Author: Michael

Nearly 15 years after Michelle Parker vanished on the same day a pretaped episode of The People’s Court featuring her and her ex-fiancé aired on television, Orlando police have arrested the man she once battled on daytime TV. Dale Smith Jr. was taken into custody on a second-degree murder charge in Orlando, Florida, on October 14, 2026, in connection with Parker’s 2011 disappearance. Parker’s remains have never been recovered. “While Michelle has not yet been located, all evidence leads to Dale Smith Jr. as the person responsible for Michelle’s murder,” the Orlando Police Department said in a news release. (Smith…

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A Pennsylvania pediatrician’s husband is accused of strangling her to death and setting her body on fire as their 7-year-old daughter slept. Jonathan Gatto, of Harrisburg, was arrested on charges including murder, abuse of a corpse and arson on Wednesday, October 14, in connection with a “suspicious” death and fire investigation, Harrisburg Bureau of Police said in a news release. The charges stem from four days earlier, when Gatto’s wife, Dr. Julia Pederson, was found dead after authorities responded to a fire at the couple’s home, according to an affidavit obtained by WHP-TV. Investigators discovered the fire was intentionally set…

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