Category: Weird

A Texas influencer who tried to convince authorities his dog was responsible for his girlfriend’s death has been sentenced to decades behind bars in connection with her death.

Kaleb Mickens, known online as “Cash Cartier,” confessed to assaulting and drugging his girlfriend, Sheila Cuevas, who died from the attack on Oct. 8, 2023, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree aggravated assault family violence.

Mickens was also hit with another 20 years on a probation revocation for an aggravated assault causing serious bodily Injury, as well as 15 years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Dallas County.

On the day of Cuevas’ death, 34-year-old Mickens called 911, telling dispatchers she was unresponsive after being attacked by his dog, Soldier.

“The dog was taken and euthanized by animal control but later determined by animal control to have nothing to do with Ms. Cuevas’ injuries and death,” the DA said, per the release.

Mickens, a prominent figure in the Multi-Level Market, IM Academy, used his wealth and status to manipulate men and women into joining his “training team,” promising them that participants regularly make thousands of dollars. Prosecutors said he relied on a his pristine online persona to hide “his very violent private persona.”

At his peak, Mickens was making around $20,000 a week, according to Fox 4, though his income had declined significantly by the time of Cuevas’ death.

“In a full courtroom Monday, several women delivered impact statements that included details of torment, torture, manipulation, and sexual assault,” the release read. “Each shared their message of survival and personal devastation that Ms. Cuevas did not survive.”

A family discovered possible human remains during an Easter egg hunt in the area of De Forest Park and Wetlands in North Long Beach on Sunday afternoon, according to authorities and broadcast reports.

Officers were called to the 5900 block of De Forest Avenue about 5 p.m. regarding the discovery, police said.

The park, which includes a basketball court, two soccer courts, pickleball courts and two softball fields, borders the Los Angeles River. It was unclear specifically where the possible human remains were found.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office was helping with the investigation, with the office’s forensic anthropologist team expected to assist, police said.

The family told CBS Los Angeles off-camera that children were looking for Easter eggs when the discovery of what appeared to be a human skull and other bones was made.

“At first we saw the family there, doing like an Easter egg hunt, but they were freaking out a little bit,” Marc Zaldana, who was walking along the path nearby, told the station. “I can only imagine, like for them finding a dead — another kid. Must be tragic for them.”