Prosecutors now believe another male was involved in the horrific rape, murder and mutilation of the little girl on her birthday — and he is still at large
The boyfriend of the mother of a 10-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances last week has been arrested. NBC News reports that Kareem Leiva, 32, was taken into custody on Wednesday following an interview with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives, “at an unmarked law enforcement office on Sierra Highway,” the report states. “Homicide detectives interviewed …
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has called for a review of the county’s child protection system after a 10-year-old boy died under suspicious circumstances — and after numerous reports of suspected child abuse. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Anthony Avalos died last Thursday after he was taken to the hospital from his Lancaster home …
Child protective services responded to 13 reports in the years before Anthony died
Tennessee authorities arrested an Oregon woman on first-degree murder charges after they say she attempted to suffocate her own mother with a plastic bag. According to WATE, the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) reported that 50-year-old Kimberly Martin Hopkins, of Medford, Oregon, arrived for an unannounced visit at her parents’ home in Tellico Village, Tennessee, …
His mother left the air conditioning on — but that doesn’t mean he was safe
The young American woman imprisoned in Bali for the murder of her mother has given up her claim to her mother’s million-dollar estate. Heather Mack, now 22, was sentenced to ten years in prison in Indonesia after her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, was found murdered and stuffed in a suitcase in 2014. Mack’s boyfriend Tommy Schaefer …
DALLAS (AP) — The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose naked body was found on a South Texas beach last year admitted to authorities that she beat him and denied him medical care after he suffered a head injury from running into a wall, then drove to Galveston in the middle of the night and …
The 30-year-old man who finally left his parent’s house on a judge’s order earlier this month has found a cushy living situation and isn’t bothering to look for work because he’s expecting to win a high-ticket lawsuit. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Michael Rotondo moved out of his parents’ home outside of Syracuse, New York, on June …
A Florida woman is accused of shooting at her own adult son in a drive-by attack outside of their home last week. According to the New York Post, 66-year-old Priscilla Ann Ethridge and her 46-year-old son were engaged in a heated argument on Saturday before the man walked out of their Panama Beach home and …
Actress Heather Locklear has been hospitalized after she reportedly threatened to shoot herself, and allegedly assaulted her parents. TMZ reports that the Melrose Place actress is under psychiatric evaluation following an incident at her Los Angeles home on Sunday. An unidentified source told the news station that Locklear’s parents had gone to the home because …
A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after her mother allegedly left her in a hot car overnight — after coming home from the liquor store. The Associated Press reports that Casey Dyan Keller, 33, reportedly drove to a liquor store with her three children in the car on Saturday night. When she returned to her …
