Health Daily TheFoxPosts.com

Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, is expected to plead guilty to federal extortion and wire fraud charges. Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to federal extortion and wire fraud charges in Alabama. Van der Sloot pleaded not guilty to the extortion and wire fraud charges in June after he was extradited to the U.S. from Peru, where he had been serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, left, is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on June 8, 2023. Martin Mejia/AP MORE: Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Natalee Holloway case, pleads not guilty to extortion, wire fraud charges Suspicion still surrounds van der Sloot in connection to 18-year-old Holloway's May 2...

Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who reportedly had gone missing earlier this month while looking for a toddler, was never missing, authorities said on Monday. Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home on July 15 after she was reportedly missing for two days, was never missing, Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis told reporters at a news conference Monday. Derzis read a statement he said was provided to police by Russell’s attorney, Emory Anthony, acknowledging “there was no kidnapping.” “My client has given me permission to make the following statement on her behalf. There was no kidnapping on Thursday, July 13th 2023. My client did not see a baby on the side of the road. My client did not leave the Hoover area when she was identified as a missing person. My client did not have any help in this incident. This was [a] single act done by herself,” the statement, as read by Derzis, said. MORE: Alabama police locate missing woman who reported toddler walking on the h...

Sam Bankman-Fried, who has pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to stand trial in October. Federal prosecutors in New York said they would drop several criminal charges , at least for now, against disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried if the judge agrees to try him later on those charges . The offer to sever five of the 13 charges followed a ruling earlier this week in the Bahamas that allows Bankman-Fried to challenge the additional charges. A prosecutor said during a hearing Thursday it was uncertain when the Bahamas would decide whether to consent to the new charges, which included bank fraud and an allegation Bankman-Fried bribed the Chinese. "Severing those counts seems to be appropriate given the developments in the Bahamas this week," the prosecutor, Nathan Rehn, said. MORE: FTX crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most criminal charges Bankman-Fried, who has pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to stand trial in October. Rehn said prosecutors would not p...

Missing from the indictment "is a picture of the motive," one expert said. Prosecutors allege in the 49-page indictment of former President Donald Trump that he willfully retained documents containing sensitive defense information regarding nuclear programs and more, then tried to obstruct investigators trying to locate them. "The indictment is very well spelled out," Nick Akerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, told ABC News. "The charges are very specific, they go through every single one focusing on Trump's knowledge, his intent and his involvement. The totality of the entire picture is damning." MORE: Trump indictment live updates: Former president heads to federal court in Miami Breaking down the charges The indictment includes 31 counts against Trump for the unauthorized possession and willful retention of national defense documents, charges that fall under the Espionage Act. "This is a rarely charged act," Neama Rahmani, a former feder...