A former doctor and the centerpiece of the best-selling true crime book, “Fatal Vision,” could possibly walk out of prison on a “compassionate release” due to his failing health. The Daily News & Observer reports that 77-year-old Jeffrey MacDonald, who’s currently serving three life sentences for killing his pregnant wife and two children in 1970, …
The daughter of the founders of Circle of Hope Girls Ranch in Cedar County, Missouri, claims that despite reporting abuse for years, no one took her seriously until her TikTok videos depicting the alleged abuse went viral. Fox 4 reports that the founders of the Circle of Hope Girls Ranch, Boyd and Stephanie Householder, were …
A California woman behind bars for murder will be released to a drug treatment program after her lawyers successfully argued that that the state’s homicide law doesn’t apply to pregnant women. The Associated Press reports that on Tuesday, Kings County Superior Court Judge Robert Shane Burns granted Chelsea Becker attorneys’ request to release her from …
A 13-year-old reportedly admitted she lied about a teacher who ended up beheaded days later. BBC News reports that French teacher Samuel Paty was targeted at a school near Paris in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, where he taught a secondary class, for allegedly showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in freedom of expression class. In October 2020, Paty …
A California man currently on trial facing a murder charge apparently propped his dead ex-wife up during Christmas, and told their children that she was drunk while they opened presents, the prosecution said. AP reports that William Wallace is currently on trial for the death of his former wife, 26-year-old Za’Zell Preston, who was killed …
A Louisiana man is dead after police say he was shot while in the process of trying to sell his dirt bike. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office reports that Joseph Vindel, 29, Vindel disappeared around 10 a.m. Sunday after he left his home in New Orleans in a black Lexus SUV to meet a man, identified …
UPDATE Winslow police announced Wednesday that 12-year-old Layla Cole has been safely located. Original Story Maine authorities are searching for a 12-year-old who disappeared at some point between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. CBS 13 reports that Layla Cole was last seen at her home on Tuesday night at around 9:45 p.m., off of …
Pennsylvania authorities are searching for a missing woman who police say vanished near a hiking trail and hasn’t been heard from since. WGAL reports that 29-year-old Nicole Elizabeth Ebaugh was last seen near Glatfelters Station Road in North Codorus Township, at the Glatfelters Station Road Parking Area on Saturday, from around 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 …
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On Monday, authorities in New York announced that a 10-year-old boy found dead over the weekend was a victim of “fatal child abuse syndrome.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities arrested Ryan Cato, 34, on Sunday and charged him with murder and child endangerment. His stepson, Ayden Wolfe, was found unresponsive in a Harlem apartment on …
A California woman facing a murder charge after delivering a stillborn baby could be released if a judge agrees with her defense team. The Los Angeles Times reports that Chelsea Becker, 26, was arrested in 2019 for the death of her son, Zachariah Joseph Campos. According to the Hanford Police Department, Becker was using meth …
An Alabama woman who allegedly shot and killed her ex-husband says that she acted in self-defense. News 5 reports that Andrea Smith shot and killed her ex-husband, Kaleb Hamilton, at the Plantation Apartments in Mobile last month. The pair divorced but had recently gotten back together, family members said. According to prosecutors, Smith and Hamilton …
