Month: October 2017

‘6 Years Free!’: Evidence revisited six years after ‘Foxy Knoxy’ Amanda Knox released from jail following flatmate’s brutal murder

 ‘6 Years Free!’: Evidence revisited six years after ‘Foxy Knoxy’ Amanda Knox released from jail following flatmate’s brutal murder
Famous Murder Cases

On Nov. 1, 2007, Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student studying abroad in Italy, was senselessly murdered inside a Perugia cottage. Her Italian flatmates were away celebrating, and her fellow exchange student roommate, Amanda Knox, was out with her boyfriend. On Nov. 2, Italian detectives found Kercher stabbed to death inside her locked bedroom. The …

Body cam footage shows police pleading citizens to take cover as Las Vegas gunman opens fire
Police
October 4, 2017

Body cam footage shows police pleading citizens to take cover as Las Vegas gunman opens fire

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has released footage from Sunday night’s shooting that left 59 dead. KPNX reported that the police department released the footage on Wednesday. The three-minute video, which can be viewed below, shows officers dodging bullets and getting concertgoers to safety as Stephen Paddock sprays bullets from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay …

Murder
October 4, 2017

BREAKING NOW: Stephen Paddock had an escape plan and explosives in his car, officials reveal

By KEN RITTER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history led a “secret life” that has so far thwarted investigators trying to figure out a motive for the attack, authorities said Wednesday. In an effort to try to crack Stephen Paddock’s …

Violent Crime
October 4, 2017

Las Vegas shooter was an unknown outsider in his tight-knit retirement community

The man who shot at a crowd of concertgoers while perched from his 32nd floor hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, was an unknown outsider to his neighbors in a close-knit retirement community in a Mesquite, Nevada, neighborhood. Reuters reports that Paddock’s neighbors in Mesquite, Nevada, knew little about Paddock, …

Mom gets jail time for refusing to vaccinate son: ‘I couldn’t bring myself to do it’
Court
October 4, 2017

Mom gets jail time for refusing to vaccinate son: ‘I couldn’t bring myself to do it’

A Ferndale, Michigan, mother who reportedly refused to get her son vaccinated will spend seven days behind bars. Judge Karen McDonald handed down the sentence to Rebbecca Bredow for ignoring a court order to vaccinate her 9-year-old son. A judge previously required the mother to have her son vaccinated by Wednesday, according to The Detroit News. “If my …

Latest: Female Killer-clown suspect to face Florida death penalty?
Murder
October 4, 2017

Latest: Female Killer-clown suspect to face Florida death penalty?

Prosecutors in Florida are reportedly seeking the death penalty for the woman accused of killing her now-husband’s then-wife 27 years ago. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sheila Keen Warren, 54, is accused of killing Marlene Warren on  May 26, 1990, in Wellington, Florida. The killer was dressed in a clown suit, and carrying balloons and flowers. The ‘killer clown’ …

Las Vegas shooting victim clings to life after losing her eye
Violent Crime
October 4, 2017

Las Vegas shooting victim clings to life after losing her eye

A California woman who lost her eye during Sunday’s shooting in Las Vegas is currently in a coma. The San Diego Tribune reported Wednesday that Tina Frost, 27, is in critical condition. Frost was at the country music concert with nine friends when one of Stephen Paddock’s bullets hit her in the eye. Her boyfriend is …

Stephen Paddock possibly planned attack on another music festival: Source
Police
October 4, 2017

Stephen Paddock possibly planned attack on another music festival: Source

The gunman who killed 59 people at a country music concert Sunday night might have originally targeted another Las Vegas festival a week earlier. A law enforcement source told the Daily Beast that they’re investigating whether Stephen Paddock rented several condos at The Odgen. The 21-story tower’s north side overlooked this year’s “Life Is Beautiful” …