A Texas man is charged with murder in the death of his roommate, who was burned alive in a RV fire in Amarillo last week. James (Jaime) Sosa was found dead on October 27 after firefighters extinguished the blaze in the early morning hours, KVII reported. Court documents indicated Sosa had been alive during the …
A 20-year-old Connecticut man who allegedly beat his mother to death before crying out for her made his first court appearance Monday. Sebastian Van Stockum appeared briefly at the Stamford Superior Court on murder charges, in connection with the death of 55-year-old Laura Williams. According to News 8, Van Stockum requested a public defender and …
Police in Georgia have released additional information in connection with a 4-year-old child found deceased in her mother’s car last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police last week charged Jessica Motes, of Flowery Branch, with felony concealing a death, in connection with the death of the child. Charges have been updated to include first-degree murder, …
A Mississippi teenager has been charged with murder in the beating death of his 73-year-old grandmother at her church. Ollie Hamilton was found last Wednesday inside Smith Chapel Holiness Church and pronounced dead at the scene, The Monroe Journal reported. Monroe County Sheriff Kevin Crook said the investgation ultimately led to Hamilton’s 17-year-old grandson. “This …
A Minnesota man was arrested in Iowa on Sunday, hours after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and gunned her down alongside her new boyfriend. The woman’s child called 911 just after 4 a.m. and said Randy Thomas Zimmerman, 45, broke into their home and shot his mom, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies …
A Georgia man is facing murder charges following a fatal attack in October, at a Walmart store near Savannah. Police arrested 48-year-old Delano Middleton on Thursday for an October 23 confrontation at a Walmart on Whitemarsh Island, around eight miles east of Savannah, according to the Chatham County Police Department. Police said 18-year-old J.T. Schroeder …
A 19-year-old is facing charges after police say he killed three University of Arizona students Thursday night before fleeing the scene in Tucson. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Louis Artal is facing charges that include second-degree murder (three counts), aggravated assault with serious injury, and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. …
A former St. Louis morning news anchor has been arrested and charged in the stabbing death of her 80-year-old mother last week. Angelynn Mock, 47, claimed she stabbed Anita Avers multiple times “to save herself,” KAKE reported. Wichita police did not provide any details about what happened Friday morning but said they found Avers “unresponsive …
Police in New Mexico have apprehended an Albuquerque man suspected of murdering and partially dismembering his mother. Police booked Leroy Vallejos, 49, into the Metro Detention Center Wednesday. Vallejos allegedly confessed to strangling his mother, Ernestina Lucero, 69, approximately three weeks prior, KRQE reported. The investigation began with a welfare check Tuesday at Lucero’s residence, …
Four years after the disappearance of 5-year-old Michael Vaughan, police in Idaho have charged his former neighbor with murder and related charges. According to the Payette County Prosecutor’s Office, police charged Stacey Wondra Friday, with the disappearance and murder of Michael, who has not been seen since July 2021. Police said that Wondra and his …
An Atlanta father is charged with murder in the shooting death of his son outside an apartment complex in the city’s tony Buckhead neighborhood early Thursday morning. Atlanta Police said a woman at the complex called 911 about a domestic dispute with her boyfriend shortly after midnight, WAGA reported. They arrived and interviewed the pair, …
The murder trial for a Kentucky man accused of killing a former Kentucky lawmaker’s daughter during a 2022 Richmond home invasion is set for next year. According to the Lexington Herald Leader, Madison County Circuit Court Judge Cole Adams Maier ruled earlier this month that accused murderer Shannon Gilday, if convicted, could face the death …
