Lyle Menendez, who became infamous, along with his brother Erik, for the murders of their parents, made a surprise call from prison to criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos during Sunday session at CrimeCon 2024 Nashville. “I just decided, even though I’m incarcerated, and there isn’t hope of freedom, I still have a chance to be …
Authorities have identified a 13th victim of a serial killer who shot himself to death in 1996. An Indiana coroner said the identification came amid a renewed effort to identify the victims of Herb Baumeister, who killed himself in Canada as investigators tried to question him about the thousands of charred and crushed bones found …
A fake silver chain stopped a bullet and saved a man’s life last month, police said. The Commerce City, Colorado, Police Department said two men were arguing when one pulled out a gun and fired. “The .22 caliber bullet was fired during an argument and would have ended up in the victim’s neck had it …
Two New York police officers suffered minor injuries over the weekend when they tried to pull over a man who drove a scooter the wrong way down a one-way street. The officers returned fire and hit Bernardo Raul Castro-Mata, 19, in the ankle, WPIX said. Police said Castro-Mata has no prior criminal record but is …
A South Alabama man is behind bars, charged with rape and sodomy of a child under the age of 10, after eluding police for two days. The Dale County Sheriff’s Office said that Colt Bryan Lecuyer, 33, was already a registered sex offender when a witness called 911 on Friday to report having seen Lecuyer …
A least one person is dead and two dozen more wounded when gunfire erupted at a large outdoor party early Sunday morning in the East Akron neighborhood of the Ohio city. Akron Police Chief Brian Harding said investigators found two handguns and more than 35 spent shell casings in the area. The casings were “consistent …
A 43-year-old North Carolina man has been arrested for the murder of his 75-year-old mother. The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to a home in Stokes for “a report of a female that was deceased due to unnatural causes” shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday. They found Olivia Musgrave dead inside the …
A 15-year-old boy is dead and a 48-year-old man is hospitalized after another teen crashed a sleepover at the boy’s house Saturday night and stabbed the victims. Sumter County Undersheriff Pat Breeden said deputies were called to the home at about 10 p.m. and found the two victims. Emergency medical personnel rendered aid before they …
Police in Joliet, Illinois, have arrested a man connected with the shooting deaths of eight people at four crime scenes in January — a shocking crime spree that ended when the gunman, Romeo Nance, killed himself 1,200 miles away in Texas as US Marshals closed in on him. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said it …
A 16-year-old Massachusetts girl was kidnapped and murdered Thursday by her stepfather, who was out on bond for raping her three years earlier and had a restraining order against him. Juliana Santana, 49, shot himself have shooting the girl, who has been identified by family as Christina. Police found him and his victim after the …
A convicted sex offender suspected of killing his Maryland parole officer and fleeing was captured Saturday afternoon hundreds of miles away in West Virginia. Maryland Parole and Probation agent Davis Martinez, 33, went to conduct a resident visit on Friday at the home of 54-year-old Emanuel Edward Sewell in Chevy Chase, as CrimeOnline reported. When …
A shoot-out at an Alabama gas station Saturday night left one woman dead and another wounded and charged with murder. Tuscalossa police said they were called to the station just after 10:30 p.m. and found two women suffering from gunshot wounds, WBRC reported. Both were taken to the hospital, where Lashonda Leigh Street, 46, died. …
