Month: February 2021

Family of slain 12-year-old boy says he went to play football with friends before he was found shot to death in the woods
Juveniles

Police in Atlanta are continuing to investigate the shocking murder of a 12-year-old boy as his family has revealed more about his activities the day he vanished. As CrimeOnline previously reported, family members searching for 12-year-old David Mack found him dead with multiple gunshots wounds Wednesday afternoon in a wooded area behind residential Shirley Street, …

Victoria Smith
Homicide
February 12, 2021

NO BOND: ‘Worst Cooks in America’ mother blames 7-year-old son after adopted tot girl found dead with ‘extensive bruising’ & face abrasions

South Carolina woman Ariel Robinson appeared virtually at a Simpsonville court hearing Friday morning, where she learned she’ll remain in jail on homicide by child abuse charges. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ariel Robinson, 29, and her husband, Jerry Robinson, 34, are both behind bars in connection with the death of 3-year-old Victoria Smith. On January …

Gray and Clarissa Kaser
Murder
February 12, 2021

‘How do you like that?’: Two daughters identified after dad kills them while on phone with wife, taunts her after shooting

Two victims have been identified after their own father allegedly killed them while on the phone with their mother. Sand Springs Leader reports that 56-year-old David Kaser shot and killed his two daughters, identified as Clarissa Kaser (pictured right), 19, and Crystal “Grey” Kayser (pictured left), 14. A news release by Sand Springs Capt. Todd …

Wanser Brown
Child Abuse
February 12, 2021

Newark woman BUSTED after foster child found TETHERED BY CHAINS

A New Jersey woman is behind bars after authorities made a shocking discovery while performing a welfare check on a 12-year-old child. Nj.com reports that a teacher asked police to perform a welfare check at a Newark home off of Clinton Avenue on Wednesday morning. According to Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose, deputies found …

Parents of tot who fell 11 floors aboard cruise ship say cruise line ‘intentionally destroyed’ security footage to blame grandfather
Court
February 12, 2021

Parents of tot who fell 11 floors aboard cruise ship say cruise line ‘intentionally destroyed’ security footage to blame grandfather

A new court filing submitted by the parents of a toddler Chloe Wiegand, who died aboard a Caribbean cruise ship in 2019, alleges that the cruise line intentionally destroyed video footage. MailOnline reports that Chloe’s parents, Alan and Kimberly Wiegand, are seeking a “spoliation of evidence” default judgment after claiming Caribbean Cruise Lines intentionally destroyed …

Celebrity Justice
February 12, 2021

‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin gets early prison release for ‘good behavior’

The woman who to be pretended to be a wealthy German heiress in order to gain access to NYC’s elite society ranks has been released early from prison. Anna Sorokin, who went by the name “Anna Delvey” when she bounced between upscale hotels pretending to be a millionaire, was released from Albion Correction Facility outside …

Manslaughter
February 11, 2021

Parents feed 7-year-old only Whattaburger fries before her death

A Florida couple was charged this week with manslaughter in the 2018 death of their 7-year-old daughter — nearly three years after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office closed its investigation, saying they found no evidence of abuse or neglect. Anna and Amero Akinloba were arrested after an investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigation Services, each charged …

Heroes
February 11, 2021

SEE IT: Texas mom tackles man accused of peeping in daughter’s bedroom [Reports]

A Texas woman who caught a man peering through her 15-year-old daughter’s bedroom window later tackled the suspect as he attempted to evade police, according to reports. Phyllis Pena told KPRC that she returned home from the store at 7 a.m. on January 31 when she spotted suspect Zane Hawkins, 19, looking into her daughter’s …

Missing
February 11, 2021

Police release cause of death, make arrests in murder of pregnant woman found dead in suitcase

Authorities in North Carolina have arrested two suspects in connection to the murder of 28-year-old Brittany Smith, who was six months pregnant when she went missing last week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Smith’s body was found in a suitcase Monday along the Neuse River Trail which is east of Raleigh. The purple suitcase had reportedly …