The lawyers of a South Carolina man on death row for the deaths of 12 church-going Black people are appealing his death sentence, claiming that a mental illness should have prevented him from representing himself. As CrimeOnline previously reported, attorneys for Dylann Roof filed a 321-page legal brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
An Iowa murder trial resumes Monday, in the case against a farm worker accused of killing University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused of killing Tibbetts, 20, of Brooklyn, Iowa. Mollie was out for a jog and was never seen alive again. Tibbetts, a University of Iowa …
A 3-year-old Alabama girl was seriously hurt Saturday when she was hit by a stray arrow during a graduation party. Silverhill Police Chief Kenny Hempfleng said that Ryan Archer, 35, had been arrested and charged with second-degree assault in the incident, WKRG reported. Police said the little girl, whose identity has not been released, was …
A 14-year-old South Carolina girl was shot dead and 13 other people wounded Saturday night when an unauthorized concert erupted into gunfire in North Charleston. North Charleston Police Chief Reggie Burgess told reporters on Sunday that the shooting was carried out by “individuals who were angry with each other and didn’t care who got hit,” …
After 4-year-old Cash Gernon was found dead on a residential street in Dallas last week, a neighbor of the house where the boy was living checked his security cameras to see if they’d captured anything that might help the investigation. Jose Alvarado didn’t find anything from the early morning of May 15, when a teacher …
The father of murdered tot Cash Gernon recorded an emotional plea for “the public” to put their energy toward justice for his son. Trevor Gernon’s tearful voice plays over images of his twin sons, Cash and Carter Gernon, in a video posted on Sunday by his sister, Ashlee Marcoux, to Facebook. Cash Gernon was found …
A 2-year-old Florida girl is fighting for her life after her 3-year-old brother found a gun tucked between the cushions of a sofa and shot her. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the little girl was shot once in the chest, suffering severe injuries to her internal organs, and was in “exceptionally” critical condition. Judd …
A teacher’s aide at an Ohio middle school who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student has been fired and is facing multiple criminal charges, WBNS-TV reports. Prosecutors have charged 33-year-old Mandy Davis with rape, gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Davis is accused of engaging in sexual contact with a …
A mass shooting at a large house party in New Jersey late Saturday left two people dead and 12 others injured, WABC-TV reports. Police were called around 11:50 p.m. Saturday to a home in Fairfield Township that was hosting more than 100 people for a party. Details on what prompted the shooting have not yet …
Police have a suspect in custody in an early morning shooting at a Minneapolis nightclub that left two people dead and eight wounded. KSTP reported that Jawan Contrail Carroll, 23, was arrested early Saturday afternoon in Bloomington and is being held without bail in the Hennepin County Jail. He has not been formally charged but …
An argument between two armed men over alleged reckless driving led to a fatal shooting in front of an Arizona Walmart this week. According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Larry Burton Marcum, 41, saw a motorcyclist he thought was driving recklessly along Highway 95 in Fort Mohave. The motorcyclist, later identified as 23-year-old Jim …
The body of a missing Connecticut mother was found Friday morning in a heavily wooded area, and by Friday night, her husband had been charged with her death. South Windsor police said it was Tahj Hutchinson’s cooperation with their investigation that helped them make the case against him. Jessica Edwards, 30, was reported missing on …
