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Louisiana authorities have more questions than answers as they continue to search for 32-year-old Sadie Thibodeaux, who disappeared while sailing on Sunday, PEOPLE confirms. On Tuesday, while sweeping Lake Pontchartrain, where Thibodeaux went missing, a woman's body was found. A judge ruled one of the brothers convicted of murdering five members of his Broken Arrow family will serve his five life sentences consecutively. Michael Bever was convicted of killing his parents and three siblings and trying to kill another sibling. An Indiana father is accused of allowing his 8-year-old son to get into a stash of methamphetamine and ingesting some, and then refusing to call 911 as the young boy lay dying - screaming and talking to people who were not there, witnesses told police. An Iowa man said police officers searched his home in connection to the case of Mollie Tibbetts, the University of Iowa student who vanished last month after going for an evening jog. In an exclusive interview with "Good Morning

Smiling and laughing Mollie Tibbetts is caught on video the day before she vanished, as her father appeals directly to her 'kidnapper' to 'turn yourself in'. Mollie Tibbetts was last seen on an evening jog in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18. A woman accused of killing her husband, a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy, will remain in custody unless she can post bond. Shantel Wagner, the wife of slain Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Sgt. Troy Smith, returned to court Tuesday for another hearing in her case. Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of not paying enough child support as divorce and custody battle rages on - two years after shock split. Bitter split is back in court after Angelina Jolie's team accused her heartthrob ex of failing to pay child support. Drunk South Carolina real estate agent, 32, tries to talk her way out of a DUI arrest telling police she's a 'very clean, thoroughbred, white girl' Lauren Cutshaw was pulled over in Bluffton, South Carolina, on

A Georgia preschool assistant has been accused of shooting dead her high school sweetheart in their home. Mary Katherine Higdon, 24, was charged with murder after her 23-year-old boyfriend Steven Freeman was shot at their Griffin home last Wednesday. A woman pulled from the Kansas River on Friday intentionally drove a vehicle into the water to kill her two children, criminal charges filed Monday allege. One of the children in the car, her 5-year-old daughter, did die. The other, her 1-year-old son, was rescued from the river in critical condition, and remained in intensive care Monday. Two teen brothers are behind bars after they told police they beat their mother to death with a hammer and then buried her in the desert. Michael Wilson and Dakota Saldivar, both 17, confessed to the crime and said they murdered their mother Dawn Liebig because they didn't like her parenting style. A California girl who claims she was trapped in a world of sex trafficking until recently credits a South Sacramento postal

A mother vanishes just hours before Hurricane Harvey is due to hit her Texas town. But those searching for Crystal McDowell uncover dark secrets which lead them to believe the storm had nothing to do with her disappearance. via Knit

Kristen Elizabeth Jones of Oklahoma was arrested for the murder of her roommate after police responded to a house fire and found the roommate's body dead inside the home. Investigators say that Jones had just ended her two-year relationship with her then-fiancé, and a fight allegedly broke out between Jones and her roommate, Miranda Pederson, over text messages Jones discovered between Pederson and Jones' ex-fiance. Investigators are now trying to determine exactly how Pederson was murdered. Amanda Hawkins, 19, brought her two daughters to a nearby hospital in grave condition, saying that they had collapsed while smelling flowers in the park. Police are now saying Hawkins' story doesn't add up, and that she actually left them in her SUV while she was visiting friends overnight. Hawkins is now being held in Burnet County Jail on two counts of endangering/abandoning a child. Mom Sara Resko is now facing six counts of child neglect after police found two of her children wandering the street-o

Cassandra Robinson has been missing since February, last seen at her daughter's first birthday party. Now, her body has been found in a cargo trailer, and her boyfriend, Henry Steiger is accused of murdering her. When investigators asked Steiger about the missing woman's whereabouts, he said she had gone on a "well-deserved vacation" and might be in Bermuda, but police did not buy his story and found her body decomposing in a green steel drum within the trailer. Five people have now been arrested for allegedly abusing a woman with autism. Investigators say these five family members were beating the woman, sexually abusing her, and forcing her to eat her mother's cremated remains. The indictment filed last week contains graphic details of the alleged abuse, which began when the woman moved into a mobile home with the accused individuals after the death of her mother. The boyfriend of Bellamy Gamboa, who has been missing since the beginning of July, has now been charged with second-deg

Not only has 27-year-old Danueal Drayton been charged with sexually assaulting and attempting to kill a woman in Los Angeles County, he has also been accused of the murder of Samantha Stewart in Queens, and is now connected to an unsolved rape case in Brooklyn. Police are working to investigate whether he was involved in up to seven murder cases nationwide. Drayton currently faces charges of attempted murder, forcible rape, false imprisonment by violence, and sexual penetration by foreign object. Attorneys for Nathan Carman's aunts are now attempting to confirm if a deleted Facebook account which bears the quote "my fam is only alive cuz I allow it" belongs to Carman. Nathan's aunts allege that he killed his grandfather in December 2013 and that he was responsible for the death of his mother who was lost at sea while on a fishing trip with Carman in 2016. Police held a press conference this afternoon in the case of still-missing Mollie Tibbetts, a young woman from Iowa who mysteriously va

New evidence in the case of Markeith Loyd, accused of fatally shooting his pregnant ex-girlfriend. According to recently released documents, text messages were found on Loyd's phone that he sent approximately 10 minutes after shooting Sade Dixon, telling her he hoped she wouldn't "make it". The attorney for Aubrey Trail, one of two murder suspects in the death of Sydney Loofe, filed a motion to inspect Trail's apartment and the belongings he and Bailey Boswell left behind. Upon inspection, several bizarre items were found including about 56 beanie babies, several toy trucks, a lion rug, a meat grinder, and "shackles". Boswell and Trail are both being charged with murder after Loofe's body was found dismembered and disposed of in garbage bags last fall. New details are beginning to emerge about the evening 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts went missing. Family members claim evidence has been found on her computer showing she was doing homework late into the evening, and a snap

A mother is arrested for the death of her 6 month old son. Police charged 22 year old Hanna Barker after her son was found burning near train tracks and subsequently died from the injuries. A woman is charged with murder of her ex-boyfriend, police collect blood of the victim from a treehouse near the suspect's home. Police hope data from missing Mollie Tibbitts's Fitbit can lead to her whereabouts. 20 year old college student has been missing for over a week. Caught on tape, naked woman steal police vehicle, dragging a deputy who was holding onto the door. via Knit

Defense attorneys for a son of a former NFL player who is accused of killing his parents, has filed a motion to have his murder charges dismissed. Police investigating a married politician for having a six affair with a young girl since she was twelve years old. Woman accused of killing her fiancé who she claims wanted to invite his ex to the wedding. via Knit

Woman who set her nail salon on fire for insurance money kills two firemen who helped put out the fire. Man wanted to break into a woman's house to "scare" her and then "come to her rescue". Instead he is charged for killing her. Real Housewife star may avoid prison time for assaulting a police officer. via Knit

After two years after police found 3 year old buried in a shallow grave, the boyfriend of the mother's child goes to trial for his death. Teenage daughter and her boyfriend plotted to kill her family while they slept. Bikini model fakes her daughter's attempted kidnapping to frame her business partner. Police search for a missing college student who went for a jog. Human remains found belonging to missing 27 year old. via Knit

Lauren Wallen, 31, was four months pregnant and missing for nine days before police found her body buried in a wooded area of Damascus, Maryland. But before the high school teacher was found dead, police had suspicions that Laura's boyfriend Tyler Tessier may have had something to do with it. They held a press conference to announce they were investigating Laura's disappearance as a missing persons case and appealed to the public for information. But the press conference was really a set up to see what Tessier had to say. Now, the state has agreed not to play a tape of Tessier's voluntary police interview in court. But the jury will likely see clips from the press conference where Tessier shed his crocodile tears. A newly released autopsy report describes the brutal condition in which three-year-old Mariah Woods was discovered days after she was reported missing by her mother. According to police, the girl was wrapped inside three plastic trash bags and a zippered couch cushion cover, weight

Toronto police found additional human remains almost every day after resuming a search of a property linked to suspected serial killer Bruce McArthur, according to police. "We did recover human remains virtually every day we were there," said police spokesperson Meaghan Gray, about the search that spanned from July 4 to Friday. Officers had been examining a property in Toronto's Mallory Crescent neighborhood, which was linked to McArthur, who faces eight counts of murder. Police said McArthur, who was arrested in January, buried his victims' body parts in potted plants on properties where he worked as a self-employed landscaper. McArthur had some sort of relationship with each of his victims, some of which were sexual, according to police. A teen accused of stabbing a Colorado woman to death and planning to kill others on his "death list" pleaded not guilty, although that plea may change to not guilty by reason of insanity following mental examinations. Aiden von Grabow, 16, is

An Idaho woman, who is wanted for grand theft, went missing after her husband died with lethal levels of allergy medication in his system. 68-year-old Larry Isenberg was reported missing in Lake Coeur de'Alene in February. His body was found 16 days later and now, a medical examiner has revealed that there were no 'visible' signs of stroke or drowning, despite his wife's claims. Lori Isenberg, 64, told investigators that her husband was not feeling well and fell off their boat into the lake. She has been missing since failing to appear at her arraignment last month. For three decades, the abduction, rape and murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley in April 1988 had frustrated Indiana investigators. The mysterious killer's taunting messages admitting to the crime, scrawled on a barn door and on paper notes threatening to kill again, only added to the desire to solve the cold case. Still, no suspect could be found. But thanks to advances in genealogy and DNA technology, the suspected killer

Crime and Justice travels to a West Virginia city where the heroin crisis is taking hold, testing families and challenging a community. via Knit

Teen & new bride hire hitman to kill dad? Model hires 'hitman' to kill hubby's ex Mom of 10 kills, buries son in backyard via Knit

Cops: Teen babysitters taunt baby with taser Cops: Woman beaten, shot in face by intruder Fatal fall in shower or did doctor kill wife? via Knit

Mystery after model's decomposing body found 2 babies mysteriously found dead near home Son murders mom, buries her under porch? Disturbing developments via Knit

One person is in custody, after killing five people in the newsroom the Capital Gazette. A lawyer was captured on camera stumbling to pay for his parking at a garage pay station just moments before he allegedly ran over a woman. CNN's Chris Cuomo delves into the psychology of murder and mayhem in the bold series - Inside Evil with Chris Cuomo. via Knit