Mar. 15, 2025
Wilson Wesley Chavis.Photo:Prince George’s County Police Department
Prince George’s County Police Department
A Maryland funeral director was found guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting a pallbearer at a burial service for a 10-year-old girl, who herself had been shot to death.
Wilson Chavis, 50, was also convicted of use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence and reckless endangerment, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Feb.
Mar. 15, 2025
Madeline Soto.Photo:GoFundMe
GoFundMe
Days after a 13-year-old girl went missing in Florida, her mother’s boyfriend was arrested and is now considered the prime suspect in her disappearance.
Madeline Soto was reported missing Monday from her home, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says.
On Wednesday, Stephan Sterns, 37, who is dating Madeline’s mother, was arrested and charged with sexual battery and possession of child sexual abuse material, the sheriff’s office says. He has not been charged in connection with the 13-year-old’s disappearance, but police say he is the prime suspect.
Mar. 15, 2025
Brittany Robinson.Photo:National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
An Alabama father whose teenage daughter went missing in 2012 was charged with murder in connection with her presumed death, according to multiple reports.
Hooper had already been in custody in Oklahoma City on unrelated charges, and will be extradited back to Alabama, FOX 10 reported.
Demetric Hooper.Mobile County Jail
Mobile County Jail
Jail records indicate that Hooper was arrested in December 2023 on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and burglary.
Mar. 15, 2025
Sterling Grace Turner-Williams.Photo: Keeper
Turner allegedly “blacked out” and called 911 hours later after she woke up in her car outside a dental office, about 10 miles away from the mall, and her daughter was nowhere to be found, the outlet reports.
Turner allegedly told dispatch she and Sterling, who had Asperger syndrome, were “at the movie theater and … we separated at that point in time, and to be honest with you, I had too much to drink, and I woke up in my car, and she had called me 19 times,” the outlet reports, citing court documents.
Mar. 15, 2025
Malik Jones.Photo:Courtesy Neeka Smith
Courtesy Neeka Smith
When 25-year-oldMalik Jonesdidn’t contact his family for more than a week in late January, they immediately suspected foul play.
Jones' older sister, Neeka Smith, tells PEOPLE that it was unlike her brother to not call his family for even a day, so after he vanished on Jan. 30, she and her mother, Shawna Patterson, made it their mission to bring Jones home. On Feb.