An incestuous British couple who strangled their two sons and tried to kill their four surviving children in May was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. The BBC reported that Sarah Barrass, 35, strangled Tristan Barrass, 13, with her gown cord and her half-brother, Brandon Machin, 39, used his hands to strangle Blake Barrass, 14, …
The grieving mother says that while her husband has repeatedly apologized, he hasn’t explicitly asked for her forgiveness. “We’ll work on that,” she says.
Co-workers of a young Colorado mother presumed murdered testified at her suspected killer’s trial on Wednesday, contradicting claims Patrick Frazee allegedly made about Kelsey Berreth’s parenting and substance use. Berreth has not been seen since Thanksgiving Day 2018, and authorities believe she was murdered although her body has not been found. A former girlfriend of …
An Arizona mother accused of abusing her children while she profited from their popular YouTube channel has died. ABC 15 reports that Machelle Hobson, 48, has died in a Phoenix hospital as she was facing dozens of child abuse charges. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hobson, the creator of the “Fantastic Adventures” YouTube channel, was arrested …
A woman who says she has exchanged letters with confessed family-killer Chris Watts will appear on the “Dr. Oz” show Tuesday to discuss the Colorado criminal’s detailed confessions about his family’s brutal murders. Cheryln Cadle, the author of the book “Letters from Christopher: The Tragic Confessions of the Watts Family Murders,” has reportedly exchanged letters …
A Texas man is accused of killing his mother’s dog because she wouldn’t let him bring a woman into her home for sex. News 4 San Antonio reports that James Garcia, 39, was arrested after he allegedly threw his mother’s dog, Roxy, 18 feet in his parents’ San Antonio home, causing the dog’s heart to …
A Virginia mother is accused of trying to murder her two young children before fleeing their home. CBS 6 reports that authorities responded to an apartment complex in Stafford County in response to reports of a “distraught woman” on Saturday morning. Amanda Vicinanzo with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office told the news station that deputies …
New details cast doubt on the official account of the Mormon killings in Mexico, with evidence indicating that some victims were shot at point-blank range, the New York Post reports. Nine women and children of a Mormon family were gunned down Monday as they were traveling in a convoy of sport utility vehicles in the …
The unidentified victim was allegedly held captive for at least a week before she was dumped on the side of a road
Relatives of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth testified at the murder trial of Patrick Frazee on Monday, noting the unusual conditions of Berreth’s townhouse after she went missing, and Frazee’s apparent lack of concern for Berreth’s well-being. Frazee, who was once engaged to Berreth and is the father of their toddler daughter, is accused of …
A jury has been selected at the murder trial for Patrick Frazee, the Colorado father and rancher who is accused of murdering Kelsey Berreth, the mother of his dauther, on Thanksgiving Day last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, jury selection began on Monday and was expected to last at least until Thursday. KKTV reports that …
A 3-year-old boy who was stabbed in his sleep is expected to be taken off life support. CBC News reports that Hunter Straight-Smith was hospitalized Wednesday with multiple stab wounds after he was attacked in his Winnipeg home in Canada early Wednesday morning. Daniel Jensen, 33, has been charged with multiple counts including attempted murder …
