The police officers who responded to a 911 call about a teenager trapped in his car never got out of their squad cars to search for him. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ohio high school student Kyle Plush called 911 on April 10 after a freak accident trapped him in the back of a Honda Odyssey …
A teacher’s aide at a Pennsylvania middle school was arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old boy with special needs. Per WPVI, Erin Horan, an aide at Indian Valley Middle School, is accused of attacking Tony Walston on April 12 after he walked outside the school and sat on some steps. Investigators said the aide followed Walston and …
The man accused of killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February had a strong physical reaction when a witness came to identify him as the suspected gunman just after his arrest. According to a police report written by the arresting officer obtained by USA Today, Nikolas Cruz was …
Authorities in California say the 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing his 17-year-old friend to death was one of the individuals who volunteered to search for Jeremy Sanchez earlier this week. According to Fox News, the suspect is accused of stabbing the victim repeatedly before ditching the body in the woods near a river in South …
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 …
