Deputies in North Carolina are looking for a 25-year-old man they say stabbed his grandfather to death and then made off with his grandmother. Brian Cody King allegedly killed his grandfather in Asheboro and dropped his grandmother off about 30 miles away in Thomasville several hours later, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said. The grandmother …
A Texas woman has been charged with killing her estranged husband more than a month ago. Leanne Mandeville, 57, was charged with murder in the death of 56-year-old Laithe Marra and is being held on $1 million bond, CBS4 reported. El Paso police said they initially responded to a report of a suicide at about …
North Carolina prosecutors reportedly offered a plea deal to a woman and her father in the 2015 slaying of the woman’s husband weeks after an appellate court vacated their 2017 second-degree murder convictions. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Jason Corbett’s sister and brother-in-law said the Davidson County District Attorney offered a plea deal to …
By Leigh Egan; additional reporting by Jacquelyn Gray A suspect is behind bars after police say he shot an 11-year-old girl in the face while she sat in her family’s car at a Chicago gas station. NBC Chicago reports that authorities arrested Marcus Starkey, 27, and charged him with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and …
A Florida man accused of raping and shooting a 12-year-old boy also molested a young girl, according to a former girlfriend. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities arrested 43-year-old Aliex Santiesteban at his apartment at the Island Living complex in Miami earlier this week, after he allegedly abducted, raped, and shot a 12-year-old boy in late …
Two young children who survived a triple murder in their Virginia home were left alone with the bodies of the victims for days — and an infant was left strapped into a swing, likely unable to get out of the restraint. The toddler child was reportedly found standing over his mother’s body. As CrimeOnline previously …
North Carolina authorities arrested a man wanted in connection with a road rage shooting that left a mother dead. The New York Times reports that Robeson County police arrested Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, on Thursday morning at an apartment in Lumberton, North Carolina. According to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, Floyd has been charged with …
Witness testimony in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will continue on Friday, expected to begin at 9:15 a.m. CT (10:15 a.m. ET). Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed man who died following his arrest for allegedly using …
A Texas mother has been charged with killing her 6-year-old son last year to collection $100,000 in insurance. Ashley Marks, 25, was denied bail on Thursday after her arrest at day earlier, KTRK reported. Prosecutors say Marks gave Jason Sanchez-Marks lethal doses of over-the-counter drugs as well as methamphetamine, court records say. A toxicology report …
A newly-released letter written to a Colorado judge by alleged child murderer Letecia Stauch provided details on why she decided to represent herself and remove her legal team. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Stauch is accused of killing her stepson, 12-year-old Gannon Stauch, in January 2020, at their home in Fountain, near Colorado Springs. She’s currently …
Testimony will continue on Thursday in the Derek Chauvin murder trial after the court saw new video of George Floyd just before and during his fatal arrest. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the unarmed man’s death. Floyd’s arrest, for suspicion of using a …
Investigators have confirmed that a missing Iowa girl was found dead in a pond last week. KCCI reports that a fisherman first discovered human remains in a pond in DeWitt, which is about 20 miles from Davenport, where the 10-year-old girl lived. Breasia had been missing since July 2020, when she went with her half-brother …
