A man who had been charged with the brutal murder of a 10-year-old girl now wants to be released on bail until his trial on lesser charges. Fabian Gonzales is one of three people who were initially charged in the August 2016 murder of Victoria Martens, whose partially dismembered body was found burning in a …
‘Her exposed body revealed bruises in different shapes, sizes and stages beginning from her head to her face, ribs, back, buttocks, arms, legs, feet and toes’
A man who helped a teenage girl commit suicide in Utah will spend a significant amount of time behind bars, a judge ruled Friday. The Deseret News reports that 19-year-old Tyerell Joe Przybycien was sentenced to at least five years but could serve up to life in prison. Przybycien expressed remorse for his involvement in …
Authorities confirmed Saturday that a North Carolina man has been charged with killing 13-year-old Hania Aguilar, and court records indicate that the suspect has a lengthy criminal record involving theft and violence. Michael Ray McLellan, 34, was charged with 10 felony counts, in connection with the death of Hania, of Lumberton. Court documents indicate that …
Genealogy and DNA technology has once again solved a decades-long cold case, this time in Indiana. John D. Miller pleaded guilty Friday to the 1988 abduction, molestation and murder of 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley in Fort Wayne, WISH-TV reports. Tinsley, who was in first grade at the time, disappeared after walking to a friend’s house …
Authorities in North Carolina say they’ve found the man responsible for kidnapping and killing 13-year-old Hania Aguilar. ABC6 reports that Michael Ray McLellan, 34, has been charged with murder, kidnapping, and numerous other felonies in connection with Hania’s death. The suspect was already behind bars, arrested on November 13 for unrelated charges. The convicted felon was …
In an interview on ABC’s 20/20 Friday night, the parents of murdered mom Shanann Watts spoke of their grief after losing their only daughter and grandchildren. Sandra and Frank Rzucek, Shanann’s parents, sat for their first interview since their daughter and two granddaughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste, were found dead by the hand of …
Fourteen years after she killed a 43-year-old man at the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown learned this week that she will spend at least 51 years behind bars before she could be granted parole. The decision came following a lawsuit on her behalf based on a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that it is unconstitutional …
An Alabama court heard testimony about a barefoot 5-year-old boy who was wandering outside when he alerted a woman to his murdered parents inside their mobile home. According to court testimony, the child asked the woman if he could go home with her, saying, “Mommy and daddy are asleep. They’re covered in blood.” AL.com reported …
The man who was charged with manslaughter after shooting an unarmed black man claiming self-defense has been released on bail — and gave a lengthy jailhouse interview discussing his life and the shooting that put him behind bars. NBC News reports that Michael Drejka, 48, was charged with manslaughter in August in connection to the …
When he learned his sister was missing, Carlos Caicedo Jr. few to Costa Rica to help find her. When he met a security guard who apparently seemed to eager help, Caneiro never would have guessed the man would eventually be arrested for her murder. ABC10 News reports that Caicedo started his search on Sunday at the …
Shanann Watts’s best friend Nicole Atkinson is being called the “unsung hero” of the murder investigation due to her quick action when she realized the pregnant mom of two was missing with her young daughters Bella and Celeste. Inside Edition has obtained police bodycam video from August 13, when Atkinson called police to report that …
