A Purdue University junior stabbed his roommate to death in their dorm room early Wednesday in what the university police chief called an “unprovoked and senseless” killing. Police were called to McCutcheon Hall at about 12:44 a.m. The suspect — 22-year-old Ji Min “Jimmy” Sha, a cybersecurity student from South Korea — made the call …
An Illinois woman has been officially charged with murder, following the death of her 3-year-old nephew who was pushed off of Navy Pier in Chicago last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened at around 1 p.m. on September 19, close to the 700 block of East Grand Avenue. Security footage reportedly captured the …
A New York father killed while visiting his son during Marist College’s family weekend event has been identified as a father of three and an accountant from Long Island. As CrimeOnline previously reported, two men with reported gang ties have been arrested for the shooting, which happened Sunday at Poughkeepsie’s Courtyard by Marriott. They’ve been …
A manhunt is on in Texas for the ex-boyfriend of a woman found shot to death in her abandoned SUV Monday afternoon. Neither Houston Police, where the body was found, nor Pasadena Police, where the incident began, have named the victim or the suspect, who was identified to investigators in Pasadena, KHOU reported. Witnesses reported …
A Texas man and his wife have been charged with murder in the deaths of his mother and stepfather. Clayton Waters was reported missing on September 16 when he failed to show up for work, according to KLTV. The subsequent investigation determined that his wife, Karen Waters, was also missing. The Waterses’ remains were found …
Police in Stockton, California, have released a photo they say shows a “person of interest” in five shooting deaths they believe are related. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police haven’t confirmed the killings may be the work of a serial killer. Police Chief Stanley McFadden said the shootings have “some patterns and similarities” but that “we …
A 52-year-old Georgia woman was arrested Friday and charged with killing a 78-year-old relative in the home they shared in Cobb County. Cobb County police said that Gretchen Lynn Fortney assaulted Martha Fortney at about 5 a.m. and strangled her, according to East Cobb News. According to the arrest warrant, the younger woman allegedly attacked …
An upstate New York college’s “Family Weekend” was marred by deadly gunfire Sunday morning at a hotel “packed” with family members visiting the campus with students. Investigators have not released the identities of the victim or two suspects, all males, in the shooting, but an emailed statement from Marist College confirmed that the victim was …
The ex-boyfriend of a woman found dismembered and stuffed into suitcases last month has finally been taken into custody and is being questioned about the murder by police. Police had been looking for the former lover, who has not been named, since finding Dasia Johnson’s body in her Brooklyn apartment on September 21, as CrimeOnline …
Authorities on Friday found a woman’s body ablaze at a home on the Massachusetts peninsula of Cape Cod, where they later arrested her son for murder, WCVB-TV reports. Around 9:30 p.m. Friday, emergency crews responded to a home in the town of Truro after they received a welfare check request and a report of a …
The Nevada man accused of murdering a 4-year-old boy and hiding his body in a freezer is facing additional child abuse charges, this time concerning the boy’s sister, KLAS-TV reports. Prosecutors allege that 36-year-old Brandon Toseland killed his girlfriend’s son, Mason Dominguez, in December 2021 by hitting or kicking him, causing him to hit an …
A Michigan man accused of shooting to death a mom of five and fleeing to Mexico is back in Michigan to stand trial. According to jail records, 44-year-old Yenly Garcia was booked into the Kent County jail on Friday, MLive.com reported. Garcia is charged with murder in the death of 33-year-old Mollie Schmidt, who was …
