A North Carolina man found dead in a pond in August had accidentally drowned, Florida officials said. The Manatee County Medical Examiner also noted there were marks on Giovanni Pelletier, 18, that were “consistent with alligator scavenging.” Coroners also cited video footage, which they said showed Pelletier alone in the area where police found him …
A Florida man claimed “temporary insanity” Thursday, in connection with the 2023 deaths of his adoptive parents. The Herald-Tribune reports that Assistant State Attorney Karen Fraivillig questioned Dima Tower, 24, as he took the stand in his own defense. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Tower is facing two counts of murder for the 2023 deaths of …
A Texas daycare worker was sentenced this week to a decade in prison after she was seen on video kicking and shoving children in her care more than 100 times. Catherine Guziejka, 45, pleaded guilty in September to six counts of injury to a child, as CrimeOnline reported. She was sentenced to 10 years on …
The father of a Florida teen who died aboard a Carnival Horizon cruise ship earlier this month says he has been kept in the dark about how she died. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the vessel had embarked on a trip from Miami to the Caribbean, when 18-year-old Anna Kepner passed away on the last day …
Police in North Georgia are searching for Texas law school professor who went missing while hiking near Nottely Falls and Blood Mountain. Charles Hosch, 67, was last seen at the Byron Herbert Reece Trailhead in Union County on November 11, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said. He was wearing khaki pants, a caramel color sweater, …
A Wisconsin couple found dead in a car last month in Illinois died in a murder-suicide. The McHenry County Coroner’s Office said Brandon Dumovich, 30, shot 29-year-old Rachel Dumovich in the head and then shot himself, WIFR reported. The couple was just days away from their first wedding anniversary when they were found in their …
A Utah father and his girlfriend have been charged with child torture after they allegedly starved his 5-year-old daughter to the point where she ate her own feces and other non-food items in an attempt to “save” herself. Daniel James Fivas, 32, brought the little girl to the hospital on August 30 because she was …
A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and setting her car ablaze with her body inside. Jarrett Haskell Davis entered the plea on Monday and was was sentenced to more than four decades in prison, WRDW reported. The remains of Megan Bodiford were found in her burned vehicle on April …
An off-duty Missouri US Air Force airman shot and killed a neighbor who tried to intervene in a domestic dispute between him and a woman on Wednesday. The airman, assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, fired at police officers who responded to the scene and was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the …
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Washington prosecutors said on Monday that a woman charged with killing a man last month did so by lacing his drink with fentanyl. On October 5, Cowlitz Tribe police were called to the Ilani Casino Hotel concerning a deceased individual. An investigation determined Raylin Benzie, 34, gave the victim, Arslan, 38, a fatal dose of …
Police in Ohio are searching for a 16-year-old girl who has not been seen since Sunday. According to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, Rayina Haddox disappeared on November 9, from the Buckeye Trails Community of Lockbourne. John Strawser, Captain of Investigations with the sheriff’s office, told CrimeOnline that authorities have “crossed every avenue that we …
