Crime & Justice With Ashleigh Banfield

Mysterious shooting Monday at the same California park where father was shot while camping with his 2 young daughters on Friday. Wisconsin man sentenced only 13 years for locking a woman in a wooden box in his basement and sexually assaulting her. Judge denies Sheriff's office to force feed a convicted murderer on a hunger strike. via Knit

A woman was caught on video throwing an angry tantrum aboard a Spirit Airlines flight after the aircraft was diverted due to a medical emergency. After it was announced that the flight from Houston to Minneapolis would change course to accommodate the emergency, the woman frantically began to scream and sprint towards the front of the plane. A police officer in Ohio was fired after he puller over his daughter's boyfriend with her in the car- briefly detaining the boyfriend without cause- and driving off with his daughter locked in his squad car. Lorain officer John Kovach Jr. pulled over his daughter's boyfriend, Makai Coleman, 18, on April 18, without cause, and tells him he is 'going to jail.' Meanwhile his daughter, Katlyn Kovach, 18, is in the back seat of Coleman's car. Chicago police on Saturday found more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana totaling $10million in street value during a routine traffic stop on Saturday. The police department's narcotics unit enlisted the help of

Actress Heather Locklear was arrested Sunday on two misdemeanor counts of battery on emergency personnel. Locklear kicked one of the deputies. She was cuffed and arrested. She was "extremely intoxicated and very uncooperative," according to the police. A 35-year-old man camping with his young daughters was found fatally shot in a Southern California state park, authorities said. Alix Tichelman, nicknamed by national media as the "Call Girl Killer" and "Harbor Hooker" of Santa Cruz, is finally telling her side of the story. via Knit

A Florida man has been accused of threatening and attacking his girlfriend after a trip to the veterinarian, where the woman secretly passed a note to a worker pleading for help. The note read "call the cops. My boyfriend is threatening me. He has a gun. Please don't let him know." A worker at DeLand Animal Hospital immediately called 911 and the boyfriend, Jeremy Floyd, was arrested on site. Police say Floyd did not obey no-contact orders while in jail, and the victim says he attempted to contact her by phone 47 times. In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found covered in blood at the bottom of a staircase in her home. Though her husband claimed she fell down the stairs, he was soon accused of murdering her and was convicted of the murder in 2003, but was granted a new trial in 2017, which reduced the charge, and he now walks free. With the growing popularity of the Netflix series, "The Staircase" a theory is beginning to reemerge regarding the mysterious death of Kathleen Peterson, wife o

Police are still attempting to identify a suspect in the death of Kayla Huerta, a 17-year-old mom found shot to death early Monday morning. Police were responding to what they thought was a traffic accident when they found Huerta in a crashed car with multiple gunshot wounds. Family members now say Huerta's 3-year-old daughter refused to change her clothes because her mother put them on her. The victim's grandmother says, "she sees everybody struggling and she's like 'what's going on?' but we can't tell her, she's too small." Brittani Marcell was left with brain damage after being attacked with a shovel in 2008. After being unable to remember who her attacker was, Marcell went under hypnosis in 2014 and began to remember details of the incident. During the treatment, she remembered the name Justin Hansen, a contact she had on her phone. Hansen, now a father, was arrested and faces 18 years behind bars, but still denies his involvement. Police bodycam video sh

Deputies in southeastern Illinois have captured one of three inmates who escaped from the White County jail early Saturday, but the other two -- including a murder suspect -- remain on the run. Jennifer Elliot told prosecutors she thought she was going to die in the hole, WCPO reported.She hadn't been able to speak when police pulled her from the three-and-a-half-foot dirt pit under a shed in the backyard of a home in Blanchester, Ohio. Jury selection begins Tuesday for Daniel Greis, 58, charged with five counts of wanton murder. Greis, of Independence, is accused of killing a family of five in a crash in October. A bad day for one Minnesota teenager is going viral after the West St. Paul Police Department posted dashboard camera video from a traffic stop online showing the woman racking up violation after violation. via Knit

An Oregon man accused of pushing his girlfriend off a cliff in 2009 is now admitting to having sex with her underage sister. In an interview with Investigation Discovery's Maria Elena Salinas, Stephen Nichols confirmed the relationship he was having with Rhonda Casto's younger sister, despite having denied it in the past. This confession could lead to new charges for Nichols. Eric Abramovitz, a clarinetist from Canada, was accepted to Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles with a full scholarship back in 2014, but he never received his acceptance letter as it was intercepted by his girlfriend, Jennifer Lee. Lee hacked Abramovitz's account to delete the acceptance email and falsified a rejection email to prevent her boyfriend from going to the school. Abramovitz has now been awarded $266,500 in damages after discovering his ex-girlfriend's sabotage. An axe-throwing stunt went wrong on live TV in 2015 and now a Fox & Friends host is being sued by Jeff Prosperie, the man who was hi

Jennifer Asbenson was 19 when she was abducted by Andrew Urdiales in the California desert and 25 years later, she's telling the world her story. In September 1992, Asbenson was walking to a bus stop near Palm Springs when she was offered a ride by a stranger. Gagged and bound, she spent hours in the trunk of Urdiales' car before she was able to escape. In an emotional video posted on YouTube, Asbenson returns to the spot of her abduction and demonstrates her struggle. Now, a jury in Orange County is recommending the death penalty for Asbenson, who has since been convicted of killing five women in California and three in Illinois. Outrage tonight after a Las Vegas 17-year-old is shot to death. Jaiden Caruso, 16, and Kody Harlan, 17, are in custody and they say they were playing Russian Roulette when the gun went off into Matthew Minkler's jaw. But the victim's family thinks he was flat out murdered by people he thought were his friends. According to police, Caruso and Harlan ran out of th

A Nebraska couple appeared in court yesterday after being suspected in the murder of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe. Prosecutors say Aubrey Trail, 51, and Bailey Boswell, 23, strangled Loofe to death with an extension cord and dismembered her body after their Tinder date. Surveillance video from a local Home Depot shows the couple buying the tools they used, prosecutors allege, in newly unsealed court documents. Both Trail and Boswell face charges of first-degree murder and the improper disposal of human skeletal remains. Kimberly Kessler, the suspect in the case of missing mother Joleen Cummings, has been moved to Duval County, according to the Nassau County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff says Kessler last ate on June 2 and was moved jails due to the hunger strike. Authorities say Kessler stopped eating after she discovered investigators knew how many identities she had. She will be moved back to Nassau County once she starts eating again. One of the kidnappers who held Elizabeth Smart captive for nine mont

A Canadian graphic novelist is on trial for allegedly torturing and killing his girlfriend in their West Hollywood apartment. The DA says Blake Leibel, then 36, murdered 30-year-old Iana Kasian, who was the mother of his newborn daughter. Kasian was found dead on May 26, 2016, lying on a blood-stained mattress. According to local reports, there were bite marks on her face, defensive wound on her arms and wrist and all the blood had been drained from her body. The mother of a San Bernardino woman is looking for answers after her 34-year-old daughter was found dead on Sunday morning. The partly decomposed body of Marlene Santellan was discovered wrapped in blue plastic tarp in a makeshift wooden box in a California parking lot. CNN affiliate KTLA says neighbors saw a U-Haul truck dropping off suspicious items earlier that day. A Texas man has pleaded guilty to beating his teenage girlfriend to a pulp after she downloaded the Snapchat app and he accused her of cheating on him. Dameon Marmolejo, 21, appeared i

New evidence has been released in the case of a Brevard County mother accused of killing her twin newborns. Rachael Thomas, 30, has been locked up in the Brevard County Jail since April. On Thursday, News 6 obtained police body camera video, audio interviews, crime scene photographs and an analysis of Thomas' internet search history. "We didn't know -- I swear to you," Thomas is heard saying to an officer in the video recording. Aliquippa's police department is dealing with more turmoil after Beaver County detectives arrested its Assistant Police Chief on Friday on charges he sent lewd text messages to a group that included a 17-year-old girl. Joseph Perciavalle III, 43, is charged with disseminating explicit sexual material to a minor and unlawful contact with a minor, both felonies, as well as a misdemeanor charge of corruption of minors, court records show. This comes as the police department is investigating the murder of 33-year-old teacher Rachael DelTondo. Cell phone video t

An Atlanta-area dermatologist is defending her appearance singing and dancing in videos during surgical procedures, saying the videos were recorded with her patients' permission to chronicle and celebrate their physical transformations. Now her license has been suspended. Chilling photos reveal the shallow graves outside the House of Horrors where three missing women were found. The husband of fashion designer Kate Spade, who took her own life Tuesday, says his wife was getting help for anxiety and depression. via Knit

A woman's body was found in a creek in Pennsylvania. Police released suspected Springfield serial killer from their custody in December, seven months before the bodies of three women were found on his property, after arresting him for beating a woman in the street, it has been revealed. A woman is on trial in Texas for stabbing to death her 25-year-old nephew with whom she was involved in a romantic relationship. via Knit

Police released suspected Springfield serial killer from their custody in December, seven months before the bodies of three women were found on his property, after arresting him for beating a woman in the street, it has been revealed. Casey Anthony may face a civil trial over a defamation suit from the meter reader her lawyers tried to implicated in the death of two-year-old Caylee. Lawyers for an embattled doctor are recognizing his efforts at a recent car accident. via Knit

Fears are mounting of a serial spree shooter in the Phoenix suburbs, after cops linked the killings of two women to the murder of a high-profile forensic psychiatrist who consulted on the JonBenet Ramsey case, and investigate whether a fourth murder is linked. Sen. Ralph Shortey had sex twice with a teenage boy at his coffee shop in the year before police found the two together at a Moore hotel, prosecutors have revealed. A child has been rescued from a grisly Massachusetts 'house of horrors' where three bodies has been discovered. FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron, Denver, Colorado via Knit

Biloxi native Amber Marie Holliman was loving life in Atlanta. The single mom just saw her daughter, Payton, graduate from high school. Payton also had started work with her mom at The Rusty Nail, a family restaurant, The Sun Herald reported.Holliman's friends at The Rusty Nail say she was planning to leave her longtime boyfriend, Patrick Joseph "P.J." Nolan. He was a recovering alcoholic who had brought her to Atlanta in the first place. But Nolan was drinking again, say The Rusty Nail's proprietors, and Holliman was ready to move on.She never got the chance. Police in Sandy Springs, Georgia, say Nolan killed Holliman on Saturday, shooting her in the head, then setting their bedroom on fire.Police are searching for Nolan, who is considered armed and dangerous. He faces charges of murder, arson and aggravated assault with intent to commit murder.Authorities say he could be in Mississippi, but he also has ties to Alabama, New York and Colorado. The mother of a 33-year-old former teacher who

Jodi Arias' former cellmate is revealing what it was to be confined behind bars with Jodi Arias, the Arizona woman who killed her boyfriend in a bloody rampage 10 years ago, calling her "a sociopath" who gave her several tattoos while they were imprisoned together. Arias is serving a life sentence in the death of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, who she stabbed 27 times and then shot back in 2008. Tracy Brown was Arias' cellmate for five months but has a permanent reminder of the killer in the form of six tattoos, all personally inked by Arias. One of the tattoos even has Arias' name on it. She admitted that having Arias' name scrawled on her ankle is "the biggest mistake I ever made." Their story shocked the world 22 years ago when she, then a 34-year-old teacher, admitted to having sex with him, her 12-year-old student. But despite going on to marry and have children with Vili Fualaau, the schoolboy she took as a lover in 1996, Mary Kay Letourneau is still emo

ABC canceled its hit sitcom "Roseanne" on Tuesday after the show's biggest star, Roseanne Barr, went on a racist Twitter rant. The parents of Casey Anthony are once again sitting down for an interview about the death of their granddaughter Caylee, this time appearing on an A&E special that will air Monday at 8pm. The hunt for a missing five-year-old boy has finally ended as investigators said they found his remains Thursday in Kansas. via Knit

Though police have executed several search warrants, including one on the wife of an Aliquippa Police Sergeant in connection with the death of Rachael DelTondo, the teacher who was mysteriously murdered in her driveway, they are still working to determine who is responsible for her death. DelTondo's mother is now speaking out, saying that the teenage boy her daughter was caught in a steamed up car with back in 2016 had an "obsession" with Rachael and told her he wanted to marry her. Dr. Windell Boutte is facing seven malpractice lawsuits for botched cosmetic surgeries as videos she recorded of herself dancing and singing over exposed patients during cosmetic procedures continue to surface. These videos have been posted on Boutte's various social media platforms for marketing purposes, and include Boutte singing the lyric "I'm 'bout to cut it" from an O.T. Genasis rap song right before cutting into a patient. Sherita Dixon-Cole's story went viral after she accused a

Dr. Windell Boutte, a cosmetic surgeon is facing malpractice lawsuits after posting videos of herself singing and dancing during procedures. In one video, she sings the lyric, "I'm 'bout to cut it" from an O.T. Genasis rap song before making an incision in one of her patients. Multiple patients are now coming forward claiming Boutte botched their surgeries. There is a new person of interest in the case of missing mom Joleen Cummings, a Florida hairstylist who was reported missing when she didn't show up to pick up her kids on Mother's Day. The suspect is Cummings' coworker, Jennifer Sybert, who was reported missing in 2004 under her legal name, Kimberly Kessler, and had been using a fake social security number and address to work at the salon. Police say that security camera footage from the parking lot where Cummings' SUV was found showed the suspect emerging from Cumming's car - and Cummings was nowhere to be found. Police now say they have reason to believe that