Category: Murder

‘I’m still a Dad!’ Chris Watts says he is a ‘servant of God’ in jailhouse letter as prison visitor claims he was ‘demon-possessed’ when he murdered pregnant wife and two daughters [VIDEO]

Family Crime

The mother of family annihilator Chris Watts shared a letter he sent her from prison in an interview with HLN for an upcoming television special about the murders of Watts’ pregnant wife and two daughters. Watts is serving multiple life sentences in a Wisconsin prison after pleading guilty to the murders of his wife Shanann …

A decade later, coworker confesses to strangling missing mom Nancy Moyer during ‘rough sex’: Docs

Cold Cases

July 12, 2019

A decade later, coworker confesses to strangling missing mom Nancy Moyer during ‘rough sex’: Docs

A Washington man in custody for the presumed death of a woman missing since 2009 confessed to her murder but has since stepped back on his comments, according to reports. The Olympian reported that Eric Lee Roberts, 53, called 911 Tuesday to confess to the murder of his former neighbor and coworker, Nancy Moyer. Court …

Dismembered body parts found on Coney Island

Murder

July 11, 2019

Dismembered body parts found on Coney Island

Police in New York City have discovered a human leg on Coney Island beach in Brooklyn, and authorities reportedly believe they are more body parts in the vicinity. According to the New York Post, a recreational diver noticed what appeared to be body parts and contacted authorities, who attempted to recover the human remains on …

Young mother killed accidentally during boyfriend’s suicide; 5-year-old daughter witnesses horror: Report

Juveniles

July 11, 2019

Young mother killed accidentally during boyfriend’s suicide; 5-year-old daughter witnesses horror: Report

A Utah couple in their twenties both died when the man fatally shot himself in the head before a round from the gunshot hit the woman in the neck. The Deseret News reports that Ethan Larry Bertrum Timoko, 27, and Nakylee Hope Marvin, 24, both died early Saturday morning while camping at Payson Canyon. Utah …

Lawyers fear cop accused of fatally shooting unarmed neighbor in his apartment won’t get fair trial

Court

July 10, 2019

Lawyers fear cop accused of fatally shooting unarmed neighbor in his apartment won’t get fair trial

Lawyers representing a former Texas police officer facing murder charges for September’s shooting death of her neighbor have requested a change of venue due to the media attention the case has received. The Dallas Morning News reported that Amber Guyger’s attorneys cited “media hysteria” as the reason why they want the high-profile trial moved out …

Utah student Mackenzie Lueck was bludgeoned before her body was burned with hands tied behind her back: Report

Murder

July 10, 2019

Utah student Mackenzie Lueck was bludgeoned before her body was burned with hands tied behind her back: Report

New details have emerged about the suspect and cause of death related to a University of Utah student who was last seen alive in Salt Lake City on June 17. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck’s body was found in a Utah canyon earlier this month, about 85 miles north of where she …

Wife’s arrest 35 years later for husband’s murder sparks probe into young daughter’s suicide: Reports

Cold Cases

July 10, 2019

Wife’s arrest 35 years later for husband’s murder sparks probe into young daughter’s suicide: Reports

Police credited Oxygen show ‘Cold Justice’ with helping them reinvestigate the decades-old cold case

Over a dozen women and children slaughtered in ‘barbaric’ massacre that left bodies in pieces: Report

Juveniles

July 10, 2019

Over a dozen women and children slaughtered in ‘barbaric’ massacre that left bodies in pieces: Report

Children and pregnant women were the victims of a violent massacre in Papua New Guinea that left bodies unrecognizable. According to CNN, a representative from the Hela Province Department of Health said in a Facebook post that 16 women and children were slaughtered in the remote town of Tari early Monday morning. Two of the …

Homicide

July 9, 2019

Homicide parolee screams ‘die’ while stabbing girlfriend’s young son to death: Docs

U.S. Marshals apprehended a Pennsylvania man on Tuesday, roughly 10 hours after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son to death and fled to Ohio. KDKA reported that Keith Burley, 44, was apprehended without incident in Youngstown, Ohio, after fatally stabbing Mark Edward Mason in New Castle. Before his capture, authorities described Burley as “armed …

Mom lights a charcoal grill in trunk of a rental car to kill herself, three children: Report

Family Crime

July 9, 2019

Mom lights a charcoal grill in trunk of a rental car to kill herself, three children: Report

The children killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Syracuse, New York, this weekend reportedly died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick told Syracuse.com that the mother and three children found dead by a tow truck driver sent to retrieve an overdue rental car were killed because mother set a charcoal grille …

Mom and three young children found dead in house fire as new husband is seen fleeing the blaze

Family Crime

July 9, 2019

Mom and three young children found dead in house fire as new husband is seen fleeing the blaze

A woman and her three children were found dead in a mobile home that had been destroyed by fire, and her husband of two months has been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson. The Seattle Times reports that authorities found the bodies after the Port Angeles trailer became engulfed in flames in the early …

Family Crime

July 8, 2019

Tow truck driver finds three children and a woman dead in an unreturned rental car: Report

A tow truck driver dispatched to retrieve a rental car that had not been returned made a grisly discovery: A woman and three children were found dead in the car. Syracuse Police Chief Kenton Buckner told WPIX 11 that the tow truck driver was sent to a home in Syracuse to pick up an overdue …