The manhunt continues for a former Georgia attorney accused of murdering his mother. The murder occurred just hours before the man was set to report to prison. Richard Merritt was found guilty in January of defrauding more than a dozen…
Another subject is wanted in connection with Sunday night’s murder in Gulfport. Leila Darlene Lizana is believed to be with Eli Martinez Medina and is now wanted for questioning. She is described as a white female, 5’6”, 145 pounds with…
A Gulfport man is wanted for murder. Police are looking for 44-year-old Eli Martinez Medina. He is accused of assaulting and killing a man last night in Gulfport. The victim, who has been identified as Frederick Plummer, was found in…
The two-year-old killed in the double murder in Saucier this weekend has been identified, but police say the child’s name is not being released. According to the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, between 11:45 p.m. and Midnight Saturday, deputies responded to…
The five men charged with capital murder in the Moss Point Super Bowl home invasion last year have all pled not guilty. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell tells News 25 all four suspects in the case appeared in Jackson County…
A Gulfport man is found guilty and convicted of a 2017 Long Beach murder. Thirty-year-old James McDowell was charged with the shooting death of 25-year-old Deverick Johnson which happened in February 2017 on Lang Avenue in Long Beach. During the…
A man suspected of killing or wounding people in Mississippi, New Mexico, and Kansas pled guilty to murder today. Alex Deaton, who is already serving a life sentence for a murder conviction in Rankin County, entered the guilty plea in…
A possible murder suspect was arrested in Hancock County. Hancock County Sheriff’s Department received information from the Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana connecting 24-year-old Darrell Williams Jr. to five separate murders in Louisiana. Deputies took Williams into custody on…
A Harrison County jury found a Gulfport man guilty today of first-degree murder. Forty-year-old Gabriel Curtis was sentenced to life in prison plus ten years for possession of a weapon by a convicted felon after the 2017 killing of 75-year-old…
On September 27, 2018 at approximately 11:11 p.m. the Bay St. Louis Police Department was notified that Xavier Lamer Simmons was taken into custody by the US Marshal Service in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Simmons was wanted for the murder, armed…
A Gulfport man has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Thirty-six year-old Stephen Redmond was found guilty today of first degree murder in the death of Robert Walters in April 2017. Testimony during trial showed…
An Ocean Springs woman has been charged with murder after a shooting at a bar early Saturday morning left one man dead. Thirty-six year-old Melinda Tennort voluntarily went to Ocean Springs police to speak with authorities on her knowledge of…
A Gautier man has pled guilty to murder a year and a half after church members found the burned and decomposed body of his live-in girlfriend. Fifty-seven year-old James Vanlaningham entered the guilty plea Tuesday in Jackson County and was…
On July 20, 2018, The Bay St. Louis Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for Armon Joseph Crawford of Gulfport for one count of Murder, one count of Armed Robbery and one count of Aggravated assault. The Bay St. Louis…
It’s been exactly four years since Janaya Thompson of Gulfport went missing and her body was found the next day. News 25’s Lindsey Goodwin went to the location today to find out how the residents of the community are still…
A Pearl River County man wanted in connection to his wife’s death was arrested in Utah. Sixty-one year-old Charles Bowman was spotted in a campground on the east side of Bear Lake. He was arrested by the United States Marshal…
A Pearl River County man suspected in the murder of his wife has been arrested in Utah. US Marshals/VFAST arrested Charles Bowman in a campground on the east side of Bear Lake. A Division of Natural Resources (DNR) agent spotted…
The final chapter of the Tena Broadus murder case came to a close today. Her killer, Joshua Peterman, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Peterman was sentenced to serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole…
Investigators are still on the lookout for a Pearl River County man. They say they’re upgrading charges against 61-year-old Charles Bowman to murder after concluding remains found in his home are his missing wife. Pearl River County Deputy Coroner Albert…
Joshua Peterman, a known drug-dealer and member of the Simon City Royals gang, was found guilty this afternoon of first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Gulfport woman Tena Broadus. Peterman reportedly thought Broadus had snitched on him for stealing…
A grand jury will decide whether there is enough evidence to try Terrell Johnson in the decapitation death of his mother. The 29-year-old was led into the Stone County Courthouse for his preliminary hearing today where disturbing details came out…
The investigation continues into the death of a Hattiesburg High School guidance counselor who was found dead in her home last Wednesday after allegedly being decapitated by her own son. Sherry Johnson’s body was found after deputies went to her…
The man who was on the run after being charged in his girlfriend’s murder and arson has been found dead. Patrick Nolan was located at a hotel in Gonzales, Louisiana. When police entered the room, they found him with what…
A man is wanted after shooting his girlfriend to death at their Atlanta home, leaving her body inside the house and then setting it on fire this past Saturday. Now, police believe that the suspect who is a South Mississippi…