Thousands Mourn Death
Chelsea King (Credit: AP Photo)
PICTURES: Chelsea King Missing
PICTURES: Chelsea King Vigil, Family Mourns
"I want to say I'm OK, but I'm not OK because the best thing in my life has been taken away from me," said Tyler King, Chelsea's younger brother.Continue »
Juarez Killings: Latest Victims Had Ties to US Consulate
The crashed car of a US consulate employee Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 14, 2010 (AP)
Mexican officials reported that, Lesley A. Enriquez, 35, a consulate employee and her husband, Arthur H. Redelfs, 34, both U.S. citizens, were shot to death in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas.
Continue »Baby Gabriel Update: Father Moving to Texas after Landfill Search Called off
Baby Gabriel, Missing Since Dec. 2009 (Personal Photo)
SAN ANTONIO (CBS/AP) Logan McQueary, the father of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, announced that he plans to move to San Antonio, Texas later this month to continue searching for his son. He made the announcement Saturday night during a fundraiser.
The announcement came after San Antonio police said last week that they would be calling off the landfill search for baby Gabriel's remains. Police began searching the landfill after Gabriel's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, allegedly sent a text message telling McQueary that his son was dead.
Continue »Woman Jumps off Cliff to Flee Would-be Rapist
Sketch of Suspect (Credit: Los Angeles Sheriff's Department)
Malibu, Calif. (CBS/AP) A woman jumped off a Malibu cliff to get away from a man who was trying to rape her, officials say.
A jogger told Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies that she had finished her run at noon on Friday at Point Dume State Beach when she was grabbed from behind. She fought the man for several minutes, before she broke away, ran, and jumped off a cliff, sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.
Continue »Rielle Hunter to GQ "I could not emasculate [John Edwards]"
Rielle Hunter and her daughter Quinn (Mark Seliger/GQ)
In a nearly 10,000 word interview with GQ Hunter starts off by making it clear that she is not getting paid for the exclusive and that she could have "cashed out big. But that's not what I'm about."
PICTURES: Rielle Hunter GQ Photoshoot
Continue »Alexis Neiers (PICTURE): "Pretty Wild" Star to Stand Trial for "Bling Ring" Celeb Heists
Alexis Neier (Credit: Personal Photo)
Neiers and a group of five others, known as "the bling ring," are charged in a crime spree that targeted the homes of celebrities such as Megan Fox, Ashley Tisdale, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.Continue »
Mom Kills 6 Newborns, Keeps Bodies in Bags
CBS
The horrifying admission came during the opening of her trial in northwest France.
Asked if the babies were stillborn or born alive, she responded simply, "They were alive."
Continue »Self-Defense Expert: Fight for Your Life Now
John Perkins (Personal Photo)
"48 Hours: The Girl Who Knew Too Much"
Authorities believe Lawless was murdered in 1992, in Benton, Mo., after she pulled her car to the side of the road, possibly having recognized her pursuers, and got out of the vehicle, as an argument or fight began.
Continue »Did Sex Offender Use Craigslist to Lure Christian Female Singer?
Jeremy Wicker (TXDPS Sex Offender Registry)
The woman, from Denton, Texas, outside Dallas, said after she responded she started to get explicit and threatening texts from the man who posted the ad, according to CBS affiliate KTVT.
Continue »Cheryl Maher-Kevin Garn Naked Hot Tub Headline Contest
Kevin Garn, Utah House Majority Leader and center of attention (Credit: U.S. Government)
NEW YORK (CBS) Here at Crimesider we strive to be helpful. So, as a public service to our fellow journalists, bloggers, and crackpots, we've decided to send some headlines out into the world to cover the recent Kevin Garn-Cheryl Maher scandal.
You know the story already.
Short version: Utah State rep got into a hot tub with a naked, underage girl, alleged blackmail, paid her off, then admitted it.
Long version: Read Brian Montopoli's take here (he's smarter than us).
So, anyway, the following headlines should be considered royalty-free, stock headlines for the lazy.
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