“There’s a guy at my house shooting right now.” Those were the chilling words Chatham County, North Carolina, dispatchers heard late Sunday afternoon, from a voice that told them he was hiding in a closet and to “please get somebody here to the house.” By the time deputies arrived and sorted out the gruesome scene, …
A 44-year-old Idaho man has been charged with first degree murder in a bizarre incident Sunday night that left an 11-year-old boy dead, KTVB reported. The Boise County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Benjamin Michael Poirier and said he had no known connection with the family of the victim, Micah Lee Pecyna. The incident …
The little girl’s body was found hog-tied and nude in a creek
The parents and grandmother of an Arizona boy who died earlier this month have been indicted on murder charges, AP reports. On Thursday, a grand jury indicted Elizabeth Archibeque, 26, Anthony Martinez, 23, and the boy’s grandmother, 50-year-old Ann Marie Martinez, on charges of first-degree murder, child abuse and kidnapping. Anthony Martinez is also facing …
A South Dakota woman accused of leaving her newborn in the trash to die nearly 40 years ago says authorities illegally obtained her DNA. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities used genealogy sites and DNA testing and determined the mother’s infant was Theresa Rose Bentaas. The infant, nicknamed Baby Andrew, was found deceased in a ditch in …
Lee County, Florida, Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced Saturday that the remains of a 9-year-old girl who vanished nearly three years ago had been found, 140 miles away in Osceola County. The man investigators believed killed her, Jorge Guerrero-Torres, is already behind bars, convicted in 2017 of possessing child pornography and sentenced to 40 years in prison. …
A 25-year-old former Georgia corrections officer is behind bars this weekend after being charged with the murders of his mother and stepfather. Anthony Douglas Shoffner has been charged with two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of Rebecca Griffin, 46, and Kenneth Griffin, 42, according to the Macon Telegraph. Perry police officers found the …
Investigators in eastern Michigan are searching for information relating to the death of a mom of two whose badly burned body was found last week in a ravine. Alison Sargent, 25, was reported missing on March 5 by her fiance, and Clayton County sheriff’s deputies found surveillance footage showing her leaving a Meijer superstore in …
A Florida woman allegedly told sheriff’s deputies she went “into a rage” over something her mother said and attacked her, fighting for several minutes until the 81-year-old mother was dead. Deputies found Carmelina Kohler’s body late Monday covered with boxes and a blanket in her Vero Beach garage, where Crystal Kohler, 38, had left her, …
A Louisiana woman is facing second-degree murder charges after she allegedly admitted to doing drugs before getting into bed with her three young children — one of which was found dead shortly thereafter. Citing the arrest warrant, Monroe News Star reported Ouachita Parish deputies and fire department personnel responded to a West Monroe residence and …
Authorities in New York arrested a suspect on Thursday in connection with the unsolved murder of a 19-year-old woman. Bishop James Burrus, 64, was arrested in Staten Island for the 1980 strangling death of Lorraine Snell. The legal secretary was found dead in a station wagon which was parked behind a supermarket in Brooklyn, according …
A criminal complaint filed against the stepmother of missing but presumed dead Colorado boy, Gannon Stauch, sheds some insight on the charges against her. According to court documents, Letecia “Tecia” Stauch is facing numerous felony charges, including murder, child abuse, tampering with evidence, and tampering with a deceased body. Gannon, 11, disappeared from the Colorado …
