A Wisconsin man who was charged Friday with killing his grandfather possibly carried out the slaying due to his grandfather’s sex offender status. Charles Luitze, 70, was found dead in his Kenosha home on August 15. A responding police officer said Luitze was lying dead on a bed and blood was splattered on the walls, …
An Ohio judge on Thursday ordered an 11-year-old boy jailed while he awaits trial for allegedly shooting and killing a 6-year-old neighbor, Fox 8 said. The boy is charged with reckless homicide in the death of King Pleasant, who was shot while playing outside near his home in Canton on September 14. The 6-year-old’s family …
While pushing the victim, the passenger reportedly fell out of the car and collided with a streetlight
Update: 8:06 p.m.: Two girls believed to have been abducted earlier Saturday by their father have been found safe, and a suspect is in custody, KMBC reports. Update: 6:40 p.m.: The Kansas Highway Patrol said it stopped the vehicle driven by Donny Jackson on Highway 169 near the Oklahoma state line at about 12:30 p.m., …
A Mississippi judge was reportedly found fatally stabbed Wednesday — moments before police officers shot and killed her adult son. WLOX reported that Moss Point police initially responding to a welfare check at 11:30 a.m. attempted to make contact with someone at Sheila Osgood’s home but were unsuccessful. An hour later, officers returned to the …
A convicted child molester who was serving a life sentence at a California prison died Wednesday in what officials are reportedly investigating as a homicide. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that officers at Mule Creek State Prison found Deandre Austin, 46, unresponsive in his cell while responding to a …
A South Carolina woman skipped her murder trial this week, but a jury found her guilty anyway of killing her two newborn babies in 2017 and 2018 and dumping their bodies into the trash. Alyssa Anne Dayvault, 32, turned herself in to North Myrtle Beach Police on Friday, a day after the trial was completed, …
A child caregiver who ran an unlicensed daycare was sentenced to probation Wednesday for the deaths of twin toddlers. Twins Elijah and Elyssa Orejuela were in the care of Jennifer Salley, 37, at her Om Baby Knoxville daycare center when they both fell into her pool on July 30, 2018. At the time, Salley didn’t …
The grandfather of a toddler who fell from an open window on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in 2019, pleaded guilty on Thursday to negligent homicide. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chloe Wiegand, an 18-month-old toddler from Granger, Indiana, was on a cruise with family when she lost her life aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the …
A Tennessee man was arrested Tuesday on criminal homicide charges for allegedly fatally beating a 2-year-old boy last week. WKRN reported that Rozelle Westmoreland, 33, admitted to killing the unidentified toddler in response to the child’s whining. Nashville Metro police said Westmoreland struck the child in the head and torso before pushing him into the …
A Texas couple has been arrested on suspicion of murder charges, months after an 8-year-old girl reportedly died of dehydration while in their care. The Odessa Police Department said in a statement Monday that Daniel Schwarz, 44, and Ashley Schwarz, 34, were charged with capital murder. WLTX reported that the pair are accused of killing a …
Washington authorities are searching for two people in connection with the death of Rachell Rene Roberts, a woman found dead earlier this month. NBC K5 reports that Olympia authorities found the body of Rachell Rene Roberts on October 2 after someone discovered the body off of U.S. Forest Service Road 24, close to Highway 119, …
