Ellen Killoran

Ellen is a seasoned journalist and former media & entertainment reporter with a taste for true crime. Formerly a senior editor at IBTimes, her work has appeared in Forbes, Rolling Stone, Maxim, NYMag, Indiewire, and more. She co-produced the HBO documentary "Youth Knows No Pain" and appeared in a documentary series that aired alongside the Lifetime movie "Manson's Lost Girls." Tips: ekilloran@crimeonline.com

Feds find ‘thousands’ of lewd photos of girls, some allegedly underage, in billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse

 Jeffrey Epstein
Celebrity Justice

Federal investigators discovered nude photos of underage girls at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse, prosecutors allege. CNN reports that prosecutors revealed the allegations in court on Monday, the same day that prosecutors an indictment against the 66-year-old hedge fund billionaire, who is being charged with operating a sex trafficking ring. Epstein “has continued to maintain a …

BREAKING: Police find body of missing student Mackenzie Lueck
Missing
July 5, 2019

BREAKING: Police find body of missing student Mackenzie Lueck

Investigators have recovered the body of missing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck in a canyon north of Salt Lake City. Per KSL, Salt Lake City police chief Mike Brown announced in a press conference Friday that investigators found the 23-year-old woman’s remains on Wednesday. “In the wake of this tragic, tragic incident I am …

‘I froze’: Las Vegas police officer fired for hesitating during mass shooting
Murder
July 4, 2019

‘I froze’: Las Vegas police officer fired for hesitating during mass shooting

A police officer among the responders to the deadly mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in 2017 was fired earlier this year after body cam footage showed he hesitated while one floor below the room where Stephen Paddock was spraying gunfire on the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. The Las Vegas Review-Journal …

Mackenzie Lueck murder suspect was banned from University of Utah
July 2, 2019

Mackenzie Lueck murder suspect was banned from University of Utah

More details are emerging about the man accused of killing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck, as a judge has extended the deadline to file formal charges against him. The Salt Lake City Tribune obtained documents showing that Ayoola Ajayi, who was once enrolled at the University of Utah, was barred from campus following a …

Poisoning probed after Texas husband and wife mysteriously die on vacation to Fiji
July 2, 2019

Poisoning probed after Texas husband and wife mysteriously die on vacation to Fiji

Investigators are probing the possibility of poisoning as causing the sudden deaths of a young couple in Fiji this spring. As CrimeOnline previously reported, David and Michelle Paul of Fort Worth, Texas, died after becoming violently ill shortly after arriving for their long-planned vacation. Both were reportedly vomiting for several hours before they decided to …