Murder

Murder
March 14, 2021

Florida man kills granddad, cuts off his ears so he can be with dead grandmother [Cops]

Florida sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man they say killed his grandfather and cut off his ears, Fox 35 reports. Kolby Parker, 30, initially told Lake County Sheriff’s deputies that he and his grandfather were smoking marijuana together Saturday night when they got into an argument and the older man came at him with a …

Kidnapping
March 13, 2021

Missing woman found dead: Murder, kidnap suspect is police officer

A police officer is accused of the kidnap and murder of a 33-year-old marketing executive in London after she disappeared while walking home, a case that has put a renewed spotlight on violence against women, the New York Times reports. Sarah Everard vanished the evening of March 3 as she was walking home from a …

Murder
March 12, 2021

Upstate NY woman found dead in car trunk died from a blow to the head

An upstate New York woman found dead in the trunk of a car in Queens this week died from a blow to the head that fractured her skull and caused a brain injury, the New York Daily News reports. Destini Smothers, 26, had been missing since November when she came to New York to attend …

Murder
March 12, 2021

Suspect in decapitation of his mother in Missouri found dead in Arkansas

A Missouri man suspected of killing and decapitating his mother last year has been found dead in Arkansas, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office says The Sheriff’s Office named Aaron Goodwin, 38, the sole suspect in the death of 63-year-old Connie Goodwin, who was found dead in her southwestern Missouri home on October 28, as CrimeOnline …

Murder
March 12, 2021

WATCH LIVE: Jury selection continues after judge reinstates 3rd-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin

Jury selection will resume Friday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, now charged with three counts in the killing of George Floyd. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Judge Peter Cahill reinstated a third-degree murder charge against Chauvin, who is also charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of …

Murder
March 10, 2021

Suspect pleads insanity in murder of woman shot dead during dog poop dispute

On Monday, a Colorado man pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in last year’s shooting that left a woman dead and her boyfriend wounded. Michael Close, 37, allegedly fatally shot Isabella Thallas, 21, in June outside his Denver home amid a disagreement with Thallas’ 26-year-old boyfriend about where their dog was defecating. The Denver …

Juveniles
March 10, 2021

Dive teams search Ohio River for body of James Hutchinson, 6-year-old killed by his mother

Search crews have entered the Ohio River in the search for James Hutchinson, the 6-year-old boy whose mother confessed to killing him last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, James’ mother Britney Gosney first reported her son missing on February 28, but later that same day told police that she had killed James earlier in the …

Samuel Paty
Murder
March 10, 2021

13-year-old girl admits she lied about beloved teacher who was later found beheaded: Lawyer

A 13-year-old reportedly admitted she lied about a teacher who ended up beheaded days later. BBC News reports that French teacher Samuel Paty was targeted at a school near Paris in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, where he taught a secondary class, for allegedly showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in freedom of expression class. In October 2020, Paty …