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

Angry virgin allegedly threatens to ‘kill as many girls as I see,’ says he will be the next mass shooter because no one wants to be his girlfriend

 Angry virgin allegedly threatens to ‘kill as many girls as I see,’ says he will be the next mass shooter because no one wants to be his girlfriend
Murder

A Utah man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly made threats on social media, promising indiscriminate violence against women because of his anger over being celibate, and claiming that he would be the “next mass shooter.” WGN-TV reports that Christopher Wayne Cleary, 27, was arrested after the Provo Police Department was alerted about threats …

Flight attendant claims obese passenger forced female passengers to aid him in the bathroom, appeared to derive sexual pleasure while having his bottom cleaned
Consumer
January 22, 2019

Flight attendant claims obese passenger forced female passengers to aid him in the bathroom, appeared to derive sexual pleasure while having his bottom cleaned

A flight attendant for a Taiwanese airline has accused a passenger of sexual harassment after he allegedly forced female flight attendants to help him in the bathroom, appearing to derive sexual pleasure. The New York Post and Focus Taiwan report that an overweight passenger, confined to a wheelchair, demanded female flight attendants remove his clothes …

Family Crime
January 22, 2019

‘He did something to her’: Friend of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth speaks for the first time about ‘abusive’ relationship with Patrick Frazee

A friend of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth has come forward to reveal concerns she had about Berreth’s relationship with Patrick Frazee, the man currently being held on murder charges in connection to her disappearance and presumed death. Berreth, 29, had reportedly moved to Colorado from Washington state to be closer to Frazee after they …

Family slaughter suspect grabbed 8-year-old girl by the hair, neck and ‘spoke in riddles’ before cops shot him dead: Report
Family Crime
January 21, 2019

Family slaughter suspect grabbed 8-year-old girl by the hair, neck and ‘spoke in riddles’ before cops shot him dead: Report

Relatives of the 8-year-old girl who was the target of a crazed killer have provided details about the grisly family slaying that claimed the girl’s mother and infant sister, along with the killer’s parents. As CrimeOnline previously reported,  Mark Gregory Gago was shot and killed by responding deputies Saturday night in Woodburn, Oregon, when they found Gago …

Patient who became pregnant at Arizona nursing facility is ‘alert,’ not comatose: REPORT
Sex Crimes
January 19, 2019

Patient who became pregnant at Arizona nursing facility is ‘alert,’ not comatose: REPORT

A new report about a patient who became pregnant while reportedly in a persistent vegetative state at a Arizona nursing home has contradicted weeks of previous reporting on the 29-year-old woman’s condition. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the woman gave birth on December 29 at Hacienda HealthCare, where she has been a patient since she was …

Ex-boyfriend’s stalking, violent harassment allegedly led to teen girls’s suicide attempt, after school ignored TEN reports: ‘They need to know my 13 reasons why’
Bullies
January 18, 2019

Ex-boyfriend’s stalking, violent harassment allegedly led to teen girls’s suicide attempt, after school ignored TEN reports: ‘They need to know my 13 reasons why’

A teen girl in Michigan was so distraught by ongoing sexual harassment and stalking from an ex-boyfriend that she tried to take her own life, a lawsuit alleges. The Detroit Free Press obtained court documents accusing a Michigan school district of ignoring complaints about the alleged stalking and harassment of a now-17-year-old student who was …

After Arizona tragedy, non-verbal, immobile woman, 23, allegedly raped, impregnated in Florida health facility, family claims
Sex Crimes
January 18, 2019

After Arizona tragedy, non-verbal, immobile woman, 23, allegedly raped, impregnated in Florida health facility, family claims

The family of a 23-year-old woman with severe disabilities at a Florida healthcare facility have alleged that she was raped and impregnated before suffering a miscarriage. ABC News reports that the family of the patient has filed a lawsuit against  National Mentor Healthcare LLC, which operates that Pensacola Cluster facility where the woman was a …

Source claims family of pregnant woman in vegetative state visited her at Arizona facility days before she gave birth; questions why they didn’t notice pregnancy
Sex Crimes
January 17, 2019

Source claims family of pregnant woman in vegetative state visited her at Arizona facility days before she gave birth; questions why they didn’t notice pregnancy

A person who claims to have intimate knowledge of the patient in a persistent vegetative state who gave birth at an Arizona nursing facility last month has given a cryptic interview, insinuating that the public is still unaware of key details related to the patient, who clearly had to have been raped in order to …

New development in missing Kelsey Berreth murder investigation: Authorities to search landfill near Colorado Springs
Family Crime
January 17, 2019

New development in missing Kelsey Berreth murder investigation: Authorities to search landfill near Colorado Springs

The investigation into the disappearance and presumed murder of Kelsey Berreth is reportedly focused on a landfill in Fountain, Colorado, about 40 miles from Berreth’s home in Woodland Park. ABC News reports that a spokesperson for Midway Landfill said that investigators had been in contact about a search of the landfill, believed to be related …