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, …
A Florida woman was arrested on negligent homicide charges on Tuesday, weeks after her newborn daughter reportedly died in a hot car. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that Megan Dauphin, 30, was also charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. Dauphin’s baby was reportedly found dead in her car in …
Prosecutors in New York announced Monday that a suspect was arrested for killing an elderly man late last month during a dispute over masks that turned violent. Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said Donald Lewinski, 65, was charged with criminally negligent homicide for an altercation that resulted in Rocco Sapienza’s death. Sapienza, 80, reportedly …
A Louisiana mother was arrested Monday, a day after her 2-year-old son reportedly died in a hot car. The Lafayette Parish Coroner confirmed Ryatt Hensley’s manner of death as heatstroke. The toddler was found dead after sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in Duson at 1:50 p.m. amid reports of an unresponsive child in a …
Police said the pregnant woman retrieved the weapon after a woman came to her boyfriend’s home
A Wisconsin man is accused of fatally shooting his neighbor — a community service officer — during a dispute Monday over grass clippings. The Milwaukee Police Department said in a statement that a 65-year-old suspect was taken into custody shortly after Naeem Sarosh’s shooting death. A neighbor told WMTJ that they overheard men arguing before …
