A Canadian mother has been taken into custody in connection with her toddler daughter’s death. CBC reports that Audrey Gagnon, 23, was set to face charges in court on Thursday, but the hearing has been delayed after the young mother reportedly hurt herself intentionally while in police custody. Authorities told the news outlet that the …
A judge in southern California will review a death investigation previously ruled a suicide after a civil jury found the victim’s brother-in-law was responsible for her death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adam Shacknai was ordered to pay over $5 million in damages to Rebecca Zahau’s family following a civil trial that found him legally responsible …
Arizona mom Brittany Velasquez allegedly murdered her two young children by locking them in a car for over 14 hours and then blaming an unidentified babysitter for their deaths. Nancy Grace looks at the case against the 20-year-old woman with a panel of experts including DNA expert George Schiro, New York psychotherapist Lauren Howard, Atlanta juvenile judge and founder …
A second-grader in Minnesota came to school Monday with a kitchen knife and slashed three classmates in what police called a random attack. Sauk Rapids Police Chief Perry Beise said the three students at Pleasantview Elementary School suffered “superficial wounds to the backs of their heads that needed to be stitched up.” The injured children, ages …
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday that DNA analysis has identified the body found near the site of a fatal SUV plunge is Ciera Hart, known as Sierra Hart. The sheriff’s press release confirmed that Ciera’s legal name had never been changed to Sierra. Initially authorities believed she was 12 years old, but …
After finding her family dead, a 4-year-old California girl reportedly used her murdered grandfather’s cell phone to call for help. The Sacramento Bee reports that Jacob Jedidiah Thayer, 26, is believed to have fatally shot his girlfriend Marie Leonetti, 27, and father, Richard Thayer, 60, early Thursday before turning the gun on himself. According to the newspaper, …
The woman who killed a friend connected to the investigation of Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance says she knows what happened to the 18-year-old who vanished while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Emily Heistand, 23, has reportedly admitted to killing John Ludwick in self-defense last month after he allegedly tried to kidnap her …
A 911 dispatcher suspended after a teen boy died following a botched emergency call will return to work. The New York Daily News reports that Cincinnati dispatcher Amber Smith is expected to return to work on Wednesday, less than a week after she was suspended for her role in failed 911 call attempt that appears to …
Graphic new details surfaced this week in the disturbing stabbing — dubbed the “Slender Man” case — of a 12-year-old girl in a 2014 attack perpetrated by her schoolmates. With Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, who were in sixth grade at the time, now serving decades-long sentences in a psychiatric facility, authorities in Wisconsin released …
Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of infant remains found along the PATH train tracks in New Jersey. According to the New York Daily News, a Port Authority employee found a suitcase containing the remains of a ten-month-old bay along the tracks near the Jersey City-Journal Square station on Wednesday afternoon. Police have not revealed the …
Jennifer and Sarah Hart cultivated an image of an idyllic family life with their adopted black children. Was it all a lie?
A 14-year-old Detroit teen is lucky to be physically unscathed following a close call with an armed homeowner this week, according to police. Fox News reported that Brennan Walker is believed to have approached a residence at around 8:20 a.m. Thursday after missing his school bus and attempting to retrace the route on foot. When …
