Mar. 15, 2025
Natalie Martin and Blake Linkous.Photo:Natalie Martin Facebook; Horry County Police Department
Natalie Martin Facebook; Horry County Police Department
A 20-year-old Blue Rock, Ohio, man pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend when they were on a high school graduation trip to Myrtle Beach in June 2023.
Shortly before his trial was due to start on Monday, Blake Linkous admitted to strangling 18-year-old Natalie Martin of Roseville, Ohio, to death. At the time of the murder, the former couple were on a group trip with friends.
Mar. 15, 2025
Lalit Patidar.Photo:Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
A teenager from India, who has the rare conditionhypertrichosis, which causes excessive hair growth on the body, has broken an unusual Guinness World Record — for hairiest face.“I am speechless,” Lalit Patidar, 18, told the organization after winning the award in February for having 201.72 hairs per square centimeter on his face.The condition has resulted in 95% of the teen’s face being covered, according toGuinness World Records.
Mar. 15, 2025
A police vehicle (stock image).Photo:avid_creative/Getty
avid_creative/Getty
A 16-year-old in Kentucky has been charged after allegedly attacking his aunt during a heated argument on Thanksgiving.Police in Hopkinsville confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE that on Thursday, Nov. 28, the teenager was engaging in a verbal fight with his aunt when things became physical and he attacked her, allegedly stabbing her in the back.Officers were called to the scene, but the 16-year-old — who has not been publicly identified — had already fled and crossed state lines into Clarksville, Tenn.
Mar. 15, 2025
Nicholas Prosper.Photo:Bedfordshire Police
Bedfordshire Police
A 19-year-old man from England who admitted to shooting and killing his family also planned to carry out a mass shooting at his former elementary school, police have announced.
Nicholas Prosper pleaded guilty to three counts of murder in court on Monday, Feb. 24 for shooting dead his mother Juliana Falcon, brother Kyle Prosper and sister Giselle Prosper at their family home in Luton, around 50 miles north of London, Bedfordshire Police stated in arelease.
Mar. 15, 2025
Tracy Whitney’s killer has been identified.Photo:Pierce County Sheriff’s Department
Pierce County Sheriff’s Department
More than three decades after 18-year-old Tracy Whitney’s body was discovered in the Puyallup River in northwestern Washington, her killer has been identified.
According to Det. Sgt. Lindsay Kirkegaard from Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, Whitney — whose body was identified via dental records — had last been seen leaving a Burger King in Sumner, Washington, after an argument with her ex-boyfriend.