Year: 2023

Death investigation
February 21, 2023

No Further Charges for Woman Whose Baby Was Found in Suitcase in Closet: Cops

A North Carolina woman charged with concealing the death of a child will face no further charges. Synkel Davis, 34, was charged on February 8 when Roanoke Rapids police conducted a welfare check and found the infant wrapped in a blanket inside a suitcase, which was tucked into a closet, as CrimeOnline previously reported. An …

Homicide
February 21, 2023

15-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Her Bed; Cops Say It’s Homicide

A 15-year-old girl was found dead from an apparent head injury in her metropolitan Atlanta apartment on Tuesday, and investigators say it’s a homicide. Peachtree City Police said that girl’s mother found her at about 6 a.m. in her bed, WAGA reported. “The girl was last seen alive Monday evening,” Assistant Chief Matt Meyers told …

Police tape
child endangerment
February 21, 2023

Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Letting Their 6 Kids Live in ‘Deplorable’ Conditions

A Pennsylvania couple has been charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of children after investigators found the family living in “horrid” conditions. Although Dana Elizabeth Ann Rause, 31, and Richard Kevin Rause Jr, 38, face the same six charges, the mother was given a bail five times that of her husband, at $250,000, …

Crime Stories
February 21, 2023

[Crime Stories with Nancy Grace] Alex Murdaugh Defense: ‘Killer is Short’

Alex Murdaugh’s defense team began their day in court by calling Buster Murdaugh to the stand. He insisted that his father was “heartbroken” and “destroyed” after finding the bodies of his wife and son. The disgraced lawyer seemed to wipe away tears as his son said, “He asked me if I was sitting down … …

Madeleine Mccann
Unsolved
February 21, 2023

Julia Faustyna: What We Know About the Woman Who Claims to Be Missing Child, Madeleine McCann

Polish woman Julia Faustyna, also known as Julia Wendell and Julia Wandelt, says she believes she may be missing British girl, Madeleine McCann, who disappeared while vacationing with her parents in 2007. According to an Instagram post, Faustyna began entertaining the idea that she may be Madeleine “a few months ago after hearing something from …

Murder
February 21, 2023

Florida Will Seek Death Penalty for Bodybuilder Accused of Killing Ex-Wife, Burning Her Body

Florida prosecutors have filed their intention to seek the death penalty for a bodybuilder ex-Marine charged with murdering his ex-wife and burning and hiding her body on his 5-acre property. Ian Baunach was charged with pre-meditated murder, destruction of physical evidence, use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, cremating a dead body …

Murder
February 21, 2023

Beloved Catholic Bishop Murder: Suspect Arrested, What We Know So Far

A California man who police arrested Monday for the death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell apparently had connections to the victim, according to police. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police arrested Carlos Medina on Sunday, whose wife reportedly worked for O’Connell for years. The arrest comes less than 48 hours after  O’Connell was found dead at his …

Kidnapping
February 21, 2023

Georgia Teen Steals Instacart Shopper’s Car, Abducts His Infant Son

A 13-year-old Georgia girl is in custody in Macon after she allegedly made off with an Instacart shopper’s vehicle with the shopper’s 4-month-old son inside. Kevin Walker, the baby boy’s father and a friend of the teen and her mother, met up with them on Monday during his rounds, and the girl asked if she …