An Oregon teen appeared in court Thursday amid allegations that he shook his 8-month-old son to the point he was left virtually brain dead. Isiah Hill, 19, was charged with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal mistreatment for allegedly dropping, squeezing, and shaking Milo Hill. The father initially claimed he had fallen over the dog while …
Jonelle Matthews, 12, disappears from her family home in Greeley, Colorado, after a school concert. Footprints are found outside the home. Nothing is disturbed inside, but Jonelle is gone. Decades later, her body is found in 2019, but police are no closer to solving the crime. Now there’s been an arrest. Who killed Jonelle Matthews? …
A Maryland father was found dead with his 3-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide late last week. As the Baltimore Sun reports, police were called to a home in Bel Air, Maryland, around 6 p.m. on Thursday, where responding officers eventually found Jason Douglas DeWitt and his 3-year-old son, Grayson DeWitt, dead of apparent gunshot …
On Friday, the Weld County Coroner’s Office in Colorado released an unredacted autopsy report, following the indictment of a former Idaho governor candidate for the murder and kidnapping of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jonelle Matthews disappeared on December 20, 1984, after attending a Christmas concert at Franklin Middle School in Greeley, Colorado. …
A convicted child molester who was serving a life sentence at a California prison died Wednesday in what officials are reportedly investigating as a homicide. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that officers at Mule Creek State Prison found Deandre Austin, 46, unresponsive in his cell while responding to a …
Family members of slain California mom Laci Peterson are horrified that her killer husband, Scott Peterson, may get a re-examination of his murder conviction, which could possibly lead to a new trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the California Supreme court has been ordered to re-examine Scott Peterson’s murder convictions of Laci and their unborn son, …
Authorities have issued an AMBER Alert for two boys, believed to be brothers, who went missing while in Mississippi on Friday. AL.com reports that Kaiden Wall, 6, and Kolden Wall, 2, were last seen early evening Friday in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Police believe the boys, who live in Alabama, were kidnapped by their non-custodial mother, 33-year-old …
Zachary Winton had threatened to kill Sabrina Dumdei in September, police say.
A Tennessee mom and her 17-year-old daughter were found dead on Saturday alongside her estranged husband, who apparently shot himself after killing them. According to the Bristol Tennessee Police Department, Michael Robinson, 47, was under investigation for child abuse, the Bristol Herald Courier said. Bristol police found the bodies of Kristina Robinson, 36, her daughter, …
A Tennessee couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse when they were found overdosing in their car with their 2-year-old daughter in the back seat, WKRN reports. Leslie Lucas, 23, and Lindsey Vincion, 25, were stopped Thursday at an intersection near Antioch High School in Nashville’s Antioch neighborhood, according to the arrest warrant. A …
A Michigan couple already facing child abuse charges for their treatment of a 13-month-old baby now expects to be arraigned on Monday for the murder of that child’s twin, according to the Detroit Free Press. Ecorse police responded to a report of child abuse on July 28 and found Zyaire Reed and his brother Zion …
An undocumented immigrant acquitted of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier but still faces federal gun charges told a magistrate this week to either accept his guilty plea and send him to prison or deport him back to Mexico, CBS San Francisco reported. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is currently awaiting a determination about …
