A body found in a ditch in rural Kentucky has been identified as a 21-year-old Murray State University student from Virginia, according to Kentucky State Police. Sarah Townsend died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Lexington Herald-Reader reported. Julius Sotomayor, 22, has been arrested and charged with killing Townsend, state police said. A motorist found Townsend’s …
A nurse and a correctional officer were killed this week during a failed escape attempt from Iowa’s Anamosa State Penitentiary. Nurse Lorena Schulte, 50, and Officer Robert McFarland, 46, both died of blunt force trauma when they attacked with hammers by inmates Michael Dutcher, 28, and Thomas Woodard, 39. Dutcher and Woodard also briefly kidnapped …
A suspect or suspects opened fire in a popular tourist area in Virginia Beach on Friday night. Two victims have been confirmed dead, and several others are hospitalized with injuries. As CNN reports, one man and one woman died after they were shot on Friday night. Police appear to have identified up to three crime …
Human remains found in a wooded area of Wilmer, Texas, have been identified as belonging to a Washington state woman who was reported missing from Dallas last October. Marisela Botello Valadez, 23, was last seen alive on October 5, 2020, according to police, who have arrested one person for the murder and are seeking two …
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Investigators may have found the body of a Missouri woman who vanished in 2019, and whose husband was previously charged with her presumed murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Menngqi Ji Elledge’s husband Joseph Elledge reported her missing from her Columbia home in October 2019. The 28-year-old woman had a toddler daughter at the time of …
A babysitter who shook and beat a 1-year-old toddler girl to death learned his fate this week after a jury returned a guilty verdict. Birmingham Live reports that a Birmingham, England, jury convicted 31-year-old Sean Sadler, of “murder and wounding.” He’s been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 20 years. …
Partially burned and decomposing human remains found in a burn pit in rural Texas this week are believed to belong to a 16-year-old boy reported missing nearly two weeks ago. The family of Cody Adams told ABC13 they wanted “to keep Cody’s photo and name out there until all that were involved are brought to …
The woman who helped convicted killer Patrick Frazee cover up the murder of his fiancée Kelsey Berreth is out of prison.’ Citing Colorado Department of Corrections records, Fox 31 News reports that Krystal Kenney has been released on parole, after she was re-sentenced in a court decision that cut her initial sentence in half, and …
A Texas woman behind bars for allegedly helping her boyfriend dispose of soldier Vanessa Guillen’s remains, now claims that her rights were violated when authorities questioned her. On Wednesday, Cecily Aguilar’s defense attorney, Lewis Gainor, filed a motion in court, claiming that the investigators who interrogated Aguilar did not read her the Miranda Rights. The …
A 22-year-old Alabama woman, charged with hitting a another car head-on while street racing and killing the driver, released a livestreamed a profanity-laced video on Facebook denying responsibility for the crash and instead blaming the 52-year-old grandmother who was behind the wheel of the other vehicle. Carmesia Flannigan has been charged with murder, leaving the …
Authorities in Texas are investigating the suspicious death of an 8-year-old boy who may have drowned in a bathtub at a Houston hotel. According to KPRC, police responded to a reported drowning Tuesday night at the Quality Inn & Suites in the Westchase district of Houston. The boy’s parents reportedly told police that he drowned …
