After a nearly year-long investigation, Philadelphia police have charged a 64-year-old woman in the death of her 32-year-old quadriplegic daughter last December. Yelena Nezhikhovskaya, 63, was arrested on Saturday and charged with third degree murder, false reporting, and drug delivery resulting in death, 6ABC reported. Police and emergency medical personnel responded to the northeast Philadelphia …
An Ohio mother was spared the death penalty after taking a plea deal in connection with the deaths of her three sons. The Columbia Dispatch reports that 27-year-old Brittany Pilkington pleaded guilty to killing her three sons. The Ohio woman appeared at the Logan County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, after spending four years in jail …
A 16-year-old boy in Georgia allegedly shot and killed his younger girlfriend last week and left her to die in her yard. Citing Savannah police, WJCL reported that Jeremiah Seaton walked into the police precinct on Friday night and admitted to shooting his 13-year-old girlfriend, Le’Meya Mitchell. Earlier that day, Mitchell’s mother, April Jones, reportedly …
Authorities have located a body in the search for a missing Missouri woman whose husband is suspected of her murder. Citing police sources, the Riverfront Times reports that Jennifer Rothwell’s husband Beau Rothwell led St. Louis County police to his wife’s body, reportedly found in a wooded area of Lincoln County. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
Judge Scott Sells sentenced Patrick Frazee to life in prison without parole plus an additional 156 years after a jury took less than four hours to find the Colorado rancher guilty of killing his fiance and burning her body to hide the crime a year ago. Kelsey Berreth spent her last night “caring for you, …
Shooter kills two people as they sit in the front seat of the car, then turns the gun on himself
Two people died in a shooting inside a Missouri dentist office on Monday, according to local news reports. KSN reports that police responding to an emergency call found two adults who had been shot at the office of Dr. Camille Hostetter, DDS, in Webb City. It appears that the victims, who have not been identified, …
A 14-year-old Ohio boy pleaded true — the juvenile court equivalent of guilty — to killing a 14-year-old girl earlier this year because he believed she was pregnant and thought he might be the father. Sylvia McGee was not pregnant when Isaiah Lynch shot her in the head on March 30, prosecutors said in court …
A Pennsylvania man who helped kill and bury three men on a farm will spend the rest of his life behind bars or be put to death, USA TODAY reports. A jury on Friday convicted Sean Kratz, 22, of murder and manslaughter after deliberating for almost 18 hours. According to the report, Kratz had rejected …
Five members of a San Diego family are dead — including three young children — after an apparent murder-suicide sparked by a rancorous divorce. San Diego police said an estranged husband shot and killed his wife and three of their children Saturday morning and wounded a fourth child, who is listed in critical condition after …
An 11-year-old boy is in surgery and five members of his family — including three other children — are dead after a shooting in San Diego Saturday morning, police said. San Diego Police Lt. Matt Dobbs said that the suspect is believed to be among the dead, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Dobbs said …
Pennsylvania police have charged a Bethel Park man who allegedly confessed to driving his girlfriend to Nevada two months ago under false pretenses, suffocating her, and leaving her nude body by the side of a desert road. John Chapman, 39, was arraigned Friday on charges of kidnapping, criminal use of communication facility and obstructing administration …
