Year: 2018

Did Chris Watts kill his little girls before pregnant wife came home from business trip? Judge’s timeline contradicts suspected murderer’s story

 Did Chris Watts kill his little girls before pregnant wife came home from business trip? Judge’s timeline contradicts suspected murderer’s story
Murder

A timeline read in court during a hearing for suspected family-killer Chris Watts indicates that authorities believe Chris and Shanann’s young daughters may have died before Shanann Watts arrived home from a business trip early last Monday morning. In court on Tuesday, a Colorado judge read Chris Watts the nine felony charges against him, including …

Mollie Tibbetts
Murder
August 22, 2018

Car that led to Mollie Tibbetts murder suspect was not registered to him, ID’ed through its ‘unusual markings’

A vehicle spotted on surveillance footage recorded near the scene of Mollie Tibbetts’ disappearance led to the identification and arrest of a suspect in her subsequent homicide. According to updates in the case, however, the Chevrolet Malibu was not registered to suspect Cristhian Rivera. As Fox News reported, a police spokesperson confirmed the development in …

Todd Kohlhepp: Serial killer claims he buried 2 more victims, but search turns up nothing
Serial Killers
August 22, 2018

Todd Kohlhepp: Serial killer claims he buried 2 more victims, but search turns up nothing

A search for two bodies in South Carolina has ended following a tip that incarcerated serial killer Todd Kohlhepp told someone that he buried additional victims on the side of the highway. GoUpstate.com reported that Spartanburg County deputies concluded their six-hour search of a wooded area off Sumner Road near Interstate 26 at 2:30 p.m. on …

[VIDEO] Chris Watts discusses harm of infidelity on marriages in presentation 6 years before allegedly killing wife and daughters
Murder
August 22, 2018

[VIDEO] Chris Watts discusses harm of infidelity on marriages in presentation 6 years before allegedly killing wife and daughters

About six years before authorities say he killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters, Chris Watts delivered a presentation regarding the restoration of deteriorating relationships. According to the New York Times, he cited infidelity among the reasons relationships can fail. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, some sources indicate Shanann Watts suspected her husband of …

Mollie Tibbets’ family releases statement: ‘Our hearts are broken’
Missing
August 22, 2018

Mollie Tibbets’ family releases statement: ‘Our hearts are broken’

The family of slain Iowa student Mollie Tibbets released a statement Wednesday, the same day the man accused of the University of Iowa student’s murder made his first court appearance. According to KWWL, the family released the following statement through the Iowa Department of Public Safety: “Our hearts are broken. On behalf of Mollie’s entire family, …

Father finds toddler son dead in dryer a day after his third birthday: Report
Juveniles
August 22, 2018

Father finds toddler son dead in dryer a day after his third birthday: Report

Police in Virginia are investigating after a 3-year-old boy was reportedly found dead inside a dryer at his father’s home a day after his birthday. Chet Lloyd told The Virginian Pilot that he awoke early evening on August 7 to find that his son, Brantley Lloyd, had climbed out of his crib and into a clothes …

Mollie Tibbetts
Podcast
August 22, 2018

Wednesday Crime Stories: Young woman jogger Mollie Tibbetts snatched from Iowa street, killed, dumped in cornfield

A man admits to dumping Mollie Tibbetts body in a rural Iowa cornfield after encountering her while the college student was jogging, but Cristhian Rivera claims he doesn’t remember what happened to cause her death. Nancy Grace updates the tragic case with her experts, including forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, private investigator Vincent Hill, Atlanta …

Mollie Tibbetts
Court
August 22, 2018

Mollie Tibbetts: Accused killer Cristhian Rivera to appear in court to face first-degree murder charge

The man accused of kidnapping and killing University of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday afternoon. FOX reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera, charged with the murder of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, is scheduled to appear Wednesday at the at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma at 1 p.m. …

Boy tells police three men filmed themselves having sex with dogs, horses, a cow, & goat: DA
Animal Crimes
August 22, 2018

Boy tells police three men filmed themselves having sex with dogs, horses, a cow, & goat: DA

Three Pennsylvania men who stand accused of bestiality with multiple animals are facing 1,460 counts in relation to the crimes, as well as charges of endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors after a search warrant was obtained by police Saturday morning. According to a news release by the Clearfield County District Attorney’s …

Mollie Tibbetts: Family who hired murder suspect at dairy farm claims he passed government ID check to work in country legally
Murder
August 22, 2018

Mollie Tibbetts: Family who hired murder suspect at dairy farm claims he passed government ID check to work in country legally

The man accused of kidnapping and murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts apparently worked at a pig farm owned by a prominent Republican family, but the family insists that the suspected killer passed a government identification check as a U.S. citizen prior to hiring him. UPI reports that 24-year-old murder suspect, Cristhian Rivera, who’s currently …

Mollie Tibbetts
Missing
August 21, 2018

Cristhian Rivera confesses to kidnapping Mollie Tibbetts while she was jogging, killing her, and dumping her body in a cornfield: Police

By RYAN FOLEY, Associated Press MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A man from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibbetts while she was running in her small Iowa hometown, killing her and dumping her body in a cornfield, authorities said Tuesday. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged with …