Murder

Jury begins deliberations in Boston doctor murder trial after suspect claims self-defense, says he was having an affair with victim
Murder

Lawyers at the murder trial for the man accused of murdering engaged anesthesiologists in Boston two years ago presented closing arguments on Monday and the jury is set to begin deliberations. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bampumim Teixeira, 33, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, in the violent deaths of Dr. …

Eli Arispe Hentges
Murder
December 9, 2019

Mother has second thoughts about baby, slams newborn’s head into crib, killing him

A Minnesota jury found a woman guilty of murder last week, after an autopsy indicated her infant son died from skull fractures. Star Tribune reports that 26-year-old Shy Ann Hentges was found guilty of second-degree murder, in connection with the death of her 2-month-old son, Eli Arispe Hentges. She remains behind bars on a $500,000 …

Murder
December 9, 2019

BREAKING: City of Pensacola, site of terror shooting, now under cyberattack: Report

The city of Pensacola, Florida, where four people died in a mass shooting on Friday, is now experiencing a cyberattack. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a Saudi national who was training to be a pilot, allegedly shot three people at the Naval Air Station Pensacola before he was killed by police gunfire. As …

Murder
December 9, 2019

MISSING: Colorado woman leaves to go hiking, doesn’t return

A young woman in Colorado is missing after she left to go hiking in Boulder this weekend. The Denver Channel reports that Alana Chen, 24, has not been seen since Saturday, when she reportedly drove from her home in Louisville to Boulder to go hiking on Saturday afternoon. Chen did not return from the hike, …

Murder
December 8, 2019

Arkansas cop ‘executed’ in police department parking lot, chief says

An Arkansas police officer was shot and killed, apparently in ambush, behind the Fayetteville Police Department Saturday night, police said. Officer Stephen Carr, 27, was shot point-blank in the head while sitting in his patrol car shortly after 9:30 p.m., police said. Officers inside the station heard shots, and Corporal Seay Floyd and Officer Natalie …

Hate Crimes
December 7, 2019

Convicted murderer tortures, kills transgender inmate he was housed with for 8 hours

A California inmate who was serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing his cellmate — a transgender woman — after she was housed with him in October 2013. Kern Valley State Prison inmate Miguel Crespo, 48, gagged, tortured, and murdered Carmen Guerrero after just eight hours …

Murder
December 7, 2019

HERO DOWN: Huntsville police officer shot, killed while responding to drug call

An Alabama police officer shot and killed by a drug suspect was a 14-year veteran of the Huntsville Police Department and the son of another officer killed in the line of duty, WAFF reported. Billy Clardy III, 48, was a member of the Strategic Counterdrug Team responding to a tip about a drug deal in …

Tom Liu
Murder
December 7, 2019

Community in shock after ‘perfect family’ father stabs wife & two children to death. Police say he was under extreme stress

A New York man who murdered his wife and two kids before committing suicide was under significant stress at the time of the slayings, WABC-TV reports. Investigators say 46-year-old Chuan-Kai Liu, who informally went by the name Tom, killed his wife, 42-year-old Dorothy Liu, and their children, 7-year-old Tennyson and 4-year-old Adeline. All three were stabbed …

Juveniles
December 7, 2019

Police find stun guns in home of missing AMBER Alert toddler’s father: Report

Authorities have released more details about the arrest of  missing Connecticut toddler Vanessa Morales’ father this week. The 1-year-old girl is the subject of an AMBER Alert issued Wednesday, after authorities found her mother dead of an apparent homicide in their Ansonia home. Vanessa was nowhere to be seen when police responded to the home …

Murder
December 6, 2019

Pensacola naval base gunman ID’d as Saudi Air Force trainee, death toll rises

Four people were killed in a mass shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, Friday after a gunman opened fire. He was killed by police, and three additional people have died. Citing a U.S. Military official, the New York Times reports that the gunman has been identified as Second Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. …