Ellen Killoran

Ellen is a seasoned journalist and former media & entertainment reporter with a taste for true crime. Formerly a senior editor at IBTimes, her work has appeared in Forbes, Rolling Stone, Maxim, NYMag, Indiewire, and more. She co-produced the HBO documentary "Youth Knows No Pain" and appeared in a documentary series that aired alongside the Lifetime movie "Manson's Lost Girls." Tips: ekilloran@crimeonline.com

‘We’ve got one shot at this’: Will autopsy results lead to murder charges for ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell?
Juveniles

A reporter who has been closely following the investigation into the disappearance and deaths of Lori Vallow’s children appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” — and shared some inside revelations about possible further criminal charges against Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the remains of Vallow’s two …

Murder
July 20, 2020

BREAKING: Lawyer who allegedly killed Judge Esther Salas’ son, shot husband and then killed himself is men’s rights activist: Report

The attorney identified as the suspect in a deadly shooting that took the life of a federal judge’s college-student son has been identified as a men’s right’s activist and self-described “anti-feminist.” Citing two law enforcement sources, the Daily Beast reports that Roy Den Hollander is believed to be the person who arrived to Judge Esther …

Police
July 17, 2020

Breonna Taylor lay unattended for 20 minutes after she was shot, without medical help; boyfriend & lawyers claim she was alive for several minutes following police shooting: Report

Breonna Taylor, the young EMT who was fatally shot in Kentucky in March, was left without medical attention for 20 minutes after she was hit by police gunfire inside her Louisville home. According to the Courier-Journal, Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker claimed that Taylor, 26, was alive for a period of time after undercover officers raided …

Family Crime
July 17, 2020

Will she walk?? ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow’s bond slashed to $150K [VIDEO]

A judge in Madison County, Idaho, has significantly reduced Lori Vallow’s bond from $1 million to $150,000 during a pretrial hearing on Friday. Vallow, the mother of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, has been in custody in Madison County since February, when she was charged with two felony counts of child desertion in addition to …

Ghislaine Maxwell
Celebrity Justice
July 16, 2020

New England neighbors knew Jeffrey Epstein gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell was living among them for nearly a year; tried to ‘ostracize’ her into leaving: Report

Before Ghislaine Maxwell moved to a remote hideaway in New Hampshire where she was arrested earlier this month, the accused sex trafficker and her younger boyfriend were living in a seaside Massachusetts town — but neighbors there tried to push them out once they learned of the British socialite’s ties with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. …

Family Crime
July 15, 2020

BREAKING: ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow pleads NOT guilty, asks for bail reduction again

Lori Vallow has entered a not guilty plea to three charges the Idaho mother is facing in connection to the disappearances and deaths of her children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. East Idaho News obtained court documents showing that Vallow, who has been in custody in Madison County since February, submitted a not guilty plea …