Ex-Fiancée of Former Cop Convicted of Killing 8-Year-Old Son Testifies in Her Own Defense
Court
Angela Pollina is charged with murder and child abuse in the death of Thomas Valva. Thomas’s father, Michael Valva, was convicted last year.
Murder
March 7, 2023
Beloved Georgia Bookstore Owner Found Dead in Creek
An award-winning Georgia bookstore owner was found dead, floating in a creek over the weekend, just hours after friends noticed the front door to her home wide open and called police. A fisherman found the body of 40-year-old Erica Atkins in Cedar Creek, several miles from her Locust Grove home on Sunday. Investigators identified an …
Murder
March 7, 2023
23-Year-Old Canadian Woman Found Dead in Hotel During ‘Dream Birthday Vacation’ to Mexico
A Canadian woman visiting Mexico for her birthday was found dead last week, and her boyfriend is being investigated for the crime. The Secretariat of Public Security in the city of Solidaridad said that “a lifeless woman was found with possible marks of violence in a hotel located in the Xcalacoco neighborhood,” the Vancouver Sun …
Court
March 7, 2023
Mom, Boyfriend GUILTY in Torture Murder of 10-Year-Old Boy
A California woman and her boyfriend were convicted Tuesday of torturing and killing her her 10-year-old son. Anthony Avalos died on June 21, 2018, after he was beaten, tortured, and starved for days, sometimes with his siblings forced to participate in the torment, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The torture included slamming the boy onto the …
Court
March 7, 2023
Aniah Blanchard’s Accused Killer Pleads Not Guilty to 3 Capital Murder Charges
The man accused of kidnapping and killing Aniah Blanchard in 2019 appeared in an Alabama court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. Ibraheem Yazeed, 33, was indicted this month on three counts of capital murder — during a kidnapping, during a robbery, and involving a victim in a vehicle — …
Child sex crimes
March 7, 2023
Texan Posing as Orthodox Jew Arrested After Adoptive Son Calls Podcast and Alleges Rape, Abuse
A Texas man who claimed to be a Hasidic Jew from New York and made a name for himself on social media with his “unique family” of nine adopted boys has been charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse. Hayim Nissim Cohen, born Jeffrey Lujan Vejil, was arrested last month after one of the …
Unruly passengers
March 7, 2023
VIDEO: Passengers Take Down Man Who Tried to Open Emergency Door, Stabbed Flight Attendant
A Massachusetts man has been arrested and with trying to open an emergency exit door on an a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston and afterward trying to stab a flight attendant with a broken spoon. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, 33-year-old Francisco Severo Torres has been …
Shooting
March 6, 2023
3 Dead, Including Young Girl, Shot Dead in Quiet Suburb
Three people, including a young girl, were shot to death and a fourth person wounded in their home Sunday night in suburban Chicago. Bolingbrook Police said they were alerted to the shooting shortly after 8 p.m. and found a man, a woman, and a girl dead at the scene. Another woman was taken to a …
Missing
March 6, 2023
3 Dead in Car Crash After Group of 5 Went Missing Following Night Out
The hunt for five young people who vanished in Wales after a weekend night out has ended in tragedy, as police found the car the group was traveling in crashed, with three of the occupants dead. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sophie Russon, 20; Eve Smith,21; and Darcy Ross, 21, along with Rafel Jeanne Actie, 24, …
Death investigation
March 5, 2023
Infant Found Dead in Wisconsin Field
Wisconsin police are seeking information after a dead baby was found in a field in Whitewater, a city about 50 miles west of Milwaukee. Whitewater Police and emergency medical personnel were called to the scene shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday, WISN reports. Investigators have not said how old the infant was or commented on …
Shooting
March 5, 2023
Georgia Man Charged With Kicking in Ex-Girlfriend’s Door, Shooting Her
A Georgia man wanted for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Forest Park house and shooting her last month has been arrested in another county. Clayton County Police put Quadre Glover on its “most wanted list” after the Febraury 21 incident. Deputies said Glover texted his former girlfriend that he would kill her and anyone with her, …
Manslaughter
March 5, 2023