A Maryland judge was fatally shot in the driveway of his Hagerstown home Thursday night. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which responded calls at about 8 p.m., identified the victim as Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52. He was taken to Meritus Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. WRC reported that Maryland State …
An audio confession has been released after Dutch national Joran van der Sloot admitted to killing 18-year-old Natalee Holloway in 2005. As CrimeOnline previously reported, van der Sloot, 36, received a 20-year sentence on exortion and wire fraud charges Wednesday at the Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. The 20-year sentence was offered …
A California woman is behind bars after police say she killed her 5-year-old daughter Saturday. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Law & Crime, police arrested 34-year-old Mina Nazari for the “willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously and with malice aforethought” murder of her daughter, Sana Akram. Nazari was arrested Saturday and faces felony charges of …
Police in east Alabama are looking for a 10-year-old boy they believe could be in danger. Curtis Francis was last seen in Eufaula on Wednesday and was wearing a black and grey Reebok jacket, blue jeans, and grey and white Rebokk high-top shoes, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. He has black hair and brown …
An Missouri woman was arrested this week on charges of murder and plotting with her mother to kill her stepfather. Ashley Nicole Jones, 29, reportedly admitted to police that she had bought ethylene glycol — a substance found in such products as antifreeze, hydraulic break fluid, solvents, paints, films, and cosmetics — from the internet, according to The …
The Kansas Department for Children and Families confirmed on Tuesday that they investigated a 5-year-old girl’s family five times in the weeks leading up to her rape and murder this month. DCF reportedly visited Zoey Felix’s home multiple times in September, with investigators unsuccessfully attempting to make contact on seven instances. The agency also got …
A North Carolina man who allegedly murdered his 3-week-old son this month allegedly did so while the baby was in the NICU. Noah Bliss’ 3-week-old son reportedly suffered fatal brain swelling and a brain bleed at WakeMe in Raliegh on October 6. Bliss’ wife told WRAL that their twin son and daughter were born prematurely …
Eighteen years after her daughter’s disappearance, Natalee Holloway’s mother received news Wednesday that the tragic case has been resolved, following Dutch national Joran van der Sloot’s confession to murder. According to reports, van der Sloot told police he and Natalee kissed at the beach after meeting at a bar in Aruba in May 2005. When …
Nearly 37 years after the brutal murder and near-decapitation of 29-year-old nurse Teresa Lee Scalf, investigators say they have solved the case. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a Monday afternoon press conference that the the killer has been identified as Scalf’s neighbor, Donald Douglas, who would have been 33 at the time of …
Investigators in California are looking into the death of a 35-year-old mother-of-5 who was found dead last week off Mount Pleasant Road in unincorporated San Jose. Family members identified the body as Jami Narvaez on Tuesday, KRON reported. Narvaez left her children — ages 16, 12, 11, 8, and 6 — with family in Modesto …
A North Carolina man was arrested on Monday, two weeks after he was charged with killing his 3-week-old child. Noah Bliss, 22, allegedly injured his son on October 6 in an incident that caused the newborn to suffer brain swelling and a brain bleed. WNCN reported that the baby died the same day, leading to …
A California woman allegedly stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to death on Saturday. According to KOVR, a man called 911 after finding his wife, Mina Nazari, 34, had killed their daughter, Sana Akram, at their Modesto home. Authorities have not yet established a motive. The Modesto Bee reported that Akram was pronounced dead at the scene. …
