1st Defendant Sentenced in Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
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Ty Garbin, 25, pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy in January.
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August 25, 2021
Dylann Roof: Remorseless Killer Will Be Put to Death, Federal Appeals Court Rules
A Virginia federal appeals court upheld the death penalty on Wednesday for Dylann Roof, a South Carolina teen who shot and killed numerous Black worshippers who welcomed him into their church. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Roof’s attorneys filed a 321-page legal brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond last year, claiming …
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August 24, 2021
R. Kelly Married 15-year-old Aaliyah So She Could Get an Abortion, According to Witness
On Monday, a witness testified that singer R. Kelly, who allegedly abused her for hers, married late R&B singer Aaliyah in order to get an abortion. The witness, who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was 17, testified at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in New York. Now 23, the witness shed tears on …
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August 23, 2021
Tranquilizer Dart Cap Found in Barry Morphew’s Dryer After Suzanne Morphew’s Disappearance
Testimony in a preliminary hearing for accused murderer Barry Morphew Monday revealed investigators searching the house he shared with his wife Suzanne Morphew after her disappearance found a needle cap used with a tranquilizer gun in the dryer and a live .22-caliber bullet next to Suzanne Morphew’s bed. The preliminary hearing has offered a first …
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August 23, 2021
Trial Set for Dad Who Allegedly Bludgeoned Tot Girl to Death With Hammer, Said She Had ‘Microchip’ in Her Head
Jury selection began this week in connection with a Texas man accused of killing his toddler daughter. It’s been two years since the untimely death of 2-year-old Savannah Roque. Her father, 26-year-old Yovahnis Roque, has been behind bars since February 2019, on murder charges in connection to the child’s death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Roque …
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August 21, 2021
Exonerated After Nearly 40 Years in Prison, California Man Puts Up Reward To Find Killer of His Ex-Girlfriend and Her Son
A California man who spent nearly four decades in prison for two murders he did not commit has offered a $50,000 reward for evidence leading to the conviction of the real killers. Craig Coley, now 74, was convicted in 1980 of raping and killing his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Rhonda Wicht, and smothering her 4-year-old son Donnie …
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August 20, 2021
Iowa Woman Runs Over Black Boy, Latina Girl Because They’re ‘Not Supposed To Be’ in This Country
An Iowa woman already sentenced to 25 year for intentionally running over a 14-year-old Latina girl and a 12-year-old Black boy with her SUV was sentenced Thursday to the same amount on federal hate crimes charges stemming from the incidents. Nicole Poole Franklin, 43, was given two concurrent 25 year sentences in May after pleading …
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August 20, 2021
‘Bonnie and Clyde of Rapists’: Victim Begs Judge to Keep Case Against Reality Show Doctor & Girlfriend Accused of Raping Women
A California judge heard from witnesses on Thursday at the Orange County Superior Court, including a woman who had her case dismissed against a doctor and girlfriend accused of raping people. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors accused Grant Robicheaux, 40, and his girlfriend, Cerissa Laura Riley, 34, of drugging and raping mostly women. Since the …
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August 19, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse: Parents of Man Killed by Teen Protest Shooter File Federal Lawsuit Against Police Department
On Tuesday, the parents of one of the men who Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot and killed at a 2020 protest in Wisconsin sued police, claiming they gave the then-17-year-old carte blanche to harm peaceful protestors. Anthony Huber’s father and mother, John Huber and Karen Bloom, filed a constitutional civil rights lawsuit which lists Kenosha Police …
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August 12, 2021
Killer Admits Choking 12-Year-Old Girl to Death, Throwing Her Body Into Creek
A 42-year-old Florida man was found guilty of first degree murder on Thursday, more than four years after the body of 12-year-old Naomi Jones was found in an Escambia County creek. Robert Letroy Howard, a convicted sex offender, was arrested just three days after fishermen found the body about five miles from the apartment complex …
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August 9, 2021
‘Go Die in the Woods’: Grandfather Who Helped Torture 12-yr-old Grandson to Death is Convicted, Following Teen Daughter’s Testimony
A Montana grandfather pleaded guilty for his role in torturing and abusing his slain grandson. James Sasser Jr. pleaded guilty to felony deliberate homicide, tampering with a witness, and criminal child endangerment at the Gallatin County District Court Monday morning. He was the grandfather of 12-year-old James “Alex” Hurley. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities found …
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August 9, 2021
Scott Peterson Requested to Testify During Kristin Smart Murder Hearing: Reports
Convicted wife and child killer Scott Peterson has been requested to testify at the pre-trial hearing in connection with the 1996 death of Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart. Peterson knew Smart when she attended the college in May 1996, the same year she was last seen alive, according to Paul Flores’ attorney. Flores stands accused …