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HOPE TOWN, Bahamas — Speculation is starting to swirl over where Brian Hooker, husband of Lynette Hooker, may be following the mystery around her Bahamas disappearance.A source claiming to be a close friend of Brian's said he may have left the U.S. by way of the California-Mexico border by land or — possibly — by water.It is possible given Hooker's extensive boating experience, the source said.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME […]

An American college student from Alabama disappeared in Japan during a family trip, leaving his parents pleading for help as they join dozens of police and K-9 units searching the region's wooded trails.James "Weston" Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University student, has not been heard from since May 29, according to his mother, Nancy Higginbotham."We are in our own living hell," Nancy Higginbotham wrote on social media. "He is not detained […]

The sheriff overseeing the investigation into the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie blamed lab work, scientific protocols and the judicial process for delays in the investigation, which entered its fourth month Monday, in an interview with local media this week."It's just not a detective goes out there, talks to somebody, and we can make an arrest," Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told the Tucson-based KOLD-TV. "This is a very sensitive […]

A registered sex offender and former U.S. Army soldier was fatally shot by FBI agents Wednesday after allegedly strapping explosives onto himself and multiple hostages during a tense, nearly 16-hour standoff at a downtown Bakersfield, California, bank building.The suspect, identified by FBI Sacramento as Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, 41, was fatally shot at about 4:20 p.m. by FBI personnel and pronounced dead at the scene. All hostages were unharmed and have since […]

LAS VEGAS — A longtime Texas prosecutor with a perfect conviction rate in murder trials says Idaho authorities never had the weak case Bryan Kohberger's defense team claimed they did, arguing investigators quietly built a "slam dunk" case that would have ended in conviction even if the accused killer hadn't pleaded guilty."I think they did a great job — look how it ended," Kelly Siegler, a former Harris County prosecutor, […]

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MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — The disappearance of American woman Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas is being investigated as a murder, a U.S. official familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital.Hooker vanished on April 4 while boating near Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands with her husband, Brian Hooker. Her husband has maintained that his wife fell from a dinghy at night and was swept away. Lynette Hooker’s body has […]

A store owner in South Carolina who spent three years in jail before his trial was acquitted of a murder charge after shooting and killing an armed teen outside the store in 2023.A jury in Richland County found Rick Chow not guilty Monday in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Cormack-Belton.On May 28, 2023, Chow and his son, Andy Chow, pursued Cormack-Belton out of their Columbia, South Carolina, convenience store […]

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).An Iowa man is suspected of fatally shooting six relatives before taking his own life on Monday, authorities said.Muscatine Police Chief Anthony Kies said officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 12:12 p.m. Monday at a home on Park Avenue in […]