Year: 2023

Delphi Murders: Judge Fights Back After Lawyers Push For Her Removal from Accused Child Killer Richard Allen’s Trial
Court

Special Judge Frances Gull and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita have requested that the state Supreme Court deny a petition to replace Gull and reinstate accused child killer Richard Allen’s defense team, in connection with the high-profile Delphi double murder case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Gull removed Allen’s original defense team, Andrew Baldwin and Brad …

Weird Crime
November 28, 2023

Florida Woman Stabs Boyfriend in Eye With Rabies Needle for Looking at Other Women

A Florida woman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend in the eyelid with a hypodermic needle during a dispute. WTVJ reported that Sandra Jimenez, 44, had accused her boyfriend of looking at other women before hopping on top of him and stabbing him with a rabies needle intended for their dogs. Jimenez …

Danielle Friedland and family
Missing
November 28, 2023

Update: Missing ‘Best Mom in the World’ Checks Baggage at Airport, Fails to Board Plane

The husband of a missing California woman who failed to return home from Texas says she has two young children at home who consider her the “best mom in the world.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, Danielle Becker Friedland, 36, checked her baggage at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Wednesday night but never boarded the plane. …

Missing
November 28, 2023

Missing: 13-Year-Old Boy Vanishes in Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued an endangered missing alert for a 13-year-old boy who was last seen in Broken Arrow. The Broken Arrow Police Department described Gavin Garman as 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black, Hurley brand jacket, blue …

Murder
November 28, 2023

‘Controlling’ Martial Arts Boyfriend Arrested for Beating Death of Nebraska Woman

A woman found dead in rural Nebraska east of Lincoln last week died was beaten to death. Cecilia Perez, 34, was from Omaha, 60 miles from where her body was found last Tuesday, KLKN reported. On Thursday, Omaha police arrested Perez’s boyfriend, 33-year-old Raymond Evans, said Lancaster County Chief Deputy Ben Houchin, who said that …

Joanna Speaks
Murder
November 28, 2023

Police: Woman Found Dead in Rural Oregon in April Was Murdered in Portland

Police in Oregon have determined that a woman found dead near an abandoned barn in rural Clark County was murdered in Portland. Joanna Speaks, 32, disappeared in March, and her body was found in early April about 22 miles north of Portland, as CrimeOnline reported. Police said at the time of the discovery they suspected …

Podcast
November 27, 2023

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: JFK: 60 Years of Questions

November 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot and killed during a presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas. The President is taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital.  By law, Dallas County Coroner Dr. Earl Rose had jurisdiction over the case and should have performed the autopsy. However, against Dr. Earl …

Missing
November 27, 2023

Missing Man’s Body Found in College’s Vent After Complaints of Foul Odor

A body found in a vent at a community college on Sunday has been identified as a man who vanished last month, according to Michigan police. Jason Thompson, 36, was discovered dead in the ventilation system at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts as police investigated the source of a foul odor. Officials said …

Lindsay Long
Podcast
November 27, 2023

Zone 7 Legend Series: Officer Lindsay Long

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator Sheryl McCollum talks with a former police officer, Lindsay Long. Lindsay opens up about the life-changing incident where she was shot three times while on duty. Lindsay discusses the physical and emotional challenges she faced during her recovery, her return to a normal life, and her …

Blake Chappell
Cold Cases
November 27, 2023

New Interest Sparked in Cold Case Murder of Teen Boy, Anonymous Letters Sent to Police

Newnan police in Georgia are hoping new information will help crack the cold case of a Georgia teen found shot in the head over 10 years ago. According to the Newnan Police Department, 17-year-old Blake Chappell, who vanished on October 16, 2011, was found murdered two months later. In a video statement last week, the …