One of 14 men who was criminally charged in last year’s death of a 15-year-old New York boy will be given time served for being the prosecution’s star witness. From WPIX, Kevin Alvarez, 19, revealed Tuesday that he has a cooperation agreement with the Office of the Bronx District Attorney. While Alvarez had pleaded guilty …
A South Carolina prison guard testified Tuesday that a man on trial for killing his five children in 2014 said that he murdered his 8-year-old daughter after she witnessed him strangle one of her younger brothers to death. Lieutenant Travis Pressley claimed that Timothy Jones admitted to choking his son for playing with electrical outlets. …
A transgender woman in Texas was found shot to death on the street Sunday, a month after she was filmed being attacked in a parking lot. As reported by the New York Times, the Dallas Police Department announced Sunday that Muhlaysia Booker, 23, was found dead after responding to reports of gunfire. Police Major Vincent …
A man tied to the unsolved murder of Pennsylvania teacher Rachael DelTondo was found unconscious, from an apparent drug overdose, early Sunday morning. WPXI reports that Sheldon Jeter, who is in his early twenties, was found unconscious on a roadside in Aliquippa, the same town where DelTondo was gunned down in her parents’ driveway on …
A New York father has now been criminally charged with murder and arson after he allegedly chained his young daughter inside a burning car, Newsday reports. Prosecutors on Friday took action against the man, 39-year-old Martin Pereira of Long Island. Two weeks earlier, on May 5, firefighters discovered his 3-year-old daughter, Zoey Pereira, inside a …
The 1996 rape and murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge led to the conviction of a man who spent two decades in prison for the crime, but authorities now say someone else was responsible for the brutal attack, the Idaho Statesman reports. Police this week arrested 53-year-old Brian Leigh Dripps Sr. for first-degree murder, officials from …
The suspects arrested for the murder of a pregnant 19-year-old woman allegedly distracted her with a photo album of the accused killer’s dead son. As CBS Chicago reports, Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her 24-year-old daughter Desiree Figueroa — both charged with first-degree murder for the brutal slaying of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez in Chicago — were denied …
A Texas man who has been jailed since last year for allegedly killing an elderly woman and attempting to kill two others was indicted on 11 additional capital murder charges this week. Grand juries in Dallas and Collin Counties respectively returned six and five indictments against Billy Chemirmir, 46. Chemirmir is believed to have committed …
A New Jersey man who was convicted in February of murdering his high school classmate is seeking a new trial due to a dismissed juror’s “LMAO” Facebook post. Liam McAtasney, 21, was found guilty of murder, robbery, desecration of human remains, conspiracy to desecrate human remains, tampering with evidence, and hindering apprehension for the November …
Three people arrested in connection to the murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez are set to appear in court on Friday for a bond hearing. CBS News reports that the three suspects — Clarisa Figueroa, 46; Desiree Figueroa, 25; and Piotr Bobak, 40, are scheduled to appear in a Chicago courthouse on Friday when a judge …
The pregnant woman found dead near a Chicago home after vanishing last month was likely murdered before her baby was cut from her body. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities identified human remains found near a residence at West 77th Place as missing 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, referred to in earlier reports as Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui. According to …
The human remains found at a residence in Chicago have been identified as missing Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, a 19-year-old mother of one who was eight months pregnant when she disappeared on April 23. Fox 32 News reports that remains found at West 77th place in Chicago have been positively identified as the missing young woman. As …
