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NEED TO KNOW Dennis Rader, who is more commonly known as the BTK Killer, murdered at least 10 people in Kansas from the 1970s to ’90sHe was married to Paula Dietz throughout his murder spreeShe was granted an emergency divorce when Rader was arrested in 2005 Paula Dietz was married to Dennis Rader for three years before he committed his first crime as the BTK Killer. The notorious serial murderer, whose self-appointed acronym stood for “Bind, Torture, Kill,” murdered at least 10 people in Park City and Wichita, Kan., between 1974 and 1991 before finally being arrested in 2005. Though…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! State and local officials are investigating a Seattle-area corrections department after a whistleblower alleged the county was hiring unqualified immigrants as guards, according to a complaint filed with Washington state authorities.”Individuals have been hired while holding only temporary work visas, and in some cases, with expired work authorization altogether,” the unnamed whistleblower wrote to the state’s Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC), regarding hirings in King County. “These hires are in direct violation of the statutory requirements set forth by state law.”The whistleblower was identified only as an officer from the King County…

NEED TO KNOW David McGreavy killed three children that he was babysitting on Friday the 13th in April 1973He went on to be given the nickname, the Real Friday the 13th KillerMcGreavy was sentenced to life in prison but was released in 2018 after 45 years behind bars Before the cult classic horror movie rose to fame in the 1980s, David McGreavy was known as the real Friday the 13th killer. Also dubbed the Monster of Worcester, McGreavy was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in an English prison for brutally murdering three children on Friday, the 13th…

NEED TO KNOW Ilse Koch was married to the commander of the Buchenwald concentration camp during the Holocaust and allegedly tortured prisonersIlse was also accused of taking human remains and making items out of themRyan Murphy used parts of Ilse’s story in his Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story Ilse Koch’s story is being resurfaced for Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story. In the series, Vicky Krieps plays Ilse, who was Nazi commander Karl-Otto Koch’s wife and was known as the “Witch of Buchenwald.” Karl-Otto was the head of the Buchenwald concentration camp, where more than 50,000…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man is accused of urinating on the Altar of the Confession at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, prompting a swift response from security personnel and drawing the attention of many visitors.Security staff and plainclothes police officers quickly intervened and escorted the man out of the church, according to multiple Italian news outlets. The incident occurred in full view of a large crowd, with footage circulating widely online.Vatican officials had not immediately issued a statement, though some reports indicated that Pope Francis was informed and “shocked to learn of the news.”The episode…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A call to shine laser lights into the sky in an effort to disrupt federal helicopters flying over South Portland has prompted serious safety concerns and forced a key trauma hospital to reroute air ambulances.The online flyer, posted on the homepage of Rose City Counter-Info, a self-described “anarchist counter-info platform in so-called Portland, Oregon,” encourages participants to take part in a “laser tag” event aimed at federal aircraft. The post urges individuals to mask up, coordinate with others, and take steps to avoid identification – including cleaning laser pointers with alcohol, wearing gloves,…

NEED TO KNOW In May 2025, 10 inmates — some of whom were facing murder charges — escaped a New Orleans prisonWhile nine of the men were captured within weeks, convicted murderer Derrick Groves evaded police for five monthsHe was captured in October 2025 after a tip led authorities to a house in Atlanta It took police five months to capture the last of a group of inmates who escaped a New Orleans prison. On Oct. 8, U.S. Marshals announced that they found Derrick Groves hiding out in an Atlanta residence, per CNN. The convicted murderer broke out of the…

NEED TO KNOW Police are searching for a missing 11-year-old boy with autism whose mother allegedly denied having a child when questioned by authoritiesThe boy, Jacob Pritchett, was reported missing following a welfare check at his mother’s apartment in BrooklynAuthorities have subsequently been searching a landfill in upstate New York where garbage from New York City is taken Authorities in upstate New York have joined the search for an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy with autism who hasn’t been seen in more than a week. The New York City Police Department released a sketch of Jacob Pritchett last week, according to WABC.…

NEED TO KNOW Luigi Mangione’s defense attorneys filed papers with a New York federal judge on Oct. 11, asking to dismiss several charges, including one that could carry the death penaltyMangione was arrested in December in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ThompsonHe has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges Luigi Mangione’s defense lawyers are moving to dismiss several charges — including one that could carry the death penalty. The attorneys for 27-year-old — who was arrested in 2024 in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — filed papers with a New York…