He’ll spend the rest of his living years in prison, but before he was taken away in cuffs on Friday at a sentencing hearing in Barron County, Wisconsin, 21-year-old killer Jake Patterson heard a powerful statement written by 13-year-old Jayme Closs. Jayme endured 88 days of hell while being held captive in Patterson’s Gordon, Wisconsin, …
Authorities in Maryland are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who fatally gunned down a woman earlier this month, WUSA-TV reports. Bettie Jenifer, 44, was shot and killed on the evening of May 10 as she was leaving the business she owned, a temporary hiring agency, in Greenbelt, Maryland. The shooting happened …
More than 550 birds and 10 dogs were recovered in Indiana this week as part of an investigation into illegal animal fighting, WXIN-TV reports. Authorities on Thursday raided properties in two counties southwest of Indianapolis after Crime Stoppers received a tip about the operation. Police executed search warrants on the LMB Farm, where they seized …
Police are desperately searching for a 5-year-old girl who vanished overnight this weekend, as they question the girl’s uncle about her disappearance. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the family of Elizabeth Shelley discovered she was missing from their home in Logan, Utah, on Saturday morning. The family reportedly told police they had last seen …
Authorities in Texas say a vehicle allegedly involved in a drag race earlier this week struck another car and killed one young girl while injuring another child. According to Fox News, a statement from the Dallas Police Department indicates a total of three cars were racing on Friday evening when one struck a Chevrolet Impala …
Authorities in California say two suspects were arrested in China on suspicion of killing and dismembering an elderly man whose remains were found inside his home earlier this week. According to KTLA, Douglas Lomas, 44, and Stephanie Ching, 35, flew into Beijing, where authorities took the couple into custody. Investigators in San Francisco accuse the …
Authorities in California say a Texas-based rapper was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in connection with his alleged scheme to sell two women into the sex trade. According to TMZ, Sosamann, whose legal name is Anthony Denson, was arrested following a Los Angeles prostitution sting operation netted the two women he is alleged to …
Authorities in South Carolina say an elderly man was shot during a drive-by shooting outside of his home late Friday morning. According to WSPA, the 67-year-old victim was inside of a home in the 100 block of Pennell Street in Greenville shortly after 11 a.m. when multiple shots rang out. His home reportedly showed evidence …
Authorities in Massachusetts say a suspect has been arrested on suspicion of multiple criminal charges related to the recent death of 13-year-old Amesbury girl Chloe Ricard. As CrimeOnline previously reported, her mother said she had been staying with a friend the evening before she was found on Monday. “She didn’t even have a pulse when …
According to authorities in Michigan, an 18-year-old woman from Leroy has been missing for more than a week. According to WBCK, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Department indicates Heather O’Kopski was last seen on Saturday as she left her job early Saturday morning. Since that time, she has reportedly not answered calls, which have gone directly …
A Hawaii woman missing for more than two weeks in a forest is alive and well, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. Searchers on Friday discovered Amanda Eller, 35, who had disappeared May 8 while hiking in the Makawao Forest Reserve. Eller was reportedly in good condition when a helicopter crew located her in a creek between …
A Texas woman who allegedly helped rob a man by enticing him with sex is now facing a murder charge after the encounter went awry, People magazine reports. According to the report Sydnee Whitaker, 18, was arrested on Monday and charged with capital murder following the killing of Adrian Wells, 21, whom police found dead …
