Stephen Smith, the openly gay South Carolina teenager whose 2015 death got renewed attention following the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh by their husband and father, died from a single blow to the head and died on the road where he was found. Smith’s mother, Sandy Smith, has been fighting the battle over her …
A second person has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting over a property dispute in rural Colorado. Hanme Clark, 45, was arrested in New Mexico and charged with the shooting deaths of Rob Geers, 63, his wife Beth Wade Geers, 73, and James Daulton, 58, and the wounding of Daulton’s wife, Patty Daulton, …
Oregon police are searching for a 19-year-old man in connection with a deadly shooting Monday night in Riddle. Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene just after 11:30 p.m. and found Devonte Lovell Clark, 20, dead at the scene and a second man, Killian Mavity, 29, with a gunshot wound to the arm. He …
Firefighters called to the scene of a fire in a metal drum in Henderson, Nevada, Tuesday night found the body of a woman inside once the fire was extinguished. They called police to the scene to investigate the apparent homicide. Officials were called to the scene near the Harry Reid International Airport just before 8 …
A Wisconsin father has now been charged with first-degree reckless homicide after the death of his 12-year-old son, whose decomposing and malnourished body was found in his home in Milwaukee last month. Romuan Moye is still on the run after being charged with chronic neglect resulting in death and great bodily harm on October 14, …
Arelie Garcia is the youngest of the six children in her family. After high school, Garcia trains in Automotive Mechanics Technology at the Center for Employment Training and works at My Chevrolet in Salinas as a service advisor. Co-worker Miguel Alvarez describes Arelie Garcia as the “happy one” of the group. Garcia maintains a close …
Four crossings at the U.S.-Canada border were closed on Wednesday after two people were reportedly killed in a car explosion in New York. Sources told CBS that the deadly explosion occurred at Rainbow Bridge near Niagara Falls. The sources also claimed that the explosion appears intentional, though details are scarce. A witness told CBS that …
Police in Georgia are searching for a murder suspect following the discovery of a deceased woman Tuesday, at a Coweta County residence. Fox 5 reports that police are searching Dustin Allen Phillips after finding a woman dead at a home off Halo Trace. An active felony murder warrant was issued for Phillips’ arrest on Tuesday, …
A Washington man will remain behind bars without bail, a Thurston County judge said Monday, following evidence that a missing couple may have been murdered. According to The Olympian, Timothy Burke, 45, appeared in Thurston County Superior Court on Monday following the disappearance of Karen Koep and her husband, Davido. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police …
Florida authorities are charging Cory Hill, whose estranged wife was found shot to death in his storage unit over the weekend, with first degree murder with a firearm. “Detectives will continue building the case in order to bring Shakeira Rucker’s family the justice they seek,” the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement announcing …
Chad Daybell’s attorney accused prosecutors of “grand standing” and “forum shopping” in their request last week that Judge Stephen Boyce reconsider his change of venue order, made when Daybell’s murder trial was still attached to his wife’s. Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial was severed from Daybell’s because Daybell waived his right to a speedy trial, while …
The Louisiana woman charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy found stuffed into a “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” suitcase in southern Indiana was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison. Dawn Coleman was given five years of the sentence suspended, WTHR reported. Coleman pleaded guilty to aiding, inducing, or causing murder, neglect of …
