A 15-year-old girl is in jail in Rhode Island, charged with killing a 68-year-old grandmother whose family was reportedly trying to adopt her, the Providence Journal reports. Heavenly Arroyo, originally of Rochester, New York, was arrested on October 6 and charged with stabbing Ana Vazquez as many as 20 times in her Fall River home, …
A Los Angeles jury on Friday recommended the death sentence for Michael Gargiulo, who was convicted in August in the deaths of two women and the brutal stabbing of a third, who survived, KNX1070 reported. Prosecutors called Gargiulo, 43, the “Hollywood Ripper” for the Los Angeles-area killings of Ashley Ellerin, 22, on February 22, 2001, …
During opening statements inside a Pulaski County, Arkansas, courtroom on Wednesday, prosecutors laid out gruesome details in the deaths of two children and their mother. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 26-year-old Michael Ivory Collins was on trial facing capital murder and robbery charges for the deaths of A’Laylaih Fisher, 5, Elijah Fisher, 3, and their mother, …
The suspect allegedly heard on a video that depicted the brutal killing of a 30-year-old Alaska woman has reportedly confessed to a second killing. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a pedestrian contacted police after she found a SD card with violent imagery while she was walking down the street in Fairview, Alaska, in late September. Video …
A North Carolina woman allegedly hid a pregnancy from her husband and killed the newborn when she gave birth, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. Police have charged Khrystina Marie Rice, 27, with first degree murder and felony child abuse in the death of her son on Sunday morning. WSOC reported that Rice’s …
A Nevada woman who was found in concrete last week, months after her disappearance, was reportedly strangled and injected with a poisonous substance. KNTV reported that Christopher Prestipino, 45, is accused of kidnapping and murdering Esmeralda Gonzalez, 24. Gonzalez’s brother reported her missing on May 31 after finding her home ransacked. He told the news …
A jury in Orlando, Florida, took less than five hours on Wednesday to return a guilty verdict for Markeith Loyd, charged with first degree murder for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend outside her home in 2016. Loyd, 44, goes on trial next year for killing Orlando Police Lt Debra Clayton, who was shot and killed while …
The 28-year-old woman who was fatally shot by a Fort Worth police officer this weekend reportedly pointed a gun at a window from inside her home after hearing suspicious noises outside the window. As CrimeOnline previously reported, former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean was arrested on murder charges for the fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson, …
Two North Carolina women who were charged with murder after an SUV struck and killed a woman on Saturday appeared in court on Monday. Meranda Watlington, 28, and Fana Felton, 27, are charged with first-degree murder and five counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with an altercation that left Zanelle Tucker, 30, dead and …
The mother of two Alabama children found dead inside their home on Saturday will be charged with two counts of murder, police say. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the children were found slain inside a residence off of County Road 1718, near the Baileyton community in Holly Pond, close to Cullman. According to Sheriff Matt Gentry …
A California man is behind bars after police say he arrived at a police station and admitted he killed four people, then confessed one of the victims was with him. FOX News reports that the unidentified man drove more than 200 miles to the Mt. Shasta Police Department, walked in the lobby and told authorities …
The Texas police officer who resigned just before he was arrested on murder charges has been released on $200,000 bail. USA Today reports that former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean was freed on bail Monday night, hours after his arrest. Earlier Monday, Dean resigned from the department before he could be fired. Dean, who …
