In final interview before suicide, #MeToo supporter Anthony Bourdain imagines Harvey Weinstein’s death
Celebrity Justice
Bourdain also accused Bill Clinton of being “entitled, rapey, gropey”
Podcast
July 16, 2018
Monday Crime Stories: An old VHS tape offers new clues in Sylvia Salinas murder
Sylvia Salinas was working behind the counter at her family’s grocery store in Galveston, Texas, when she was fatally stabbed through the heart on Halloween day in 1989. The investigation of the 30-year-old’s murder turned cold decades ago, but the work of a TV reporter and Salina’s great niece has revealed new clues in an …
Consumer
July 16, 2018
‘She was screaming but you couldn’t hear her’: Mom finds tot trapped inside locked washing machine, filling with water
A Colorado mom says she woke up to find her 3-year-old little girl stuck inside a brand-new washing machine the family had just bought, which was turned on and in the process of filling with water. ABC reports that when Lindsey McIver woke up one morning last week, she found her 4-year-old son crying and …
Murder
July 16, 2018
Major break in 1988 cold case murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley: DNA evidence from used condoms leads to arrest 30 years later
A suspect has been arrested in the cold-case murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley after investigators obtained new DNA evidence that led them to the killer — who immediately confessed to the brutal murder. The Indy Star reports that law enforcement agents apprehended John D. Miller, 59, of Grabill, at his home in Sunday morning and took …
Homicide
July 15, 2018
11-week-old boy dies after mom transfers meth, other drugs, through breast milk: Cops
A Pennsylvania woman is facing homicide charges in connection to her infant son’s death earlier this year. According to Fox News, 30-year-old Samantha Jones said she had been battling an addiction to pain medication and had been taking prescribed methadone throughout her pregnancy and while breastfeeding her newborn. The 11-week-old child, R.J., died on April …
Court
July 15, 2018
Michelle Carter: Teen pushes boyfriend to suicide in text messages claims she’s protected by ‘free speech under the First Amendment and art’
Lawyers argued that text messages Carter, then 17, sent to boyfriend Conrad Roy III, 18, were ‘cherry-picked’ to show her in a bad light
Family Crime
July 15, 2018
Cops arrest man and his two adult sons on charges related to a ‘family shootout’ at home
Authorities in Maine arrested a man and his two adult sons on suspicion of engaging in a “family shootout” at their home earlier this month. According to Fox News, police believe the altercation was likely linked to alcohol consumption by the three men. York County sheriff’s deputies responded to the residence of 64-year-old Walter Sellick …
Police
July 15, 2018
Black woman claims CVS manager called cops on her because he didn’t recognize her coupon
A drug store manager in Illinois is under fire this week for allegations that he called police on a customer because he did not recognize the coupon she had attempted to redeem. According to a now-deleted social media post from Camilla Hudson, the black woman had attempted to use the coupon on Friday night at …
Family Crime
July 15, 2018
Husband of woman found dead in luxury building garbage chute amid bitter divorce filed for bankruptcy
The estranged husband of a New York City woman who was found dead at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury Manhattan building was facing multimillion-dollar lawsuits and had filed for bankruptcy. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lara Prychodko was found dead late Tuesday afternoon at the bottom of a garbage chute in a Union Square apartment …
Suicide
July 15, 2018
Police: Wealthy elderly man copies ‘CSI’ show to stage his suicide as murder, transfer ‘large sum’ of life insurance prior to death
A wealthy Florida man likely copied a “CSI” episode to stage an elaborate suicide as a murder, the Palm Beach Post reports. Last year, 71-year-old Alan Jay Abrahamson was found dead in a field. He had been shot to death. As investigators examined the scene, they noticed something unusual: a blood trail across his jacket to …
Juveniles
July 15, 2018
SHOCKING VIDEO: Dad executed at point blank just seconds after he calmly hands off little girl in his arms
A lawyer in Brazil was reportedly executed a point-blank just seconds after he handed off a little girl believed to be his daughter. The Daily Mail obtained CCTV footage of the moments leading up to a cold-blooded execution in Brazilian state of Permambuco, where a man can be seen calmly handing off a little girl in …
Heroes
July 14, 2018
Grateful mom credits waitress for saving son’s life during Waffle House shooting, presents her with wedding gown as repayment
One of the waitresses working at a Tennessee Waffle House in April when a gunman opened fire and left four people dead has received a touching gift of gratitude from a woman whose life she indirectly — but immeasurably — touched that fateful day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 29-year-old Travis Reinking, who had exhibited a …