​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Federal authorities are warning Missouri officials not to release an illegal immigrant accused of raping and kidnapping a woman in a quiet college town on Easter Sunday — the second violent crime in the state in just weeks involving a suspect in the country unlawfully.. The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that Cristian Lopez-Gomez, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in April 2024 and was released into the country under the Biden administration, is now charged in the attack in Kirksville, home to Truman State University.. Authorities say Lopez-Gomez raped the woman and held her against her will during the holiday weekend. He remains behind bars in the Adair County jail, where ICE has lodged a detainer to keep him from being released.. DHS reinforced that message in a social media post, urging Missouri officials not to release Lopez-Gomez and stressing that cooperation with ICE is key to ensuring suspects like him are not “released back into our communities.”. DHS reinforced that message in a statement on Monday, urging Missouri officials not to release Lopez-Gomez, whom it called an “animal” and a “monster.” The agency stressed that cooperation with ICE is key to ensuring suspects like him are not “released back into our communities.”. “Thankfully, Missouri cooperates with ICE law enforcement,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. “When state and local law enforcement work with ICE, we can safely remove criminal illegal aliens from our country and put the safety of American citizens first.”. FEDS CHARGE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN LOYOLA STUDENT KILLING AS ATTORNEY SAYS PROSECUTORS LACK ‘FAITH’ IN STATE. The disturbing case is rattling the college town and fueling broader outrage, coming just weeks after another high-profile attack in Missouri involving an illegal immigrant suspect.. In that March case, 18-year-old Honduran national Yefry Archaga-Elvir is accused of luring 15-year-old Miles Young into a deadly ambush before chasing him down and shooting him as the teen reportedly begged for his life.. ICE DETAINER LODGED FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANT ACCUSED OF MURDERING 15-YEAR-OLD MISSOURI BOY WHO BEGGED FOR HIS LIFE. The killing sparked fierce backlash from Republican leaders, who pointed to the suspect’s immigration status as a broader public safety failure.. GOT A TIP?. “Unfortunately, this is just the latest example of a Missourian killed by an illegal alien,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said, calling for sweeping deportation efforts.. FOLLOW US ON X. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., warned that “dangerous individuals who should not be here remain in our communities,” while Rep. Mark Alford added, “Our children should NEVER fear murder on our streets.”. Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek also weighed in, calling the teen’s death “another Missouri family destroyed” and arguing the crime “never would’ve happened” if the suspect had not been in the country.. GET BREAKING  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The defense of Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, is expected to call on an expert witness who also worked for Bryan Kohberger’s legal team at Friday’s hearing on their motion to kick news cameras out of the courtroom, according to court filings.. California-based trial consultant Bryan Edelman, who has a Ph.D. in social psychology, conducted a telephone survey for the defense and reported his findings on March 13.. “It is Dr. Edelman’s opinion that the modern internet and social media ecosystem — especially algorithmic curation and personalization — has fundamentally altered how news is consumed and makes local, high-profile publicity substantially harder to avoid for residents of the locality where the events giving rise to the case occurred and the case is being tried,” Robinson’s attorneys wrote in a filing last week.. ALLEGED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN TYLER ROBINSON’S FINGERPRINTS, PALM PRINT FOUND NEAR ROOFTOP. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. Edelman’s testimony is expected to delve into pretrial publicity and public opinion connected to the case against Robinson, who faces the potential death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder and Kirk’s shooting death.. Robinson, 22, is accused of firing the fatal shot from a rooftop at Utah Valley University as Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, spoke to a crowd of about 3,000 in the campus’ central courtyard.. In a summary of Edelman’s opinions filed with the court, the defense suggested that social media algorithms promote prominent local news, making it harder for potential jurors to avoid pretrial coverage of a case, including online commentary.. SEND US A TIP HERE. “Experimental research indicates that hostile or uncivil comments can affect readers’ interpretations and perceptions,” the defense wrote in the new filing. “In practical terms, the same news item may be encountered alongside inflammatory commentary that can heighten emotional response and shape impressions beyond the factual content of the reporting.”. Robinson’s lawyers, Kathryn Nester, Michael Burt, Richard Novak and Staci Visser, also argued that pretrial publicity impacts the jury pool and can increase the likelihood of guilty verdicts. Judges are often tasked with balancing the public’s right to access court proceedings and a defendant’s right to a fair trial.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. Edelman also worked on a controversial juror questionnaire on behalf of Kohberger’s legal team. It included questions that Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson alleged were aimed at tainting the jury pool in that case.. Multiple people contacted for the survey called police, raising concerns about violations of a gag order meant to protect details ahead of trial.. Judge John Judge, who was presiding over Kohberger’s case at the time, called it “ironic” that the defense survey could have tainted the jury pool, rather than allegations from  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A Florida high school math teacher was arrested after investigators say she carried on a sexual relationship with a student, a case that began when suspicious parents tracked their son to a mystery location.. Kirsten Rose, 37, a teacher at Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School, was taken into custody in connection with the case, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said.. The investigation began in March when the parents of a male student grew suspicious that he was having an inappropriate relationship with a teacher after he came home late from work and refused to explain where he had been, according to the sheriff’s office.. When his parents checked his location, they found he had been at an unfamiliar home. The teen initially claimed he was at a girlfriend’s house, but later admitted he was in a relationship with his teacher, investigators said.. COLORADO SCHOOL STAFFER ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING 13-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, NOW ON THE RUN. Detectives determined Rose and the student had been communicating privately on Instagram since November 2025. Authorities said the relationship turned sexual in February and continued into March.. Rose was arrested and booked into the Brevard County Jail, where she is being held without bond.. FLORIDA TEACHER CHARGED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENT WHO LIVED WITH HER. Rose faces five counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, along with lewd and indecent exposure offenses against a student by an authority figure.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities are asking anyone with additional information to contact the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A heartfelt video shows Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch reuniting with her dog after returning from a historic 10-day mission in space.. The video captures the dog eagerly anticipating Koch’s arrival, barking as she opens the door and embraces her pet.. The emotional reunion came just days after Artemis II splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, following the mission around the moon.. The crew — three Americans and one Canadian — became the first humans to travel to the moon since NASA’s Apollo era more than a half-century ago.. ASTRONAUT TELLS CNN ‘ENTIRE’ TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DESERVES CREDIT FOR ARTEMIS MISSION SUCCESS. The astronauts received a thunderous welcome home Saturday at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Mission Control after their splashdown the evening prior.. After reuniting with their spouses and children, mission specialist Koch, commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen took the stage inside the hangar, surrounded by space center workers and invited guests.. During Artemis II’s mission, the astronauts traveled deeper into space than the moon explorers of decades past and captured views of the lunar far side never seen by human eyes. A total solar eclipse added to the spectacle.. PETER NAVARRO: TRUMP’S ARTEMIS VISION IS NOW FLYING — AND CHINA IS PAYING ATTENTION. At the mission’s farthest point, the crew reached approximately 252,756 miles from Earth before looping behind the moon, surpassing Apollo 13’s distance record.. The mission also revealed a new perspective of Earth through an “Earthset” image, showing the planet setting behind the moon’s gray, cratered surface — echoing the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo taken during Apollo 8.. “Honestly, what struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth — it was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbed in the universe,” Koch said. “Planet Earth, you are a crew.”. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen are the first humans to travel to the moon since Apollo 17 concluded NASA’s initial era of lunar exploration in 1972. A total of 24 astronauts journeyed to the moon during Apollo, including 12 who walked on its surface.. NASA has emphasized the importance of Artemis II’s success as it prepares for future missions. The agency is targeting Artemis III, which is expected to involve crewed operations with a lunar lander, followed by Artemis IV — a planned mission aiming to return astronauts to the moon’s surface near the lunar south pole, later this decade.  

​The stepbrother of a Florida teenager who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship will be charged as an adult, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida announced. The 16-year-old stepbrother, identified as T.H. in court documents, is accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old Anna Kepner and intentionally killing her on Carnival Cruise Line’s Horizon ship. T.H. was initially charged as a juvenile on Feb. 2. He is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse. If convicted, the teen faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Kepner was discovered dead around 11:15 a.m. on Nov. 7 inside her cabin aboard the cruise ship. Authorities later ruled her death a homicide caused by “mechanical asphyxiation,” according to documents previously reviewed.

According to investigators, Kepner was found under the bed in her cabin, wrapped in a blanket and covered with life jackets. The cabin was shared with her stepbrother.

“Our hearts go out to the victim’s family during this unimaginable loss,” said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. “A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging serious offenses that allegedly occurred aboard a vessel in international waters. We will present the evidence in court and pursue this case with professionalism and care. As in every case, the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.