APPLETON (WLUK) -- Police say a domestic dispute, between a husband and wife, ended in their deaths. Robert and Sarah Schmidt died in Tuesday night's shooting in Calumet County. Deputies arrived at a home in Harrison and heard gunshots. A deputy then confronted Robert Schmidt, but he ran into the backyard. Officials cornered Schmidt who eventually died from a self-inflicted gunshot … [Read more...]

Texas police believe a 37-year-old old mother fatally shot her husband and their two young sons before turning the gun on herself in an apparent murder-suicide in a high-end Galveston resort, PEOPLE confirms. A motive for the shocking killings has not been announced by police, who were called to the San Luis Resort in Galveston at around 4:30 a.m., according to a statement obtained by … [Read more...]

SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA) – A husband and wife along with their 20-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son were found dead Friday in an apparent murder-suicide at a Santa Clarita home, authorities said. The bodies were discovered about 7 a.m. in the 28800 block of Startree Lane, according to sheriff’s department Lt. Rodney Moore. Authorities discovered the bodies after being sent to the home … [Read more...]

MARYLAND LAWMAKERS created a special commission in 2013 to study how child custody decisions are made in the state’s courts. The group met over 18 months and heard from more than 200 stakeholders, including judges, family law attorneys and mental-health professionals. It issued its final report in 2014, detailing a series of ways to improve how these critical decisions, often fraught with … [Read more...]

Amy Hunter arrived at a parking lot near her home in West Sacramento on New Year’s Eve to pick up her daughters, Sara, 9 and Sophie, 12. The spot near West Sacramento’s City Hall was the designated drop-off point for the girls, whose parents had been involved in a custody battle for years, said Julie Jenkins, who knows Hunter and owns the Caring Connection Children’s Center, where Hunter worked … [Read more...]