The grandfather of the man accused of killing 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley says that the suspect has a troubled past and may have wanted to hurt his family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Alex Whipple was charged on Wednesday with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection to the death of his niece Elizabeth, just hours before …
A recording of a 911 call made by a woman who found her husband fatally shot in their Upper East Side home was played in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday, as her son is tried on murder charges. The New York Daily News reports that Shelley Gilbert’s chilling 911 call — made in January 2015, …
The suspect in the disappearance of 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley has been charged with her murder. Logan City Police Chief Gary Jensen announced the new charges in a press conference Tuesday, live-streamed by KUTV. Alex Whipple is now facing charges of murder, kidnapping, abuse or desecration of a human body, and obstruction of justice, the police …
The man who confessed to manslaughter in connection to the disappearance of his wife on what was supposed to be a honeymoon sailing trip was sentenced to 8 years in prison on Tuesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Isabella Hellman vanished in May 2017 on a sailing trip with her husband of three months, Lewis Bennett, …
Authorities in Utah have released new surveillance video of the suspect being held in the disappearance of his niece, 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley. Multiple Utah-based reporters said on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that Alex Whipple, 21, was denied bail at a hearing to review his case. As one reporter noted, Whipple has not yet been charged in …
Authorities in Logan, Utah, gave a press conference on Tuesday to share the latest on the search for missing Logan 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley. Logan Police Chief Gary Jensen told reporters that police have DNA evidence connecting Alex Whipple, Elizabeth’s 21-year-old uncle, to the missing girl, adding that it was possible the two were together for …
Authorities in Utah have released new images of the main suspect in the suspicious disappearance of a 5-year-old girl in Logan. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Elizabeth Shelley vanished sometime between the hours of 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Saturday from her home in Logan, where her uncle Alex Whipple had visited on Friday night. …
A gas station worker who saw Alex Whipple said that he was ‘disheveled’ and wearing a hoodie over a suit and tie
Authorities in Florida say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of making a false 911 call after allegedly reporting her brother to authorities for allowing his car to leak oil on her driveway. According to WWLP, 55-year-old Linda Sue Morgan was arrested on Monday after reports indicate she called police dispatchers in the hopes …
Though he was a key defense witness during the trial of Tim Jones, pastor Micah Sutton painted an unflattering portrait of the man on trial for the murder of his five children. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Travis Pressley, a guard at a South Carolina prison, told jurors earlier this week that Jones confessed to strangling …
Police have identified the 21-year-old man being questioned about the disappearance of his 5-year-old niece this weekend. CNN reports that 21-year-old Alexander Whipple, the uncle of Elizabeth Shelley, was arrested on a probation violation on Saturday afternoon in Logan, Utah. The family of the missing 5-year-old girl reportedly told police they last saw her at about …
A hospital where a newborn infant was taken just after a woman purporting to be the baby’s mother allegedly killed the baby’s actual mother either delayed or completely declined to contact authorities despite the suspect having shown no evidence of having recently given birth. According to the Associated Press, Department of Children and Family Services …
