Year: 2025

Child Abuse
April 10, 2025

Foster Mom Possibly Traded Adopted Daughter for Monkey

A Missouri woman was arrested on Sunday for abusing children in her care. Lincoln County prosecutors said foster parent Brenda Deutsch, 70, hit children with a paddle, wooden trim from walls, and a shoe. She was also accused of starving a child and taking their clothes, according to KTVI. Prosecutors said they filed criminal charges …

Murder
April 10, 2025

Austin Metcalf: Teen Accused of Stabbing Football Star in Chest Won’t Face Death Penalty

A Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old at a high school track meet will not face the death penalty convicted, the Collin County District Attorney announced Wednesday. Prosecutors charged Karmelo Anthony, 17, with first-degree murder in the April 2 stabbing of Austin Metcalf. The incident happened at the Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco during …

Missing
April 10, 2025

BOLO: Police Seek Tips on Missing Hawaii Woman and 1-year-old Child

The Hawai‘i Police Department is searching for a 28-year-old woman, and her 1-year-old child. According to Big Island Now, Saysha Wilson and the child were seen on foot at Lōkahi Place in Hilo at 10:30 a.m. on April 9. Wilson is described standing as 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighing 188 pounds, with a light …

Child Abuse
April 9, 2025

Kentucky Couple Charged After 3-Year-Old Boy Brought to Hospital With Severe Burns

A Kentucky couple was arrested this week after a 3-year-old boy was brought to Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville with severe burns to his hands and foreams. According to WDRB, medical staff told investigators the child’s burns were consistent with being submerged in hot liquid, and the child told detectives that “Jacob did this to …

Court
April 9, 2025

Judge Bars ‘Sociopath,’ ‘Psychopath’ from Bryan Kohberger Murder Trial

A wide-ranging pre-trial hearing got under way on Wednesday in the case of a criminology graduate student accused of stabbing to death four University of Idaho students in 2022, with both sides in the case presenting their arguments for and against the inclusion of certain evidence when the trial begins this summer. Bryan Kohberger, 30, …

Child Abuse
April 9, 2025

Mom Watches Husband Kick 5-Year-Old Daughter in Groin Before She’s Found Dead in Bed

A Nevada father was criminally charged with abusing his 5-year-old daughter after she was found dead in their home last week. KRNV reported that Reno police responded to a home and found Nicholas Loving’s daughter unresponsive on a mattress. The girl was cold to the touch and had various signs of trauma, including bruises on …

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Teacher Scandals
April 9, 2025

‘Too Good-Looking’ Special Ed Teacher Accused of Molesting Boy Claims He Stalked Her — and Her Husband Knew

An Illinois special education teacher claims that a teen boy stalked her, while her husband was aware of the student’s obsession, according to prosecutors. As CrimeOnline previously reported, DuPage County prosecutors said that during her police interview, 30-year-old Downer Grove High School teacher Christina Formella tried to present her victim, a 16-year-old, someone obsessed with …

Murder
April 9, 2025

Hotel Guests Unknowingly Stay in Room With Dead Body in Closet

Florida police said a murdered woman’s body was discovered in a closet at a resort on Monday. WPLG reported that Nadyne Tillman, 43, met Dylan Lamb, 33, on a prostitution website. Monroe County said they believe Lamb killed Tillman at the Amoray Beach Resort and stashed her body under a water heater in a closet. …