Crime Stories

After a three-month investigation, Plant City police concluded that Hailey Megan Dempsey killed her mother, Valerie DeBoe, her 4-year-old daughter and her 4-month-old daughter on May 3, 2026, before dying by suicide. Her 2-year-old daughter survived. Investigators reconstructed the events through surveillance footage, Ring-camera video, witness interviews, cellphone data, digital evidence and forensic testing.Police said Dempsey, 27, shot DeBoe, 55, inside the family’s home...

Three American states performed lethal injection executions on the 13th of August, 2026, which was the first time since the 7th of January, 2010, when three inmates were executed on the same day. Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama conducted one execution each, according to reports which described it as a coincidental schedule and not a federal initiative. The Associated Press and state correctional facilities have...