New details have been disclosed about how a Montana boy was tortured and killed by his own family, the Billings Gazette reports. James Hurley, 12, was found dead February 3 at his home in West Yellowstone, Montana, where authorities allege that he was beaten and left to die on the living room floor. His grandparents, James Sasser Jr., …
The couple had nine other children and a dog in the home, and hardly any food
A Florida man who attacked a random couple in 2016 has been declared clinically insane, according to a prosecution psychiatrist. ABC reports that Dr. Gregory C. Landrum found that 23-year-old Austin Harrouff suffered an “acute psychotic episode” when he attacked and killed two people, and injured their neighbor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, on August 15, …
A couple was arrested in Nevada on Saturday, after the woman’s 11-year-old son was reportedly found dead in the trunk of a car in Texas. Corey Trumbull, 31, was charged with capital murder, and both he and Stormy Johnson, 37, are facing tampering with evidence charges for the death of Johnson’s son, Logan Cline. One …
A law enforcement official has said that authorities will not be releasing any new information about the Faye Swetlik murder investigation until the case file is closed. Swetlik, 6, was found dead on February 13 in a wooded area in the Churchill Heights neighborhood of Cayce, South Carolina, where she lived and was last seen …
UPDATE Leticia “Tecia” Stauch appeared in court in El Paso County, Colorado, on Thursday afternoon. A judge informed her of the charges she was arrested on and ordered to remain in jail without bond. She’s due back in court on March 11. Original Story The stepmother of missing Colorado boy, Gannon Stauch, has arrived back …
A stepmother accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, has apparently been taken to a jail in Kansas. According to Saline County, Kansas, online jail records, authorities booked Letecia “Tecia” Stauch into the Saline County jail on Wednesday. Stauch’s status is listed as a “courtesy hold/in transit.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, Stauch was arrested …
The suspect’s sister said that Autumn was afraid to take a bath because he would allegedly hold her head underwater, and threatened to cut out her tongue if she lied.
Police in South Carolina on Tuesday arrested a Florida woman and charged with killing an infant more than a decade ago. Jennifer Sahr, 32, will be charged with one count of homicide by child abuse in the death of a child known only as Baby Boy Horry, the Horry County Police Department said. Utility workers …
The stepmother of missing Colorado boy, Gannon Stauch, is on her way back to Colorado to face murder charges. According to online jail records, Letecia “Tecia” Stauch was released from the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Horry County, South Carolina, at 2:33 p.m. on Tuesday. Hours earlier, she waived extradition and agreed to be …
A Michigan man who allegedly murdered, mutilated, and ate his online date last year was found incompetent to stand trial on Thursday. Mark Latunski’s attorney, Doug Corwin, told the Detroit Free Press that a physician found his client unfit to stand trial. As a result, District Court Judge Ward Clarkson referred Latunski, 50, to the …
The stepmother of missing but presumed dead Colorado boy, Gannon Stauch, waived extradition in South Carolina courtroom on Tuesday morning. Horry County Judge Clifford L. Welsh told Letecia “Tecia” Stauch that there was no way he would set bond for her, given the charges she’s facing in connection with Gannon, who vanished while under Stauch’s …
