The parents of Shanann Watts have spoken out for the first time, in an interview on ABC’s 20/20 that will air in full Friday night. ABC released a clip of the interview ahead of Friday’s airing, in which Frank and Sandra Rzucek talk about their memories of their daughter and granddaughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste. …
A video released by Costa Rican authorities show the moment a security guard accused of killing Florida woman Carla Stefaniak in Costa Rica was taken into custody. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Stefaniak, 36, spent the week in Costa Rica celebrating her birthday, but never boarded her flight back to Miami on November 28. Authorities said she …
Chris Watts has reportedly landed at a prison in Wisconsin after being transferred from a Colorado prison due to safety concerns. According to RadarOnline, a source close to the investigation said that Watts has arrived at a maximum-security Wisconsin prison after leaving a Colorado prison earlier this week. “Watts was transported from Colorado to Wisconsin …
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who reportedly confessed to killing four sex workers in Texas was indicted on capital murder charges Wednesday. Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said Juan David Ortiz, 35, killed the four women in September because he “wanted to clean up the streets” as he felt not enough was being done to curb prostitution …
On the day that Shanann Watts and her young daughters were first reported missing in mid-August, her husband Chris Watts made a series of phone calls to area hospitals at the suggestion of concerned family and friends — but an investigating officer was skeptical that Watts actually inquired about his family. According to a phone …
Florida woman Carla Stefaniak, found murdered on Monday in Costa Rica, was apparently attacked and killed for sexual purposes, according to Costa Rican authorities. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Stefaniak, 36, spent the week in Costa Rica celebrating her birthday, but never boarded her flight back to Miami on November 28. Authorities said she was attacked …
A Maine woman who said her struggles with gender identity pushed her to stab her two parents to death when she was 17 was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison. According to her attorney, Andrea Balcer, now 20, was transitioning from male to female when she killed Alice and Antonio Balcer, both 47, on …
A day after Costa Rica authorities confirmed a body found behind an Airbnb rental was that of Carla Stefaniak, her family positively identified her. CNN reports that Carla’s dad was allowed to see her body on Tuesday night, following an announcement from a Costa Rican police spokesperson, who indicated a security guard, Bismark Espinosa Martinez, 32, …
Newly released phone records from the early years of Aaron Hernandez’s incarceration show that former New England Patriots player expected to return to the football field after he finished his sentence — and believed he would be found not guilty of murdering Odin Lloyd. The Boston Globe obtained recordings of over 900 phone calls Hernandez …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a 44-year-old woman is expected to spend decades behind bars for a fatal attack on her boyfriend earlier this year. According to Fox News, Windi C. Thomas pleaded guilty to stabbing 44-year-old Keeno Butler and beating him with a table leg on March 18 before crushing him to death under the …
A woman who had a brief affair with convicted family-killer Chris Watts spoke with Inside Edition about her tryst, as newly released interview footage shows her speaking to police about dating the man who would later kill his pregnant wife and two daughters. Amanda McMahon told Inside Edition that she met Watts on Tinder in …
A Louisiana mother accused in the burning death of her 6-month-old son will await her 2020 murder trial behind bars as her probation was revoked on Monday. Hanna Nicole Barker, 23, was arraigned on first-degree murder charges in connection with the July 18 death of her son, Levi Cole Ellerbe. The Alexandria Town Talk reported …
