A Mississippi babysitter could face the death penalty for allegedly murdering a toddler and abusing his younger sister, the Daily Journal reports. This week, a grand jury in Alcorn County voted to indict 23-year-old Makallie E. Durham with four counts of child abuse stemming from an incident in September that left a 2-year-old boy dead …
Mourners gathered Friday for the first funeral of a victim murdered in this week’s mass shooting at a Nashville school, WSMV-TV reports. The service was held Friday afternoon for 9-year-old Evelyn Dieckhaus, who was fatally shot on Monday at The Covenant School along with two peers and three adults. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Dieckhaus was …
A missing Florida boy whose mother was murdered was found dead in the mouth of an alligator, Bay News 9 reports. Police late Friday announced that they had located 2-year-old Taylen Mosley, who had not been seen since Wednesday. Officers were investigating the child’s disappearance at Lake Maggiore in St. Petersburg when they observed an …
Police in North Carolina are looking for 8- and 11-year-old brothers who may have been abducted by their father. The Concord Police Department said the two boys had been living with their grandmother and were taken from a neighbor’s yard, where they were playing, and put into a white vehicle. The boys are identified as …
‘She’s been the grandma of the POA,’ union President Sean Pritchard said.
Andrew Tate, an “influencer” who was banned from Twitter because of racist, homophobic, and misogynist comments and allowed back on by new CEO Elon Musk, has been released from a Romanian jail to home arrest while authorities continue to investigate sex trafficking charges against him and his brother. Andrew and Tristan Tate failed in two …
Florida authorities have arrested a 77-year-old man and charged him with fondling a 7-year-old girl. Eladio Alfonso Coalla was charged with child molestation and sexual assault on a minor after the victim, now 15, told Miami police that he touched her sexually underneath her clothing, WPLG reported. The girl said that she was spending the …
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has been moved into the protective custody unit of a South Carolina maximum security prison, but prison officials won’t be disclosing which of the state’s seven “close custody” facilities the former lawyer will serve his two life sentences. The state Department of Corrections made the announcement Friday afternoon, saying Murdaugh’s evaluation …
Shommaonique Wickerson goes to work, leaving her 6 children in the care of her 31-year-old cousin, Paris Propps. Hours later, Wickerson gets a call from Propps saying “your kids are missing.” Three of the girls in his care have gone missing. The three sisters were then found dead in their neighbor’s private pond. Officials first reported …
An 18-year-old Ohio woman is out of jail after fatally stabbing a 17-year-old girl in a fight at a Columbus convenience store. The Columbus Division of Police said that Bryanna Barozzini admitted swinging a knife during the fight with Halia Culbertson late Sunday night. In court on Tuesday, Barozzini’s attorney said there were “self-defense issues” …
A registered sex offender in Virginia allegedly beat a 2-year-old girl in his care on Wednesday, leading to her death. Harvion Simpkins, 35, was charged with second-degree murder following the victim’s death on Thursday. WAVY reported that Simpkins had been watching the victim and her infant sibling at the In Town Suites in Greenbrier while …
On Friday, a South African court denied parole for runner Oscar Pistorius, who has served nearly seven years for fatally shooting his girlfriend in 2013. The Department of Correctional Services said in a statement issued to the Pretoria East Rekord that Pistorius’ application for release was denied because he had not served the minimum sentence. …
