Leigh Egan

Leigh Egan is a crime-fighting journalist and editor who specializes in breaking news and investigative true crime coverage. With more than a decade of experience under her belt, Leigh’s work can be found in a number of high-profile national publications. For Leigh, learning didn’t stop after college. She considers herself a lifelong learner who frequently takes media and journalism courses to keep abreast of the latest happenings and innovations in her field. Tips: legan@crimeonline.com

‘We are getting close’: Police Give Update on Atlanta Songwriter & Pet Dog Found Sliced to Death in Popular Atlanta Park

 Katherine Janness
Unsolved

It’s been almost six months since Katherine Janness was brutally killed at Atlanta’s popular Piedmont Park, but police say the investigation is moving in the right direction. No updates were given on a possible suspect for Katherine “Katie” Janness murder, but the Atlanta Police Department homicide investigators announced Monday that they’re getting weekly tips and …

Oluwadamilola Imafiabor
Murder
January 4, 2022

Mom Who Claimed Baby Was Run Over by Truck on Christmas Day is Arrested for Murder

A Georgia woman is behind bars facing murder charges after police say the story she gave about her deceased baby didn’t match up with the injuries. On Christmas Day, Gwinnett County police responded to reports of a deceased 1-year-old baby at a residence off of Seasons Parkway. The child’s mother, identified as Oluwadamilola Imafiabor, 29, …

Baby Teddie and Kane Mitchell
Murder
January 3, 2022

SEE IT: Live-in Boyfriend Fakes Shock, Cries as Police Arrest Him at Hospital for Infant’s Brutal Beating

A convicted baby killer was captured on footage feigning shock after learning he was under arrest for the attempted murder (and later, murder) of his girlfriend’s 12-week-old son, Teddie Mitchell. During a two-part special of “24 Hours in Police Custody,” a true-crime British docuseries that takes viewers behind the scenes of investigations, police footage taken …

Terell Gray missing
Missing
January 3, 2022

Young Boy Vanishes While Temperatures Drop to Freezing: Police

Police in New York are searching for a boy who disappeared during brutal temperatures over the weekend. According to The Bronx Daily, 13-year-old Terell Gray was last seen Sunday at his home on 138 McKinley Avenue in Brooklyn, at around 3:30 a.m. Police said the boy was reported missing early Sunday morning when the temperatures …

Wanted
December 31, 2021

Baby in Alleged Child Abuse Video Found, Mother Flees as Police Search for Her

Developing  Virginia police are searching for a woman who was allegedly seen on video violently shaking her infant son while arguing with a man. Someone contacted Chesterfield police at close to 4 p.m. on Wednesday after a video on social media showed a woman “shaking and roughly handling a small infant.” The woman has been …

Tiffini Hale
National
December 31, 2021

Former ‘Mickey Mouse Club’ Star Tiffini Hale Died on Christmas: Reports

Former “Mickey Mouse Club” member Tiffini Hale has passed away, according to family and friends. Hale, who appeared alongside Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake on the popular Disney show, went into cardiac arrest that left her in a coma. “It is with the heaviest of broken hearts that we share the sad news of the …

Nancy Grace with Fox reporters
Nancy Grace
December 30, 2021

‘Thank God for this verdict’: Nancy Grace Says Ghislaine Maxwell Was ‘Trolling Playgrounds’ for Little Girls

Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty on five counts of sex trafficking, and CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace tells Fox News that the jury made the right decision. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 12 jurors reached a verdict on their fifth full day of deliberations on Wednesday. During their deliberations, the jury asked the court …

Michael Tyler Henegar
Weird Crime
December 30, 2021

Sex Offender Caught Naked in Young Girl’s Bedroom Wearing Nothing But Child’s Shoes: Police

A convicted sex offender is facing charges after allegedly hiding naked in a stranger’s house earlier this month while stealing items from the residence. According to the Knoxville Police Department, Daphne Crowley came home to her Knoxville apartment find Michael Tyler Henegar, 27, inside her home wearing nothing but a pair of child’s Nike Air …