Author: Edward Campbell

A family gathering in Albuquerque ended in a deadly shooting Sunday night after Mark Leib, 64, allegedly returned home and began making threats before an argument escalated, according to investigators. Police responded to the home in the 6200 block of Sabre Court NW shortly after 11 p.m. on September 20 following reports of a shooting. Officers found Matthew Leib, 34, inside the residence with fatal gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to investigators, Matthew had been at the home with his girlfriend and a friend. The group had been spending time together earlier in the day…

A Florida in-home nurse has been sentenced to 30 months in state prison after pleading no contest to felony child neglect in a case involving a premature baby who experienced a serious medical emergency while in her care. Lee County Judge Bruce Kyle imposed the sentence on Sept. 22, followed by another 30 months of probation. Sharlene Janet Pflugrad must also complete 100 hours of community service and permanently give up her ability to practice nursing, according to the latest court reporting on the case. The case stems from an overnight nursing assignment in Cape Coral on Sept. 15, 2025.…

The final goodbye a Detroit family had planned for Kimberly Kaye Moore turned into a search for answers after relatives say they discovered that the body prepared for her viewing was not their mother. Moore, 61, died on September 3, 2026. Her five children were preparing for a September 18 viewing at Hutchison Funeral Home on East 7 Mile Road in Detroit, with cremation planned after the family had an opportunity to see her. Instead, her daughter Bianca Robinson says she immediately noticed something was wrong when she arrived to add the finishing touches to her mother’s appearance. The woman…

A 39-year-old Delaware woman was fatally shot while walking through an open field in Ellendale with a man and two children, after a Maryland hunter allegedly mistook her for a deer, according to investigators. Walter Moorhead, 74, of Salisbury, Maryland, has been charged with manslaughter following the Sept. 18 shooting. He also faces charges of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and three counts of first-degree reckless endangering. The shooting happened at about 7:40 p.m. near South Old State Road, north of East Robbins Road. Delaware State Police said troopers arrived after receiving a report that…

An 83-year-old Wisconsin man is facing a felony charge after his 79-year-old girlfriend was found in serious medical distress outside their Ellison Bay home, where investigators say she may have remained for one to two weeks before emergency help was called. Richard Engberg called 911 on the evening of Sept. 7, saying his girlfriend needed medical attention. Emergency responders arrived at the home and found the woman lying near the front porch, partly covered by a comforter and surrounded by overgrown vegetation. Responders reported that she had numerous open sores and maggots on her body. Her condition was so severe…

Dwayne Antonio Harvey, 59, of Detroit, was driving his Buick Envision as an Uber driver when the crash happened around 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Eight Mile Road and Coolidge Highway in Oak Park, Michigan. Police said a Dodge Charger driven by 19-year-old Tracy Darwin Sutton was traveling east on Eight Mile Road when it went through a red light and collided with Harvey’s vehicle, which was traveling north on Coolidge Highway. Investigators said surveillance video from a nearby business helped confirm the sequence of the crash. Both vehicles suffered extensive damage. Emergency crews had to remove Harvey from…

A 6-month-old Florida girl was hospitalized in critical condition after her 7-year-old brother found her unresponsive in a playpen, with doctors later determining that her blood alcohol concentration had reached 0.383, according to police records. The incident happened Sept. 8 in the Port Richey area of Pasco County. According to an arrest affidavit, the girl’s brother returned home from school and noticed that she was not responding normally. Her parents, Jessie Waldroup, 36, and Desirae Uzunboylu, 27, were reportedly asleep in the living room at the time. The boy alerted authorities, and the infant was taken to a children’s trauma…

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Nearly a decade after 16-year-old Paris Gustin was shot and killed following an egg-throwing incident, one of the men involved has been sentenced to prison. Martin Antonio Cruz, 31, was sentenced Monday to one to 15 years in prison for manslaughter in connection with Gustin’s 2016 death. The sentence includes credit for more than nine years Cruz has already spent in custody. The case began in the early morning hours of July 5, 2016, when Gustin and two other teenagers were riding in a Honda Civic in Salt Lake City’s Fairpark area. The teenagers had…

A Colorado Springs woman is facing second-degree murder charges after police say she reported a man’s death months after he allegedly died, then acknowledged that his remains had been cut up and kept inside the home. Sheldon “Shelly” Wilson, 62, was arrested after she and her daughter went to the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Police Operations Center on Sept. 19 to report that a man was dead at their home on Tappan Drive. Police responded to the residence and found the man’s remains before detectives began a homicide investigation. According to arrest documents, Wilson told investigators the man had died…

An 8-year-old Spokane girl died Sunday after firefighters responding to a water leak entered her apartment and found her unresponsive in an overflowing bathtub, according to court documents. The girl’s mother, 23-year-old Travionna C. Johnson, is facing charges of first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter and first-degree abandonment of a dependent person. She appeared in Spokane County Superior Court Monday, where her bond was set at $500,000. The incident happened at an apartment on East Baldwin Avenue in Spokane’s Logan neighborhood. Firefighters were called to the building after a neighbor reported water coming from an upstairs unit. When responders arrived, the apartment…