her Murder It’s been more than two weeks since 5-year-old Kamarie Holland was found dead inside an abandoned home in Phenix City, Alabama. Since then, police have charged 37-year-old Jeremy Williams with the young girl’s kidnapping and murder, but this week, investigators made it …
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By Kiara Alfonseca A father and his 14-year-old son have been charged with capital murder in the killings of three teenagers at a convenience store on Dec. 26, according to Garland Police Department in Texas. A fourth teenager was injured in the attack. 33-year-old Richard Acosta has been arrested in connection with the incident after turning himself …
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Infant Girl Clings to Life After Being Found Facedown in Bathtub With Parents in Home: Report by Jacquelyn Gray An Alabama couple was arrested on Wednesday, days after their 10-month-old daughter was found floating facedown in a bathtub. Christian Lane, 22, and Sarah Perkins, 21, were reportedly at their Dothan home on December 22 when …
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says she was a victim of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scheme, is not expected to tesify at the trial of Mr. Epstein’s longtime partner, Ghislaine Maxwell.Credit…Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times For years, Virginia Roberts Giuffre has been one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most outspoken accusers, and although she did not …
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Prosecutors outlined the evidence against Ghislaine Maxwell during their closing argument at the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday.Credit…Stephanie Keith for The New York Times One incriminating piece of evidence against Ms. Maxwell, a prosecutor told jurors, was a private telephone directory kept in one of Mr. Epstein’s homes. “Maxwell and Epstein kept …
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The Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse where Ghislaine Maxwell is on trial.Credit…Stephanie Keith for The New York Times Ghislaine Maxwell not only knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls but her participation in his sex-trafficking scheme was motivated by money and maintaining a luxurious lifestyle, a federal prosecutor said Monday. The prosecutor, Alison Moe, …
The prosecution neared the end of its case in Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial in Manhattan on Friday.Credit…Stephanie Keith for The New York Times A conversation during testimony earlier in the trial offered insight into one of the ways Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense has tried to undermine the testimony of her accusers at her sex-trafficking trial. …
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Laura Menninger delivered the closing argument on behalf of Ghislaine Maxwell on Monday.Credit…Stephanie Keith for The New York Times A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell told the jury at her sex-trafficking trial that her client was “an innocent woman, wrongfully accused of crimes she did not commit,” and said the government’s case against her was …
BY DR. PAMELA GURLEY Many young girls picture the fairytale life seen on television and written in books. You know, the one with the white picket fences, a beautiful marriage, and 2.5 children. And while that may not be the case for many, no one sees themselves as a young girl growing up on the …