NY Grandmother Dies Trying to Protect Bedridden Stepdaughter From Crazed Grandson
Murder
Hyacinth Brown-Johnson, her daughter, and stepdaughter all died in the bloody knife attack.
Mass shooting
November 19, 2022
UVa Running Back Shot When He Went Back to the Bus to Help Other Students
University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins was one of the first off the charter bus in Charlottesville when the shooting started last Sunday. When he realized no one else was behind him, he went back and found himself face-to-face with accused gunman Christopher Jones, ESPN reports in an interview with his mother, Brenda. The shooting left three of Hollins’ teammates dead.
Celebrity
November 18, 2022
Police Investigation on ‘Rust’ Movie Shooting Fails to Find Source of Live Rounds on Set
The Sante Fe County Sheriff’s Office Friday released its 551-page report on the investigation into the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of Alec Baldwin’s film “Rust” last year in response to records requests by media organizations. The report details a chaotic set but does not answer the key question: How did live …
Murder
November 18, 2022
Ohio Woman Drowns 93-Year-Old Grandmother on ‘a Day Like Any Other Day’
An Ohio woman has been accused of drowning her 93-year-old grandmother this week in her home in Eaton. Heidi Matheny, 35, reportedly told deputies that she first came up behind Alice Matheny while she was doing dishes and held her head in the sink “until she stopped blowing bubbles.” Then, she said, she wasn’t sure …
Murder
November 18, 2022
Michigan Man Took Selfies With Body of Man He Killed, Left Apology Note
A Michigan man has been charged with murders in Wisconsin and Alabama, two men he met on the Grindr app because he thought it would be an easy way to find someone to kill. Caleb Anderson, 23, told investigators he “always just wanted to kill somebody,” since he was 14 or 15, according to the …
Fraud
November 18, 2022
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison
Former Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 135 months in prison on Friday after she was found guilty in January of four counts of wire fraud related to teh collapse of her company, Theranos, which had promised to deliver health information from a drop of blood. The problem: The technology didn’t work.
Police
November 18, 2022
Man Who Drove Into Line of Jogging Police Recruits Released for ‘Insufficient Evidence’
The driver who rammed through a line of police recruits out on a training run earlier this week has been released for “insufficient evidence.” The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department originally charged Nicholas Joseph Guttierez with attempted murder of a police officer, saying he intentionally plowed through the group of trainees, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The …
Murder
November 18, 2022
Phoenix Dad Kills Wife, Kids Then Himself
A family of five was found dead in a Phoenix house this week, and police say they believe the 44-year-old father killed his wife and children before killing himself. Firefighters first found the presence of gas at the home on Wednesday morning, slowing their response, but Southwest Gas crews cleared the house, KSAZ reported. Inside, …
Missing
November 18, 2022
FOUND SAFE: 4 Alabama Girls Missing from Talladega County Family
Update: Four Alabama girls reported missing from their home in Alabama on Thursday have been found safe in Georgia and their father arrested. Clifton Christopher Buchanan, 34, of Sylacauga was arrested in Etowah County and charged with custody interference, AL.com reported. He’s being held without bond pending extradition proceedings. The children were reported missing after …
Suicide
November 18, 2022
Debbie Collier: Georgia Medical Examiner Rules Athens Mom’s Death a Suicide
Autopsy results say that a Georgia mother found dead in the woods near Tallulah Falls died from a suicide. The report says that Debbie Collier died from “inhalation of superheated gases, thermal injuries, and hydrocodone intoxication,” Habersham County Deputy Coroner Ken Franklin told Now Habersham. Collier, 59, was reported missing on September 10 after she …
Police
November 17, 2022
VIDEO: California Man Intentionally Drives Into Police Recruits on Training Run: Cops
A 22-year-old man intentionally drove into a group of 75 California police recruits on a training run Wednesday morning in Whittier, sending 25 of them to area hospitals, investigators say. Los Angeles County Sheriff’Alex Villanueva said that Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was driving an SUV on the wrong side of the road and abruptly swerved into …
Murder
November 17, 2022
Slain University of Idaho Students Were ‘Stabbed Multiple Times With a Large Knife’: Autopsy
Autopsies on the bodies of four University of Idaho students found dead in an off-campus apartment on Sunday confirm they were murdered by stabbing, the Latah County coroner officially ruled on Thursday. The Moscow Police Department released the statement from Coroner Catherine M. Mabbutt on its Facebook page. They had already said they were investigating …