Joseph Brandon Gerdvil was shot by police after allegedly murdering and decapitating his parents in San Juan Capistrano, California. Despite being injured, he told officers he loved them and sang love songs as they apprehended him. Gerdvil faces two counts of homicide and could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.
Deka Simmons, 40, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of the murder of Daxcimo Ceja - a wanted sex offender who had sex with a 17-year-old girl when he was 25 years old.
Lauren King, 32, was sentenced to eight years in prison after she pleaded guilty to charges of lewd or lascivious molestation and lewd or lascivious battery.
Owen Skyler Shover, 23, was convicted of killing 16-year-old Aranda Isabel Briones and then burying her body somewhere in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Indian doctor Oumair Aejaz was arrested in the US on a $2 million bond, accused of secretly recording hundreds of nude images and videos of women and children over several years. Authorities discovered thousands of disturbing videos, sparking an ongoing investigation with potentially more victims.
Madison Bergmann, 24, now faces nine additional felonies — one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, five charges of sexual misconduct by school staff, two charges of child enticement causing mental or bodily harm, and a charge of exposing a child to harmful materials.
The video in question, which went viral on social media, showed her lying on a boat while a man allegedly uses a live trout to perform a sexual act on her.