Remains discovered earlier this month in Alaska belong to a woman who vanished in 2023, officials announced KTUU reported that Ataja Banks, 18, was last seen in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley in November 2023. Years later, on September 4, state troopers found human remains in Wasilla that the State Medical Examiner’s Office ultimately identified as Banks. …
Officials said on Monday that a Pennsylvania woman and her 1-year-old son, whose bodies were discovered last week, died as a result of homicide. On Saturday, Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, 31, and her son, Jeydon, were found dead 150 yards apart in a grassy area in Ontelaunee Township. The pair was last seen on September 12 — …
On Monday, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers asked a New York federal judge to sentence Combs early to 14 months, facilitating his immediate release. Combs’ attorneys wrote that Combs had to fire 100 employees from his businesses, and that many of them have had trouble finding new jobs due to their ties to him. His lawyers …
A Kentucky man who served two decades in prison for killing someone in 2003 was arrested on Friday for murdering his girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter. Kayla Blake, 37, and her daughter, Kennedi McWhorter, were found dead on Friday after Blake’s co-worker requested a welfare check from Rowan County police. Suspect Joshua Cottrell, 44, is …
Colorado officials announced on Monday that two hikers who were found dead on Thursday were killed by lightning. Conejos County Coroner Richard Martin told The Colorado Sun that Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, both 25, were found below a tree and suffered “two or three” minor burns. Though Martin could not pinpoint when Porter and …
The trial has begun for a Tennessee man accused of killing his girlfriend and their 2-day-old daughter in 2022. Brandon Isabelle, 28, allegedly convinced Danielle Hoyle, 27, to meet him in Memphis with their newborn daughter. WMC reported that police officers later discovered Hoyle’s body near her empty vehicle while searching for stolen cars in …
Mississippi officials announced on Thursday that a student found hanging from a tree at his college had taken his own life. On Monday, Delta State University student Demartravion Reed, 21, was discovered hanging from a tree located in the middle of campus. Cleveland Chief of Police Travis Tribble said Reed’s death was formally ruled a …
Washington state authorities said on Thursday that human remains discovered this week possibly belong to Travis Decker — who had been unaccounted for months after allegedly killing his three daughters at a campground. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office told KOMO that Decker’s possible remains were found during a multi-agency search of an area south of …
An investigation is underway in Texas after a college student who vanished from campus was found dead on Monday. KHOU reported that University of Houston student Jade McKissic, 20, was last seen on September 10, leaving LA Burgers and Daiquiris, which is located near campus. Five days later, her body was pulled from Brays Bayou, …
An Indiana woman was arrested on Wednesday after her 22-month-old child was found dead while in her care. Shelbyville police officers responded to a residence and found Sophie Igou beside her child, who was lying on their driveway. WXIN reported that the child was quickly confirmed to be dead, though how they died remains unclear. …
A 15-year-old Florida boy was recently arrested for sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl. WCTV reported that the Leon County teen abused the toddler girl in early July. Though the teen was named and pictured in some media reporting, Crime Online is withholding this information as there is no indication he is charged as an adult. …
The family of a Mississippi man found hanging from a tree on Monday called for an independent autopsy as officials investigate his death as a suicide. Vanessa J. Jones, the lawyer representing Demartravion Reed’s family, said it is unclear what happened before he was found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, where he …
