A member of the U.S. Air Force and her two children were the victims of what police believe was a triple murder Saturday in New York, while the woman’s husband has been questioned after being found walking along a highway, CBS New York reports. Alla Ausheva, 36, was found dead along with her two young …
A woman who was locked alone inside a cold and dark plane earlier this month says she is suffering from anxiety and night terrors, CTV News reports. On June 9, Tiffani Adams returned to Toronto after visiting a friend in Quebec for her birthday, an experience she said was “one of the best weekends I’ve …
A Massachusetts woman who stored the rotting corpses of three newborns in her filthy home was acquitted of murder, as her defense argued that she was fearful of an abusive boyfriend, MassLive.com reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Superior Court Judge Janet Kenton-Walker found 35-year-old Erika Murray not guilty of second-degree murder and child endangerment, but …
A Texas mother who hit and killed her young son earlier this month during a game of chicken is being accused of negligent homicide, ABC 13 reports. Houston authorities originally described the case as an “unfortunate accident.” But the Harris County District Attorney’s office criminally charged Lexus Stagg, 26, this week, after investigators determined she …
The leader of the sex cult Nxivm sexually abused a 15-year-old girl and took hundreds of pornographic images of her, federal prosecutors alleged this week in the criminal trial of Keith Raniere. The New York Post reports that jurors were shown 18 of the images on Thursday, although many on the jury chose not to …
Amanda Knox returned to Italy for the first since she was acquitted of murder there four years ago and revealed she had considered suicide in jail, Reuters reports. Knox, 31, reportedly spoke Saturday at a criminal justice conference in the city of Modena. In her remarks, she blasted authorities for how she was treated and …
A New York boy whose mother cut his throat earlier this year died after collapsing in the lunch line at school, WABC-TV reports. The 6-year-old child, whose name has not been released, had been standing in line when he suddenly fell to the floor and began foaming from the mouth, sources told the New York …
A Washington State father is accused of lethally shooting his adult daughter multiple times in what authorities said was a “trivial dispute” over a baby gate, KCPQ-TV reports. Wendell Wilson, 58, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his daughter, 38-year-old Lila Wilson. Prosecutors in Renton, Washington, filed the charge on …
Two Alaska teens are behind bars following the death of a 19-year-old woman whose body was recovered earlier this week in a river, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Denali Brehmer, 18, and Kayden McIntosh, 16, have been charged with first-degree murder and evidence tamping in connection with the death of Cynthia “CeeCee” Hoffman, 19. The …
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An 82-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a couple 43 years ago, shocking friends and neighbors in the small community where the suspect lived, the Associated Press reports. In March, Ray Vannieuwenhoven was arrested and charged with the 1976 murders of David Schuldes and Ellen Matheys, …
A Colorado father has been charged in connection with the death of his 7-year-old child, whose body was discovered under concrete inside a storage unit, KOAA reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged 39-year-old Leland Pankey with murder, child abuse that resulted in death and tampering with a dead body. Pankey is already in prison on unrelated …
