A 17-year-old girl has defended her former teacher, accused of sexual misconduct, claiming that he never forced himself on her and that she willingly participated in a relationship. The Battle Creek Inquirer reports that Tyler David Millward, 29, of Athens, Michigan, is facing up to 20 years in prison on multiple charges that include allegations …
A 17-year-old girl is missing after she is believed to have been kidnapped from her Phoenix home — and she may be on her way to Mexico. The New York Post reports that Rosa America Garcia-Acosta, 17, has been missing since Friday. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since her brother reportedly heard her screaming, …
Four Michigan teens have accepted a plea deal that will allow them to avoid second-degree murder charges for allegedly throwing a six-pound rock off an overpass, killing a man driving below. Prosecutors will drop 10 of the 11 charges against Mark Sekelsky, 17, Mikadyn Payne, 16, Alexzander Miller, 16, and Trevor Gray, 15, and change …
A lawyer in Brazil was reportedly executed a point-blank just seconds after he handed off a little girl believed to be his daughter. The Daily Mail obtained CCTV footage of the moments leading up to a cold-blooded execution in Brazilian state of Permambuco, where a man can be seen calmly handing off a little girl in …
A Georgia man who held his 10-year-old autistic son under water until he died could now spend the rest of his life behind bars, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Jurors on Friday convicted 44-year-old Leon Williams of murder in connection with the drowning death of his child last year in their Decatur apartment. Williams was reportedly …
A 12-year-old Kentucky girl was arrested after allegedly trying to poison her 4-year-old stepbrother because she believed their mother loved him more. WSMV reported that the mother discovered Skype messages between her daughter and a man in Texas where she wrote that she wanted to “get rid of him,” referring to her stepbrother. A police …
Nearly two years after a 10-year-old boy died in a horrific waterslide accident in Kansas City, the park is closing down the tallest waterslide in the world. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of a Kansas City lawmaker, died in August 2016 on the Verruckt waterslide at the Schlitterbahn waterpark when a raft …
Authorities have released bodycam footage from the horrific scene they found after a mother allgedly stabbed her young daughter multiple times. 39-year-old Taheerah Ahmad is accused of tying up two of her daughters, aged 11 and 9, before stabbing the 11-year-old “50 to 70 times” and hitting her over the head with a pick-axe May …
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA, Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The operation has begun to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who will need to dive out of the flooded Thai cave where they have been trapped for more than two weeks, with officials saying Sunday morning that “today is D-Day.” Chiang …
Authorities are facing an uphill battle in the search for a fourth suspect in the murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martens — and the unknown person is believed to have been more directly involved in the brutal attack than two of the suspects already in custody. On August 24, 2016, Victoria was found burning in a …
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA, Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The youth soccer coach trapped in a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand with 12 members of his team apologized to their parents in the first letters they have sent out through divers, with the boys saying they’re doing well and missing their …
A nurse in England who was arrested after 17 babies died in a neonatal unit has bonded out of custody, the Independent reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 28-year-old Lucy Letby is believed to be the woman arrested in Chester, England, on Tuesday amid an investigation into the suspicious deaths of 17 babies at Countess of …
