A Maryland kidnapping victim was found naked and with stab wounds on each of her fingers Friday night when state police pulled over a U-Haul truck reported to be “driving erratically and striking multiple parked vehicles.” Police arrested Dennis Bell, 62, charging him with 14 criminal counts, including first degree assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, fourth …
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the remains of a woman found dead on a coastal hunting club last December and arrested her husband for murder. Mindi Mebane Kassotis, 40, was living in Savannah at the time of her death with her husband, Nicholas James Kassotis, who also went by the name Nicholas Killian …
The suspect, Jonathan Jones, was found in Mexico earlier this week with the 17-year-old girl he allegedly kidnapped after skipping out on a court date. Police say there is a connection.
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace doesn’t mince words speaking about Joran van der Sloot, the sole suspect in the 2005 disappearance and presumed murder of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who was on a graduation trip to Aruba when she vanished. Van der Sloot, who is serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany …
A 13-year-old Michigan boy helped save his younger sister from a kidnapper this week when he shot the suspect with his slingshot after she broke free. Michigan State Police said the 8-year-old girl was mushroom hunting in her Alpena County backyard on Wednesday when “an unknown male appeared from the woods,” ABC News reported. The …
Community members from the Alabama city where Natalee Holloway grew up are reflecting once again on her disappearance as news broke this week that the prime suspect in her murder is expected to be extradited to the United States, WVTM-TV reports. Holloway vanished in 2005 while vacationing in Aruba days after graduating high school. Her …
Family members of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the victims in the Idaho college murders, say they are preparing to face accused killer Bryan Kohberger in court next month. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Friday, Goncalves’ mother, Kristi, said despite the uncertainty about what evidence will emerge from the preliminary hearing …
A Texas mother is accused of tying her son to a seatbelt and then dragging him down a highway as punishment for insulting her, KFDX-TV reports. On May 2, authorities arrested 61-year-old Marion Luise Stade in connection with the allegations, which reportedly occurred earlier in the day. The situation began when someone called the Archer …
A Georgia mother has been charged with murder when her toddler daughter died after being pulled from a pond in an office park. Sandy Springs police put out an alert for 22-month-old Nirvana Oliver Thursday night after they were called to a parking deck at the office park for a woman acting oddly. Sgt. Matt …
The mother of a Florida teen sentenced to life in prison in March for the brutal murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey pleaded no contest to tampering with evidence on Friday and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Crystal Smith, 38, was seen on surveillance video washing Aiden Fucci’s bloody jeans after he stabbed Bailey …
An Ohio man indicted in March on 26 counts of sexual misconduct has now seen those charges increased after new indictments brought the total to 110 counts covering 20 years. David L. James III, 57, initially faced charges involving three juvenile victims, but the investigation now includes five more victims and a total of 110 …
A mother in Wisconsin who killed her 8-year-old son and attempted to kill her 11-year-old son will spend the rest of her life in a mental facility with the state Department of Health Services. Judge Daniel J. Borowski has sentenced Natalia Hitchcock to the mental facility for the death of her son, Oliver Hitchcock, in …
