Jacquelyn Gray

Pike County killings: Ohio SWAT searches properties near where eight family members were shot execution style

 Pike County killings: Ohio SWAT searches properties near where eight family members were shot execution style
Unsolved

The Franklin County Sheriff’s SWAT team and Pike County Sheriff’s Department reportedly carried out a search warrant miles from where eight family members were found shot to death last April. WHIO wrote that the teams conducted a “large-scale, cross-jurisdictional search effort” in connection with the Rhoden family murders this weekend. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that authorities honed …

Felon stabbed man in ‘completely random’ attack, police say
Violent Crime
May 13, 2017

Felon stabbed man in ‘completely random’ attack, police say

A convicted felon is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly stabbed an Oregon man for no apparent reason. The Oregonian reported that Michael Lee Williams (pictured left), 33, is accused of stabbing Pedro Shroyer, 38, multiple times outside of an Old Town apartment building Monday night. Surveillance cameras caught the victim attempting to flee following the stabbing …

Woman accused of trying to kill two children with natural gas
Child Abuse
May 13, 2017

Woman accused of trying to kill two children with natural gas

An Illinois woman is accused of trying to asphyxiate her two young kids by using natural gas before attempting to take her own life. Officers discovered an unconscious Tracy F. Johnson, 38, lying on the floor of her Hoffman Estates home Tuesday afternoon. A 5-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy were located nearby, according to WMAQ. …

Police: ‘Mom’ beats son after grandma gets Mother’s Day card instead of her
Child Abuse
May 13, 2017

Police: ‘Mom’ beats son after grandma gets Mother’s Day card instead of her

A Spartanburg, South Carolina, mom was arrested after she allegedly hit her 6-year-old son who gave his grandmother a Mother’s Day card instead of her. Shontrell Yurmeish Murphy, 30, hit the child “really hard a few times” in the back, front, and side of his head on Thursday, the victim’s sister said in an arrest warrant …

Coke dealer who left overdosing mom of three for dead sentenced to prison
Court
May 12, 2017

Coke dealer who left overdosing mom of three for dead sentenced to prison

A cocaine dealer who dragged an overdosing dermatologist out of his apartment and left her to die last year received a five-year prison sentence on Thursday. As Crime Online previously reported, dealer James (Pepsi) Holder, 61, and HBO executive Marc Johnson, 52, confessed to leaving Dr. Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny, 38, in the vestibule of Holder’s Manhattan apartment …

Police: Man left elderly mom in feces, urine for weeks because 911 is ‘too expensive’
Elderly Abuse
May 12, 2017

Police: Man left elderly mom in feces, urine for weeks because 911 is ‘too expensive’

A Lizton, Indiana, man is accused of leaving his octogenarian mom to literally rot in a mattress full of urine and feces on the floor of his home. Responders arrived at the home early Monday and found Mark Kincaid’s elderly mother severely dehydrated, naked, and stuck to the mattress, according to the IndyStar. Court documents obtained …

Here’s what Aaron Hernandez was listening to right before he died
Celebrity Justice
May 11, 2017

Here’s what Aaron Hernandez was listening to right before he died

Prison records revealed the musical selections that Aaron Hernandez made in the final days of his life. The former NFL star downloaded and listened to Rihanna, Drake, The Weeknd, and PARTYNEXTDOOR in the days leading up to his suicide. The documents obtained by the Daily Mail disclosed that Hernandez, 27, downloaded tracks from Rihanna’s second album “A Girl Like Me” …

Police: Woman left great-grandson to die in hot car
Child Abuse
May 11, 2017

Police: Woman left great-grandson to die in hot car

A West Virginia woman is accused of killing her 19-month-old great-grandchild last month after she left him in a hot car for several hours. Police said  Carolyn Davis, 67, left the baby in the vehicle from 7:30 am 2:30 pm on April 5 while she watched the boy’s 4-year-old sibling. Authorities claimed the car’s windows were closed and …

GUILTY! Babysitter who fractured 4-month-old’s skull during fatal beating convicted
Murder
May 10, 2017

GUILTY! Babysitter who fractured 4-month-old’s skull during fatal beating convicted

A babysitter was convicted for the beating death of a 4-month-old left in her care last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. The District Attorney’s statement obtained by KTLA said a jury found Brittany Ann Ingrassi, 21, guilty of second-degree murder, assault on a child becoming comatose, child abuse, and assault on a …

What!? Judge suggests man be fined $1 for each time he groped teen girl
Court
May 10, 2017

What!? Judge suggests man be fined $1 for each time he groped teen girl

A Pennsylvania judge suggested an 18-year-old be fined $1 for each time he inappropriately touched a teen girl. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported last week that Common Pleas Senior Judge Lester G. Nauhaus ordered the defendant to 20 hours of community service and 90 days probation. When the 18-year-old’s attorney challenged the original $300 fine because of his client’s …

Woman reveals HORRIFIC attack at the hands of Instagram date
Violent Crime
May 9, 2017

Woman reveals HORRIFIC attack at the hands of Instagram date

A Los Angeles, California, woman said she was battered by a man she met on Instagram during their first date last summer. India Ali, 32, claimed she met James Baker, 27, through the social media platform and arranged a meetup last July. The pair went out to a restaurant for drinks—but Ali has no recollection …

Body found in river ID’d as missing California college student Alycia Yeoman, police searching for clues in mysterious death
Missing
May 9, 2017

Body found in river ID’d as missing California college student Alycia Yeoman, police searching for clues in mysterious death

Police confirmed that the body discovered in the Feather River Sunday afternoon is Alycia Yeoman, a Yuba College student who vanished in late March. According to The Sacramento Bee, the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office said they were able to identify the body through dental records. Investigators said they are still determining Yeoman’s cause and manner of death. …