A spokesperson for the Weld County District Attorney’s office said that prosecutors there were just as surprised by Chris Watts’s seemingly sudden decision to plead guilty to murdering his pregnant wife and two children as the curious public that has been gripped by the tragic family killing. CrimeOnline contacted the Weld County District Attorney’s office …
A recently-released autopsy report found that a Tennessee mother shot a total of 34 rounds into her four teenaged children before taking her own life in mid-October. Per WKRN, Kaileigh Lin, 17, was found dead in the bathroom and sustained 17 gunshot wounds; Lia Lin, 15, was found dead in her bed and had nine gunshot …
The suspect awaiting a retrial for the murder of Karina Vetrano spoke to the New York Post from Rikers Island, where he appears to have numerous complaints. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chanel Lewis’s first trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial last month. Lewis, 22, had confessed to murdering Vetrano, and his DNA …
A Pennsylvania man surrendered to police Monday after he allegedly shot his girlfriend in the head, with her newborn baby just steps away. ABC6 reports that Tyrese Lynch, 33, is accused of shooting Isis Williams, 24, inside her home on early Friday morning. Williams gave birth to the infant girl five days before the shooting. The incident …
A new report claims that Nichol Kessinger, the woman who was having an affair with Chris Watts when he murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters, had enrolled in the witness protection program and assumed a new identity hundreds of miles from her Colorado home. According to RadarOnline, a source close to the investigation …
Authorities in Colorado have completed the search of a property connected to a woman who went missing on Thanksgiving, reportedly without finding any evidence that Kelsey Berreth is there. Berreth disappeared on November 22 after meeting her fiancé, Patrick Frazee, to hand off their 1-year-old daughter. The engaged couple does not live together, and Frazee did …
A man accused of murdering an American student in the Netherlands this week allegedly expressed a desire to kill others just days earlier, ABC News reports. Minnesota native Sarah Papenheim was fatally stabbed on Wednesday inside the Rotterdam apartment she shared with the suspect, 23-year-old Joel Schelling. Police were called to the apartment after “neighbors heard …
Authorities in Kentucky say three individuals were arrested recently on suspicion of killing an Augusta man found dead in his home this week. According to WKRC, police say the victim’s body was found after an unattended dog was found in the neighborhood. Officers responded to the scene on Friday and took the animal to the …
A Montana man who murdered and dismembered two people before attempting to dissolve their bodies in acid could spend the rest of his life in prison, the Missoulian reports. Augustus Standingrock, 26, pleaded guilty Friday to deliberate homicide for stabbing 15-year-old Marilyn Pickett and 24-year-old Jackson Wiles to death in August 2017. After the slayings, …
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One of 14 suspects jailed for the mistaken-identity slaying of New York slaying of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was reportedly slashed in the face at Rikers Island this week. The attack involving Manuel Rivera, 18, a suspected member of the Trinitarios gang, occurred Tuesday morning, according to the New York Daily News. Officials said the culprit, Tyreek Johnson, 21, …
Authorities in Michigan say the pastor of a Detroit area church is behind bars on suspicion of killing a transgender woman last week. According to Fox News, 46-year-old Albert Weathers was arrested following the discovery of 36-year-old Kelly Stough’s body on a street in the city on Friday. The Sterling Heights man is facing a …
