Why convicted child killer Susan Smith thought she could get away with murdering her young sons
Famous Murder Cases
“Susan Smith writes a letter saying, ‘I’m not a monster.’ News flash! Yes you are!”
Murder
September 30, 2017
‘They’re drug addicts. They’re not murderers!’: Mother of Holly Bobo’s killer says sons are innocent
The mother of the man recently convicted of killing and raping Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo claims her son is innocent. She also said her other son, currently awaiting his own trial in connection with Bobo’s death, is innocent as well. Cindy Adams sat down with ABC News’ 20/20 to talk about the high-profile case …
child endangerment
September 29, 2017
‘God makes no mistakes’: Baby dies after religious parents reportedly refuse to seek medical care for jaundice
A Michigan woman failed to seek medical treatment for her newborn daughter, leading to the baby’s death, a police chief testified in court last week. Lansing State Journal reports that Rachel Piland, of Lansing, refused to take her infant to the hospital, even after the baby couldn’t breathe properly and had blood running out of her …
Court
September 29, 2017
‘Murder gives me a high unlike any other’: Teen who ‘proudly’ stabbed nurse 21 times is up for parole after spending less than a year in prison
A Texas woman sentenced to 15 years in prison in January for stabbing a nurse 21 times is already up for parole, court documents confirm. As CrimeOnline previously reported, on November 14, 2015, Pearl Moen, 17 at the time, attempted to kill a 23-year-old nurse. Moen targeted the victime, a random stranger, and stabbed her 21 …
Murder
September 29, 2017
Google THAT! Cops bust murder suspect after spotting alleged killer’s SUV on Google Maps
A Texas man is behind bars after authorities used Google Maps to locate a vehicle used to run over and kill a man at a party. On Tuesday, a grand jury determined authorities presented enough evidence in the case for it to move forward to an indictment against the suspect. Beaumont Enterprise reports that Raul Najera, …
Family Crime
September 28, 2017
Mom admits to drowning baby boy in kitchen sink: Police
A North Carolina woman is behind bars after police say she murdered her toddler son. A recently-released autopsy report revealed the boy died after he drowned in a kitchen sink. FOX8 reports that authorities arrested Angela Maria Olson, 41, in January 13, at her home off of Dennis Road in Jacksonville. They found her in the attic …
Unsolved
September 28, 2017
Delphi murders update: Convicted sex offender arrested, police investigating possible links to killing of two young girls in Indiana
Authorities arrested a man in Colorado after he allegedly held a hatchet and threatened numerous people. Police are now saying they are investigating to see if he could be a suspect in the February murders of two Indiana girls, Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German. PEOPLE reports that El Paso County officers detained registered sex offender, Daniel Nations, 31, …
Burglary
September 28, 2017
Attacker tries to steal car, stabs woman multiple times as she leaves grocery store
Suspect taunts witnesses with knife before fleeing
Weird Crime
September 27, 2017
Inside the home of the alleged cannibal couple who police say killed and ate more than 30 people
A recently-released video from RT news station gives viewers a glance into a horrifying home where authorities say two cannibals who killed and ate numerous women lived. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Dmitry Baksheev, 35, and his wife Natalia, 42, are accused of luring women in, killing them, then canning and eating their meat and other remains. Natalia …
Sex Crimes
September 27, 2017
‘I was only raped – chill out’: Victim’s Facebook messages leads jury to drop charges against rape suspect
A Minshull Street Crown Court jury in Manchester, England, cleared all charges against an accountant trainee accused of raping a teen girl after they reviewed the teen’s Facebook messages. The Telegraph reports that a 19-year-old girl accused George Owen, 21, of forcing himself on her and raping her on April 5, 2016, after they left …
child endangerment
September 26, 2017
Woman leaves little girl, 2, in hot car at a Disney resort
Authorities arrested a Florida woman on Monday after they found a toddler alone inside a hot car, while the woman reportedly checked in with her manager at a Disney resort. WFTV9 reports that police arrested 37-year-old Myriam Lubincadet and charged her with child neglect after they said she left a 2-year-old little girl inside a car …
September 25, 2017
Chase Massner Update: Cause of death released, private memorial planned by family
The remains of a U.S. Army veteran found buried last month in the backyard of a Georgia home are now at a funeral home, awaiting upcoming memorial services, following a medical examiner’s office’s determination of his cause of death. Massner’s remains returned from a forensics lab in Phoenix earlier this month to the Cobb County …