The brother of Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a triple homicide. Cleveland.com reports that Tevin Biles-Thomas appeared for his arraignment via video from the Cuyahoga County Jail on Friday. He pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including murder and involuntary manslaughter, stemming from a fatal shooting at …
An Indiana woman accused of strangling her 10-year-old stepdaughter and hiding her body in a shed on her property reportedly plans to represent herself in court. People magazine obtained a probable cause affidavit stating that Amanda Carmack, 34, confessed to killing Skylea Carmack but couldn’t recall what prompted it, only telling police that she was …
A city attorney in Los Angeles shot and killed his wife and son, and attempted to kill his daughter, before turning the gun on himself. According to KTLA, Eric Lertzman, his wife Sandra Lertzman, and their son Michael Lertzman, 19, were all found dead of gunshot wounds in their Northridge home on Wednesday morning. Police …
Authorities have located the married fugitives who escaped a prison van after overpowering security guards last month. ABC News reports that Blane Barksdale and his wife Susan Barksdale were apprehended in Arizona on Wednesday evening, when they were taken into custody without incident. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Barksdales escaped custody after they hijacked a …
A California man accused of killing his wife wanted to keep her quiet to stop her from talking about a crime she witnessed, according to police. FOX 40 reports that Anthony Gumina made his first court appearance Tuesday, following his arrest in connection with the death of his wife, Heather Gumina Waters. Police found Heather’s …
The mother whose 5-year-old daughter was found dead in a closet in her Texas apartment last week continues to blame her boyfriend for the girl’s death, and said in a jailhouse interview that he wanted to flee to Mexico. As CrimeOnline previously reported, both Priscilla Torres, 27, and her boyfriend Santiago Esparza Jr., are in …
A Texas man whose girlfriend’s daughter was found dead in a closet has said he turned himself in, and claims he had nothing to do with the 5-year-old girl’s death. KSDK reports that Santiago Esparza Jr. was arrested on Friday night after Houston police issued a warrant for his arrest, suggesting in a public alert …
‘It was one of the most evil things I’ve ever seen’
A Delaware day care worker was charged with first-degree murder a day after she allegedly suffocated a 4-month-old girl at the facility last week. Delaware State Police said in a statement Friday that Dejoynay Ferguson, 19, was found to have “intentionally restricted” the infant’s breathing until she became unresponsive. Crews who responded to the Little …
A Tennessee couple and their 6-year-old grandson are dead in an apparent murder-suicide. According to Fox News, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department confirmed that Terry Majors, 64; Leigh Shea-Majors, 61; and their grandson, Ty Dodson, were all shot to death. Terry Majors is believed to have fatally shot his wife and grandson before turning the …
Jury selection has begun in the high-profile murder trial for a former Texas police officer who fatally shot her upstairs neighbor in his own apartment last year. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that more than 500 prospective jurors were summoned to the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Friday—on the one-year anniversary of Amber …
A California man accused of raping and fatally beating an elderly woman will claim he didn’t kill the victim, but instead engaged in necrophilia with her dead body, The Mercury News reports. Authorities allege 39-year-old Jonathan Jackson attacked 81-year-old Sun Yi Kwon while she was on a morning walk in January 2012 in Richmond, California, …
