An Alabama couple was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after being convicted of abusing their foster child, who suffered a skull fracture and brain bleed, a prosecutor says. Russell County District Attorney Rick Chancey said the life sentences were handed down against April and John McDowell, both 32, of …
Read More »Aruba considers new charges in Natalee Holloway murder after suspect's surprise confession in US plea deal
Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty to extortion and fraud last week in a twisted plot to con money out of the mother of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen he has now admitted to killing in Aruba in 2005. While the plea deal in a federal court in Birmingham, Alabama, …
Read More »Man shot 10 times protecting high school cheerleader who died after shooting at bonfire: report
A man in Alabama says he was shot 10 times while trying to protect his friends from a gunman who fatally shot Kimber Mills, a high school cheerleader. Mills, 18, was shot early Sunday in Pinson, Alabama, in a heavily wooded area referred to as The Pit, according to AL.com. …
Read More »Cheerleader dies after being shot at high school bonfire, remembered for having 'spunk to her step'
A high school cheerleader died after she was shot at a party on Sunday, which left her with severe injuries to her brain. Kimber Mills, 18, was shot early Sunday in Pinson, Alabama, in a heavily wooded area referred to as The Pit, according to AL.com. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s …
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