Police in New York have identified the remains of “Midtown Jane Doe,” found encased in concrete at a former Hell’s Kitchen hotspot two decades ago, thanks to a boost involving DNA from a victim of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The skeleton was found by construction workers in February 2003 in the basement of a building …
CrimeOnline’s “Zone 7” host, Sheryl McCollum, brought a Georgia cold case to New York during the sophomore year of the highly acclaimed Hamptons Whodunit Festival in East Hampton Village. “No tip is too small,” McCollum said during her distinguished “Crime and Wine” session on April 13. She presented the case of Melisa Wolfenberger to a …
Forensics expert and “Body Bags” host Joseph Scott Morgan says testimony from the medical examiner in the Karen Read murder trial will play a crucial role. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Norfolk County grand jury in Massachusetts indicted Read in 2022 on murder, motor vehicle manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death …
Diane Medina is still recovering from significant injuries she suffered earlier this month when a suspected drunk driver slammed into a Michigan boat club, where familiees were gathered for a 3-year-old’s circus-themed birthday party. Two children, 8-year-old Alanah Phillips and 4-year-old Zayn Phillips, were killed in the horrific crash, and their mother filed a lawsuit …
Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked that some claims against him in a sexual assault lawsuit be dismissed because laws against revenge porn and human trafficking did not exist in 1991, when Syracuse University student Joi Dickerson-Neal says they took place. Combs’ lawyers also said that accusations against him are false, offensive, and salacious,” …
A baby was found dead on the University of Tampa campus late Sunday night. Tampa Police said the infant was found near McKay Hall, the school’s Honors Living-Learning Community home, according to WTVT. Little information was available from police or the school, which sent out an alert to students cautioning them to avoid the area …
An Alabama mother was arrested last week after she allegedly tried to drown her 10-year-old son in the bathtub, bit and hit him, threw bleach on him, and locked him in a closet. Ashley Elizabeth Jones was released on bond a day after her arrest on Monday, which came a day after she told police …
Pop star Britney Spears apparently settled her lawsuit against her father in a less than satisfactory manner and posted a screed to Instagram blasting bother her mother and father and claiming “there has been no justice and probably never will be!!!” TMZ reported on Friday that the lawsuit she filed against Jamie Spears was “quietly …
Donasia Holloway-Epps posted a SnapChat of her ex-boyfriend approaching her car — despite a no contact order — just moments before she was shot to death in 2021. This week, Justin Cole Carroll, 24, was found guilty of her murder and sentenced to 60 years in prison, South Carolina’s 14th Circuit Solitor’s Office reports.
An Iowa pediatric surgeon was sentenced last week to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Lynn Lindaman, 73, was convicted in February for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl. according to the Polk County Attorney’s Office. The jury deliberated for about an hour before delivering the guilty verdict. Earlier in February, Lindaman admitted that …
Two Staten Island parents have been arrested after their 1-month-old son was found dead on Saturday. New York police responded to the call shortly before 7 a.m. and found the unconscious baby, Gothamist reported. The boy was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Doctors at the hospital reported finding visible …
