When Jennifer Farber Dulos, a Brooklyn-raised daughter of great wealth and privilege, a member of the Brown Class of 1990 and once a member of the New York’s downtown literary elite, vanished after dropping her five kids off at the New Canaan Country School on the morning of May 24, …
Read More »
Mexican authorities are investigating after a beauty influencer was shot and killed while streaming on TikTok Live, with the video continuing even after her injury. Valeria Márquez was a content creator focused on lifestyle and beauty influencing, with over 100,000 followers on both TikTok and Instagram. The 23-year-old was streaming …
Read More »
Advancements in artificial intelligence aren’t just entering creative industries — they’re making their way to the courtroom as well. An Arizona family used an AI-generated version of their deceased family member to give his own victim statement in court, local outlet ABC 15 reports. Chris Pelkey, 37, was an Army …
Read More »
When Michele Romano went missing last August, her family and their close friend, podcaster Lauren Lee Malloy, labored over flyers bearing her image: a woman with a gentle smile and a spill of braids, wrapped in a cozy, pale rainbow cardigan. “So many people shared the flyers, but she was …
Read More »
Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly hitting and killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, returned to court Tuesday, April 22, as her second murder trial got underway. Read previously stood trial last year on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges, with the case gaining significant viral attention …
Read More »
It’s been 14 years since Amanda Knox was released from an Italian prison, but rarely in that time has she truly felt free. The 37-year-old exoneree and activist might be lawfully permitted to move about in her daily life, which currently comprises work as a journalist, public speaker, and podcaster, …
Read More »
Kaitlyn ‘Amouranth’ Siragusa had multiple blows to the head and a gun pointed at her face, but she had to put on a performance, and she knew it needed to be convincing. It was late at night on March 2. Three intruders had broken into her home in Houston, Texas …
Read More »
When Natalia Grace was adopted from Ukraine into the Barnett family as a six-year-old child, no one could have foreseen that the situation would devolve into something that spurred court battles, criminal charges, and multiple documentaries and shows. How that happened is up for debate, with competing stories and narratives …
Read More »
A Massachusetts State Trooper who was a lead investigator in the death of Karen Read’s boyfriend John O’Keefe joked about searching her phone for nude photos, according to a new docuseries about the high-profile case. Read stood trial last year on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges after being accused of …
Read More »
John Durhamn, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, confirmed in court documents Monday that several journals offered as potential evidence in the forced labor lawsuit against OneTaste, the alleged “orgasm cult,” are fake and will not be used in the trial. The decision could delay the …
Read More »