Category: Murder

Murdered teen Grace Packer begged ‘mom’ for help, but Sara Packer ‘got off’ on watching boyfriend rape her daughter: Confession

Family Crime

The man who admitted to brutally raping and killing 14-year-old Grace Packer, his girlfriend’s adopted daughter, is awaiting his fate, and jurors at his sentencing hearing heard the confession he gave investigators in January 2017 as he was recovering from a suicide attempt. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Packer was raped, drugged, and left for dead …

Man sits on 2-year-old boy, smothering him to death in gruesome punishment for grabbing phone: Cops

Murder

March 19, 2019

Man sits on 2-year-old boy, smothering him to death in gruesome punishment for grabbing phone: Cops

Authorities in Iowa say a 31-year-old man is facing criminal charges related to the death of a young boy in his care recently. According to the New York Post, Larry Murphy was staying in a hotel room in Council Bluffs with the 2-year-old victim and the boy’s mother at the time of the fatal incident. …

Bo Dukes admitted to burning murdered teacher Tara Grinstead’s body years ago — and local police ignored attempts to report confession, friend says

Missing

March 19, 2019

Bo Dukes admitted to burning murdered teacher Tara Grinstead’s body years ago — and local police ignored attempts to report confession, friend says

The trial for Bo Dukes, one of the men accused in the 2005 murder of Georgia high school teacher Tara Grinstead, is underway in Wilcox County, with a key witness testifying that Dukes admitted to burning Grinstead’s body the year after she disappeared — and a decade before any arrests were made in the missing …

DEVELOPING: Parents questioned after 1-month-old son reportedly dies of traumatic head injuries

Child Abuse

March 19, 2019

DEVELOPING: Parents questioned after 1-month-old son reportedly dies of traumatic head injuries

The death of a 1-month-old New York boy is being investigated as a possible case of child abuse as authorities revealed that the newborn suffered head injuries. According to WABC, Aiden Rodriguez was rushed to the hospital with head trauma at around midnight Monday and succumbed to his injuries a short time later. Police confirmed …

Murder

March 19, 2019

Update: Sex offender mother accused of murdering girl found in duffel bag & dumped on trail

The mother of a California girl found deceased earlier this month and stuffed in a duffel bag is now accused of murder, along with her boyfriend, who’s also charged with the child’s murder. KTLA 5 reports that Los Angeles County authorities extradited Taquesta Graham earlier this month from Texas on unrelated charges. She’s been behind …

Slain AMBER Alert tot’s mom was shot dead by ‘pimp’ dad as she held new clothes for daughter: Docs

Murder

March 18, 2019

Slain AMBER Alert tot’s mom was shot dead by ‘pimp’ dad as she held new clothes for daughter: Docs

The slain mother of a 2-year-old Wisconsin girl who was found dead Friday was reportedly holding new children’s clothes when she was shot dead by the toddler’s father. Citing a search warrant, WITI reported that Sierra Robinson, 24, was found dead Monday “in possession of children’s clothing that appeared to be new, with the tags still …

Life in prison for 325-pound cousin who sat on 9-year-old girl as punishment, killing her

Murder

March 18, 2019

Life in prison for 325-pound cousin who sat on 9-year-old girl as punishment, killing her

A Florida woman who smothered her 9-year-old cousin to death by sitting on her in October 2017 was recently sentenced to life in prison. As reported by the Pensacola News Journal, Veronica Green Posey, 66, was sentenced to life in prison after she was convicted Friday for the first-degree felony murder of Dericka Lindsay. Posey—who weighs …

AMBER Alert toddler possibly died of blunt force trauma to head and her ‘pimp’ dad trafficked her slain mom, cops say

Murder

March 17, 2019

AMBER Alert toddler possibly died of blunt force trauma to head and her ‘pimp’ dad trafficked her slain mom, cops say

Noelani Robinson, the 2-year-old Wisconsin girl who was found dead in Minnesota days after her abduction, died of blunt force trauma to the head, authorities said this weekend. A medical examiner who spoke during Saturday’s press conference revealed that Robinson’s preliminary cause and manner of death was homicide due to blunt force trauma to the head. Milwaukee …

Murder

March 16, 2019

‘I do plead guilty’: Homeless man reportedly confesses to golf star’s murder in handwritten letter to judge

An Iowa man facing charges related to the stabbing death last year of a rising golf star and civil engineering student at Iowa State University has reportedly addressed the crime in a handwritten letter to the court this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Collin Richards initially pleaded not guilty to murder after he was arrested …

Murder

March 16, 2019

Husband of murdered nurse & mom-of-two disappears after police charge him with killing her: Cops

Authorities in North Carolina have issued an arrest warrant in connection with the death of a woman earlier this week, and the suspect is someone who was close to the victim: her husband. The Raleigh News and Observer reports that Lynn Keel, 57, has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his wife, Diana Keel. Lynn …

Boyfriend of Jessica Chambers, cheerleader burned alive in her car, shot dead in her hometown

Murder

March 16, 2019

Boyfriend of Jessica Chambers, cheerleader burned alive in her car, shot dead in her hometown

The man believed to be the boyfriend of Jessica Chambers at the time of her brutal murder was shot dead in his Mississippi home. The Associated Press reports that Travis Sanford was shot and killed at his home in Courtland, where Chambers lived her entire life until her burning death in 2014. Chambers, 19, and …

Newborn baby dies after drinking meth-using mother’s breast milk: Report

Drug Crime

March 15, 2019

Newborn baby dies after drinking meth-using mother’s breast milk: Report

A Louisiana woman is facing second-degree murder charges months after she allegedly breastfed her 6-week-old daughter while high on crystal meth, killing her. The New Orleans Advocate reported that Daisy Froeba was pronounced dead shortly after her mother, Brandie Froeba, 35, called 911 on August 16 and said she wasn’t breathing. Investigators said the mother—who was slurring …