A 12-year-old boy found dead after spending the night in a tiny tent at a North Carolina wilderness therapy camp earlier this year may have suffocated in that tent, a staff member assigned to check his breathing in the night told state investigators. Staff at Trails Carolina did not visually check the boy overnight and …
A British woman accused of intentionally setting an elderly woman’s home on fire will face trial this week. According to BBC, Elizabeth Vamplew, 77, died from burns and smoke inhalation after Karen Vamplew, 43, set the victim’s bungalow in Eton Court, Newark, Nottinghamshire, on fire in 2021. Vampley is now charged with murder, accused of …
Colorado officials said on Wednesday that an autopsy was completed in the case of a woman whose remains were discovered in 2023, three years after her reported disappearance. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation confirmed to KKTV that Suzanne Morphew’s autopsy was completed. The report has not yet been made available to the public. READ: Suzanne …
UPDATE: 5th Person Arrested in Brutal Murders of Kansas Moms, Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley Previous Coverage The four people charged with the murders of two Kansas women who vanished in Oklahoma late last month conspired to kill them to stop a bitter custody dispute with one of the women — and had tried to kill …
Police are searching a wooded area in Manorville, New York, in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders investigation. Newsday reports that police and a K-9 were spotted at Wading River Manor Road Wednesday morning before searching a wooded area off Ryerson Avenue shortly after noon. Customers at the nearby “The Maples bar” told the outlet …
Florida prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they are seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murdering her 3-year-old daughter in 2022. Joanne Zephir, 38, reportedly forced her daughters, ages 8 and 3, to drink bleach outside a church in Poinciana. Zephir then strangled the youngest child to death and tried to take her …
A Washington woman pleaded not guilty Monday in connection with the March death of her 4-year-old son, Ariel Garcia. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Janet Garcia, 27, faces charges of first-degree murder, with aggravating factors of domestic violence and a vulnerable victim. She pleaded not guilty Monday morning at the Snohomish County Superior Court. Ariel was …
A missing Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor, under investigation for leaving the scene of a drunk driving accident last week, was found dead Monday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound behind a Holiday Inn in Martin County, Florida. James Solti, 57, rear-ended a flatbed truck on April 17 after he’d been out drinking with Cassie Harrison, who …
A 10-year-old Oklahoma boy awoke Monday morning to find his parents and three brothers dead from a murder-suicide perpetrated by his father. Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Gary Knight said the child called 911 at about 9:30 a.m. and told a dispatcher that “everyone inside the home appeared to be dead.” “Investigators determined that sometime overnight, …
A judge on Tuesday ordered the suspected drunk driver who killed two children when she crashed into a birthday party at a Michigan boat dock held on a $1.5 million bond. Meanwhile, 66-year-old Marshella Chidester’s attorney said his client suffered seizures in her legs and had only one glass of wine on Saturday, the day …
A former Washington police officer suspected of killing his underage girlfriend and ex-wife and kidnapping a 1-year-old child killed himself Tuesday afternoon after leading Oregon state troopers on a brief chase on Interestate 5 near Eugene. The child, Roman Santos, was recovered safely by the troopers,Capt. Kyle Kennedy of the Oregon State Police said. The …
