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Douglas Sacha via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- The suspect in the murder of a woman at a high-end Hamptons resort has died from apparent suicide, law enforcement sources told ABC News.A staff member at the Shou Sugi Ban House found Sabina Rosas, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, dead in a guest room on Monday afternoon, Suffolk County police said.The luxurious, exclusive spa retreat is popular with celebrities and is […]

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- David DePape was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the state trial over the hammer attack against Paul Pelosi.A jury found DePape guilty in June of false imprisonment of an elder by violence or menace, residential burglary, threatening a family member of a public official, dissuading a witness by force or threat and aggravated kidnapping.Before the sentencing, DePape’s attorneys asked for […]

(NEW YORK) -- The owner of a day care where a 1-year-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning and three other children were sickened pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges, resolving a case that horrified New York City and underscored the scourge of the nation’s fentanyl epidemic.Grei Mendez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and serious bodily injury, one count of possession with intent […]

(FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.) -- A Virginia au pair pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter in connection to the 2023 murders of her employer's wife and another man.Juliana Peres Magalhaes's employer, Brendan Banfield, was charged with murder last month in the case -- a year after Magalhaes was arrested and charged.Prosecutors said Magalhaes and Banfield began an extramarital affair in August 2022, and by the fall of that year, Banfield expressed his desire to […]

(DELPHI, Ind) -- A pattern on the body of Delphi, Indiana, murder victim Libby German showed her blood was mixed with moisture, an officer testified at Richard Allen's trial. The officer said he believes that moisture was Libby's tears -- which led family members watching his testimony in the courtroom to audibly react.Libby, 14, and her best friend Abby Williams 13, were walking along a hiking trail in rural Delphi when their […]

mphotoi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Police are investigating the murder of a woman at a high-end resort in the Hamptons.A staff member at the Shou Sugi Ban House found the victim dead in a guest room on Monday afternoon, Suffolk County police said. The resort is in Water Mill, located between Southhampton and Bridgehampton.The woman hasn't been identified, police said, adding that her cause of death will be determined after […]

NPS (ALPINE, TEXAS) -- A hiker has been found dead at a national park in Texas after authorities discovered a car had been parked for several days and launched a search and rescue operation, officials said.The body of the unnamed 24-year-old hiker was discovered in Big Bend National Park in Texas on Monday after an aerial and ground search by National Park Service rangers and U.S. Border Patrol. Supported by […]

The Palmer via Getty Images (DENVER) -- More than 700 homes were under evacuation orders near the town of Divide, Colorado, as a wildfire burned uncontained nearby, local law enforcement said Monday.The so-called Highland Lake Fire had burned about 90 acres by 7 p.m. on Monday and was completely uncontained, Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell told reporters during a news conference.A local disaster emergency was declared. One structure had been […]

(MINNEAPOLIS, Mn)  Police in Minneapolis arrested a man early Monday morning on charges of second-degree attempted murder for allegedly shooting his neighbor following a year-long dispute.The arrest came after an intense standoff between a SWAT team and the suspect, 54-year-old John Herbert Sawchak, who surrendered peacefully on Monday, according to police.Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, whose office is prosecuting the case, confirmed to ABC News on Monday that Sawchak is […]