Police in Ohio have arrested a 36-year-old woman and her 19-year-old daughter, charging each with abuse of a corpse. Court documents say that Basma Abdul Karim Alkelezli put her newborn son into a plastic trash bag and then had her daughter, Hanan Ahmad Al Jabouli, dispose of him, WCMH reported. Al Jabouli put the bag …
The parents of a Georgia high school student whose body was found in a rolled up wrestling mat have filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office over what they say is “false information” connected to the death investigation. Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found dead in at the …
After the deaths of two models in their downtown Los Angeles apartments last week, family members are concerned there could be a serial killer at work. Maleesa Mooney, the 31-year-old sister of Guyanese pop singer Jourdin Pauline, was found dead in her apartment last Tuesday after her family asked police for a welfare check, as …
Two adults, two children and a dog were found dead in a barricaded home after a house fire in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood on Saturday morning. KING reported that police were called to the home at about 8:45 a.m. after an 11-year-old girl escaped from the home, ran to a neighbor’s, and called for help. The …
New Jersey police are investigating after a 5-year-old child was found dead in a bathtub in a Newark apartment. The child was found unresponsive just after 7 p.m., the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. The child was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead, WNBC reported. The medical examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine …
An Ohio woman has been charged with abuse of a corpse after Toledo Police found the decomposing body of a man who’d been missing for 11 days inside her apartment last week. Josephine Torres, 39, was arrested on August 9 after police accompanied the victim’s friend and boss to her apartment, according to WTVG. Officers …
San Francisco police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old woman, found dead in a duffle bag at Golden Gate Park Sunday evening. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified her as Kelly Koike, who was homeless and suffered from mental illness, her mother told KGO. “I know deep deep down in her, without …
A 10-year-old boy found dead in a garbage can last month at his mother’s house died from a gunshot wound. Rock Island County coroner Brian Gustafson released the information on Friday in a preliminary autopsy report for Zion Staples, according to WQAD. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Rock Island police found the boy dead in his …
A Queens mom collapse while celebrating her 35th birthday last month in an illegal after-hours club, where workers dragged her into a back room and left her instead of calling 911. Video that circulated on social media showed people slapping an unresponsive Stephanie Quinones in the face, The New York Post reported. Eventually, the unnamed …
A 7-year-old Brazilian boy has died after playing in a pile of limestone powder beside a road. Brazil’s Jornal Razão.reported that Arthur Emanuel Bitenourt died just minutes after a photo was taken showing him giving a thumbs up while half buried in the powder. A dump truck is seen just beyond the boy. The boy’s …
A New York man who disappeared after a concert in Brooklyn Saturday night was found dead on Tuesday in a nearby creek. John Castic, a 27-year-old Goldman Sachs analyst, was last seen on video walking down the street after the Zeds Dead concert at the Brooklyn Mirage venue, WPIX reported. Police found his body floating …
The LosAngeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a man’s naked body was found floating inside a 55-gallon drum at Malibu Lagoon State Beach on Monday. Police identified the victim Tuesday as 32-year-old Javonnta Murphy but provided no other information about him, KTLA reported. A park maintenance worker first saw the drum Sunday night, floating …
