A West Virginia man who strangled his infant daughter to death confessed to trying to kill her four times previously — and showed police how he did it using a teddy bear, WSAV-TV reports. Now, Jeffrey Hoskins, 26, is facing charges of first-degree murder and death by child abuse. Prosecutors allege that in October 2018, Hoskins strangled his …
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A North Carolina man has been charged with holding a woman as his sex slave for five years, Fox 8 reported. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said it received a tip from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and launched an investigation immediately, leading them to Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48. He was arrested without incident at …
The father and step-mother of a 5-year-old girl found dead in a California storage unit last year pleaded guilty to killing her in a Nevada court on Thursday, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The decomposing body of little Cali Anderson was found on May 15, 2018, in a Sacramento, California, storage unit, stuffed into a …
Florida police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 63-year-old woman and her dog in Fort Myers, NBC 2 reported. Kate Johnson and Diva, a standard poodle, were crossing McGregor Boulevard just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday when they were hit. Police believe the vehicle that hit them was a light-colored Nissan. Johnson …
A registered sex offender in Florida who was arrested on Saturday in connection with a series of unsolved rapes from the 1980s reportedly kept a secret dungeon in his home. Robert Koehler, 60, was accused of sexually assaulting at least 44 women from South Miami to Deerfield Beach between May 1981 and February 1986. Since …
Harvey Weinstein personally called an investigator with a “red flag” list of women he wanted scrutinized as sexual misconduct allegations against the now-disgraced movie mogul flooded the media in 2017, the investigator said during testimony at Weinstein’s rape trial in New York, the New York Post reported. On the list, highlighted in red, was actress …
The mother of an Alabama teen who was allegedly killed by a man out on bail for attempted murder is pushing for bail reform which she believes would have prevented her daughter’s slaying. AL.com reported that Aniah Blanchard’s mother, Angela Harris, spoke at a news conference at the Alabama State House amid talks of a …
Police believe that the boy’s father made up the story about his son falling in the driveway
A Missouri woman has filed a lawsuit against Lyft, months after one of their drivers allegedly raped her in the backseat of his car. Cristen Giangarra, 30, has accused ex-Lyft driver Larry Ward, 53, of sexually assaulting her on June 22. Ward had picked Giangarra up after a night of drinking; her lawyers claimed she …
An Alabama teen is being charged as an adult after police say he stabbed three family members to death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Landon Durham, 16, is facing capital murder charges in connection with the death of his mother and his two younger brothers. The victims have been identified as Holli Christina Durham, 36, and twin …
A North Carolina man has been accused of keeping a victim as a virtual sex slave for five years. ABC News reports that Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48, was arrested on Wednesday and is facing a human trafficking charge after the the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said he allegedly kept a woman in “sexual servitude” for …
