Girl, 14, and boyfriend arrested on suspicion of mother’s murder

By Calvin Palmer
A 14-year-old northern California girl and her boyfriend were arrested today in connection with the murder of the girl’s mother.
Police found the body of Joanne Witt, 47, in her El Dorado Hills home on Monday. Witt had failed to show up for work since Thursday. Police say she had been killed with a [...]

Judge seals video of Casey Anthony’s reaction to TV news report

By Calvin Palmer
A Florida judge today ruled that a video showing Casey Anthony’s reaction when she learned a child’s remains had been found less than a mile from her own will not be available for public viewing.
Orange Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland that the video taken at the Orange County Jail on December 11 be [...]

Man accused of impersonating his dead mother

By Calvin Palmer
A New York man was charged today with impersonating his deceased mother so that he could collect $117,000 in government benefits.
Thomas Parkin, 49, of Park Slope, and his accomplice Mhilton Rimolo, 47, pleaded not guilty to grand larceny, criminal impersonation, forgery and conspiracy. Both men were ordered held on $1 million bail.
Parkin’s mother, [...]

Autopsy results suggest Air France jet broke up in mid air

By Calvin Palmer
Autopsies on the bodies of passengers aboard the ill-fated Air France jet have revealed multiple fractures that lend weight to the theory that the Airbus A330-200 broke up in mid flight.
Fifty bodies of the 228 passengers aboard flight AF 447 have been recovered along with more than 400 pieces of debris. The location [...]

Court told baby sitter was asleep when baby fell into mop bucket

By Calvin Palmer
A New York City baby sitter was accused of taking cold medicine and sleeping as an 11-month-old boy fell head-first into a bucket of water and died.
Kristal Khan, 28, of South Richmond Hill, Queens, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child when she appeared in court yesterday.
As the charge was read [...]