# The Crime Ledger: September 6, 2026

- Link: https://thedarksideofhumanity.com/the-crime-ledger-september-6-2026/
- Published: 2026-09-06T19:00:00-04:00
- Author: Mandi Martyr

Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: September 6, 2026 (evening ET) Scope: Worldwide sweep, last ~24 hours preferred; major developments stretched to ~48. Atizapán, Meridian, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Pune. A Tlalnepantla judge ordered pretrial detention for two men in the Atizapán killing of keyboardist Jonathan Meléndez, his pregnant partner, their daughter and a household worker. In Meridian, Miss., Tracey Ann Davis was charged with capital murder in the death of former councilwoman Fannie Johnson. Staffordshire named Jamie Evans, 20, as the Orme Road stabbing victim. Pune Rural Police arrested Ritesh Hange as a third accused in the Lohagad Fort killing of realtor Ketan Agarwal. Atizapán Family Massacre Suspects Held Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico. Photo: Dolores Bustillos / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 A control judge in Tlalnepantla on Saturday ordered prisión preventiva for Diego Sebastián N, an Argentine businessman, and Gerardo N after a roughly nine-hour initial hearing in the Sept. 1 massacre at Grand Viure in Atizapán de Zaragoza, Estado de México. Prosecutors from the FGJEM say the pair killed Jonathan “Honas” Meléndez, 38, keyboardist and co-founder of Camilo Séptimo; his partner Ana Paula Barragán, 35, who was four months pregnant; their daughter Sofía, 3; and Aleyda Romero, 21, who worked for the household. The couple’s six-year-old son hid and survived. The family dog was found dead and tied. Arrests came Sept. 2. Charges include qualified homicide of two or more people, interruption of pregnancy, and animal cruelty. The Fiscalía told the court about 60 pieces of evidence and a robbery theory: crypto assets and a refused loan among the threads Reforma and El País flagged. Defense counsel asked for release over alleged due-process flaws; the judge kept both at Penal de Barrientos and set a continuation for Wednesday, Sept. 9. They are presumed innocent. Sources: El País: Una jueza dicta prisión preventiva para los dos presuntos asesinos del músico de Camilo Séptimo y su familia Proceso, Caso Camilo Séptimo: así reconstruyó la Fiscalía el multihomicidio Excélsior: Prisión preventiva a Diego Sebastián “N” y Gerardo “N” Meridian Councilwoman Killing: Capital Murder Charge Meridian, Mississippi. Photo: Dudemanfellabra / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Meridian Police and the city confirmed Tracey Ann Davis is charged with capital murder, carjacking, felony fleeing, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and aggravated assault in the death of Fannie Johnson: a U.S. Army veteran, former Meridian City Council member, 2017 Citizen of the Year, and longtime executive director of L.O.V.E.’s Kitchen, which has fed residents for more than 40 years. A suspect was taken into custody as ATF, state, and local teams worked the scene Thursday; formal charges and Davis’s name landed Friday. Assistant Police Chief Darrell Thompson said multiple independent witnesses and information from the suspect point to Davis acting alone. He also walked back circulating claims that the suspect fired at officers: investigators say that did not happen. Mayor Percy Bland called Johnson “the absolute heart of Meridian.” A media briefing is set for Monday, Sept. 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Meridian P.D., 510 22nd Avenue. Cause and exact location details remain limited in public releases. Davis is presumed innocent. Sources: WTOK: Suspect charged in carjacking, murder of former Meridian councilwoman Fannie Johnson Meridian Star: City of Meridian mourns tragic loss of civic leader Fannie Johnson WTOK: Suspect in custody after death of Meridian civic leader Newcastle Stabbing: Evans Named, Third Held Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Photo: Jonathan Hutchins / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Staffordshire Police named Jamie Evans, 20, of Stone, as the man found with a single stab wound after a crash involving a red Ford Fiesta and a grey Audi on Orme Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme just after 5 p.m. Friday. Passers-by helped until paramedics arrived; he died in hospital. Officers say he was stabbed before the crash. Two local men, 20 and 22, remain in custody on suspicion of murder after police got more time to question them. A third man, 19 and also from the area, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and is still held. Evans’s family called him a “wonderful son, loving brother and doting uncle” with a cricket and fitness streak; Norton-in-Hales Cricket Club said he scored a first-XI century at 16. All three men are presumed innocent. Update, Oct. 11, 2026: Corey Hughes, 20, and Connor Edward Cartlidge, 22, have been charged with Evans’s murder. The 19-year-old arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder was released on conditional bail, and a 38-year-old Stoke-on-Trent man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, Staffordshire Police and BBC News report. All are presumed innocent. Sources: Staffordshire Police: Two charged with murder of Jamie Evans BBC News: Fourth man arrested in Stone murder investigation BBC: Tributes paid to man found stabbed after Newcastle-under-Lyme car crash Pune Fort Murder: Third Arrest Lohagad Fort, near Pune. Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pune Rural Police arrested Ritesh Hange, 22, Friday night as the third accused in the June 18 killing of realtor Ketan Agarwal, who was pushed from Lohagad Fort. SP Sandeep Singh Gill said Hange, a Beed native working in construction in Pune and a close friend of Chetan Choudhary, “was part of the conspiracy.” A Vadgaon Maval court remanded him to police custody until Sept. 12. Fiancée Siya Goyal, 20, and Choudhary were already in judicial custody. Police say phone forensics show Hange discussed the cliff plan and earlier talk of breaking Agarwal’s limbs; Chetan contacted him after the killing. Agarwal’s death was first called a slip during a trek photo; his sister’s doubts and family complaints reopened the case. Goyal and Choudhary allegedly pushed him so their own relationship could continue. All three are presumed innocent. Police allege Hange knew of an earlier plan to injure and then kill Agarwal and helped plan the killing, NDTV and the Hindustan Times report. He was remanded in police custody to Sept. 12. He is presumed innocent. Sources: NDTV: Third arrest in Pune fort murder Hindustan Times: Third accused held Times of India: Chetan’s friend Ritesh Hange arrested in Ketan Agarwal murder case Mathrubhumi, Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal’s murder: Third arrest