Teen Girl Found Beaten to Death Behind Vacant Georgia Home
Murder
East Point police are seeking help identiying the victim.
Homicide
February 13, 2022
18-Year-Old Boy Stabs Mom’s Boyfriend to Death During Fight
A Pennsylvania teenager has been charged with stabbing his mother’s boyfriend to death Sunday morning. South Whitehall Township Police said they were called to an apartment just before 9:30 a.m. and found Miles Brickhouse Jr, 52, suffering from multiple stab wounds outside, the Morning Call reported. Monica Stettler, who lives at the apartment, said that …
Custody interference
February 13, 2022
Update: Non-Custodial Dad and Girlfriend Take 18-Month-Old Boy From Grandma in Georgia
A father and his girlfriend have been jailed after they allegedly kidnapped the man’s toddler on Saturday and fled with him to St Louis. Georgia authorities issued an Amber Alert for 18-month-old Nova Sampson on Saturday after the boy was taken from his grandmother’s custody in Acworth, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Investigators said at the …
Celebrity
February 13, 2022
Bob Saget’s Autopsy Shows Skull Fracture and Bleeding on the Brain
The comedian’s family said last week that authorities believed he hit his head, “thought nothing of it and went to sleep” after a Florida concert.
Domestic Abuse
February 13, 2022
NFL Running Back Adrian Peterson Thrown Off Flight, Arrested After ‘Altercation’ With Wife
Free agent NFL running back Adrian Peterson was arrested on a domestic violence charge after he was removed from a plane Sunday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. According to TMZ, Peterson and his wife, Ashley Brown, were aboard a plane attempting to take off for Houston, Texas, when Peterson and Brown got into a …
Murder
February 13, 2022
University of Utah Student Kills International Student Girlfriend With Heroin Overdose: Court Docs
A 26-year-old University of Utah student has been charged with injecting a lethal dose of heroin into his girlfriend at Salt Lake City hotel last week. Court records say Haoyu Wang emailed the university’s police department, telling them he’d injected both his girlfriend and himself with drugs and that they’d both be dead by the …
Road Rage
February 13, 2022
Charlotte City Bus Driver Fatally Shot in Apparent Road Rage Incident
A Charlotte city bus driver died Saturday night, a day after he was shot while driving his route in what police say may have been a road rage shooting. Ethan Rivera, 41, was described by fellow Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) employees as a “good driver” who was “always smiling.” Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have made no …
AMBER Alert
February 12, 2022
Amber Alert Cancelled for Missing 1-Year-Old Boy in North Georgia
Authorities in Georgia have cancelled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old boy from Emerson, north of Atlanta. The missing boy, identified as Nova Sampson, and was found and returned safe. For the latest true crime and justice news, subscribe to the ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’ podcast [Featured image: Nova Sampson/Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office]
Murder
February 12, 2022
3-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead in Downtown Montgomery
A 3-year-old Alabama boy died Friday afternoon after what Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed called “a senseless act of gun-related violence.” Police responded at about 1:45 p.m. to an intersection just a few blocks from the Alabama State Capitol in downtown Montgomery — although they believe the shooting took place a few blocks north of that …
Assault
February 12, 2022
Philly Man Stabs 6 Family Members in Their Beds While They Were Sleeping: Cops
Six members of a Philadelphia family were stabbed in their sleep early Friday morning. A 29-year-old man, a member of the family who also lived in the house, was arrested a short time later when he was found covered in blood three blocks away. The victims ranged in age from 26 to 55, the Philadelphia …
Murder
February 12, 2022
Beloved Arizona Special Olympics Athlete Gunned Down in Random Shooting
Investigators in Arizona have charged a Phoenix man with the fatal shooting of a beloved member of Scottsdale’s Special Olympics Team earlier this week. John Merryman, 38, was arrested at his home overnight Friday and charged with murder in the death of 59-year-old Scott Harkness, who was found on the side of a road about …
Court
February 12, 2022
Air Force Sergeant Uses George Floyd Protest as Cover to Kill Federal Guard
A former US Air Force military police sergeant with links to the extremist Boogaloo movement pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to a drive-by shooting that left one federal protective services officer dead and another wounded. Steven Carrillo was an active-duty staff sergeant at Travis Air Force Base on May 29, 2020, when he and …