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Local authorities have confirmed that Las Vegas Metropolitan Police served a search warrant on Monday in nearby Henderson, Nevada related to the unsolved 1996 shooting of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur on the Las Vegas Strip. That, according to multiple reports. “The search warrant that we conducted is in…

UPDATED THROUGHOUT: Law enforcement officials and investigators used cell phone data, DNA evidence and computer search histories to zero in on the suspect in the Long Island serial killer case, explained Ray Tierney, Suffolk County, New York, District Attorney, in a press briefing this…

A 20-year-old woman has been arrested on federal narcotics charges in connection with the death earlier this month of Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, the 19-year-old grandson of actor Robert De Niro. Law enforcement sources have reported to multiple media outlets that Sofia Haley Marks was arrested…

Leslie Van Houten, who served more than 50 years in prison on murder and conspiracy convictions in the Charles Manson “family” 1969 killings of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca that shocked Hollywood and the nation, was released from a California prison today, according to the California Department of…

UPDATE, JULY 8, 2023: A judge dismissed sex assault charges against a former reality TV surgeon and his girlfriend on Friday.   Orange County Superior Court Judge Michael Leversen said there was insufficient evidence on allegations that the couple drugged and sexually assaulted two accusers. The couple…

California Governor Gavin Newsom said Friday that he won't ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten. The governor's office said it was unlikely that the state’s high court would consider an appeal of a lower court ruling that Van Houten should be…

The Wire co-creator and producer David Simon is urging a Manhattan judge to show leniency in sentencing the 71-year-old man who sold the fentanyl that resulted in the 2021 death of Simon’s friend, the Wire actor Michael K. Williams. Related Stories …

New Mexico teenager Enrique Padilla, 19, who allegedly shot a man dead in a weekend dispute over reserved movie seats, has been captured. The dispute that sparked the shooting happened late Sunday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ironically, the incident happened before a screening of the…

The second day of the Beyond Wonderland electronic dance music festival at The Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington has been canceled after shooting deaths at a nearby campground. Two people were killed at the campgrounds on Saturday night and three others were wounded, including the shooter…

Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina, Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal…

Streaming platform MGM+ has picked up a four-part true crime docuseries on a serial killer so heinous he inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein, directed and executive produced by James Buddy Day, will premiere on MGM+ in…

In a split ruling today, a state appeals court panel reinstated a grant of parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, overturning an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom to block her release. Related Stories …