Identity Released of Woman Killed in Illinois Murder for Hire Plot
Murder for hire
Prosectutors also released details of the investigation that led them to the ex-boyfriend, the gunman, and the getaway car driver.
Assault
September 28, 2023
Recently Reunited Father Beats Son Nearly to Death with Sledgehammer
A California father was convicted last week for beating his 24-year-old son nearly to death with a sledgehammer earlier this year. A Ventura County jury found Anthony Nardini, 42, guilty of three felonies, including attempted murder, in the March 2023 attack on his son as he was sleeping on a sofa. “While this conviction will …
Murder
September 28, 2023
Suzanne Morphew: Husband, Daughters ‘Struggling’ With Shock & Grief After Discovery of Remains, Attorney Says
Attorney Iris Eytan insists Barry Morphew ‘is as innocent as he was from Day 1’ of his wife’s murder.
Murder
September 28, 2023
Suspect in Baltimore Tech CEO’s Murder Arrested at Train Station
The suspect in the killing of 26-year-old tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere was arrested late Wednesday night at a train station in Bowie, Maryland. Deputy U.S. Marshal Albert Maresca Jr. and Baltimore city police announced the arrest at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, WBAL reported. LaPere was found dead, reportedly on the roof of her Baltimore apartment …
Murder
September 27, 2023
Investigators Find Blood, Bullet Casings in Home of Mom Found Dead in Culvert
Court documents reveal the investigators found blood and shell casings at the home of an Oklahoma teacher who was found dead in a culvert four days after she was reported missing. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the body of Makayla Meave-Byers, a 30-year-old mother of 6, was found last week wrapped in carpet in a drainage …
Firearms
September 27, 2023
18-Year-Old Charged With 3D Printing Guns at His Mom’s Day Care With 2 Teen Accomplices
Three New York teens have been arrested after authorities found a 3D printer and several plastic “ghost guns” at a home day care in East Harlem and two other locations. Police said they seized the printer, tools, two completed firearms and one incomplete firearm from an unlocked room at the East Harlem Day Center on …
Drug Crime
September 27, 2023
DEADLY DAYCARE: Husband of Daycare Owner Where Tot Died From Fentanyl Exposure Arrested in Mexico
Investigators have located and arrested Felix Herrera-Garcia, the husband of a Bronx daycare where four children were sickened by fentanyl exposure, one of them fatally. One-year-old Nicholas Dominici was pronounced dead at a hospital on September 15 after he and two other children — a 9-month-old girl and a two year old boy — were …
Death investigation
September 27, 2023
Flight Attendant Found Dead in Hotel Room With Sock in Her Mouth
Philadelphia police are investigating as suspicious the death of a 66-year-old American Airlines flight attendant who was found dead in her hotel room with “a cloth in her mouth.” The woman was found dead at the Marriott Philadelphia Airport at about 10:40 p.m. on Monday, WCAU reported. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told the …
Serial Killers
September 27, 2023
Serial Killer Suspect Rex Heuermann to Appear in Court
A Suffolk County judge could rule on prosecutors’ request to transfer dozens of weapons back to Nassau County — a move opposed by Heuermann’s attorneys, who want them given back to his family.
Murder
September 26, 2023
Tech CEO Found Dead in Her Baltimore Apartment; Cops Hunt for Suspect
A 26-year-old tech CEO and member of Forbes’ prestigious “30 Under 30” class of 2023 was found dead Monday in her Baltimore apartment. Police said they were initially called about a missing person but later received a second call, which led them to the body of Pava LaPere in her apartment, WBAL reported. Police later …
Murder
September 26, 2023
Alabama Woman Charged With Running Over Man, Killing Him
An Alabama woman has been charged in connection with the death of a Mobile man in 2014. Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said that Charles “Bubba” Jackson, 33, was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Bridgette Mathews, 42, who now stands charged with murder, WKRG reported. “We know that Mathews and the …
Fraud
September 26, 2023
Judge Rules Trump Committed Fraud for Years While Building Real Estate Empire
A New York judge on Tuesday granted a partial summary judgement to Attorney General Letitia James in her civil suit against Donald Trump, ruling that the ex-president and his company built his real estate empire on fraud and deceit by exaggerating his net worth and overvaluing assets to secure financing and make other deals. Judge …