A West Virginia man called 911 early Saturday morning and told dispatcher he’d just shot his wife to death. Jason Joe Phillips, 46, has been charged with first degree murder in the death of 46-year-old Joanna Lynn Phillips at their home in Sissonville, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said. Phillips told police he murdered his …
A tragic murder suicide in Tennessee has left a mother and father dead and their adult son in critical condition. According to the Dyer County Sheriff’s Office, 60-year-old Sherry Darlene Lydon is suspected of fatally shooting her husband, William John Lydon Jr., while he slept at their home in Lenox. She reportedly also shot their …
Two Florida teens were indicted Friday, in connection with the death of Danika Troy, a 14-year-old Pace girl found murdered earlier this month. FOX 10 reported that Gabriel Williams, 16, and Kimahri Blevins, 14, are facing first-degree premeditated murder charges for the death of Danika Troy, 14, who had been shot multiple times. As CrimeOnline …
An Indiana man has been accused of killing his 81-year-old father and trying to kill his mother. Indianapolis Police responded to the home of John and Olanna Pedigo late last week and found John Pedigo dead and Olanna with serious injuries, WISH reported. The investigation began when the couple’s 54-year-old son, Bryan Pedigo, reportedly told …
Alabama authorities said on Thursday that the deaths of a Mississippi woman and her 3-year-old daughter, whose bodies were found in Alabama, were a case of murder-suicide. Shardee McGill, 32, and Janae McGill vanished from Jackson, Mississippi, on September 21, two days before her unoccupied car was discovered near the Tombigbee River in Alabama. WBRC …
A Utah woman will spend decades behind bars for breaking into her parents’ home and fatally shooting them. According to KUTV, a Salt Lake City judge sentenced Mia Bailey to two consecutive 25-year sentences for the deaths of her parents, Joseph and Gail Bailey, and up to five years for assault. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
A Florida woman has been arrested after she allegedly shot her two ex-husbands to death on Wednesday. Manatee County deputies arrested Susan Avalon after they were called to a home in Bradenton and found a 54-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died, but told investigators before …
A Michigan man charged with killing his three sons who vanished in 2010 appeared in court on Wednesday. The Daily Telegram reported that John Skelton appeared virtually in Lenawee County court for a probable cause conference, which was originally scheduled for December 1. He is charged with murdering Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5, …
A Norfolk Superior Court judge in Massachusetts handed down sentencing Thursday in the murder case against Brian Walshe, a Cohasset man who killed and dismembered his wife, Ana Walshe. According to the Boston Globe, Judge Diane C. Freniere ordered the defendant to spend life in prison without parole for his wife’s murder. She also ordered …
A missing North Carolina teen was found dead last week, and authorities have launched a murder investigation after receiving preliminary autopsy results. Joseph Rose was reported missing to the Asheville Police Department on December 2, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said. Ten days later, they were called to the scene of a body found in …
A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in a roadway earlier this month — and investigators found video on her phone showing the man walking down the road while they were having some kind of domestic dispute. Charleston County deputies said they responded to call about an …
Kansas police arrested a woman on Tuesday, more than a week after her 4-year-old son reportedly died of injuries consistent with child abuse. According to KAKE, Tiuri Blunt-Porrata died on December 8 after being sent to the hospital in critical condition. Daniel Martin, 34, was charged with child abuse following Blunt-Porrata’s death, but an investigation …
