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

SEE IT: Live coverage of Jessica Chambers murder trial as Quinton Tellis, suspect accused of burning teen cheerleader alive, faces a new jury

 SEE IT: Live coverage of Jessica Chambers murder trial as Quinton Tellis, suspect accused of burning teen cheerleader alive, faces a new jury
Juveniles

Murder suspect Quentin Tellis is facing a jury for a second time in the shocking burning death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers. Chambers was found burned alive in December 2014 when volunteer firefighters responded to the scene of a burning car in Courtland, Mississipi. Chambers was still clinging to life when first responders found her, thought …

‘Shock and fear’: Local journalist looks back on horrific murder of Jessica Chambers, the small-town cheerleader burned alive — and still, no one knows why
Murder
September 25, 2018

‘Shock and fear’: Local journalist looks back on horrific murder of Jessica Chambers, the small-town cheerleader burned alive — and still, no one knows why

A Mississippi-based reporter will never forget the December day when she learned a 19-year-old girl had been burned alive in a small southern town not far from where the journalist lives and works. Theresa Apel was one of the first reporters on the scene of the shocking murder of Jessica Chambers, a well-liked teenager in …

Family Crime
September 25, 2018

What did Chris Watts tell his father before confessing to murder? The jailhouse conversation that led Colorado dad to admit he killed his wife

Before Chris Watts confessed to police that he killed his pregnant wife Shanann Watts, he had a one-on-one conversation with his father. The arrest affidavit obtained by CrimeOnline last month shows that Chris Watts asked to speak to his father just before he gave a detailed confession to police. But as People magazine notes, a …

Jury selected in Jessica Chambers murder trial as Quinton Tellis set to face justice again
Murder
September 24, 2018

Jury selected in Jessica Chambers murder trial as Quinton Tellis set to face justice again

A jury has been selected for the retrial of murder suspect Quinton Tellis, accused of burning 19-year-old Jessica Chambers alive in December 2014. WJTV reports that jurors have been selected for Tellis’s retrial. His first murder trial was ruled a mistrial after a jury could not come to a decision. Jury selection began on Monday …

‘I will feel guilty for the rest of my life’: See Asia Argento’s candid interview about Anthony Bourdain’s shocking suicide [VIDEO]
Celebrity Justice
September 24, 2018

‘I will feel guilty for the rest of my life’: See Asia Argento’s candid interview about Anthony Bourdain’s shocking suicide [VIDEO]

In a candid interview with DailyMailTV, actress and director Asia Argento spoke at length about boyfriend Anthony Bourdain’s shocking suicide, and admitted that she and Bourdain both had affairs during their two-year relationship. In the tearful televised interview, Argento described feeling demonized by the public and the media for possibly having a role in Bourdain’s …

Toddler who was victim of alleged assault by ‘mommy blogger’ has died
Juveniles
September 24, 2018

Toddler who was victim of alleged assault by ‘mommy blogger’ has died

A toddler who has been in intensive care for nearly two weeks after an alleged assault has died. WKBW reports that a 2-year-old girl from Grand Island, New York, died in the intensive care unit of Oishei Children’s Hospital late last week after being admitted there on September 10. According to The Buffalo News, the unidentified …

Dead turtle found in woman’s vagina may have been result of sex assault: Report
Violent Crime
September 23, 2018

Dead turtle found in woman’s vagina may have been result of sex assault: Report

Police were called to investigate a possible sex assault after doctors found a dead turtle in a woman’s vagina. Translating from a report in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, the New York Post reports that doctors made a horrifying discovery when a woman went to the hospital with abdominal pain: A dead, Chinese three-keeled pond turtle lodged …

Florida man burns ‘smiley faces’ onto flesh of children in his care: Police
Child Abuse
September 22, 2018

Florida man burns ‘smiley faces’ onto flesh of children in his care: Police

A Florida man is facing multiple counts of child abuse after he allegedly used a lighter to burn the shape of smiley faces onto the skin of three young children. ABC Action News reports that Joshua Mize, 21, was arrested on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg after he allegedly burned the children with a lighter. According …

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Juveniles
September 21, 2018

BREAKING: Three infants among five wounded in stabbing at New York City day care

Multiple people, including infants, have been injured in a stabbing at a private day care in Queens, New York. The New York Post reports that three infants under the age of a year and two adults were wounded when an unidentified 52-year-old woman attacked a female, a male and three babies with a kitchen knife.  …