Carlee Russell has lost her job at the Alabama spa where she worked before her purported disappearance earlier this month, the New York Post reports. The 25-year-old nursing student has come under intense scrutiny after investigators said they uncovered suspicious activity and internet searches casting doubt on her claims of being kidnapped. Russell’s former boss, …
A Nebraska woman was sentenced on Thursday to three months in jail for disposing of a fetus after an illegal abortion. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police began investigating Celeste Burgess, 19, in June 2022 — before the Supreme Court ruled that abortion is a state issue. At that time, Burgess lived in a state where …
A 39-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with his 72-year-old father’s death. According to court documents, Frederick Schech was found dead in the kitchen of the upstairs level of a home in Minnetonka on Wednesday after officers were called there by the woman who lives in the lower level, KARE reported. The woman told police …
Rashad Maleek Trice now faces 20 state charges. Two federal charges also remain in effect.
A Florida couple has been charged with human trafficking after they allegedly bonded three women out of jail in Marion County and forced them into prostitution. The Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, a multi-agency organization in central Florida, said it believe Joselito Martinez, 34, and Tanya Wurster, 30, may have more victims, WSVN reported. Martinez and …
North Carolina police obtained surveillance photos of a man and a girl resembling missing 12-year-old Madalina Cojocari, taken after she hadn’t been seen in weeks, according to recently unsealed court documents. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Madalina was last seen at Bailey Middle School in Cornelius, in late November 2022. Her mother, Diana Cojocari, didn’t report …
As police continue to gather evidence to prove that New York architect Rex Heuermann is the Long Island Serial Killer, his wife has filed for divorce. Heuermann’s wife, 59-year-old Asa Ellerup, is being represented by attorney Robert Macedonio. The papers were filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Heuermann, 59, was arrested last week and charged …
A Nebraska man who allegedly posed as a student at two high schools was charged on Thursday with sexual assault and sex trafficking involving minor victims. Zachary Scheich, 26, reportedly used the pseudonym “Zak Hess” while enrolled at Lincoln Northwest High School before transferring to Lincoln Southeast High School. Scheich corresponded with the female victims …
BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, who was arrested in 2005 after killing 10 people in Kansas, claims that accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuremann is a copycat, after hearing details surrounding the Gilgo Beach murders. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Rader said he spotted numerous similarities between himself and Heuermann, who …
A former Alabama attorney says that Carlee Russell, who claims she was abducted after spotting a toddler walking alone, should be arrested for false claims and resources taken away from law enforcement. “She says she was kidnaped, and a kidnapping didn’t happen. (They say) our citizens are safe. There’s not a kidnapper out there. So, …
A Texas man was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, driving her to California, and raping her multiple times. Steven Robert Sablan, 61, is charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, the …
A Oklahoma woman and three children are dead after a standoff in the Tulsa metropolitan area, and police believe it was a murder-suicide. Verdigris Police Chief Jack Shackleford said the incident began at about 4 p.m. when a woman alerted a passing patrol officer that she had been held captive in a garage by another …
