A New Jersey man was convicted Tuesday for the November 2016 murder of a high school classmate whose body was dumped in a river and remains missing years later. Liam McAtasney, 21, was convicted of all charges— murder, robbery, desecration of human remains, conspiracy to desecrate human remains, tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension—for strangling …
An Ohio man convicted of beating his girlfriend with a gun, holding her hostage and setting her apartment building on fire took out his aggression on his own attorney this week during a sentencing hearing in Cleveland. The entire ordeal played out between David Chislton and his lawyer in graphic courtroom video footage, as reported …
A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin man on Wednesday, in connection with the January disappearance of a Tennessee teen, who said her adoptive father had been raping her. According to court documents, 31-year-old Bryan Rogers pleaded not guilty on Thursday to making false statements and sexually exploiting a child, while appearing in a Wisconsin federal …
A Wisconsin man who claimed he was only trying to help a teen girl who fled from her Tennessee home last month after her adoptive father reportedly raped her, may have also sexually assaulted the girl as well, according to a prosecuting attorney. State Journal reports that U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Oppeneer denied bond during a …
A Tennessee teen girl who fled from home last month reportedly was scared for her life before she ran away. The girl’s adoptive dad, who allegedly owned numerous illegal guns, shot her dog dead and skinned its body, according to Wisconsin man Bryan David Rogers, who helped the girl escape. According to court documents filed …
Michelle Carter, who was convicted in 2017 of sending her teen boyfriend texts which encouraged his suicide, was ordered to prison Monday to begin her 15-month sentence. According to NBC News, a Massachusetts judge ruled that Carter, 22, must immediately report to prison despite her defense lawyers arguing she stay free as her case is …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace has weighed in following reports that accused killer Patrick Frazee’s mistress has not only pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence in Kelsey Berreth’s slaying but is expected to testify against him in his upcoming trial. According to the Daily Mail, ex-nurse Krystal Lee Kenney, 32, tearfully confessed to tampering with evidence — specifically the Colorado …
An Illinois mother has filed a lawsuit months after an elementary school teacher allegedly had another woman repeatedly beat her 9-year-old son in a bathroom. According to WLS, the family of Jo’Maury Champ has filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the Chicago Board of Education, George W. Tilton Elementary School teacher Kristen Haynes, …
“That’s fine,” his mother said. “I will destroy you in court.”
A Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Barron teen, Jayme Closs, after allegedly shooting and killing her parents, waived his right to a preliminary hearing during a Wednesday morning court hearing at the Barron County Circuit Court. Star Tribune reports that 21-year-old Jake Patterson made a brief in-person appearance at the court, where he quickly …
A Montana man accused of leaving a 5-month-old baby in the woods while high on meth changed his plea Tuesday morning at the Missoula District Court and admitted to criminal endangerment and child criminal endangerment. The Missoulian reports that Francis Carlton Crowley, 33, dropped the 5-month-old baby in the woods last July, in the Lolo Hot Springs area. Residents in …
A Kansas judge has come under fire after reportedly suggesting that two underage girls were “more of an aggressor” than the 67-year-old man who paid to have sex with them. From The Kansas City Star, Judge Michael Gibbens reduced Raymond Soden’s prison sentence from 13 years to five years and 10 months, saying the two victims—ages 13 and …
