Dusty is a dust bunny and spooky sim who is tasked with giving people nightmares (much to her dismay). She also has pet sootsprites (of Studio Ghibli fame).
I have a feeling that we will hear what happened to Nancy Guthrie soon.
I also believe Liz Barraza and Missy Beavers’ killers will be revealed in my lifetime.
How about you guys?
A Malaysian teenage boy charged with the high-profile murder of a female schoolmate has been acquitted, with the judge finding the boy was mentally unsound during the incident.
He had fatally stabbed Yap Shing Xuen in a toilet at their secondary school on the outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur.
The killing of the 16-year-old girl had shocked Malaysia and sparked debate about the effects of social media on children.
Police previously had said they suspected social media could have influenced the boy, who was 14 at the time. The case was seen to have spurred authorities to limit children's access to social media, which began earlier this year.
The boy - who cannot be named under Malaysian law as he is still a minor - had pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.
During the trial defence lawyers did not deny that the boy killed the girl, but argued that he had suffered from poor mental health for years and asked for his acquittal on the grounds of insanity.
An expert witness, a psychiatrist, testified that the boy had schizophrenia, and had suffered from mental illness and experienced delusions since he was nine years old.
The boy's condition was said to have worsened during the pandemic and when he eventually returned to school. Lawyers had said that the boy would need medication for the rest of his life to manage symptoms.
On Monday the judge ruled that the boy would be acquitted, but also ordered for him to be detained and to receive treatment at a psychiatric hospital.
Effectively, he will stay at the hospital until he is deemed fit to be released back to society, and would likely be subject to yearly assessments.
A defence lawyer told reporters on Monday that upon hearing the verdict, the boy appeared "neutral in emotion, but he understands what is going on, [that] it's a very serious matter".
The trial and verdict hearings were held in a closed court, which meant that the public and media could not attend.
On Monday afternoon, the girl's mother posted online a long tribute to her daughter, and added: "I am so sorry my daughter, we will continue to seek justice for you!"
The case has profoundly shocked Malaysia and sparked a nationwide conversation about the negative effects of social media on children.
Much of this conversation was triggered by the contents of a note that police had found on the boy at the time of his arrest, which was leaked online and widely circulated.
Some people had compared the case to the Netflix series Adolescence, which featured a storyline about a young boy killing a female schoolmate and explored the theme of online radicalisation.
Last year, the country's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was asked about the case as well as other recent cases of violence in schools.
He was quoted by local media as saying that "almost all of these issues stem from the use of mobile phones and social media", and vowed to look into stricter measures.
Authorities have since put in place new rules which they say will protect children and reduce their exposure to harmful online content.
Since June, Malaysia has banned all children under the age of 16 from having accounts on major social media platforms.
(Stares blankly) where the fuck did this accusation even come from? Like how many hoops does an individual have to jump through to get to such a bollocks conclusion?
I also have a lot of bisexual female friends who have faced this accusation. I’ve known women in relationships with other women being accused of this. I just don’t get it? (mostly by straight men. Not saying others don’t do it but I found it was mostly straight men at the time).
These accusations used to bother me a lot because my OCD used to latch onto these thought patterns and the whole “bi women are just straight women wanting attention” claims and I would start to believe I was some sort of imposter or not “bisexual enough”. I have said this before on a post here but these accusations led me to not come out until I was 24. I was so scared that I was faking or taking away awareness from people who “actually needed it”.
Has anyone else other bisexual gals experienced this?
I have been slowly teaching my brain that people who think this are about as useful as a chocolate teapot. But it’s still very hard.
A neo-Nazi who drew up a "kill list" of customers and colleagues at the Tesco store where he worked and planned a mass gun attack has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years.
Alfie Coleman was just 19 when he was caught in an MI5 sting trying to buy a Makarov semi-automatic pistol, five magazines, and 200 rounds of ammunition, with £3,500 saved from his part-time supermarket job.
The Old Bailey heard he branded some of his former fellow staff and shoppers "race traitors" for having partners who were not white, in a list of people who had "upset him", which featured their number plates.
One entry named a checkout worker, whose husband was mixed race, along with the make and colour of her car, and a description of her as having "short blonde hair with bits of pink in it".
Prosecutors said he believed in an extreme right-wing ideology, which included idolising Adolf Hitler and the likes of Thomas Mair, who murdered the MP Jo Cox in a gun and knife attack in 2016.
A Met Police investigation found Coleman began being radicalised online when he was just 14.
Sentencing Coleman, judge Richard Marks KC said he must be treated as a "dangerous offender", describing his views as "virulently racist".
He told Coleman: "[Giving evidence] you maintained that much of what you had said and the virulently racist views which you expressed were no more than intrusive thoughts and did not represent what you believed in real life.
"It was in effect, although you did not use these words, hyperbole, bravado, fantasy, and you never had any intention to carry out an attack."
Counterterrorism officers said Coleman, from the village of Great Notley, in Essex, was trying to buy automatic weapons, which suggested he planned to carry out a mass shooting, with possible targets including mosques.
He had unwittingly been talking to undercover MI5 agents for months on encrypted messaging apps before he was surrounded by officers armed with Tasers in a Morrisons car park in Stratford on 29 September 2023.
Video footage shows him dropping to his knees and lying flat on the ground being handcuffed in front of shocked shoppers, seconds after he left cash in the front passenger seat footwell of a Land Rover Discovery and collected a holdall from the boot containing the deactivated pistol.
Coleman, now 22, previously pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to possess a prohibited firearm and ammunition, as well as 10 counts of possession of material likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
He denied he was plotting a terror attack and a jury failed to reach a verdict on that charge last year after Coleman said he was now "embarrassed" and "cringing" about the views he expressed. However, Coleman was found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism after a retrial.
He was jailed for 13 and a half years, with a further five years on extended licence.
Commander Helen Flanagan, head of counter terrorism policing London at the Met Police, said: "It is extremely concerning that such a young person was planning to murder innocent members of the public as part of an extreme right wing terrorist plot.
Cmdr Flanagan added: "What is particularly concerning is that Coleman was radicalised online from when he was just 14 years' old, and sadly we're seeing more and more examples of young people and children being drawn into violent extremism and terrorism this way.
"This is why I'm urging parents and carers to make sure that you are aware of what your children are doing online. While it may be difficult, it is vital that you have conversations with them, and if you are still concerned, then contact Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) Early and get in touch, so that they can be steered down a different path before it is too late."
A horrifying investigation has been launched after a mother allegedly admitted to killing and cooking her four-year-old son. The 32-year-old woman handed herself in at a Wyong police station in Australia, leading shocked officers to the child's remains.
Police are now probing disturbing allegations that she ate portions of the youngster's body, sparking urgent forensic examination of the suspect's mouth and fingernails. Breaking his silence following the tragedy, the suspect's brother disclosed the family is wracked with guilt and wondering why they failed to step in.
"They thought maybe they should have done something more," he said, referring to his father and older brother. "We should have been closer to her, I guess. And we should have gone and helped her, but this is nothing we could have expected.", reports the Mirror US.
The brother mentioned that he messaged his sister just days before her arrest.
"She seemed okay, just usual stuff," he said. He portrayed her as a "lovely" girl during childhood who developed serious issues as she matured.
The family has directed heavy criticism towards child welfare services for permitting the boy to stay in her custody.
The suspect had a background of substance abuse, criminal convictions, and such a turbulent past that her own mother had previously secured a protective court order against her.
"My dad and brother didn't think [her son] should have been given back to her after she last got out of rehab," the brother stated. Social services had visited the family three times over concerns of potential neglect and substance misuse.
New South Wales Minister for Families and Communities, Kate Washington, confirmed that the agency's last interaction with the family was 18 months ago.
Five months prior, drug counsellors and welfare officials moved the mother and son to a housing complex in Wyong, where they had sought refuge from domestic violence.
Police suspect the child had been dead for several days before his body was found on Saturday. The boy's remains exhibited significant arm injuries.
The accused mother was refused bail on Sunday after failing to appear in court. Due to stringent legal restrictions related to the ongoing criminal case, the identities of both the mother and the victim are currently being kept confidential.
An independent review has been initiated to assess the actions of child protection authorities.
CW: mention of grooming, SA
Hello everyone. I'm 25F and have spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy. I struggle with both my legs and grip in my hands. I can walk short distances but end up in extreme pain after and often end up napping for a ridiculously long time. The older I get, the more pain I'm starting to feel. I own a wheelchair but I haven't used it in a good while (I probably do need it more than I let on; stubbornness I guess) and I often used a cane to get around.
Throughout my life I've had people (mostly able bodied people) tell me how easy I have it because they know someone who can't walk. As a result, I have a lot of guilt. People have it a lot worse off than me.
I've been depressed for a long while and about the opportunities I've missed out because of this disability. Probably what doesn't help is the bullying I've experienced throughout my life (one bully would constantly tell me how lucky I am to have CP because 'it garnered attention', she would then go on to SA me)
As a teen I was then groomed by a guy; I later found out I wasn't the only one and he had targeted a lot of disabled girls. I obviously can't say that I wouldn't have had depression if I didn't have this disability because obviously I'll never know.
Does anyone else here struggle with depression and mourn a life that they'll never have? I would like to have kids one day but the way I struggle with things, I don't think it'd be fair on them if I did.
Does it get any better? I apologise, I know this post is very 'sigh and moves emo bang'.
A toddler was subjected to a "campaign of violence" before allegedly being murdered by her mother and her boyfriend, a court has heard.
Two-year-old Isabelle Welsh collapsed at her home in Thornaby, Teesside, on 13 September 2025 having suffered a "massive head injury", jurors at Teesside Crown Court were told.
She was taken to hospital but died in the early hours of 14 September.
A post mortem examination found that Isabelle had suffered 21 broken bones in the weeks leading up to her death, while prosecutors said she had been sexually assaulted and was "covered in bruising, the result of forceful gripping".
Isabelle's mother, Alexandra Walker, 25, and Harrison Simpson, 22, are both currently on trial. They deny murder, allowing the death of a child, sexual assault and child cruelty.
Richard Wright KC, prosecuting, said: "For weeks this child had been violently assaulted and her death, by that terrible head injury, was simply the end point in that campaign of violence to which she had been subjected."
On 13 September, paramedics responded to a 999 call and found Isabelle at the foot of the stairs, without a pulse and gravely ill.
Mr Wright told the court she was covered in bruises, her nappy contained blood and she had vomit on her face.
The prosecution said Isabelle had been violently shaken, her spine over-extended, and her head hit against a hard surface.
Mr Wright said that Walker had taken her daughter to the GP and then hospital 11 days before she died, when Isabelle's leg was found to be fractured, and despite the concerns of some medics, she was discharged back into her mother's care.
Prosecutors claimed the leg fracture was "no more of an accident than the fatal head injury" and said Walker, by her own account, had waited two weeks before reporting the incident.
The prosecution also said that Walker and Simpson had "ample opportunity" to harm the toddler and that in a small, two-bedroom house "each must have been aware of the abuse".
Mr Wright said that no medical assistance had been sought when Isabelle was "gravely unwell" in the week before she died.
He said: "After her heart had stopped and she appeared to all intents and purposes to be dead, Alexandra Walker only called an ambulance when her stepfather told her to, long after she must have known her daughter was critically ill.
"Alexandra Walker and Harrison Simpson each plainly knew how ill she was, they knew that because they had caused her injuries and their failure to summon help from doctors and finally the emergency services, was an act of self-preservation.
"They knew the questions that would come and had no convincing answer for them."
Mr Wright said the couple had an "unhealthy" relationship involving drink and drugs, and it led to the decline in Isabelle's care before it built to her being "subjected to regular violence at home by these defendants".
The trial continues.
A provisional trial date has been set for a teenager accused of murdering schoolgirl Lilly Jones. The 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, was arrested following the discovery of a body after Lilly was reported missing.
The body was found in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina at around 10.10pm on Monday, June 22. Police said that though no formal identification has taken place, Lilly's family have been informed and are being supported.
On Tuesday a 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder.
The defendant appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday, June 29, for a preliminary hearing before Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke. The defendant had appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court on Friday, June 26.
A date was set for his plea trial and preparation hearing which will take place on July 24.
He has not yet entered a plea and a provisional trial date, with a four-week time estimate, has been set for November 23.
Judge Lloyd-Clarke remanded the teenager in custody in youth detention accommodation. The BBC reported that the teenager was seen wearing a white short-sleeved shirt in court and that his mother blew him a kiss as he left the dock.
Prior to the hearing, a Gwent Police spokesperson said: "Gwent Police has charged a 14-year-old boy with murder as part of our investigation in Blaenau Gwent.
"The teenager from the Blaenau Gwent area, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in police custody to appear before Newport Magistrates Court on Friday 26 June.
"The white British boy was arrested after the body of a female was found in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina on Monday 22 June, at about 10.10pm.
"While formal identification has yet to take place, the body is believed to be Lilly, a 14-year-old girl who was reported as missing.
"We are releasing Lilly's name at this point, with her family's knowledge, because it will form part of the court proceedings and be a matter of public record."
Nearly £20,000 has been raised in memory of 14-year-old Lilly Jones in a week since the body was found. People and organisations in the community have held a jumble sale, set up a JustGiving fundraiser and organised a football festival as they mourn the loss of the "kind, bubbly" teen.
Heartfelt tributes and flowers have also been left at the cordon near Duffryn Park describing Lilly as "a beautiful girl" who was an "amazing friend".
The head teacher of the school she attended, Brynmawr Foundation School, said her loss will be felt "profoundly" by all those who knew her. She described her as a "valued member of the school community".
Obviously comparisons are going to be made, that is inevitable. But it’s frustrating the amount of times I’ve seen a piece of media waved away by people because it’s similar to another.
An example I’ve seen: There’s two shows airing (A and B) that showcased characters experiencing psychosis. When show B aired their storyline, the amount of people who claimed that it was a copy of A or that ‘’A already did this plotline’’ was strange to see.
This is even often said towards similar storylines happening within the same show. Similarly, a character getting breast cancer then followed by her friend who finds out she has brain cancer was met with ‘okay but her friend already had cancer though?’ and cries of ‘they are reusing plotlines’.
I don’t understand because more than one person can obviously have the same illness in real life.
I’ve seen this said by people regarding books, movies, shows, etc. and I just don’t get it.
The most mind boggling example I seen was people saying The Drama was a rip off of We Need To Talk about Kevin due to the subject matter.
A teenage boy accused of murdering a nine-year-old girl has told a court of the moment she was fatally stabbed.
Aria Thorpe died after sustaining a knife wound to her chest at her home in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on 15 December last year.
The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified due to his age, denies charges of murder and manslaughter in relation to Aria’s death.
Giving evidence to Bristol Crown Court, the boy said he had picked up a knife from the kitchen of Aria’s home and went into the lounge where she was sitting on the sofa.
“Aria stood up and I was waving around the knife,” he told the jury.
“Then at some point I decided that I was going to try to make her flinch and scare her, to get a reaction.
“I leaned forward, acted like I was fencing.”
The defendant said Aria had been in front of him at the time.
“She had almost taken a step forward but without taking a step forward because before she could, it happened,” he said.
“I don’t know what she was doing.
“The knife went into her. Then I pulled it out. I didn’t know what to do. She put her hand to her chest.”
The boy said Aria then fell to the floor on her front.
“I thought she had died,” he told the court.
“I got scared, I panicked. So I ran to the kitchen with the knife and I put it back into the sink.”
The boy then walked to a nearby train station, where he told a group of children he had killed Aria accidentally.
He borrowed one of the children’s phones and searched for “what happens if you kill…?”.
Another child rang police on 999 and officers attended the station – arresting the boy shortly after he boarded a train.
The boy confirmed he had not checked on Aria after she was injured, had not rung for an ambulance or raised the alarm.
Andrew Langdon KC, representing the boy, asked how he was feeling about what had happened.
“I felt horrible,” the boy replied.
The following day, the boy gave a prepared statement to police officers during an interview.
This stated he had “stabbed her in the chest” and was not sure why.
Mr Langdon asked why the statement did not reference that it had been an accident.
The boy said: “All I thought was I was the one who murdered Aria and all I wanted to do was admit guilt to it.
“I just said that I stabbed her and that was it. I just took the blame because it was my fault.”
On Thursday, Home Office pathologist Dr Amanda Jeffery told the court Aria died as a result of a single stab wound to her chest, which went through her heart.
Dr Jeffery added that Aria would have died “very swiftly” from the injury.
Aria attended school on the day of her death and was collected from an after-school dance class by her mother, Tori Hull, at about 4.30pm.
They went shopping for mini-pizzas and toppings, which they made together. Ms Hull left for an evening work shift shortly after, with Aria watching YouTube videos on the television.
Family friend Ollie Sheppard, who was staying temporarily at the house, returned there after work at about 6pm.
He found Aria on the floor of the living room and rang 999, with police and paramedics arriving a short time later.
Tragically, Aria could not be saved and was pronounced dead at 6.58pm.
The boy denies the charges of murder and manslaughter. The trial, before Mrs Justice O’Farrell, continues.
At around 10.45am on Saturday February 2nd 2008, a gunman entered through the backdoor of the Lane Bryant clothes store in the Brookside Marketplace in Illinois. The five victims who were at the store that day were, 22-year-old Sarah Szafranski, 33-year-old Carrie Chiuso, 34-year-old Jennifer Bishop, 37-year-old Connie Woolfolk and store manager, 42-year-old Rhonda McFarland. Carrie, Sarah, Connie and Jennifer were customers who had gone into Lane Bryant for a day of shopping.
That day, Carrie had called her husband to let him know that she was headed into the store to buy a shawl. Sadly, this is the last time he’d ever hear his wife’s voice again.
There was another worker there that day who was at the store part-time. Her name has not been released so she will be referred to as ‘Jane’.
It is believed that it is possible that the perpetrator had posed as a delivery driver. The perpetrator then exchanged conversation with more than one of the victims before announcing that he was committing a robbery.
The perpetrator took Sarah, Carrie, Jennifer, Connie, Rhonda and Jane into the back of the store where he bound them with duct tape and shot them execution style.
Although the exact victim’s name has not been released, it is believed that one of the women was sexually assaulted by the perpetrator.
Jane jolted her head slightly as she was being shot, causing her neck to be grazed by the bullet. Jane survived as a result. The other women died.
The police had received an emergency call at around the time that the shootings were believed to have taken place.
The gunman quickly left the immediate area.
Police have never openly stated how much/what was taken from the scene.
A $55,000 reward was put out to anyone who could identify the perpetrator.
The Lane Bryant store was remodeled into a TJ Maxx six years after the murders.
(Possible disturbing content) This video includes a sketch of what the perpetrator is thought to have looked like as well as the phone call made to police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq45xleM1vE (CBS Chicago)
The murders remain unsolved to this day.
"It's just surreal," Tony, Carrie’s husband, said. "It's like living a bad dream."
"She made me want to be a better person," he said. "I'm just lost."
Initially it was thought the motive was robbery but now, this is not entirely thought to be true.
Further Reading: https://abc7chicago.com/post/lane-bryant-shooting-tinley-park-murders-5-women-remain-unsolved-18-years-later/18527422/
Kelsey Berreth was a 29-year-old woman from Moses Lake, Washington State. She was described by her friend as a tomboy. Kelsey was excited when she enrolled in a college program to be a flight instructor; a job which she’d eventually get. In 2015, Kelsey would meet her future fiance Patrick Frazee. Kelsey moved to Woodland Park, Colorado to be near Patrick who lived on a ranch in Florissant.
The couple had a daughter called Kaylee in 2017. The couple then got engaged, although they didn’t set a specific date for the wedding.
The couple lived apart in their respective residences.
Patrick began to have an affair with a woman called Krystal Kenney. Krystal later came forward to say that Patrick had made multiple plans to kill Kelsey, including poisoning her drink. Another plot included Patrick attacking Kelsey with a baseball bat; which would sadly be the plot that Patrick would make reality. Patrick would try to claim to Krystal that Kelsey was abusive to their daughter Kaylee.
On November 22nd 2018, Kelsey was seen on surveillance footage at the Safeway store in her town, buying ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal. Kelsey texted Patrick telling him she had bought him some sweet potatoes for a sweet potato casserole. This was the last time Kelsey was seen alive. Her phone pinged in Idaho on November 25th. Her mother reported her missing on December 2nd.
On the 22nd, it is believed that Patrick had lulled Kelsey into a false sense of security. He had blindfolded her, claiming that he was playing a game of ‘guess the candle scent’. As soon as Kelsey was blindfolded, Patrick viciously hit Kelsey with a baseball bat multiple times, killing her. Kaylee was in the home’s back office while the murder of her mother was taking place.
Patrick had contacted Krystal on the 22nd, asking for help to clean up evidence to which she obliged.
Krystal arrived two days later to help Patrick clean up the aftermath of Kelsey’s murder. Krystal brought rubber gloves, bleach and trash bags.
Krystal later claimed she purposely did not clean a patch of blood near the fireplace so that the police would later find it. Kelsey’s mother found blood in Kelsey’s bathroom two weeks later.
Krystal would also claim that she watched Patrick burn Kelsey’s body on his ranch along with the baseball bat.
Initially Krystal was sentenced to three years behind bars for her part in cleaning the crime scene, however this was reduced to 18 months. In 2021, Krystal was released.
Patrick received life without parole with an additional 156 years for Kelsey’s murder.
Further Reading: https://abcnews.com/US/patrick-frazee-accused-killing-colorado-mom-kelsey-berreth/story?id=61150984
https://people.com/kelsey-berreth-murder-everything-to-know-11799863
Based on an adoptable I got from CheckersNToast on Toyhouse. He reminded me of Ghost Rider so I had to snag him!
A teacher and two pupils have been taken to hospital after they were injured in a knife attack at a school in Manchester.
A 14-year-old schoolgirl has been arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault after police were called to reports of multiple stabbings at the Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road in Blackley at about 08:30 BST.
A boy and girl, both 14, and a 27-year-old male teacher have been taken to hospital and are in a stable condition, with their injuries not believed to be serious, Greater Manchester Police said.
The school, which has closed, said the site was immediately placed on lockdown and staff "acted bravely to quickly detain the student" before police arrived.
The 14-year-old girl has injuries to the shoulder, the 14-year-old schoolboy has an injury to the ear, while the teacher was stabbed in the neck, police have said.
A spokeswoman for the school said staff had "no reason to conduct a search on any student this morning".
"While our policies outline strict screening and search powers in line with Department for Education guidance, weapons can unfortunately be small and easily concealed without prior indicators," she added.
Emergency services have remained at the scene, but the academy confirmed it will reopen as normal on Wednesday.
Ch Insp Jon Shilvock said "We understand that this incident will have caused concern to pupils, staff and the wider school community.
"The incident was swiftly and quickly dealt with by staff before officers attended to arrest the girl."
He said there is believed to be no wider threat to the public.
Peter Woods, the father of a year nine pupil, came to the school after getting a call about the incident.
He told BBC Radio Manchester: "You hear things on the news but it's always in other schools. You never think it will be in the school where your kid goes.
"For it to happen on your doorstep, it's terrifying."
Woods said he is concerned about sending his child back to class and wants to know what measures the school will have in place to prevent an incident like this from happening again.
Aureo Dombaxe said when he arrived at the school earlier to drop off his son he saw a "flood of police".
"We didn't initially know what had happened," he said. "When other parents informed me, it was heartbreaking."
He added: "You're always worried because you hear about knives at other schools - it is a worry when your kids go to the school."
Abel Lemos, who has a daughter in year seven, said as a parent "you get really afraid when you hear something serious has happened at the school".
He said: "We need to think more seriously about how to avoid this happening in the future.
"I worry about knives in school, it has become common on the news in the last few years."
Terry Christopher Coutet is father to two girls at the school and said he is "very afraid" following the incident.
"It is the first time it has happened in this school but it is very dangerous," he said.
"When you receive a call at work telling you to come and take your kids because there is trouble in the school, it is very, very scary."
Ch Insp Shilvock added: "Officers will remain at the school and within the area to provide a visible presence and community reassurance."
Crowds that had gathered outside the gates have now cleared, with three police cars parked up on Plant Hill Road.
The school said the pupils and member of staff were taken to hospital "as a precautionary measure where they are in a stable condition with injuries not believed to be serious".
It added: "We are incredibly proud of the swift actions of our staff and the mature response of our pupils."
They said the school there will be "full emotional support" in place for pupils when the site reopens while police officers will "maintain a reassuring presence" in the area.
I was watching the Devil’s Knot (2013) and went down the rabbit hole of the West Memphis 3. It got me interested in the concept of satanic panic and the influence it had on other cases such as the McMartin case.
Can you think of any other cases that suffered from the satanic panic angle?
From article: On May 13, 2026, police responded to a domestic disturbance call at a Jackson County, Illinois, home and found Deborah Snider and her 8-year-old son, Leland “Lee” Arnett, badly injured. Both were airlifted to a hospital in St. Louis. Lee died from his injuries. Snider remains in critical condition. Her boyfriend, Marcus Moultrie, who had publicly referred to Snider as his “love” on Facebook, now faces a first-degree murder charge.
According to court documents obtained by KFVS, when officers arrived, they found Snider unconscious on the floor and Lee nearby with a serious headwound. It was reportedly a horrific scene for law enforcement.
“This is especially heinous, and it’s disturbing,” Jackson County State’s Attorney Marsha L. Cascio-Hale said in court. “I just want to commend Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies. They did an amazing job, and they are working on this case diligently. And we are ready to partner with them, as we always do, in terms of prosecution.”
Snider’s family shared an update with KFVS regarding Lee’s death.
“It is with profound heartbreak that we share that Leland has passed away from the injuries he suffered during this tragic act of violence. Deborah remains in critical condition as she continues to fight for her life. The siblings’ lives completely uprooted,” the family announced.
A GoFundMe created to help with Lee’s final expenses and Snider’s medical bills raised more than $27,000 thus far. DeSoto Grade School partnered with a local business to create a frog keychain to honor their lost student.
“While many are aware, the news of losing a precious student hits harder than anything in our profession. We will have multiple social workers in the building tomorrow morning to help with all student needs. We are without words and the sadness of this event is immense. We thank our community greatly with the support you have already shown,” the school shared on social media.
Moultrie currently faces a first-degree murder charge, with additional charges possible depending on Snider’s recovery. For Lee’s family, the legal process is only part of what lies ahead.
“Our family asks for continued prayers for Deborah, for Leland, and for everyone who loved him.”
A convicted rapist has been jailed for at least 33 years for the murder of a woman in Dewsbury, England who moved into his home as a lodger just days earlier.
Michael Doherty, 33, was jailed for life at Leeds Crown Court after he admitted strangling Courtney Angus when she rejected his advances at his home in Norfolk Street, Batley.
The 21-year-old was sexually assaulted, had parts of her body cut off and suffered a total of 76 injuries during the fatal attack in July last year. After her death, Doherty used his phone to take indecent images of her.
He told police about her body when he had been detained by officers for brandishing a knife after stealing from a supermarket the next day.
Doherty, who changed his name from Michael Moore in 2018, had a history of violence towards women who rejected him, with convictions for raping a stranger on her way home from a nightclub and torching a former partner's car.
The court heard Courtney had moved into his house days before her death in July, but was not his partner and did not want a relationship.
Prosecutor Craig Hassall said Doherty made it clear he liked her, and texted her threatening to kill himself on the day of the murder.
Courtney told him in a message: "It's not my fault Mikey, I don't want a relationship, I told you this from the start, I haven't led you on. I've been a good friend to you."
Hassall said that during the evening of 25 July, the two were at the house they now shared.
He told the court the evidence was that "shortly before her death, Courtney had rejected the offender's advances towards some sort of intimate relationship between the two of them".
Doherty sexually attacked Courtney during the drug-fuelled assault, and cut off parts of her body, "callously" leaving them on his mantelpiece.
A pathologist found that the cause of her death was pressure on the neck, from strangling, coupled with head injuries from blunt force trauma.
After taking indecent images of Courtney on his phone, Doherty sent a message to a friend saying: "I've killed someone, ring me please."
The next morning Doherty went on a stealing spree in Batley and nearby Dewsbury.
At 21:15 BST he was followed out of an Asda store in Dewsbury by staff when he left without paying, and produced a large knife.
When police found him in Dewsbury town centre he was brandishing a knife and told officers: "Get armed response and SIO to me now because I've got murder, I've got a dead body in my house."
A statement from Courtney's mother, Diane Angus, said: "Losing my daughter has left a space in my heart that nothing can fill.
"I carry her with me in every thought, every breath, every moment. I wish I could hold her again."
A statement from Chloe Angus on behalf of all Courtney's sisters said seeing her in a mortuary "will never leave our minds".
It read: "How could someone hurt a young, vulnerable woman in the way that he did?
"Courtney had her whole life ahead of her, she had just turned 21. She was loved deeply by everyone around her. Courtney was the life and soul of every room she walked into."
The court heard Doherty had 23 previous convictions, including one for raping a woman he did not know in 2013 while pretending to walk her home from a nightclub.
He was jailed for five years, and entered a brief relationship with another woman after he was released, but torched her car when she ended things.
In January this year Doherty pleaded guilty to murdering Courtney, theft and three counts of threatening a person with a blade.
Richard Wright KC, defending, said Doherty had been in a "highly intoxicated state clashing with a highly complicated mental health picture at the time".
Jailing Doherty for life with a minimum term of 33 years, Judge Guy Kearl, the Recorder of Leeds, said: "You have, by your actions, changed the lives of all of those who knew Courtney Angus forever, in particular, her family.
"But worse than that, you took her life in a senseless rage, as I find, after she had rejected you."
He added: "Having been rejected by her you decided to overpower her, both physically and sexually, in order to satisfy yourself, and you took pleasure in doing so."