Authorities in Colorado have shared the identity of a man suspected of abducting a 12-year-old girl on Wednesday as she was walking home from school. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Raeanna Rosencrans, 12, was last seen getting into a car with a man who called out her name as she was walking with a friend in …
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A Missouri mother helplessly witnessed the residential fire that claimed the lives of her four sons early Thursday morning. According to the Kansas City Star, Tina Brazil returned to the home in Otto with her boyfriend to find firefighters there attempting to battle the blaze. Her sons, Levi, Max, Cason and Tyler — ages 4 …
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 …
