Caroline Wimmer’s mother found her daughter’s badly beaten body face-up on the floor of her bathroom at around 12:30 PM Monday, a cord to a blow-dryer wrapped around her neck. There was no sign of a forced entry. None of her possessions seemed to be missing.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has ruled Elizabeth Villa’s death a homicide. The thirteen-year-old girl was a seventh-grader at Hutcheson Junior High in east Arlington. A cause of death has not been released, but certain aspects of the scene led police to believe that the death was not natural, nor was it a suicide.

Another youth pastor has been arrested for crimes committed against a minor. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, their Crimes Against Children Unit has arrested Scott Dewayne Wright, a youth pastor at the Calvary Chapel in New Port Richey, Florida. Wright has been charged with two felony counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor.

A New York City cop with a big heart has been chosen by the public as a finalist in the 2009 AMW All-Star contest, sponsored by Sprint. The contest recognizes outstanding achievements by first responders. Members of the public who voted at the America’s Most Wanted website, AMW.com, recognized Officer Susan Porcello’s humanity in a job that often calls for emotions to be put aside.

In October and November of last year, I wrote about Kenneth Michael Wilcox, the perverted kidnapper that abducted three Lubbock, Texas children. Wilcox had taken the children on the pretense that he was going to take them with his own child to Six Flags. Longs story short: he dropped his own son off at his ex’s house and took off with the kids. No Six Flags. No food. No proper shelter.