The Maryland Supreme Court reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction on Friday, ruling that the 2022 hearing leading to his release violated the rights of the alleged victim’s family. According to Fox News Digital, the 4-3 decision happened after the court reviewed the case in October, which gained fame through the 2014 “Serial” podcast. As CrimeOnline …
Police are searching for a Sacramento woman who was last seen Monday morning at a mining camp near Nevada City. According to the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, 24-year-old Esmeralda Marie Pineda is missing and considered at risk. She was last spotted between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at a mining claim camp near the middle …
Police in California have arrested a man linked to the disappearance of a couple from a nudist community in California, who are now presumed dead. The Redlands Police Department reported that 62-year-old Michael Sparks, a neighbor of missing couple, Stephanie Menard, 73, and Daniel Menard, 79, was taken into custody on murder charges Thursday. His …
Numerous confessions allegedly made by accused Delphi killer Richard Allen have been deemed admissible in court. Special Judge Fran Gul issued the ruling Thursday in Carroll County, permitting all statements Allen made to psychologists, inmates, guards, law enforcement, and family members while incarcerated to be presented as evidence at trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen …
Police in South Carolins have arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman who had been missing since May 2022. On Thursday morning, police in Orangeburg detained Sheridan Fogle, 54, charging him with the murder of 51-year-old Penni Whiteside. She was last seen on May 11, 2022, while living with Fogle in …
“Dancing with the Stars” pro Artem Chigvintsev was taken into custody on domestic violence charges, Napa County, California, jail records show. Chigvintsev, 42, was arrested on Thursday morning, shortly before 10 a.m., and booked under California penal code 273.5(a), which criminalizes causing injury to a spouse, cohabitant, or fellow parent in a domestic violence incident. …
The search for Virginia mother Mamta Bhatt continues, and police say they suspect foul play at the hands of her husband. Police said Mamta’s husband, Naresh Bhatt, likely murdered her in their Manassas Park home, according to a criminal complaint. He’s now charged with a felony concealing a body. Fox 5 reports that Bhatt waived …
A mother’s death at a U.S. Postal Service’s Regional Distribution Center in Georgia has sparked concern among employees and left a family desperate for answers. Sharon Barnes, a 48-year-old employee at the USPS Palmetto facility off Palmetto Logistics Parkway, passed away on Sunday inside the center. Her family said that Barnes was in good health …
The Army on Tuesday filed charges against a cavalry scout soldier stationed in Hawaii, whose pregnant wife remains missing. Army Times reports that Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II faces charges for making false official statements, obstructing justice, and producing and distributing child pornography, according to the Army. As CrimeOnline previously reported, his wife, Mischa Johnson, 19 …
An accused teen murderer has been ordered to be held behind bars on a $1 million bond after allegedly killing his girlfriend at a park earlier this month. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the Star Tribune, Isaac Arthur Arndt, 18, stabbed his 14-year-old girlfriend, Jaelyn Nichole Walker, more than a dozen times in …
An Instagram model accused of being high on “pink cocaine” when she caused a high-speed crash in Miami is now under house arrest after posting a $26,000 bond. Maecee Marie Lathers, 24, posted bail and entered a not-guilty plea to charges of vehicular homicide, reckless driving, driving on a suspended license, and fleeing the scene …
Susan Smith’s possible prison release faces opposition not only from her ex-husband but also from the lead prosecutor of her trial. Tommy Pope, the former solicitor for South Carolina’s 16th Judicial Circuit, told TMZ that he is working with current solicitor Kevin Brackett to ensure that Smith remains behind bars at the Leath Correctional Institution …
