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Kimberly Sotelo, a 34-year-old woman from Bastrop, Texas, was arrested along I-45 on a first-degree murder warrant from Austin County. Here are the latest details on her charges, booking records, and ongoing legal proceedings.

A fatal ambush near the White House left National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom dead and Andrew Wolfe critically injured. Afghan asylum recipient Rahmanullah Lakanwal is charged with first-degree murder as D.C. officials and federal leaders respond with sweeping policy actions.

Tragic death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner on the Carnival Horizon sparks an intense FBI probe, leaked details, and unanswered questions for her grieving family.

Elena Bardin, a 27-year-old former English teacher at Adair County Juvenile Detention Center, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing a 17-year-old male inmate. The sentencing followed her September 2025 conviction for first-degree sexual abuse, unlawful transaction with a minor, and distribution of obscene material to a minor.

A devastating domestic-violence murder-suicide has left Rhode Island shaken after Sean Rivera, 24, fatally shot Kimberly Pieranunzi, 40, and Donald Roderick Jr., 45, inside their Rathbun Street apartment before killing himself. The only survivor was Pieranunzi’s 19-year-old daughter, Jazmyn Roderick, who escaped the attack and alerted authorities.

Houston Police have charged Gabriel Isaiah Menefee, an alleged Play No Games (PNG) gang member, with the murder of 25-year-old Jaylon Ward in a west Houston hotel. The case highlights Menefee’s violent criminal history, repeated bond releases, and growing controversy over Harris County’s bail system.

A tragic early-morning incident on November 16, 2025, left two people dead in what Grover Beach Police Department (GBPD) has confirmed as an apparent murder-suicide.

Dateline NBC’s “Running Man” aired on November 14, 2025, diving into the 2023 murder of Ashley Schwalm, a 40-year-old mother from Collingwood, Ontario. The episode was reported by Andrea Canning, who grew up in the nearby Blue Mountains region.

Mark Stanley Personette, an 80-year-old Colorado man, has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 1978 killing of 15-year-old Marissa Rolf Harvey — a landmark verdict that finally closes one of San Francisco’s most haunting cold cases. The decision, delivered on November 13, 2025, comes nearly 47 years after Harvey vanished during a visit to the city.