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

AMBER Alert: Police search for car ‘blaring Spongebob Squarepants’ music after 2 children vanish from their own yard [UPDATE]

 Braxton and Bri’ya Williams
AMBER Alert

Florida authorities continue their search for two children who disappeared from their front yard in Jacksonville on Sunday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Braxton Williams, 6, and Bri’ya Williams, 5, vanished from the 10200 block of West Beaver Street at around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, at the Paradise Village mobile home complex. The children were …

Braxton and Bri’ya Williams
AMBER Alert
December 16, 2019

‘Foul play could be a factor’: Hundreds search for two children who vanished within minutes from their own yard [UPDATE]

Hundreds of law enforcement officers are scouring a Jacksonville neighborhood and surrounding areas, in hopes of finding two children that vanished from a Jacksonville yard on Sunday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Braxton Williams, 6, and Bri’ya Williams, 5, vanished from the 10200 block of West Beaver Street at around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, at the …

AMBER Alert
December 15, 2019

AMBER ALERT: Two children disappear from Florida neighborhood [URGENT]

Florida police are searching for two siblings who disappeared from a Jacksonville neighborhood on Sunday. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Braxton Williams, 6, and Bri’ya Williams, 5, vanished from the 10200 block of West Beaver Street at around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. The children were reported missing a few hours later, police said. …

Heidi Broussard
Missing
December 13, 2019

URGENT! Mom and 2-month-old baby girl vanish after dropping son off at school

The Austin Police Department is asking the public to be on the lookout for a Texas mother and her 2-month-old daughter, who disappeared on Thursday. According to police, Heidi Broussard was last seen dropping her son off at Cowan Elementary School on Thursday morning at around at 7:30 a.m. KXAN reports that authorities said Broussard …

‘Flies obviously were flying around’: Florida man explains how he masks smell after killing wife & 4 children, driving with their bodies for days [Police]
Murder
December 13, 2019

‘Flies obviously were flying around’: Florida man explains how he masks smell after killing wife & 4 children, driving with their bodies for days [Police]

Officials released new evidence footage in connection with a gruesome incident that left a Florida woman and her four children dead. The State Attorney’s Office for Marion County released an interrogation video of 38-year-old Michael Wayne Jones, which showed the murder suspect describing how he drove around with the bodies of his wife and children …

Lloyd Bagtong
Weird Crime
December 12, 2019

Hungry, unemployed cannibal decapitates random woman, uses her brain as rice topping: Police

An alleged cannibal killed a random stranger earlier this month, then decapitated her and ate her brains, according to authorities. The Strait Times reports that the incident happened in the Philippines on December 5, in Talisayan, Misamis Oriental. According to police, Lloyd Bagtong, 21, said he was “hungry and tired” when a woman who spoke English …