Connecticut police said on Friday that they have charged a man with killing his elderly mother weeks after her dismembered body was discovered in her home. On March 24, West Haven police officers performed a welfare check at Tina Hart’s home and found her body parts in 14 black plastic bags in a locked closet in …
A man died on Thursday, nearly two weeks after he was reportedly attacked with a hatchet while at a bus stop in Arizona. KGUN reported that Tucson police have charged Daniel Michael, 25, with first-degree murder after Daniel Couch’s death. On April 6, McMichael allegedly attacked Couch, 32, with a hatchet as Couch and his …
An Alabama man accused of gunning down a 28-year-old mother, her 5-year-old son, and her boyfriend last July as they sat in her car appeared in court Thursday and was ordered bound over to a grand jury. Prosecutors told the Jefferson County Court that Arkia “Kia” Berry sent out a text as she was dying …
A Texas man was arrested on Monday, two days after his father was found murdered in his home. KDBC reported that on Saturday, Victor Contreras, 74, was found disembowled, with stab wounds, and with a slit throat at his El Paso home. Contreras’ older son went to the residence after not hearing from him for …
Police say 14-year-old slain Arizona teen Emily Pike faced repeated trauma before she was found dismembered on February 14. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Emily was last seen in late January near her group home at Mesa Drive and McKellips Road in Mesa. Officials and family members said her body was discovered in a forest area …
Former students testified Wednesday that a Texas man, on trial for killing a classmate in 2022 during a school bathroom brawl, “didn’t want to fight.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors said Caysen Allison, then 18, stabbed Jose Luis “Joe” Ramirez Jr., 18, multiple times during a fight involving several students on May 18, 2022, at Belton …
A Michigan couple was arrested on Friday, nearly seven years after the woman’s 3-year-old son died under suspicious circumstances. Matthew Maison was found dead in his bed in February 2018, and an autopsy completed in 2021 determined he died from a combination of blunt force trauma and mechanical asphyxiation. St. Clair County Senior Assistant Prosecutor …
Opening statements and witness testimony launched Monday in the murder trial for a former Texas high school student accused of fatally stabbing a classmate in 2022. Prosecutors said Caysen Allison, then 18, stabbed Jose Luis “Joe” Ramirez Jr., 18, multiple times during a fight involving several students on May 18, 2022, at Belton High School …
A Texas judge has reportedly set her social media account to private after reducing the bail for a teenager charged with murder. Collin County Judge Angela Tucker, of the 199th Judicial District Court, lowered 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony’s bond from $1 million to $250,000 on Monday, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Tucker, a Republican elected judge, has …
Florida police said a 12-year-old girl who was found dead last week was possibly sexually abused by her father before he killed her. Tallahassee police said that Andrew Wiley, 36, killed Lori Paige on June 1, 2023, and dumped her body in a wooded area in Thomas County, Georgia. Investigators wrote that purchases Wiley made …
A California mother is facing murder charges after allegedly leaving her 4-year-old daughter to die in a “partially submerged” SUV, after crashing while driving under the influence. Authorities upgraded charges against Juliette Acosta, 26, on Friday, following an investigation into a March 8 DUI crash near Hickman, along Canal Bank Road, that killer her child, Reagan …
Texas murder suspect Karmelo Anthony, 17, appeared in court Monday for a bail hearing, following the hiring of a prominent Dallas lawyer. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Anthony has been charged with murder following the stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco on April 2. On Saturday, Anthony’s family announced that they …
