Albert Cronkite

Investigators documented cockroaches and unsafe conditions as they reconstructed how a 3-month-old boy became severely malnourished before his death. FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Boarded windows, exposed electrical wiring and cockroaches throughout a Fort Pierce mobile home became part of a broader investigation into how a 3-month-old boy living there lost significant weight and died without receiving medical care that authorities say his worsening condition demanded. The physical condition of the residence offered investigators an immediate …

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The court-filed allegations add a cellphone recording, a kitchen ignition and a narrow escape to the county’s arson case. GLEN BURNIE, Md. — The public case against a Glen Burnie man accused of setting a house on fire is built from two different records: an official finding that the July 21 blaze was intentional and charging documents that describe a threatening domestic confrontation immediately before it. Anne Arundel County’s Fire Department provides the confirmed backbone. …

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Separate concerns from Rosa Olmsted’s family, neighbors and employer eventually brought deputies back to the home she shared with her husband. ALLEGAN, Mich. — Before Rosa Mercedes Olmsted became the victim named in an Allegan County murder case, the warning that something was wrong came through ordinary breaks in her routine: a son who could not reach her, neighbors who had not seen her and a workplace where she failed to appear. Those separate concerns …

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Official records establish several points in the July 24 timeline, while leaving the confrontation itself and later court developments only partly explained. RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Investigators can place a vehicle leaving Robert Walter Larsen’s home, a phone call in which his girlfriend allegedly said she thought she had killed him, and state troopers arriving to find him dead. What the public record does not yet provide is a complete account of what happened between …

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Police first disclosed a suspicious death before an arrest and charging decision revealed prosecutors’ allegations against the victim’s son. LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — What police initially presented as a suspicious death inside a Laguna Beach home became a murder prosecution within one week, culminating in allegations that a 36-year-old man killed his visiting mother with a hammer. The changing public account reflects the stages of the investigation into the death of Angela Caprioli, 61, who …

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An unlocked vehicle, an unanswered search for Jerrell McCullough and a second worried caller brought Columbus officers to a Pearl Street duplex. COLUMBUS, Ind. — Jerrell “Jerry” McCullough’s son knew something was wrong before police knew there was a homicide investigation: His 89-year-old father was missing, his vehicle was sitting outside a rental property unlocked, and the tenant allegedly would not let him inside to look. Those observations led to a 911 call on July …

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Penelope “Penny” Fegan was actively preparing to move before her 2022 killing, evidence later presented against Vincent Scoggins showed. PORTLAND, Ore. — Penelope “Penny” Fegan had decided to end her relationship with Vincent Scoggins and was making plans to move when she was killed inside the Portland apartment they shared, according to evidence presented at his murder trial. Fegan’s preparations became one of the central facts in a case that ended four years later with …

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The 8-year-old victim did not know Nichalas San Souci before the assault that interrupted a family outing near the University of New Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The attack had no reported history behind it: an 8-year-old girl and a 24-year-old stranger happened to be inside the same Albuquerque restaurant, and within moments a family outing became a violent criminal case that would end 15 months later with a 12-year prison sentence. Authorities have consistently said …

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George Beemer has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed as the prosecution of his mother’s July death enters its pretrial phase. FORT MYERS, Fla. — More than a month after Elizabeth Beemer was found dead inside her fire-damaged Fort Myers home, the criminal case against her son has shifted from the initial police investigation into a longer court process. George Beemer, 23, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree arson and abuse of a …

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Marital writings, an employment change and new forensic details have emerged, though authorities have not connected any of them to a cause. GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — More than a month after a Michigan father killed his wife and six children, investigators know far more about how the family died than why. The expanding record includes a handgun purchased days earlier, intentionally set fires and the wife’s older writings about infidelity, but authorities have not …

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