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Missing
February 22, 2023
Florida Man Disappears After Threatening to Kill Himself, Others
A Florida man left his home Tuesday night saying he wanted to die and was “going to kill someone tonight.” Margate police said Gregory Whitney, 58, drove away about 10 p.m. in a white Dodge Ram pickup truck with Florida tage FLRNWSQ, WPLG reported. Before he left, police said, he texted his wife multiple times …
Death investigation
February 21, 2023
No Further Charges for Woman Whose Baby Was Found in Suitcase in Closet: Cops
A North Carolina woman charged with concealing the death of a child will face no further charges. Synkel Davis, 34, was charged on February 8 when Roanoke Rapids police conducted a welfare check and found the infant wrapped in a blanket inside a suitcase, which was tucked into a closet, as CrimeOnline previously reported. An …
Homicide
February 21, 2023
15-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Her Bed; Cops Say It’s Homicide
A 15-year-old girl was found dead from an apparent head injury in her metropolitan Atlanta apartment on Tuesday, and investigators say it’s a homicide. Peachtree City Police said that girl’s mother found her at about 6 a.m. in her bed, WAGA reported. “The girl was last seen alive Monday evening,” Assistant Chief Matt Meyers told …
child endangerment
February 21, 2023
Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Letting Their 6 Kids Live in ‘Deplorable’ Conditions
A Pennsylvania couple has been charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of children after investigators found the family living in “horrid” conditions. Although Dana Elizabeth Ann Rause, 31, and Richard Kevin Rause Jr, 38, face the same six charges, the mother was given a bail five times that of her husband, at $250,000, …
Murder
February 21, 2023
Florida Will Seek Death Penalty for Bodybuilder Accused of Killing Ex-Wife, Burning Her Body
Florida prosecutors have filed their intention to seek the death penalty for a bodybuilder ex-Marine charged with murdering his ex-wife and burning and hiding her body on his 5-acre property. Ian Baunach was charged with pre-meditated murder, destruction of physical evidence, use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, cremating a dead body …
Kidnapping
February 21, 2023
Georgia Teen Steals Instacart Shopper’s Car, Abducts His Infant Son
A 13-year-old Georgia girl is in custody in Macon after she allegedly made off with an Instacart shopper’s vehicle with the shopper’s 4-month-old son inside. Kevin Walker, the baby boy’s father and a friend of the teen and her mother, met up with them on Monday during his rounds, and the girl asked if she …
Murder
February 21, 2023
Attorney Wants Accused Murderer’s ‘Unborn Child’ Released From Jail Because Child Is Innocent
An attorney purporting to represent the “unborn child” of a woman accused of shooting to death another woman last year has filed an emergency petition for the child’s release from jail, which would mean the accused murderer’s release as well. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Natalia Harrell was charged last July with shooting Yvette Borcella while …
Shooting
February 20, 2023
12-Year-Old Survivor of Texas Murder-Suicide Saved Baby, Was Raped by Suspect
Family members say a 12-year-old Texas girl escaped a home with a 1-year-old baby Saturday night after her mother’s boyfriend killed three teenage girls and raped the 12-year-old. Police have not yet named the 38-year-old suspect, who killed himself after the younger girl fled the Galena Park house, KTRK reported. Harris County deputies say the …
Shooting
February 20, 2023
Tennessee Woman in Critical Condition After She’s Shot by Suspect; Deputies Fatally Shot Him
Tennessee sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a suspect early Sunday morning after the the suspect fired at deputies for more than two hours then allegedly shot a woman in front of them. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that Greene County deputies had gone to the home just before 10 p.m. Sunday to serve an …
Shooting
February 20, 2023
Man Killed, Young Girl Among 4 Wounded in Mardi Gras Parade Shooting
Gunfire broke out near the end of one of New Orleans’ largest Mardi Gras parades Sunday night, killing one man and sending four other people — including a young girl — to the hospital. Police said the girl, a woman, and three men were shot, and one of the men died at the hospital, according …