Las Vegas police identified the woman accused of killing a nail salon owner after failing to pay for a $35 manicure, PEOPLE confirms. Police say they are looking for 21-year-old Krystal Whipple in the death of 53-year-old “Annie” Nhu Nguyen, who was run over and killed Dec. 29 as she was trying to stop Whipple from leaving the parking lot of her business, Crystal Nails & Spa, about 40 blocks from the Las Vegas Strip. “We are asking the public’s help if they have knowledge of where this person is to contact the homicide section,” Officer Larry Hadfield tells PEOPLE on Thursday. Police s ..read more

Sixteen years after Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife Laci Peterson, his sister-in-law claims that the family has evidence that could prove his innocence. “My brother-in-law is called a sociopath, a narcissist, a monster, but we have the evidence to show that Scott Peterson is innocent,” Peterson’s sister-in-law Janey Peterson told the Dr. Philshow on Monday. She said that police failed to question 14 witnesses, including a mailman whom she claims has key evidence that would contradict the police timeline.Peterson was convicted of the double murder ..read more

In 2017, PEOPLE reported on the case of Ricky Jones, a man falsely imprisoned for 17 years after an eyewitness to a robbery confused him with the actual suspect, to whom he bore a striking resemblance. On Tuesday, the state of Kansas announced it would pay $1.1 million to Jones, 42, who was convicted of trying to steal a woman’s purse when he was 24 years old. The state agreed “to this outcome so Mr. Jones can receive the benefits to which is is entitled by law because he was mistakenly convicted,” Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE ..read more

An Illinois man who posted an ad offering sex with his pregnant wife and then fatally shot the man who responded is on trial for a second time after his murder conviction was overturned, PEOPLE confirms. In 2013, Timothy Smith was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2011 fatal shooting of Kurt Milliman, 48, who showed up to Smith’s Woodstock-area home after Smith posted an ad on Craigslist to have sex with his wife in exchange for money, according to the Northwest Herald. But his conviction was overturned in 2015, and on Monday, Smith, now 34, appeared before McHenry Count ..read more

According to prosecutors, 60-year-old Francisca Marquinez was found dead in her home in Margate. Patterson claimed that she died after accidentally choking on his manhood during a sex act. An autopsy confirmed that Marquinez died of asphyxiation after she choked on Patterson’s manhood during a sex act. It was also determined that there was no sign of a struggle, which would have suggested that the woman was forced to do something against her will. Patterson’s attorney asked the judge to allow the jury to see his client’s manhood, but the judge declined. After hearing the case including ..read more

An Arkansas woman is in jail after telling police she shot and killed her husband because he purchased pornography. Jefferson County authorities say 69-year-old Patricia Hill called 911 to report what she had done. Hill told dispatchers that she shot her husband, 65-year-old Frank Hill. She told investigators that she canceled his subscription when she found out he ordered television porn. Hill said she then asked her husband to leave and when he refused, she shot him. Investigators found the man in a backyard shed when they noticed he had been shot twice. "There's a ..read more

A Georgia mother was charged with the death of her daughter who, officials say, weighed 14 lbs. when she died. At 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Devin Moon called the Gwinnett County Police Department and told officers that her daughter Reygan, who was 2 years and 11 months old, was “unresponsive and cold to touch,” according to a press release from the department. Moon allegedly told detectives her daughter was born with medical problems that prevented her from gaining weight. A child of Reygan’s age usually weighs between 26 and 38 lbs. “[T]he cause of death was determined to be neglect (mal ..read more

A 26-year-old Tennessee mother allegedly left her baby girl unattended in a hot vehicle earlier this week while she went inside a restaurant to drink on National Tequila Day, according to multiple news outlets. The woman, identified as Rachel Vanwagner, faces charges of child abuse and neglect in connection with the alleged incident on Tuesday, which occurred in the parking lot at a Mexican restaurant on Highway 70 in Arlington. Accord Deputies from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office were first called to the establishment by a couple who overheard a child’s cries as they left dinner ..read more

A 60-something couple in Palo Alto got an unpleasant surprise on Sunday when they woke up in the middle of the night to find a masked intruder in their bedroom. He said he wanted to use the couple's Wi-Fi network. The burglar didn't get the Wi-Fi password he was looking for, however. The man leaped out of bed and confronted the intruder, shoving him down the hallway and out the front door. He then immediately called the police. The troublemaker was arrested by police minutes later. No one was injured in the confrontation. Palo Alto police declined to name the 17-year-old suspect because he ..read more

Affidavits allege that Stevie Williams, 24, and Dazrine Chagoya-Williams, 20, told police that something "other worldly" happened July 4 to their toddler, who was found dead with bruises in their Kyle home. The couple has been charged with capital murder of a person under 10.  Court documents show they also face charges of injury to a child with serious bodily injury after their 8-month-old daughter was found with several injuries. The charges are capital felonies punishable by the death penalty or life in prison. NUTTY NEWS TODAY    NUTTY NEWS VIDEOS    NU ..read more