A Colorado funeral home owner has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes. Megan Hess, 45, and her mother Shirley Koch, were indicted in March 2020 on six counts of mail fraud and three counts of transporting hazardous material, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The remaining charges against …
Two missing Texas teens were “very happy to be rescued” Monday night after they ran away from home and “fell in with some bad people.” McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara told KWTX that James Robert Van Houten, 30, has been charged with harboring a minor and is likely to face other charges. “We have reason …
The suspect in Monday’s massacre at a suburban Chicago 4th of July parade has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart called the shooting by Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, 21, a “premeditated and calculated attack” and said he potentially faces dozens more charges, WBBM reported. “Attempt murder …
The parents of a missing special needs girl in Georgia have reportedly said that the Carrolton Police Department isn’t taking her disappearance seriously. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kaylee Jones, 16, was last seen near Whooping Creek Church Road in Carrollton on June 14, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Her parents, Daniel and Brenda Jones, …
Kaylee Jones, 16, has been missing from her Georgia home for over two weeks. On the night of June 14th, Daniel and Brenda Jones told their daughter good night, but in the morning she was gone. Detectives believe Jones may have met up with someone she has spoken to online. Jones’ mother says the parents …
A Highland Park family heading for breakfast was caught up in the middle of the mass shooting at the Chicago suburb’s July 4th parade, and pulling a blood-stained toddler from beneath his father. Lauren Silva told the New York Times the boy, later identified as Aiden McCarthy, kept asking if his parents were OK while …
Investigators looking for a 6-year-old Minnesota girl missing after her mother was found dead from a suicide are concentrating on areas near the Mississippi River some two hours from the family’s home in Northfield. Police found the body of Lisa Wade, 39, in her apartment over the weekend, but 6-year-old Elle Ragin, her daughter, was …
A Nebraska woman was arrested late last month for allegedly abusing a toddler at a day care facility and posting the video footage on social media. Courtney Stickley, 19, reportedly posted a video of herself sweeping a 20-month-old boy’s legs from under him, leading him to hit his head and cry. The incident occurred on …
Kaitlin Armstrong, accused of murdering elite gravel cyclist Moriah Wilson, has been captured. Armstrong was found with the help of Costa Rican authorities, who deported the yoga instructor after Armstrong entered the country on a fraudulent passport. Armstrong was reportedly in possession of her sister’s passport. U.S. Marshals say Armstrong was staying at a Santa …
A Virginia father who took his own life after his toddler son died has been remembered as a family man whose biggest goal was “becoming a father.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Chesterfield Police Department said they were initially called at about noon on June 28 about a suicidal man at his home in Midlothian. …
Arkansas police recently arrested a couple, finding that the man — a convicted sex offender — raped a child and his wife allowed it. On June 13, the 9-year-old girl told authorities that Chad Huckabee, 39, was sexually assaulting her when his wife, Lori Huckabee, 38, walked into the room and told him to stop. …
Alleged killer Kaitlin Armstrong, accused of murdering an elite gravel cyclist last month in Austin, was captured with her her sister’s passport in her possession in Costa Rica, police say. According to Harris County online jail records, Armstrong is charged with murder in connection with the death of professional cyclist, Anna “Mo” Wilson. She was …
