They bought the casket and were making funeral plans for the brother they hadn't seen in years. Then, everything changed for Alfonso Bennett's family.
Among the pro-Kremlin corners of Russian media, HBO's new hit miniseries has not been warmly received.
A baby was mysteriously abandoned in an airport bathroom in 1986. Now he knows some of the truth. . .
In 1980, a concrete dome was placed over fallout debris on a Pacific island - now cracks have reportedly started to appear in the dome.
Common's story of abuse during his childhood is one of the central themes of the 47-year-old's new book, which was released on Tuesday.
A major plot gap in the original 1977 film has had "Star Wars" fans arguing for decades.
With the illness marching through his body and his time running low, Arthur Rudy Martinez turned himself in.
Daddy hurt her, a 4-year-old Aaron said, but his own family doubted the boy's foggy account, and no physical evidence tied Michael Haim to the crime.
Despite the passing years, Samuel Little still had all the details neatly filed away in corners of his mind.
On New Year's Day, police pulled up to a house to perform a wellness check, but inside, they found three people had been beaten to death.
Police in Wisconsin believe Marissa Tietsort, 28, killed a child in her care, and it's not the first time she's been tied to abuse allegations.
Two nuns stole around $500 000 from a Catholic school and used the pilfered funds on trips and casino visits.
In September 2014, Samuel Little was convicted over cold-case murders and now he has confessed to more than 90 murders.
A brutal whodunit confounded a small New England town for years until a young man who worked at a local grocery store went to see his pastor.
David Gaut's murder in a Welsh town has suddenly thrown focus back on another crime from 1985 when a 17-month-old child was tortured and killed.
A man who was estranged from his wife allegedly stabbed to death their children while the mother was at work and left a note on their bodies for her.
Sombra the police drug-sniffing dog is famous in Colombia. Now, smugglers have put a R926 000 bounty on her head.
A gunman opened fire in a busy neighbourhood of Toronto, killing at least two people and wounding 12 others before being fatally shot.
Sarah and Travis Mitchell, a deeply religious couple who shunned medical care, are being prosecuted for the death of their premature newborn baby.
Trump accuses the Motor Company of using steel and aluminium tariffs as an excuse to take away American jobs.
DNA from a piece of chewing gum and a water bottle collected at an elementary school event last month ties DJ to school teacher's murder 26 years ago
When Joseph Newton Chandler III committed suicide police tried to trace his next-of-kin but instead uncovered one of the state's biggest mysteries.
Jordan Easton was celebrating his 22nd birthday with friends and wanted to demonstrate to them that the vest he was wearing was stab-proof. It wasn't.
When DeDe Phillips was attacked by a rabid bobcat in her driveway she was determined that she would walk away from the encounter.
Seven days after Carl DeBrodie went missing, authorities discovered a city trash can filled with concrete. The 31-year-old man's body was inside.
