Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Melisa Hansboro was found fatally shot in her Indianapolis home in June 2023Her daughter grew concerned about her well-being when she arrived at the residence and found it locked as her cell-phone rang inside the house, unansweredHansboro was in the middle of a breakup with her killer at the time of the murder An Indiana man has been convicted for the 2023 murder of his former girlfriend, who was found fatally shot in her home. The body of 54-year-old Melisa Hansboro was found on the floor in her Indianapolis residence on June 1, the Marion County Prosecutor’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A group of news outlets has sued Tennessee prison officials, claiming the state’s execution rules block journalists from fully witnessing lethal injections and conceal key moments from public scrutiny. Under current procedures, reporters are only allowed to observe once the condemned inmate is already strapped to the gurney. In their filing, the outlets argue the state’s protocol violates “the public and press’s statutory and constitutional rights to witness the entirety of executions,” saying Tennesseans deserve transparency from the moment an inmate enters the chamber until the official pronouncement of death. The plaintiffs are seeking a…

NEED TO KNOW Letecia Stauch, 42, is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole after being convicted of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, in 2020Gannon was reported missing from his home in Colorado Springs, Colo., but his remains were discovered two months later in a suitcase under a bridge 1,300 miles away in Pensacola, Fla.Letecia managed to hide, transport and dispose of the body in the middle of an active murder investigation and nationwide manhunt for the boy On Feb. 28, 2020, a judge in Colorado approved a request from the El Paso County Sheriff’s office…

NEED TO KNOW Matthew Farwell, 39, is charged with one count of causing the death of an unborn child, according to a United States Attorney District of Massachusetts press releaseFarwell was originally indicted in August 2024 on allegations he murdered 23-year-old teaching assistant Sandra BirchmoreBirchmore was found seated on the floor with a luggage strap looped around her neck and tied to a closet doorknob ​​A former Massachusetts police officer accused of killing a pregnant woman to prevent her from exposing years of grooming that allegedly started when she was a minor has been indicted in connection with the death…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tarek Bazrouk could have faced up to 30 years in prison for antisemitic attacks but will instead serve 17 months.The 20-year-old Palestinian American, who prosecutors say supports Hamas and Hezbollah, was charged with multiple federal hate crimes. He was accused of punching and kicking Jewish protesters at several pro-Israel rallies over a nine-month period in New York City, starting last year. He pleaded guilty to one count in a plea deal.”I think it’s disgusting. I was wearing an Israeli flag. I was wearing my hat with the Israeli flag. I had my…

NEED TO KNOW Jade Colvin, 15, was last seen on James Bachmurski’s Iowa farm in 2017He allegedly told authorities he would “go to the grave” before he told the truth about what happenedHer body has never been found An Iowa man who was convicted in September of murdering a teenage girl last seen on his farm has learned his fate. James Bachmurski, 66, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Jade Colvin. KCRG, KCCI and KTTC report. During his trial, prosecutors told the jury that during a second interview…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The bombshell NBA scandal fallout last week from an FBI investigation has led to many questioning the sports betting market, even the legal side of it. That was especially the case with Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, who was among more than two dozen arrested for his role in the sports betting FBI probe. He allegedly revealed private information regarding his injury status and when he would be exiting a game to hit certain prop bets. There was a similar situation last season with ex-Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter, who was banned from the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pakistan’s defense minister on Wednesday threatened to “obliterate” the Taliban, which controls neighboring Afghanistan, after negotiations toward lasting peace between the two sides failed.Peace talks wrapped up in Istanbul, Turkey, without a “workable solution,” according to Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, which comes after deadly clashes this month. Dozens were killed along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the worst violence in the area since the Taliban took control of Kabul in 2021.Negotiations ended with a disagreement over terror groups allegedly using Afghanistan as a base to attack security forces along…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two illegal immigrants were charged after a crash left a local Illinois county board member and his wife dead.Edwin Pacheco-Meza, 34, was allegedly driving a car under the influence when he caused a crash that left Coles County Board Member Michael Clayton and his wife, Gail Clayton, dead in Westfield, Illinois, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).DHS reported that ammunition, an extended magazine, drugs and an open container of alcohol were found inside Pacheco-Meza’s car that he allegedly crashed.Juan Morales-Martinez, an 18-year-old passenger inside the car Pacheco-Meza was driving, was…

NEED TO KNOW Daniel L. Stearns, 35, was found guilty on Oct. 6 of second-degree murder, abuse of a dead human body and tampering with or destroying evidence in connection with the death of 44-year-old Nancy HoweryHowery was reported missing by her ex-husband on Feb. 18, 2023, after she didn’t pick up her two childrenProsecutors said the mother of two was fatally shot and then dismembered and burned A Florida man was convicted earlier this month of fatally shooting a mother of two, then dismembering and burning her body before burying her remains. Daniel L. Stearns, 35, was found guilty…