Month: October 2022

Thomas Valva: Detective Says Autopsy Results Changed Case from Non-criminal to Murder for Cop Dad Accused of Killing Autistic Son

 Thomas Valva in red shirt, smiling
Trials

A New York detective testified Tuesday during Michael Valva’s murder trial that injuries found on the defendant’s slain autistic son during an autopsy changed the course of the investigation. According to Detective Michael Ronca with the Suffolk police, an autopsy performed after 8-year-old Thomas’ death revealed injuries to his forehead and face. Newsday reports Ronca …

ODMP
October 4, 2022

UPDATE: 21-Year-Old Sheriff’s Shot Dead By Other Cop While Serving Warrant

UPDATE @ 3:30 p.m. (EST): Another police officer likely fatally shot Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Blane Lane in the chest as they served an arrest warrant, according to Sheriff Grady Judd. Judd said the officers confronted the suspect, who escalated the matter when they brandished a BB gun which resembled a handgun. Judd speculated that …

Homicide
October 4, 2022

PICTURED: Ex-Boyfriend Sought in Murder of Mom Seen Being Forced Into Car at Gunpoint

Texas police have issued an arrest warrant in Monday’s shooting death of a woman who was reportedly last seen being forced into a car at gunpoint. KTRK reported that the victim’s body was discovered in an SUV at a concrete barrier storage yard in Houston. Earlier that day, someone reportedly called 911 about a man …

Police
October 4, 2022

Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Shot Dead While Serving Warrant

A 21-year-old Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed early Tuesday mornin while serving a warrant. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said four deputies had gone to serve the suspect with a failure to appear warrant. The deputies entered the mobile home, he said, and shots were fired, striking one of the deputies. The deputy …

Murder
October 4, 2022

Kidnapped Texas Mom Found Shot Dead in Abandoned SUV

A manhunt is on in Texas for the ex-boyfriend of a woman found shot to death in her abandoned SUV Monday afternoon. Neither Houston Police, where the body was found, nor Pasadena Police, where the incident began, have named the victim or the suspect, who was identified to investigators in Pasadena, KHOU reported. Witnesses reported …

Homicide
October 4, 2022

18-Year-Old Memphis Man Charged With Shooting 15-Year-Old Girl in the Head

An 18-year-old Tennessee man has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of a 15-year-old girl earlier this month in Memphis. Seth Walls told police on September 11 that he was “messing with” his gun while he, Haley Reedy, and another person were sitting on a couch, with the other person between him and …

Debbie Collier
Unsolved
October 3, 2022

Debbie Collier: Driver Involved in Crash with Slain Mom Revealed After Sister’s 911 Call

A man involved in a crash with slain Georgia mother, Debbie Collier, has been identified following a 911 call that indicated he could have possibly been involved in her murder. Police, however, have not named him as a suspect. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a 911 call made shortly after Collier’s disappearance on September 10 by …