A man accused of taking a missing Iowa teen to North Carolina last weekend now faces charges in two states. John Johnson, 25, was initially arrested in Reidsville, North Carolina, after authorities found the missing 15-year-old girl there, WHO reported. She was reunited with her family and Johnson was charged with sexual exploitation of a …
A 16-year-old Arizona high school student has been charged with second-degree murder after he stabbed a fellow student to death with a pocket knife in class in front of other students. The Phoenix Police Department said that Chris Aguilar stabbed Michael Montoya II, also 16, with a 4-inch folding pocketknife then ran out of the …
An Oklahoma mother and stepfather have been charged with child neglect after their 11-year-old daughter gave birth over the weekend. Muskogee County Assistant District Attorney Janet Hutson said that Dustin and Cherie Walker were being held on $100,000 bonds each and that she anticipates “filing additional charges and amending that information shortly,” KJRH reported. Hutson …
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Christopher Wofenbarger, the husband of slain Georgia woman, Melissa Wolfenbarger, has been found not guilty of her murder. According to Channel 2 Action News, a Fulton County jury took a few hours to return the verdict Friday. In 1999, investigators found a human head, soaked in bleach in a black trash bag, off of Avon …
Open statements in the Donna Adelson murder trial began Friday in Tallahassee. “The reason we are here today is because this defendant, Donna Adelson, was a part of the conspiracy to hire a hitman to kill her former son-in-law, Dan Markel,” Assistant State Attorney Sarah Kathryn Dugan said. “She was the matriarch — and a …
Police in San Antonio are searching for a missing 3-year-old who hasn’t been seen in over a month. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Aurora Bojorquez was last seen July 7 on the city’s Northeast side, in the 7100 block of Oldham Drive, at around 2 p.m. News4SA reports that the Texas Department …
A California couple is behind bars as the search for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro continues. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday on suspicion of murder, following an investigation at their home in Cabazon. “This morning, detectives from the Sheriff’s Homicide Detail and Specialized Enforcement Division arrested …
Opening statements started Friday morning in the murder trial of Donna Adelson, a Florida matriarch accused of orchestrating a hit on her daughter’s ex. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson, 75, is on trial in Tallahassee, accused of planning the murder of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel. She’s facing first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation charges, for …
Florida authorities this week released video they’d found in their investigation of the death of Giovanni Pelletier. Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells recapped the teen’s texts and travels in the time before his disappearance. Pelletier, 18, disappeared on August 1 after getting out of a vehicle driven by a cousin on Interstate 75 near State …
A 71-year-old California man has been charged with the murder of his 94-year-old father-in-law, a death that was initial thought to have come from natural causes. The Sonoma County Sheriff’ Office said that Khanh Trong Tran reported finding Sy Van Nguyen unresponsive on August 11. Fire personnel and deputies responded to the home and pronounced …
The murder trial resumes Thursday morning in the case against Christopher Wolfenbarger, a Georgia man accused of killing and beheading his wife. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wolfenberger stands accused of the murder of his wife, Melissa Wolfenberger. Police named Wolfenberger a person of interest from the start, according to Atlanta Homicide Detective Jarion Shepard. Melissa …
