Colorado prosecutors called Kelsey Berreth’s mother to the stand on Friday, the first witness in the murder trial of rancher Patrick Frazee, accused of killing Berreth, with whom he had a child, on Thanksgiving Day last year. Kelsey Berreth is missing and presumed dead. Frazee pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including first-degree murder, tampering …
Two bodies found buried together at a South Texas beach last week have been identified as a missing New Hampshire couple. The Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office announced that the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 48-year-old James Butler and his wife, 46-year-old Michelle Butler. Authorities are treating the deaths as homicides, according …
Authorities believe the 39 people who died in a refrigerated truck in England last week were all Vietnamese nationals, the Associated Press reports. Investigators initially thought the victims may have been from China. “At this time, we believe the victims are Vietnamese nationals, and we are in contact with the Vietnamese government,” Tim Smith, the …
Five men in Spain have been acquitted of raping an unconscious 14-year-old girl because the allegations did not meet the country’s legal definition of the crime, which requires that a victim fight back, CNN reports. The suspects instead were convicted of a lesser charge under Spanish law because an element of rape requires a perpetrator …
One of a set of infant twins hospitalized last week with broken bones and head trauma died on Thursday, and the babies’ father — already charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child — has been charged with manslaughter, ABC7 reported. Jonathan Melendez, 27, was arrested on October 25, two days after …
A Houston jury took ten minutes on Thursday to sentence Patrick Lambert to life in prison for stabbing his wife to death, stuffing her body into her refrigerator, and fleeing to Mexico with their young son, the Houston Chronicle reported. The same jury deliberated for four days before finding Lambert, who represented himself in court, …
A Montana woman has been sentenced to a mental health facility for 20 years for breaking into her ex-boyfriend’s house and sexually assaulting him at the point of a machete, the Great Falls Tribune reported. According to court documents, Samantha Mears, 20, broke into the victim’s home in June 2018 while he was out running …
Convicted killer Jake Patterson apparently got into a fight over Jayme Closs, the young girl he kidnapped last year after killing her parents in their Wisconsin home. Patterson is serving a life sentence for the murders of Barron couple, James and Denise Closs, and for kidnapping their only daughter, Jayme. Officials transferred Patterson from Wisconsin …
On Thursday, authorities in North Carolina arrested the grandmother of three children who were reportedly found malnourished and living in deplorable conditions weeks earlier. WRAL reported that Laura Beck, 48, also lived in the Harnett County home with her daughter, Savannah Lewis, 29, who was arrested on October 10. Lewis’ arrest came seven days after …
A jury has been selected at the murder trial for Patrick Frazee, the Colorado father and rancher who is accused of murdering Kelsey Berreth, the mother of his dauther, on Thanksgiving Day last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, jury selection began on Monday and was expected to last at least until Thursday. KKTV reports that …
A medical examination has determined Saoirse Kennedy Hill’s ause of death, three months after she was found unresponsive at the family’s Cape Cod compound. According to a death certificate obtained by WCVB-5, Hill died of an accidental overdose of alcohol, methadone, and a variety of prescription pills. In addition to the methadone, which is used …
A Virginia boy found deceased at a steam plant endured unimaginable neglect and pain prior to his death, and at the hands of his own mother, according to Hampton Commonwealth Attorney, Anton Bell. As CrimeOnline previously reported, officials with the Hampton Police Department announced that 2-year-old Noah Tomlin was found deceased at a steam plant …
