Month: December 2018

Recovery workers spent over 12 hours retrieving bodies of murdered sisters Bella and Celeste Watts from oil tanks where killer dad dumped them [VIDEO]
Family Crime

A new report released by Colorado authorities details the grueling ordeal of retrieving the bodies of Bella and Celeste Watts from the oil tanks where Chris Watts dumped their bodies. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Watts directed authorities to an oil field owned by his then-employer, Anadarko Petroleum, shortly after confessing to murdering his pregnant wife …

VIDEO: Girl ‘no older than 8’ caught stealing a package from porch, police say
Juveniles
December 10, 2018

VIDEO: Girl ‘no older than 8’ caught stealing a package from porch, police say

Police in Maryland are searching for a suspect—a little girl 8 years old or younger—who they said was caught by home security cameras taking a package off a front porch. Per WJZ-13, the girl was filmed stealing the package from a Bel Air residence on November 30. In the video, the girl is reportedly seen …

Brief that aims to get Scott Peterson off death row blames attorney Mark Geragos for botching murder trial & making false promises
Court
December 10, 2018

Brief that aims to get Scott Peterson off death row blames attorney Mark Geragos for botching murder trial & making false promises

In a new habeas corpus brief released this week in connection with Scott Peterson’s 2004 murder conviction, attorney Mark Geragos is accused of botching the trial, which ultimately led to infamous killer’s death sentence in connection with his deceased wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner. According to court documents obtained by the Modesto Bee, defense …

DEVELOPING: High school football player arrested after pregnant cheerleader’s body found in dumpster
Murder
December 10, 2018

DEVELOPING: High school football player arrested after pregnant cheerleader’s body found in dumpster

A 16-year-old Indiana boy remains in custody a day after his classmate—a 17-year-old pregnant ex-cheerleader—was reportedly found dead in a dumpster Sunday morning. The South Bend Tribune reported that Aaron Trejo is facing possible murder charges for the death of Breana Rouhselang, who was a student manager of the Mishawaka High School football team and a former …

Sonic Drive-In staff stashes ecstasy pill in kid’s meal served to 4-year-old boy: Cops
Drug Crime
December 9, 2018

Sonic Drive-In staff stashes ecstasy pill in kid’s meal served to 4-year-old boy: Cops

Authorities in Texas say a trio of fast food workers were behind bars after a customer reported finding an illegal narcotic wrapped up in a child’s hamburger. An 11-year-old girl reportedly unwrapped her younger brother’s meal after their family left a Sonic Drive-In location in the Austin area on Thursday. Their parents took the tainted …