An Iowa judge on Monday denied a request for a new trial for the man convicted of killing jogger Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. At a lengthy hearing last week, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorneys argued for a new trial after two witnesses told authorities they heard another man admit he killed the 20-year-old Tibbetts and that …
A missing 14-year-old Illinois boy was found dead early Friday, and an acquaintance of the boy’s father has been arrested for his murder. Steven Butler III was reported missing at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday night, according to the Champaign Police Department. The boy’s father told detectives that his son left the family home at about …
A Louisiana man is in custody after he allegedly stabbed his grandmother to death, seriously injured his mother, and shot three people while trying to steal their vehicles. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputies said that Aaron Morgan, 28, was shot twice by deputies when he tried to flee on foot after abandoning the vehicle …
The body was found in a creek a half mile downstream from where her car was found on Saturday. Police say it appears she was ejected from the car during an accident.
A shooting at a Tennessee water park Saturday night left one person dead and another wounded. Sevierville Police said Kelsy Cook, 24, and Angie Russell, 23, were found suffering from gunshot wounds at about 8 p.m. in the parking lot of Soaky Mountain Waterpark, WVLT reported. Cook was airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical …
A Georgia woman is recovering this weekend after her boyfriend shot her because he couldn’t get his password for the state unemployment website to work. Clayton County police officers responded to a call for help in Rex just before 4 a.m. on Thursday and found a woman in a car screaming and “bleeding profusely from …
Three men are in custody after the body of a missing Arkansas woman was found in Oklahoma. Tara Strozier, 40, was reported missing on July 19 and hadn’t been seen or heard from since July 17. A car she was believed to be driving was located five days later on a private drive in the …
A human bone found last week has been confirmed to belong to Esther Dingley, a British blogger who disappeared while hiking in the Pyrenees mountains eight months ago. Dingley, 37, had been hiking alone on the mountain range along the border between France and Spain, as CrimeOnline previously reported. LBT Global announced Saturday that the …
Investigators say they may have found a car belonging to a Bucks County woman who disappeared three weeks ago in Philadelphia. Cassandra Johnston, 26, was last seen at about 5:30 a.m. on July 10, when she left a friend’s home near Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Police reportedly found her phone near her …
Police in California are looking for a 36-year-old woman and her 3-year-old son who haven’t been seen since they left their home Friday morning in San Mateo to visit family in Belmont. Ana Duarte and her son Ian Duarte left home about 11 a.m. Friday, Belmont Police said. Her vehicle was found parked in Belmont …
A Florida couple is behind bars after detectives found videos and photographs of them sexually abusing children. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tipped off St Petersburg police about Jason Wienrich, 31, and Alicia Stevens, WFLA reported. Weinrich reportedly allowed forensic detectives search his electronic devices, where they found the images and videos …
A TikTok star who had been on life support since he was shot in the head, along with his date, at a California movie theater this week died Saturday morning. Anthony Barajas, 19, and Rylee Goodrich, 18, were at a showing of “The Forever Purge” at the Regal Edwards Corona Crossings theater in Corona. Employees …
