A Florida woman has been charged with the murder of her girlfriend, whose badly decomposed remains were found on a Jacksonville front porch a week after she was last seen. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said that Heather Sheppard, 43, was last seen on June 29, and her remains, “in an advanced stage of decomposition,” were …
An elderly ice cream vendor was robbed on Monday for the third time in a week — and the eighth time in the past decade — leaving him unable to pay his own living expenses or send money back to Peru where his son lives with autism. KNTV reported that the latest armed robbery was …
Dispatch traffic on the night Carlee Russell disappeared reveals officers searching for both the reported toddler on the side of Interstate 459 and Russell herself. The dispatcher tells officers who arrived Thursday night that Russell said she would “stand by for police” to arrive, according to a recording obtained by WVTM. The officers reported finding …
Las Vegas authorities confirmed Tuesday they have served a search warrant connected with the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur 27 years ago. Shakur was 25 when he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996. He was shot multiple times and died nearly a week later. The Las …
A man and a woman in Texas have been charged with kidnapping an 18-year-old woman and holding her chained and zip-tied for a month while sexually assaulting her. Harris County constables initially said the woman first met Jose Reyes, 31, who gained her trust and then lured her to his house, KPRK reported. Additional interviews …
The Long Island serial killer investigation sent tendrils out across the country this week as investigators began looking at property suspect Rex Heuermann owns in South Carolina and Las Vegas. CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace gathered a panel of experts to talk about the latest for her Crime Stories podcast. “I immediately said, ‘South Carolina, that is …
As investigators closed in on Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann, they worried he would find out he was the target and flee the country. The investigation zeroed in on the 59-year-old architect more than a year ago and was brought to a grand jury last week, as CrimeOnline has reported. “It’s a very …
Detectives in Oregon have linked the murders of four women to a Multnomah County man who was released early from prison in July 2021 because he joined a group of inmates fighting devastating wildfires the previous year. Jesse Lee Calhoun, 38, is again behind bars now, Willamette Week reports, after his clemency was revoked. The …
Authorities in North Carolina and Virginia are working to find a missing toddler and bring her back home to her father, who is her legal guardian. The Virginia Beach Police Department said that 3-year-old Samalea Daniels was taken from her father’s home in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, by her mother, Tianna Daniels, who lives in …
A Georgia man kidnapped his ex-girlfriend from her job in Fayette County Sunday night and then shot her to death when police caught up with him in the next county over. Investigators have not released the name of the 19-year-old victim but said 20-year-old Cameron Ja’Michael Hopkins was charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault by …
The boyfriend of a missing Kentucky woman who was found dead last week has been arrested for setting fire inside a car near where she disappeared. Timothy Winterholler, 37, reported 24-year-old Lynnden Bray missing on Thursday at about 10 p.m., according to WDRB. Bray was last seen walking her dogs near a trailhead in Louisville’s …
Convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh is seen in a series of “selfies” from his cell in South Carolina, all apparently taken from his prison-issued tablet. Murdaugh didn’t actually take the photos himself — the YouTube channel Phone Calls From Prison, which obtained the snaps through a Freedom of Information Act request, says the tablet automatically …
