Genealogy and DNA technology has once again solved a decades-long cold case, this time in Indiana. John D. Miller pleaded guilty Friday to the 1988 abduction, molestation and murder of 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley in Fort Wayne, WISH-TV reports. Tinsley, who was in first grade at the time, disappeared after walking to a friend’s house …
Authorities in North Carolina say they’ve found the man responsible for kidnapping and killing 13-year-old Hania Aguilar. ABC6 reports that Michael Ray McLellan, 34, has been charged with murder, kidnapping, and numerous other felonies in connection with Hania’s death. The suspect was already behind bars, arrested on November 13 for unrelated charges. The convicted felon was …
In an interview on ABC’s 20/20 Friday night, the parents of murdered mom Shanann Watts spoke of their grief after losing their only daughter and grandchildren. Sandra and Frank Rzucek, Shanann’s parents, sat for their first interview since their daughter and two granddaughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste, were found dead by the hand of …
Authorities in West Virginia say a middle school teacher sent erotic images of herself to a 15-year-old boy who had previously been one of her students. According to WNDU, 28-year-old Ramsey Bearse had been a beauty pageant contestant prior to becoming a teacher and was named Miss Kentucky in 2014. At the time she was …
An FBI sting resulted in the arrest of a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force who’s accused of trying to meet a 14-year-old girl at a hotel after he met her online. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Willie Newson, 47, was placed on leave following his arrest Tuesday night at the Radisson in Marietta. Newson is …
Authorities in Florida say the security staff at a Kohl’s department store didn’t have to look far to find the identity of a suspected shoplifter. According to WSVN, Dominick Breedlove is accused of entering the Spring Hill business in an attempt to get a job. After he filled out an application and talked to a …
Authorities announced Friday that Ventura County police Sergeant Ron Helus, who was counted among the 12 victims of the Thousand Oaks mass shooting, died as a result of friendly fire. Though suspect Ian David Long, 28, struck Helus five times, the county medical examiner said it’s not only possible that he would’ve survived those injuries …
Fourteen years after she killed a 43-year-old man at the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown learned this week that she will spend at least 51 years behind bars before she could be granted parole. The decision came following a lawsuit on her behalf based on a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that it is unconstitutional …
Prosecutors and school officials are investigating after staff at a private school in California reportedly restrained a 13-year-old boy with autism who ultimately stopped breathing and died. A source told The Sacramento Bee that Guiding Hands School is being investigated for a ‘prone restraint’ staff used on the unidentified teen for about an hour. The newspaper …
An Alabama court heard testimony about a barefoot 5-year-old boy who was wandering outside when he alerted a woman to his murdered parents inside their mobile home. According to court testimony, the child asked the woman if he could go home with her, saying, “Mommy and daddy are asleep. They’re covered in blood.” AL.com reported …
Friday Crime Stories
Update Colorado baby Dustin Young was found safe Friday evening, according to CBS Denver. Original Story Colorado police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing baby boy, said to possibly be with his father. CBS Denver reports that Michael Young is accused of taking his 9-month-old infant, Dustin, on Friday morning …
