February 23, 2023 Alabama serial rapist musician tied to 'horrifying' attacks through DNA research Elliott Higgins, whose family founded Hummingbird Music Camp in New Mexico, was accused of three separate sexual assaults between 1991 and 2004 after his death in 2014.
February 23, 2023 Madison Brooks death: Louisiana teen linked to LSU tragedy to be tried as adult on more severe rape charge The youngest of the four suspects connected to the alleged rape of LSU sophomore Madison Brooks will be tried as an adult and was indicted on first-degree rape.
February 23, 2023 California prostitution crisis: Police chief calls for repeal of law as teens caught up in sex trafficking San Diego Police Chief Dave Nisleit called for the repeal of SB 357, a California law police leaders and others say has caused brazen prostitution and human trafficking to spiral.
February 22, 2023 New York woman gets 4 1/2 years for role in Sarah Lawrence sex trafficking scheme Isabella Pollok of New York was sentenced to over four years in prison for aiding in the extortion and abuse of victims of Larry Ray's decade-long sex trafficking scheme.
February 22, 2023 NYC building superintendent, pal indicted for murder of great-grandmother found beaten, bound in apartment Manhattan building super Lashawn Mackey and pal Terrence Moore were indicted for the murder and sexual abuse of Maria Hernandez, found bound in her Upper West Side apartment.
February 22, 2023 As California police fight rampant prostitution, johns line up like they're at a 'fast-food drive-through' San Diego law enforcement authorities made dozens of arrests amid a human trafficking and sexual exploitation investigation, as California sees brazen prostitution increase.
February 22, 2023 Virginia to pay $1.5M to man who served 20 years in prison for child sexual abuse, later found innocent The Virginia General Assembly will grant more than $1.5 million in compensation for a man convicted of a sexual abuse crime in 1994, who was later granted a writ of innocence.
February 21, 2023 New Jersey kidnapping suspect allegedly con man who held hiker hostage years ago, preyed on women for decades New Jersey kidnapping suspect James Parrillo, arrested after a woman's daring on camera escape to a gas station, is also accused of holding Pacific Crest Trail hiker Kira Moon hostage.
February 21, 2023 Sex trafficking crackdown yielded nearly 350 arrests ahead of Super Bowl: Arizona police Police in Arizona say they arrested nearly 350 people during a sex trafficking crackdown in the weeks leading up to Super Bowl LVII in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale.
February 21, 2023 Man meets woman on dating app prior to tying her up in his mom's basement, beating her: police An Illinois man has been arrested but not yet officially charged for allegedly kidnapping and beating a woman he met on a dating app. The woman was found tied up in the basement of the suspect's mother's home.