A federal judge sentenced a North Texas woman to nine years in prison for using Bitcoin to pay a hitman to kill her boyfriend’s lover. Investigators say Michelle Murphy, 58, used an ATM to convert cash to Bitcoin and transferred about $10,500 to a hitman’s cryptocurrency wallet, KDFW reported. The plan was for the hitman …
Georgia authorities have identified a man and three children found dead in a park early Wednesday morning in an apparent murder suicide. The man was 56-year-old Jose Plasencia, and he was the ex-partner of the mother of the three children but not their father, WXIA reported. The children were identified as Arianny Rodriguez, 13; Carlos …
The remains of a South Carolina mother reported missing in early December have been found in a wooded area in Aiken County. The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office did not say specifically what led them to the spot where they found the remains of Jamilla “Millie” Smith on Thursday, the Augusta Press reported. An autopsy has …
A Florida man arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Fort Lauderdale woman will remain behind bars without bail, deemed a flight risk. David Knezevich, 36, appeared Friday afternoon before Chief Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres on kidnapping charges, linked to the disappearance and presumed death of his 40-year-old wife, Ana Knezevich. Following a …
A 2015 episode of “Nancy Grace” could be used in the murder case of a Kentucky woman who vanished in 2015. WLEX reported that the episode, produced by CNN’s HLN network, was filmed a week after Crystal Rogers’ disappearance. Prosecutors entered the episode in the case files of Rogers’ boyfriend Brooks Houck and Steven and …
A Texas mother who was given a low bond amount after allegedly beating a 3-month-old baby has been thrown back in jail. According to DailyMail, Brittney Bailey, 31, was taken into custody in March on suspicion of mistreating one of her twin infants. She’s also being investigated for her potential involvement in the death of the …
A Florida woman is behind bars after police say she beat her adopted boy to death after throwing him into a swimming pool earlier this monthy. According to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Patricia Saintizaire, 36, is facing charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and tampering with a witness. The …
Convicted child killer Adam Montgomery chose to take a lengthy prison sentence over disclosing where he hid the body of his slain daughter, Harmony Montgomery. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a New Hampshire judge sentenced Montgomery to 56 years to life in prison on Thursday, following a murder conviction in connection with his missing but presumed …
Florida police have charged a Key West man with three counts of attempted murder after he stole a tractor from the golf course where he worked and drove it to the campus of the College of the Florida Keys “with the specific intent of killing two people.” Ethan Robert Layne, 22, also faces four other …
The parents of murdered pro cyclist Mo Wilson have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her convicted killer, yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong, who fled to Costa Rica after the murder. Karen and Eric Wilson have asked for a jury trial for their suit, which seeks “monetary relief (of) over $1,000,000.00, including damages of any kind, …
The South Carolina pastor whose wife’s suicide generated national interest released a statement through his attorney denying her accusations that he “groomed” her from the time she was 10 years old until they married 14 years later. Mica Miller, 30, made those accusations in a report to police earlier this year after John Paul Miller, …
Georgia investigators announced Thursday that they had arrested a man in the 2001 murder of a University of Georgia law student who was found dead in her apartment after a fire there. Edrick Lamont Faust, now 48, has been charged with murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, concealing the death of another, possession …
