The suspect in the presumed murder of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck is still legally married to a woman who so feared him that she went into hiding. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tenisha Jenkins Ajayi said she married Ayoola Ajayi in 2011, but has not seen him in years although they …
The remains of a Chinese scholar who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in central Illinois in 2017 may never be recovered, the Associated Press reports. That’s according to a court filing unsealed Friday in the case of Brendt Christensen, who was convicted earlier this week of kidnapping and killing Yingying Zhang in 2017. Lawyers for …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with the murder of a 4-year-old girl, a crime her 8-year-old brother helped solve, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Authorities on Friday arrested 32-year-old Marquis Lamont Thomas of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in connection with the 2016 death of Kailee Bunrout, his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter. About one month before she died, Bunrout …
The parents of a slain University of Utah student have filed a $56 million federal lawsuit, alleging college police and housing officials failed to act before her ex-boyfriend shot her to death on campus last year. Matt and Jill McCluskey, the parents of slain student Lauren McCluskey, 21, announced Thursday that they’re suing the college …
A New Jersey man has reportedly been sentenced to 18 years behind bars in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Sarah Stern. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 21-year-old Liam McAtasney was convicted in February on a range of counts including murder and robbery for the violent crime that left a former schoolmate stabbed to death in …
A Kentucky man isn’t expected to survive after being shot Sunday evening while walking home from the hospital, where he saw the birth of his two children hours earlier. WAVE 3 NBC reported that Tyrese Garvin, 20, was randomly gunned down in Smoketown after leaving from University Hospital. His family claimed he was shot multiple …
Police confirmed the name of the suspect and said he denied seeing Lueck on the day of her presumed murder — but evidence disputes his claims
A suicidal mother is in custody after her twin daughters were found dead in a parked car in Long Island, New York. According to the New York Post, the mother of Tenia Campbell, 24, of Medford, called police on Thursday to report that her daughter was threatening to kill herself and her 2-year-old twins Jasmine …
Prosecutors say a New Jersey mother killed her toddler son because she thought the little boy was getting in the way of an affair she was reportedly having behind her husband’s back. Nj.com reports that during a detention hearing in Camden County on Thursday, prosecutors alleged that 41-year-old Heather Reynolds suffocated her son, 17-month-old Axel, …
A former NFL running back and his girlfriend were indicted in a Nevada court on murder and child abuse charges in connection with April 9 death of the woman’s 5-year-old daughter, officials announced Tuesday. Cierre Wood, 28, and Amy Taylor, 26, are facing criminal charges for the death of La’Rayah Davis, who the Associated Press …
The convicted murderer’s mother had asked the court to sterilize her daughter for her actions
A Texas woman who allegedly suffocated her 8-year-old son Sunday reportedly said demons told her to kill him as a sacrifice. KXAS reported that Irving police responded to an unconscious person call arrested Tisha Sanchez, 30, after finding Joevani De La Pena dead at their home. Relatives reportedly told officers that Sanchez had suffocated De …
