On Monday, authorities in New York announced that a 10-year-old boy found dead over the weekend was a victim of “fatal child abuse syndrome.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities arrested Ryan Cato, 34, on Sunday and charged him with murder and child endangerment. His stepson, Ayden Wolfe, was found unresponsive in a Harlem apartment on …
A Florida police officer was killed on Tuesday after he reportedly crashed into a car traveling the wrong way on the interstate. Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan said Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen, 45, may have intentionally veered into the wrong-way driver’s path “to protect others.” A minute after police received a call about a …
A California woman facing a murder charge after delivering a stillborn baby could be released if a judge agrees with her defense team. The Los Angeles Times reports that Chelsea Becker, 26, was arrested in 2019 for the death of her son, Zachariah Joseph Campos. According to the Hanford Police Department, Becker was using meth …
Police in Pennsylvania are reportedly looking for an endangered elderly woman who vanished on Monday night. According to WHTM, Clarence Lucy Macaleer, 79, was last seen in the vicinity of Gradyville Road in Delaware County. Additional details regarding her disappearance were not made available. Authorities said she may be at risk of harm or could …
Jury selection may resume Tuesday in the Derek Chauvin murder trial after a delay on Monday regarding a possible additional charge. The former Minneapolis police officer is charged with killing George Floyd, an unarmed man who was arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a grocery store. As KSTP reports, the question …
Police in Miami are asking for the public’s help finding an endangered missing man who suffers from dementia. As WSVN reports, Martel Thompson, 80, has been missing since Monday. Thompson reportedly has dementia and was last seen at a Family Dollar store near North Miami Avenue and Northeast 54th Street. According to the report, Thompson …
A Connecticut woman charged with killing her 4-year-old son was put on a suicide watch after her arraignment on Monday, The Day reports. Tiffany Farrauto, 33, allegedly told officers to “take me in” because she’d killed her son when police responded on Sunday to a report of a woman damaging vehicles at an apartment complex …
After his defense rested without calling a single witness, Donthe Lucas was found guilty by a Colorado jury in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend in February 2013, the Denver Channel reports. Kelsie Schelling, then 21, vanished on February 4, 2013, after meeting up with Lucas, the likely father of her unborn child, at a …
Authorities in Missouri are looking for a 1-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted on Thursday. KMOV reported that Royalty Miller’s mother called Grenale Henderson, 35, on Friday morning and asked for her daughter back. Henderson allegedly told her she would never see her daughter again — and threatened to shoot at police who approached him. …
A 12-year-old North Carolina girl reported missing last Friday was found safe in Florida with 15-year-old Jacksonville boy who had also been reported missing by his family, WXII reports. According to her mother, Ashlan Earley went for a walk just before dark Friday and never returned, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Davidson County authorities began a …
On Monday, Republican legislators in the New York State Assembly started drafting a resolution intended to begin impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo. According to Syracuse.com, Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said he and his fellow Republicans cannot make the Democratic-majority Assembly address the measure. On Sunday, State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, …
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl who was found dead the day after her family reported her missing. As the Detroit Free Press reports, Leah Conner of Avoca went for a walk Saturday morning at about 11:30 a.m. and did not return. Her family reported her missing late Saturday afternoon. Police …
