Relatives of an 11-month-old girl who was found dead earlier this week said they had raised concerns about her parents’ ability to care for her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mercedes Lain was found dead in a remote wooded area in Indiana earlier this week, after she had twice been reported missing; first on Thursday, by …
An Indiana college student died on Thursday, four days after he was reportedly wounded in a drive-by shooting in Maryland. Alexander Korman’s mother announced his death in a Facebook post. On Saturday, police responded to reports of a shooting and found Korman, 20, inside a car suffering from gunshot wounds. According to WTTG, detectives believe …
An Iowa woman already sentenced to 25 year for intentionally running over a 14-year-old Latina girl and a 12-year-old Black boy with her SUV was sentenced Thursday to the same amount on federal hate crimes charges stemming from the incidents. Nicole Poole Franklin, 43, was given two concurrent 25 year sentences in May after pleading …
An Indiana man is charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of 19-year-old Grace Anne Sparks while he was 300 miles away at his home. Hayden Berkebile, 29, told detectives they’d been in a relationship since “she was in her early teens, communicated via messaging apps, and had visited each other.” Police say, “Berkebille …
The body of a New York woman found stuffed into a 55-gallon barrel last week has been identified as 42-year-old Nicole Flanagan. On August 13, New Jersey police discovered Flanagan’s body near Teaneck Road & Hobart Street in New Jersey. According to the New York Post, Ridgefield Park residents smelled a foul odor coming from …
What had begun as a romantic date night in Chicago was ruined by mob of teens who attacked a woman and her boyfriend on Saturday night. As CBS Chicago reports, the unidentified woman and her boyfriend were waiting for an elevator at a subway station at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday when they were attacked by …
Two teen males have been charged with attempted murder and related charges after stabbing a girl who “played dead” in order to survive the attack. Officials said the girl’s decision likely saved her own life. The incident happened in 2019 at a home in Albury, New South Wales, Australia, after a 16-year-old girl’s mother allowed …
A Florida mother has been arrested more than a year after her 2-year-old son reportedly died of a fentanyl overdose. According to the Orlando Solution, Jeanetta Blow, 29, brought her son to the emergency room in June 2020. The boy had no pulse, was not breathing, and was unresponsive. Staff reportedly also noticed the child …
Lousiana police say they’ve captured a woman who fled after being charged with murder in connection with her son’s hot car death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Lafayette Parish Coroner confirmed that 2-year-old Ryatt Hensley died of heatstroke in September 2019. The toddler was found dead after sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in Duson, …
A California judge heard from witnesses on Thursday at the Orange County Superior Court, including a woman who had her case dismissed against a doctor and girlfriend accused of raping people. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors accused Grant Robicheaux, 40, and his girlfriend, Cerissa Laura Riley, 34, of drugging and raping mostly women. Since the …
Authorities in Arkansas have issued a Silver Alert for a woman who wandered away from an assisted living facility last week. According to 40/29 news, Barbara Doyle, 74, wandered from Brookfield Assisted Living in Bella Vista on Thursday, August 12. It was reportedly her first day she was admitted to the facility. Doyle may have …
