A 16-year-old California girl allegedly carried out a stabbing on Saturday that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Jessie Martinez, 25, was found deceased at her Lodi home while her 22-year-old boyfriend suffered a non-life threatening laceration to the head. Police said the stabbing, which was carried out by a teen girl, does …
Virginia police announced on Monday that they have identified human remains found in 2001 as a 17-year-old girl who vanished in 1975. Patricia Gildawie is reportedly the teen whose remains were discovered by a construction crew near a drainage ditch in McLean two decades ago. WTOP reported that an initial review determined that the victim …
A South Carolina couple was arrested earlier this month for the death of the woman’s 4-month-old child. WLTX reported that Cassandra Clautu’s baby was found unresponsive on September 6, and Richland County police observed bruises on their back, arms, legs, and ears. The baby, who was placed on life support, was deemed brain dead two …
A police incident report has shed more light on the mysterious death of a Georgia mother found deceased last week in Clarkesville. As CrimeOnline previously reported, on September 10, 59-year-old Debbie Collier sent her daughter $2,385 using Venmo and included a message that read, “They are not going to let me go, love you,” according …
A New York mother allegedly confessed to drowning her three young kids early Monday, leading to a frantic search for the children, whose bodies were found on Coney Island in Brooklyn, WNBC-TV reports. Authorities say the woman, 30-year-old Erin Merdy, has a history of mental health challenges but that postpartum psychosis is one possible motive, …
An investigation is underway in Michigan after a girl was found dead on Tuesday, hours after she was reported missing. Though details are scarce at this point in time, Michigan State Police Lieutenant Kimberly Vetter said the deceased girl was found in a field in Saginaw, about a block from the home she was reported …
A grieving Florida mother is speaking out about the perils of drag racing after her teenage son died in a high-speed car crash earlier this summer, FOX 13 reports. On July 24, 16-year-old Payton Fordyce was riding in the back seat of a vehicle being driven by 17-year-old Austin Lewis in the Tampa area. Lewis and …
A 14-year-old Colorado boy found dead on Monday was reportedly stabbed, shot, and beaten. Josiaz Aragon’s body was discovered near a baseball diamond at the Southwest Recreation Center in Denver. The Denver Medical Examiner listed his cause of death as “multiple sharp and blunt force injuries with a gunshot wound,” according to The Denver Post. …
Pennsylvania officials announced on Tuesday that a different agency will reinvestigate the 2011 death of a woman who was found stabbed 20 times. The Chester County District Attorney’s Office is taking over the investigation into Ellen Greenberg’s death due to a conflict of interest in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s …
Louisiana police arrested a woman on Tuesday for June’s fatal overdose of her 2-year-old son. Mitchell Robinson reportedly had 14 ml of fentanyl in his blood when he died on June 26. The boy’s mother, Whitney Ard, 28, said her son slept in the bed with her the night before, and he woke up early …
A Pennsylvania man accused of killing his girlfriend and dismembering her said Tuesday Kristy Jefferson got into the refrigerator where her body was found “on her own.” Daryl Jones was arrested in May 2020 after Jefferson’s family requested a welfare check and neighbors reported a foul odor, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Jefferson was last seen …
Minnesota authorities say a toddler’s death they had been investigating as “suspicious” was in fact a homicide. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim Sunday as One’Je Jackson Jones, the 2-year-old son of Navonna West, who died after being taken to a hospital on May 4, WCCO reported. The ME’s report said the …
