A 13-year-old Long Island boy dies after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. The teen dived to push his older sister out of the vehicle’s path. Tyler Phillips was walking with his 14-year-old sibling, returning from a nearby park, when they were hit by a vehicle with its lights turned off. The suspected vehicle was …
A Mexican man was reportedly shot and killed on Saturday, moments after getting married. According to the New York Post, El Universal reported that Marco Antonio Rosales Contreras, 32, was killed while leaving Neustra Señora de La Candelaria church in Caborca. In a suspected case of mistaken identity, Contreras is believed to have been killed …
A 17-year-old Minnesota boy has been jailed for an attack on several members of his family Tuesday morning that killed his grandmother and injured four more relatives. The Roseville Police Department said that 88-year-old Patricia Frances Maslow was found dead at the scene from “sharp and blunt-force injuries,” bringmethenews.com reported. Two other family members — …
The ex-stepmother of missing New Hampshire girl, Harmony Montgomery, told police that the child’s father killed her, then told her to lie to investigators, New Hampshire prosecutors said. During an interview in June, 32-year-old Kayla Montgomery reportedly told detectives with the Manchester Police Department that Harmony’s father, Adam Montgomery, killed the child in December 2019, …
Attorneys for a Texas woman who allegedly fled to Costa Rica after fatally shooting her boyfriend’s love interest in May have asked the court to suppress various pieces of evidence for her upcoming murder trial. During a pre-trial hearing which began last Wednesday, Kaitlin Armstrong’s legal team claimed Austin police and detective Richard Spitler used …
The grandmother of missing Georgia tot Quinton Simon, 1, apparently thinks the child died accidentally, according to a conversation she had with the child’s father. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Quinton’s mother, Leilani Simon, reported him missing on October 5; she said her current boyfriend saw the child at about 6 a.m. in the family’s Savannah …
A New York detective took the stand Monday at the Suffolk Superior Court and said the father and stepmother of deceased 8-year-old Thomas Valva were caught on text messages discussing punishments and beating two children with belts. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 43-year-old Michael Valva is currently on trial for the murder of Thomas, who froze …
On Wednesday, a Wisconsin jury convicted Darrell Brooks Jr. of killing six people and injuring 60 more last year by driving his car through a parade. Brooks, who represented himself in court, stood trial for the carrying out the mass slaying in November at a parade in Waukesha. He faced 77 counts — including first-degree …
Indiana State Police are searching for a Georgia mother whose 5-year-old son was found dead off a rural backroad earlier this year, stuffed into a hardshell suitcase with the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign painted on it. Police spokesman Sgt. Carey Huls identified the boy as Cairo Ammar Jordan and his mother as …
A woman who once met convicted California killer Paul Flores reportedly claimed that he told her years ago that he killed California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart, in the summer of 1996. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a jury convicted Flores, who attended Cal Poly in 1996 with 19-year-old Smart, of murder earlier this month. …
A Pennsylvania man faces multiple charges in the alleged child abuse of his 6-year-old daughter, including leaving her in a hole in the backyard overnight. A criminal complaint against 50-year-old John Edward Kraft says that Greene County Children and Youth Services met with the girl initially on September 21, when they found severe bruising all …
