Year: 2022

Murder
February 26, 2022

Shop owner fatally shoots customer over auto repairs: Reports

The owner of a Mississippi auto repair shop was arrested Thursday after he allegedly shot and killed a customer when the two argued over repairs. Stanley Eckhoff, the 47-year-old owner of Stanley Tire and Auto in Hazlehurst, has been charged with the murder of Christopher Buie, 49, WLBT reports. Police said the two argued over …

Missing
February 26, 2022

Missing Mom of 2 Found Dead Under Home of Man Out on Bond for Domestic Violence Against Her

A 26-year-old Texas woman reported missing last week was found dead this week beneath a home in Fort Worth. Marissa Grimes’s parents reported her missing from Arlington on February 16, saying they hadn’t seen her since February 12, according to KDFW. Police have named 24-year-old Valerian Osteen, who was previously released on bond in a …

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Missing
February 26, 2022

Dad Claims He Gave Missing Newborn to Social Services. A Year Later, She’s Still Missing.

The search for a missing West Virginia baby who disappeared as a newborn is still active, according to police. Angel Nichole Overstreet was reported missing on May 25, 2021, from Huntington, West Virginia. However, police say the infant’s whereabouts cannot be confirmed since May 8, 2021, CBS 13 reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators questioned …

Unsolved
February 26, 2022

Shock as Highbridge Woman Dead Found Inside Storage Container

The decomposing body of an East Harlem woman was found Friday afternoon in a plastic container across the street from a Bronx storage facility. Police identified the body as that of 35-year-old Nisaa Walcott, who worked as a beautician, the New York Daily News reported. According to WABC, the body was found by a passerby …

Court
February 26, 2022

Ex-Cop Who Shot and Killed Man Over Movie Theater Spat Acquitted of Murder

A retired police officer who shot and killed a man over a spat in a movie theater has been acquitted of murder. Jurors deliberated for just three and a half hours before handing down the verdict in the trial of 79-year-old Curtis Reeves, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Prosecutors had charged Reeves with second-degree murder …

Family Crime
February 26, 2022

4-Year-Old Forced to Drink Hand Sanitizer Also Had to Eat Crumbs Off Floor, Seen on Video ‘Hitting Himself in the Head’ Begging for Bread and Water

More disturbing allegations have surfaced about the horrific abuse of a 4-year-old Texas boy who died from starvation last year, KSAT-TV reports. As Crime Online reported earlier this week, authorities obtained a video allegedly showing the boy being forced to drink hand sanitizer and then crying that his mouth was burning. The boy had reportedly been begging …

Homicide
February 25, 2022

Argument Over Assigned Parking Space Leaves Florida Mother of 2 Dead

Police in south Florida are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and dragged a 57-year-old woman after an argument over an assigned parking space at the woman’s apartment building. Hialeah Police said Olga Fernandez was killed on February 13 by an unidentified man driving a dark-colored 2014-2016 Toyota Corolla (L or LE …

Murder
February 25, 2022

16-Year-Old Boy Charged as Adult in Killings of 5-Year-Old, 2 Adults

Detroit police have charged a 16-year-old boy with the murders of a 5-year-old boy, his mother, and her boyfriend, but they released a second teen for lack of evidence. Malcolm Ray Hardy is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday on three counts of murder, one count of premeditated murder, two counts of armed robbery, and …