A Texas woman was arrested early Wednesday morning and charged with the fatal shooting of her boyfriend. Courtney Renee Hooper, 36, and the 42-year-old victim argued over a phone call and a car that morning, Bexar County Sheriff Julian Salazar said, leading to the fatal shooting. He did not describe the argument. He said deputies …
A Georgia man was shot to death Sunday afternoon while walking his dog at a Gainesville park. Todd Alexander Stalcup, 52, is accused of killing Terry Wayne Loden, 70, and his dog when the two men’s dogs began fighting, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. The two men did not know one another. The …
Broadway child star Imani Dia Smith was found stabbed to death at her home in New Jersey over the weekend. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said police were called to a home in Edison Sunday morning and found Imani Dia Smith with stab wounds. She was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where she …
Video footage taken by Vandenberg Village neighbors in California show the moment authorities took accused child killer Ashlee Buzzard into custody. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a man and woman who had been taking pictures found 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard’s body in Wayne County, Utah, near East State Route 24, on December 6. The Wayne County Sheriff’s …
A wealthy California farm and energy mogul was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder of his estranged wife last month. Michael Abatti, 63, was indicted in Arizona, where Kerri Ann Abatti, 59, lived, on Tuesday and arrested that same day, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office said. Kerri Ann Abatti was found unresponsive at her home …
A 17-year-old Florida boy has been arrested for the murder of a man who was found dead in an empty lot in Tampa earlier this month. Officials said James McClendon, 34, was reported missing on December 9, Tampa Police said. McClendon’s car was found abandoned, with a spent 9mm shell casing. Then, on December 11, …
An Oregon landlord has been charged with murder after his tenant’s body was found in a barrel on his property. Court documents said that Ricky Dean Miller allegedly confessed to his sister that he had killed someone and stashed the body on his property, KGW reported. The sister contacted the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office, and …
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 …
