A retired professional ballet dancer is behind bars in connection with the September death of her husband. According to a press release by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, Ashley Benefield, 28, was charged on Friday with second-degree murder. She’s accused of killing her husband, Doug Benefield. Benefield allegedly shot the victim twice. She was in …
The stepmother accused of killing Colorado boy Gannon Stauch is pushing to postpone an upcoming competency hearing. The Gazette reports that the attorneys for Letecia Stauch filed a motion to postpone her competency hearing after an October 26 COVID-19 outbreak at the El Paso County jail. According to Stauch’s lawyers, the outbreak hampered a second …
An arrest has been made in connection with the shooting death of “Surface” actor, Eddie Hassell. Westport News reports that authorities arrested D’Jon Antone, 18, on Wednesday. The US Marshal Service North Texas Fugitive Task Force and the Grand Prairie police said the suspect was taken into custody without incident at a Dallas home. “He …
A South Carolina makeup artist who thew two newborn babies in the trash learned in court this week that she’ll spend decades in prison for her ill-thought decisions. Horry County Judge Steven John announced that Thursday that Alyssa Anne Dayvault, 32, will spend the next 40 years behind bars, Myrtle Beach Online reports. As CrimeOnline …
A Connecticut man whose been on the run from authorities for 40 years has been caught in Florida, police say. News Channel 8 reports that Clearwater police captured 76-year-old Douglas Bennett in Clearwater on Wednesday. In 1975, Bennett was convicted of a slew of felonies, including rape, kidnapping, sexual contact, robbery, and deviate sexual intercourse after …
Georgia authorities are looking for a teen girl and her newborn baby after they disappeared on Wednesday. Fox 5 reports that Alyssa Nicole Ward, 17, and her infant son Elijah were last seen on McDonald Drive at around 11:40 a.m in Catoosa County. MISSING JUVENILE & BABY- ◾️Catoosa County, Georgia◾️ Please assist the Catoosa County …
A Zumba instructor and her youngest son are dead after a Nevada man allegedly opened fire, killing them both, along with another unidentified female. The New York Times reports that the incident happened Tuesday at a three-story building at the Douglas at Stonelake apartment complex in Henderson, where mother-of-three, Diana Hawatmeh, used one of the …
A Michigan man and woman are behind bars after opening fire in front of a Detroit home on Sunday. Click on Detroit reports that the incident happened at around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, when an unnamed man, 21, and woman, 26, got confronted a woman at a residence off of Magenta Street and began arguing …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* A California woman is behind bars in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son. The Mercury News reports that Genesis Barrera-Galdamez, 22, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder. Her son, Jasani Kerry, 2, passed away in Septemberer. Barrera-Galdamez is …
A Missouri woman is dead after a bitter argument with her husband turned violent over the weekend. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 31-year-old Aaron Guilliams is behind bars facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of his wife, Crystal Hanshew, 34. According to police, the couple married eight months ago. Guilliams reportedly …
*This is a developing story and will be updated when additional information becomes available.* A Fort Hood soldier is behind bars for the 2019 murder of a Texas woman. Fox 44 reports that a 20-year-old Cory Grafton has been arrested and charged with the murder of Chelsea Cheatham, 32. Cheatham was found deceased in June …
New York Crime Stoppers released security footage showing one of the suspects accused of shooting a dad and his daughter who got caught in the crossfire while trick-or-treating in Harlem. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a 36-year-old woman shot in the right arm during Saturday’s incident, off of Lenox Avenue between 116th and 117th streets. A 39-year-old …
