Day: January 23, 2026

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In October, a North Carolina man named Wellington Delano Dickens III called 911 and told the operator that he had killed four of his children.

Dickens later confessed to burying a fifth child — a one-month-old infant named Riley — in the woods near his home.

Dickens tells authorities that Riley’s health declined shortly after the family moved to a home in Zebulon, east of Raleigh.

Latest confession comes weeks after Dickens admitted to killing four children

Dickens has been in police custody since October 27 when he called 911 to confess that he had killed four children.

Police arrived at his home to find four of Dickens’ kids aged 6, 9, and 10, along with his 18-year-old stepchild, inside the trunk of a car parked in his garage.

New details of the case continue to emerge, and this week, we learned that Dickens used the dating app Grindr to invite multiple men to his home during the weeks while his children’s bodies were in his trunk.

“Dickens continued to speak with the dispatcher saying that he did not torture his children, he over-disciplined his children and was wanting to turn himself in,” reads an affidavit in the case.

Dickens’ wife passed away in April, leaving him to care for his four children and adult stepchild.

Insiders say he had been acting erratically since his father passed the previous year.

Authorities say they’ve been unable to locate child’s remains

When Riley died, Dickens says, he wrapped him in plastic and disposed of the body.

The death was not reported to authorities until the moment that Dickens, 38, made his shocking confession.

Authorities searched the area that Dickens described, but were unable to locate Riley’s body.

According to NBC News, they have requested additional resources to aid in the search.

Johnston County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeff Caldwell told reporters that the search for Riley’s remains is ongoing and no additional charges have been filed against Dickens.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

Wellington Dickens III Met Up With Grindr Dates While His Children’s Bodies … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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The FBI has apprehended one of its most wanted alleged criminals.

Ryan Wedding made a name for himself as an Olympic snowboarder for Team Canada back in 2002.

But according to investigators, he then shifted his focus to international drug trafficking.

The FBI claims that Wedding is one of the most feared kingpins on the planet and has ordered murders of multiple witnesses — and now he’s finally in custody.

According to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Wedding was arrested in Mexico on Thursday.

“At my direction, Department of Justice agents @FBI have apprehended yet another member of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List: Ryan Wedding, the onetime Olympian snowboarder-turned alleged violent cocaine kingpin,” Bondi wrote on X (formerly Twitter) today.

“Wedding was flown to the United States where he will face justice,” she continued, adding:

“This is a direct result of President Trump’s law-and-order leadership. Under @POTUS, criminals have no safe harbor.

“Director Patel has worked tirelessly to bring fugitives to justice. We are grateful to our incredible Ambassador Ron Johnson and the Mexican authorities for assisting us in this case.”

“This is a huge day for a safer North America, and the world, and a message that those who break our laws and harm our citizens will be brought to justice,” Patel wrote on his own X account.

The FBI has been in pursuit of Wedding since November of 2025, when he was charged with murder and money laundering and added to the agency’s Most Wanted list.

The US government offered a $15 million bounty for his arrest.

Investigators claim that Wedding made tens of millions by shipping more than 130,000 lbs of cocaine a year.

Wedding has also been indicted for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to export cocaine, continuing criminal enterprise, and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and drug crime.

Wedding’s alleged accomplice Andrew Clark was arrested in Mexico in 2024. He has since been handed over to the United States to face trial.

The FBI and DOJ are planning to reveal more information at a press conference later today.

Ryan Wedding: Olympian and Alleged Drug Kingpin Arrested Following Yearlong Manhunt was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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He’s not beating the himbo allegations.

You’d think that Travis Kelce, of all people, would catch a Taylor Swift reference right away.

Especially when it’s a reference to a song about him. A song about his apparently magnificent dong, no less.

We understand that he’s good at football. He should probably stick to that.

‘What’s that mean?’

During the Wednesday, January 21 episode of the Kelce brothers’ New Heights podcast, a fan left them stumped.

Jason read a fan’s note: “‘I can’t believe none of the hoodies are called ‘New Heights of Man-Hoodie.’’”

Visibly confused, he commented: “I don’t know what the f–k that means, but she’s disappointed.”

Say what you will about the Kelce boys, but they aren’t incurious.

Jason asked: “What’s that mean? What’s a ‘man-hoodie?’ Is that a thing?”

Neither Jason nor Travis seemed to catch the reference.

Fortunately, producer Brandon Borders stepped in to explain the lyrical reference.

“It’s a Life of a Showgirl reference, boys, come on,” Brandon said, roasting them.

“The lyric, ‘New Heights of manhood,’” he spelled it out.

As if exasperated, Brandon added: “It’s the time we were referenced in the album.”

‘Taylor’s going to kill me’

Travis appeared to need to take a moment to process this.

“I didn’t understand that,” he admitted.

Travis then joked: “Taylor’s going to kill me for not knowing that.”

It wasn’t merely a song about him that happened to refer to his podcast.

Taylor spent much of the song glorifying Travis’ penis. The song is called “Wood.” It’s not subtle.

Jason generously suggested a reason why the reference flew over their heads.

“We’re not as good with the Easter eggs as these Swifties,” he admitted.

(The humble approach is smart, and is often accepted!)

Travis chimed in: “They sure know how to plant them and call them out.”

Yes. Also, Swifties are Taylor’s most obsessive fans. Though … would that not include Travis?

Maybe him missing the reference makes sense?

The difference between Travis and Swifties is that they know her music, her public persona, her public history, her career, her impact.

Travis knows the woman herself. We don’t.

It might feel like we do, at times, but we do not know Taylor.

The rest of us have time to pour over her lyrics because that’s the relationship that she has with fans. Travis has a different, non-parasocial relationship with Taylor that goes well beyond lyrical analysis.

Also many believe that he’s kind of a dummy. Affectionately speaking, of course.

Travis Kelce Totally Misses Taylor Swift Reference (About His Dong, No Less) was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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