A Florida judge denied a motion to suppress information after a suspect allegedly confessed to drugging a young woman, who later passed away inside her hotel room. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 21-year-old Christine Engelhardt, of Pennsylvania, died last month inside her hotel room at the Albion Hotel in Miami Beach. Her death is being investigated …
Four men are behind bars after police say they caught them carrying a large object to a car early Wednesday morning, which turned out to be a deceased woman’s body. NBC New York reports that the incident happened on Foam Place in the Far Rockaway section of Queens, at a little before 2 a.m. Wednesday. …
Nearly five years after the murder of Texas woman Missy Bevers, the Midlothian Police Department announced that a retired federal law enforcement agent is now looking at the case for anything that might have been missed, Fox 4 reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bevers, 45, walked into the Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas, …
A staff Sgt. in the U.S. Army, who previously received a mere warning after raping a woman, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after authorities determined he raped several others, including his own daughter. The Army Times reports that Staff Sgt. Randall S. Hughes got “a slap on the wrist” after raping a soldier’s …
The family of 19-year-old Kristin Smart released a statement Tuesday, following the news of an arrest made nearly 25 years after Smart’s disappearance. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Paul Flores, the prime suspect in the disappearance and presumed death of a Cal Poly freshman, Kristin Smart, was booked Tuesday in the San Luis Obispo County jail on suspicion …
UPDATE WATCH LIVE: Police give update on Kristin Smart Paul Flores, the prime suspect in the disappearance and presumed death of a Cal Poly freshman, Kristin Smart, was booked Tuesday in the San Luis Obispo County jail on suspicion of murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Flores’ father, Ruben Flores, 80, was also arrested Tuesday …
While the community waits to hear a major development in the Kristin Smart case, jail records indicate that the father of the suspect has been arrested for accessory after the fact. NBC 6 reports that Paul Flores, who has been a person of interest in connection with the 1996 disappearance and presumed death of Smart, …
Louisiana authorities announced earlier this week that they don’t believe foul play was involved in connection with the disappearance of LSU student, Kori Gauthier. CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says it’s too soon to make that call. “I think it’s way too early in the game to say ‘no foul play at this juncture,” Grace told Fox …
Four girls, ranging in ages 12 to 14, allegedly set fire to a Pennsylvania home because they were bored, according to Chief John Blake of the Ferndale Borough Police Department. News 7 reports that the incident happened on April 3 in the Johnstown borough of Ferndale. A 12-year-old and three 14-year-old girls allegedly used an …
A former Wisconsin newspaper delivery driver says he saw the person who hid a murder victim’s vehicle into a salvage yard, and it wasn’t either of the men currently serving sentences for the crime. Thomas Sowinski signed a sworn affidavit, claiming that he was working on November 5, 2005, for Gannett, delivering papers when he …
A Colorado woman is behind bars after police say she left her two young children trapped inside a freezing car over the weekend. CBS Denver reports that 35-year-old Kaylee Messerly has been arrested in connection with the death of her 1-year-old daughter, Emma, and the abuse of her 3-year-old daughter, Alena. According to police, Messerly’s …
