The official cause of death of Maliyah Bass, a 2-year-old Texas girl found dead floating in a Houston bayou in August, is homicide, medical examiners said Friday, according to KTRK. The toddler’s mother and the mother’s boyfriend are already behind bars, charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence, particularly a human corpse, …
Authorities in Michigan are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old boy who vanished on Thursday afternoon. Detroit police said in a Facebook post that Cortez Cooper Jr. was last seen around 4 p.m. in the 18500 block of Hubbell Street. The teen reportedly left home to skateboard and never returned. Additional details …
The mother of a deceased 19-month-old infant is on trial, facing murder charges in connection with the death of her baby. BBC News reports that Gracie Crowder was rushed to the King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield with severe burns, but was pronounced dead shortly after. The incident happened in March at a home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, …
On Wednesday, an Alabama man reportedly called the police and confessed to fatally shooting someone 25 years earlier. AL.com reported that Johnny Whited, 53, subsequently met with Decatur investigators at the crime scene and provided information about Christopher Dailey’s unsolved murder that corresponded with their evidence. Authorities believe Whited shot Dailey, 26, to death on …
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois boy accused of fatally shooting two people during an August 25 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was released from jail Friday after posting a $2 million cash bond. A Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed to WTMJ that Rittenhouse’s attorney posted the bond. The spokesperson also said Rittenhouse is no longer …
Police in Milwaukee are responding to an incident at Mayfair Mail on Friday. According to TMJ4 News, there is a large law enforcement at the Milwaukee shopping mall, where witnesses reported hearing gunshots. “I’m so surprised how I made it out,” one woman told the news station. Get your daily crime on! Breaking crime and …
Police in south Florida are seeking a suspect or suspects in the apparent double murder of a man and a woman in their twenties who were found dead in a luxury vacation rental in Kendall. According to WPLG, cleaners discovered the dead bodies of Tyron C. Coleman, 23, and Jessica Moye, 26, when they entered …
Prosecutors revealed in court on Thursday that Jeff West’s fingerprints were found on a bottle of absinthe investigators believe was used to murder his wife Kat West in 2018. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kat West was found dead outside her home in Calera, Alabama, on the morning of January 13, 2018, hours after a ‘date …
Two of the men charged in the shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery have been denied bond. The father and son pair are charged with nine counts including felony murder. They face life sentences without parole. Arbery was shot in a confrontation after the McMichaels began chasing Arbery, suspecting he was the person caught on …
An NBC “Dateline” episode airing Friday will examine the case of a California woman who fatally shot her husband in August 2013, apparently because she caught him secretly communicating with his ex-girlfriend. The episode, entitled “Point Blank,” explores the murder of Todd Chance, 45, at the hands of Leslie Chance, 53, his wife and a …
The Department of Justice confirmed that Orlando Hall was executed on Thursday night at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute in Indiana. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hall was convicted for his role in the 1994 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Lisa Rene, the sister of two Texas drug dealers he believed had stolen money from him. …
A Florida woman is facing charges after she allegedly dropped her infant son off at a stranger’s door and fled. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that Melissa Kelley, 33, is accused of bringing her infant son to a home in Deltona, where the mother of her former boyfriend’s new girlfriend lives. The incident occurred Sunday …
