A Michigan woman arrested earlier this month and charged with assault with intent to murder apparently attacked her own daughter, throwing the girl headfirst down a flight of stairs, choking her, and slashing her with a knife. Jennifer Vargas was arrested on November 8 after Michigan State Police responded to a call at Vargas’s Traverse …
A non-custodial father in Ohio is refusing to return his toddler daughter to her custodial mother, and police are asking for help locating them. Devon Mason, 23, took 2-year-old Naomie Lynn Mason on November 4, and Bethel Police say the believe the little girl is in danger. Naomie is 2 feet tall and weighs 30 …
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A Wisconsin man who faked his death in August and fled to eastern Europe, apparently to be with a woman, has been in contact with authorities but is so far refusing to come back to the United States. Ryan Borgwardt, 44, doesn’t yet face any charges for his elaborate and months-in-the-making scheme to flee his …
A Georgia mother convicted of killing her toddler son and dumping his body in a dumpster in 2022 was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison plus 10 years. Leilani Simon’s attorneys asked the judge to give her a chance at parole, while prosecutors wanted her to go to jail without that possible. After the …
A 13-year-old Indiana boy has been charged with murder after initially reporting the death of another boy as a suicide. Shortly after midnight on November 10, Greenwood police responded to a call about a possible suicide attempt. Officers arrived to find 13-year-old James Davis suffering from a gunshot wound and in critical condition. He was …
The search continues for a 6-year-old Ohio boy who reportedly vanished from his home on Wednesday. Joshua Al-Lateef Jr., who is autistic and nonverbal, vanished from his West Chester Township apartment. The Cincinnati Tribune reported that he is drawn to water and parks and may not respond to his name. WXIX reported that Al-Lateef’s older …
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to overturn actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions for falsely reporting a hate crime to police in 2019. In 2021, Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for falsely telling Chicago police that two men dumped bleach on him and put a noose around his neck in …
Family and friends of 25-year-old Emma Baum, a pregnant Indiana mother of four, are rallying for help to find her and bring her home. WGN9 reports that Baum vanished on October 10 from her boyfriend’s hoe, in the 2500 block of Connecticut Street in Gary, days before her due date. The boyfriend’s home is in …
The search for a missing Hawaiian woman last seen at the Los Angeles airport. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hannah Kobayashi, 31, last spoke with her family on November 11, following her missed connecting flight from Maui to New York City at Los Angeles International Airport on November 8. Larie Pidgeon, Kobayashi’s aunt, said the family …
A Missouri woman who was the subject of a reported abduction Wednesday morning in Clayton was found dead in St. Louis. The Clayton Police Department did not mention the abduction, only that the woman was seen “entering a vehicle with a man … under suspicious circumstances” shortly after 7 a.m. Family members, however, told KTVI …
A 14-year-old Georgia girl has been charged with shooting her mother to death at their home in Tifton. Tifton Police said they arrived at the home of 41-year-old Rachel Wagner at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday to tell her that her daughter had been in an accident in Bibb County, WALB reported. They were unable …
