Georgia Jury Unconvinced by Former Cop Defendant’s Claim His Wife Committed Suicide
Court
Ex-Eatonton police officer Michael Seth Perrault was instead found guilty of murder and sentenced to life without parole.
Murder
February 26, 2022
Shop owner fatally shoots customer over auto repairs: Reports
The owner of a Mississippi auto repair shop was arrested Thursday after he allegedly shot and killed a customer when the two argued over repairs. Stanley Eckhoff, the 47-year-old owner of Stanley Tire and Auto in Hazlehurst, has been charged with the murder of Christopher Buie, 49, WLBT reports. Police said the two argued over …
Missing
February 26, 2022
Search for Missing Codi Bigsby Hampered by ‘Conscious Choices of Adults To Not Tell Us Things’: Police Chief
Hampton, Virginia, Police Chief Mark Talbot updated his community Friday on the search for 4-year-old Codi Bigsby, telling a town hall that police are treating the case as if it’s their own child missing. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the toddler vanished overnight late last month while in the care of his father, Cory Bigsby. Cory …
Missing
February 26, 2022
Missing Mom of 2 Found Dead Under Home of Man Out on Bond for Domestic Violence Against Her
A 26-year-old Texas woman reported missing last week was found dead this week beneath a home in Fort Worth. Marissa Grimes’s parents reported her missing from Arlington on February 16, saying they hadn’t seen her since February 12, according to KDFW. Police have named 24-year-old Valerian Osteen, who was previously released on bond in a …
Unsolved
February 26, 2022
Shock as Highbridge Woman Dead Found Inside Storage Container
The decomposing body of an East Harlem woman was found Friday afternoon in a plastic container across the street from a Bronx storage facility. Police identified the body as that of 35-year-old Nisaa Walcott, who worked as a beautician, the New York Daily News reported. According to WABC, the body was found by a passerby …
Homicide
February 25, 2022
Argument Over Assigned Parking Space Leaves Florida Mother of 2 Dead
Police in south Florida are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and dragged a 57-year-old woman after an argument over an assigned parking space at the woman’s apartment building. Hialeah Police said Olga Fernandez was killed on February 13 by an unidentified man driving a dark-colored 2014-2016 Toyota Corolla (L or LE …
Murder
February 25, 2022
16-Year-Old Boy Charged as Adult in Killings of 5-Year-Old, 2 Adults
Detroit police have charged a 16-year-old boy with the murders of a 5-year-old boy, his mother, and her boyfriend, but they released a second teen for lack of evidence. Malcolm Ray Hardy is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday on three counts of murder, one count of premeditated murder, two counts of armed robbery, and …
Murder
February 25, 2022
2 More Arrests in Fatal Shooting of ‘Lizard Lick Towing’ Star’s Son
Two juveniles have been charged with Alex Shirley’s murder, and now two adults are charged with obstruction and accessory after the fact.
Murder
February 24, 2022
MANHUNT On for Suspected Killer of Former Kentucky Legislator’s Daughter, Shot to Death While Asleep in Bed
Kentucky authorities have named 23-year-old Shannon Vincent Gilday as a suspect in the murder of attorney Jordan Morgan, who was shot to death at her parents’ home Tuesday morning. State police described Gilday as about 6 feet tall and 167 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is believed to have been driving a …
Child Abuse
February 24, 2022
Child Abuse, Murder Charges Send Mississippi Man and Woman to Jail After 2-Year-Old Dies
A man and a woman in Mississippi have been charged with child abuse — and the man with first degree murder — after a 2-year-old boy died of blunt force trauma earlier this week. The child and another boy who was 2-months-old were under the care of Demeatrice Ashley, 22, who was the father of …
Court
February 24, 2022
Accused School Shooter’s Parents Must Stand Trial on Involuntary Manslaughter Charges: Judge
A Michigan judge on Thursday ordered the parents of accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the November 30 massacre. Four of the 15-year-old’s classmates were killed in the shooting and six were wounded, along with one teacher, as CrimeOnline previously reported. James and Jennifer …
Court
February 24, 2022
Former Minneapolis Police Officers Found Guilty of Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights in Federal Trial
A federal jury on Thursday found three former Minneapolis police officers guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao were all found guilt of willfully failing to aid Floyd as he lay on the ground beneath fellow officer Derek Chauvin’s knee. Kueng and Thao were also found guilty …