Florida prosecutors have dropped charges against the ex-boyfriend of a woman who was found dead, buried in a shallow grave in an Alabama barn earlier this year. Marcus Spanevelo remains in jail in Santa Rosa County, Florida, however, on an out-of-state fugitive warrant from St. Clair County, Alabama, jail records show. Cassie Carli was last …
A woman who survived a near-deadly encounter with the accused killer of a Chicago boarding house owner is sharing details of the chilling interaction, WGN News reports. Authorities allege that 36-year-old Sandra Kolalou murdered and dismembered her landlord, 69-year-old Frances Walker, and then stored the victim’s remains in a freezer at her boarding house. The …
The daughter of a serial killer is going viral on TikTok for posting videos about the trauma her father inflicted on her life, the New York Post reports. Keith Hunter Jesperson is serving life behind bars at Oregon State Penitentiary for murdering eight women between 1990 and 1995. Jesperson, who is known as the “Happy …
Authorities are investigating whether a Missouri man accused of holding a woman captive as his sex slave has other victims, the Daily Mail reports. Last week, police descended on the home of 39-year-old Timothy Haslett Jr. in Excelsior Springs after a 22-year-old woman reported that Haslett had kept her confined in his basement and raped …
A Louisiana mother is dead after being shot multiple times by a teenager paid to carry out the hit by the woman’s own daughter, WBRZ-TV reports. Around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, 33-year-old Markeshia Stone was shot repeatedly at the Highland Club apartment complex along Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge while other children were in the …
A Kentucky man has been charged with physically abusing a toddler and posting a video of the abuse on Snapchat. Benjamin J. Franklin, 23, faces charges of criminal abuse of a child under 12 and strangulation. Arraignment is scheduled for October 19, according to WAVE. According to Franklin’s arrest report, the 2-year-old’s mother told investigators …
One of the victims was the 15-year-old suspect’s older brother.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a juror in the penalty phase of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s trial called the Office of the State Attorney to say she felt threatened by a fellow juror during deliberations. Prosecutors filed a motion asking the court to authorize the sheriff’s office to interview the juror who felt …
Will there ever be justice for the three little girls murdered at a girl scout camp in Oklahoma? The only person charged in this case has been acquitted. Could new DNA testing methods pinpoint a killer? Today, in the conclusion of our week-long investigation, hear from one of the girl’s mothers. Joining Nancy Grace Today: …
North Carolina police arrested a man whose severed finger was reportedly discovered at the scene of an attempted home invasion last week. WFMY reported that residents were returning to their Burlington home on October 6 when Vernon Wilson, 67, approached them with a gun. A resident reportedly slammed the door on Wilson’s finger, sparking a …
An Indiana elementary school teacher was arrested on Thursday for allegedly compiling a “kill list” which included her students and co-workers. A fifth-grade student at St. Stanislaus Catholic School in East Chicago told a counselor about how Angelica Carrasquillo-Torres, 25, commented about killing herself, students, and staff. Carrasquillo-Torres, who teaches fifth grade, also told the …
The former boyfriend Leilani Simon, identified as the primary suspect in connection with a missing Georgia toddler, says she “tried to overdose with kids nearby” last spring. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 1-year-old Quinton Simon was reported missing on October 5 by his mother, Leilani Simon, who said her current boyfriend saw the child at about …
