An Oklahoma-based dentist who fatally beat his mistress’ 19-month-old son and hired a hitman to kill the mistress as he awaited trial learned his fate on Friday. KOCO reported that Bert Franklin was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the July 2016 first-degree murder of Lincoln Lewis. He was also sentenced to life in …
The final installment of the Boston Globe‘s investigative series on the violent life and death of Aaron Hernandez explores a possible connection between the head trauma he suffered as a professional football player and the impulsive acts of aggression that found him on trial for murder twice in his short life. As CrimeOnline reported last …
The autopsy for a South Carolina boy found deceased three weeks ago is not complete yet and according to authorities, the public will likely need to wait weeks, possibly months before the results are in. Maddox Ritch, a 6-year-old non-verbal autistic boy, was found submerged in a shallow creek on September 27, around a mile …
A Vermont native who resided in Costa Rica was found dead after going missing in August, and authorities are calling his death a murder—with a younger woman reportedly being called a person of interest in the case. The body of Tom Cook, 62, who had been living in Vermont his entire life before recently retiring …
Little Mary Welch died of neglect and starvation, but her father admitted to an emergency dispatcher that he called his lawyer for advice before dialing 911 after finding the baby dead in her bed. Seth Welch and his wife Tatiana Fusari now face murder charged for their daughter’s death. The 10-month-old girl reportedly weighed only …
An anonymous letter sent to the grandparents of a 5-year-old autistic Tennesee boy claiming the child was giving away but still living in the state is likely a hoax, according to Dixon County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe. “I believe this is a staged hoax. We do have the letter and it is being investigated,” Bledsoe told …
A white woman who vehemently tried denying access to a black man attempting to get into his own Missouri condo last week, and who was subsequently fired from her job, has denied being racist amid reported death threats. “My only intent was to follow the direction that I had been given by our condo association …
Authorities in California say a man and two juveniles are expected to face charges including murder after the body of a missing man was found near a Santa Cruz County road earlier this month. As KSBW reported, the human remains were spotted on Oct. 13, three days after Bernardo Rodas was reported missing. Authorities indicated …
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while on a ride that had been billed as the world’s tallest waterslide. David Hughes and John Zalsman were found not guilty of obstruction of justice in …
Prosecutors in Idaho say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with stabbing multiple attendees of a toddler’s birthday party, killing the young girl on her third birthday. According to Fox News, the announcement came Thursday in a statement by Ada County Prosecutor Jan Bennetts. “After careful consideration, we have concluded that …
Yet another viral video concerning a racially-fueled, unnecessary police call reportedly shows a white woman calling the cops on a black father because he yelled out instructions to his son from the sidelines of a soccer field. The incident in question occurred Sunday in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Gerald Jones told WJXX that he was telling …
As part of an ongoing series about the NFL star’s fall from grace, the Boston Globe published new information about Aaron Hernandez’s time in jail and the events leading up to his shocking suicide, just days after he was acquitted of double murder in April 2017. The Boston Globe report cited hundreds of records of …
