Pop singer Jessica Simpson said that for years, she was scared to tell her parents that an adult family friend sexually abused her as a child. PEOPLE reports that Simpson said the abuse began when she was a 6-year-old. The pop singer explained that as a child, she would spend the night with the daughter …
An Arizona woman who admitted to killing her children said she smothered them to death, according to court documents released on Tuesday. AZFamily reports that 22-year-old Rachel Henry is behind bars on felony murder charges after she allegedly killed her three children. The incident happened at a home near 24th Street and Vineyard in Phoenix …
A Louisiana woman is behind bars after police say she sexually assaulted two young children. WBTV reports that 18-year-old Lakien D. Perry has been charged with 20 counts of sexual battery, first-degree rape, and pornography involving a juvenile. According to Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kayla Vincent, authorities were alerted to Perry after the Louisiana …
An Oregon mother said she turned her head for only a few minutes when her infant son plummeted eight feet down a heating vent on January 15. According to KVAL News, 10-month-old Kolson slipped through an open vent inside his family’s Coburg, Oregon, home. The boy’s mother, Saydie Reedy, said the family was in the …
A Thai man is behind bars after divers reportedly found hundreds of human bones in a pond filled with alligator gar and other carnivorous fish. The Bangkok Post reports that Apichai Ongwisit, 40, is accused of killing his former girlfriend, Warinthorn “Kuk-kik” Chaiyachet, 22. Police found the woman’s remains thrown into a pond on the …
A Texas woman is accused of killing her estranged husband, and police say it happened after she spotted him in his girlfriend’s new car. ABC 13 reports that 68-year-old Carolyn Court is facing a felony murder charge in connection with the death of Houston business owner, Ray Court. According to police, Carolyn Court shot and …
A California man is behind bars after police say he brutally beat a toddler boy to death inside a car in Longwood. According to ABC 7, police arrested 32-year-old Charles Edward Davis Jr. on Sunday in Inglewood, after he fatally assaulted 2-year-old William Meeks III. He’s been charged with murder and assault. Investigators said the …
A convicted murder scheduled to die still maintains his innocence. His co-defendant, who once pinned everything on his friend, now insists the man is innocent. According to the Tampa Bay Times, 73-year-old Tom Dailey was convicted of murdering 14-year-old Shelly Elizabeth Boggio in Pinellas County, Florida, in 1985. His co-defendant, Jack Pearcy, was also convicted …
Oklahoma and Illinois authorities are searching for two children who never showed up to school, where their grandmother was supposed to pick them up. News on 6 reports that Jaxon Townsend, 8, and his younger sister, Josephine Joy Townsend, 7, were last seen on December 20. A December 17 court order ruled that their father, …
A grandfather facing negligent homicide charges knew the window on the 11th floor of a cruise ship was open before he lifted his toddler granddaughter to the ledge, newly-released court documents claim. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chloe Wiegand, an 18-month-old toddler from Granger, Indiana, was on a cruise with family when she lost her life aboard …
Authorities announced Thursday that they’re seeking at least one suspect in connection with Paighton Houston, an Alabama woman found deceased and buried in a backyard earlier this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities are searching for 50-year-old Fredrick Hampton, of Brighton. He’s currently being charged with abuse of a corpse, in connection with 29-year-old Houston. …
Alleged killer Anthony Todt was in a Florida courtroom today for an initial appearance after police say he killed his three children, wife, and dog in an upscale Celebration townhome. During a brief court appearance on Thursday morning, Ninth Judicial Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber denied bond for Todt before an officer immediately walked him back …
