Legal experts said a botched criminal investigation might result in an acquittal for a New York man on trial for killing his estranged wife in 2009. Shele Danishefsky’s 9-year-old daughter reportedly found her mother face-down in a bathtub at their New York City apartment on New Year’s Eve. The girl alerted her father, Rod Covlin, …
A Georgia man arrested last week for shooting two electricians working on his home has been charged with murder, after one of the men succumbed to his injuries and passed away. According to Cobb County police, 68-year-old Larry Joel Epstein is accused of murdering a 21-year-old electrician apprentice, Jake Horne (pictured), who was taken off of life …
Authorities in Missouri say a woman fatally shot her boyfriend at a home in Fulton on Thursday. According to Fox News, 37-year-old Kalesha Peterson later told police that she used a .38-caliber handgun while attempting to reenact a movie scene with 36-year-old David Dalton. She said the two had been drinking and she did not …
A 6-year-old boy was repeatedly abused before dying late last month, and now his mother is facing criminal charges in connection with his death, KSTU-TV reports. Utah authorities have charged 31-year-old Reyna Flores-Rosales with murder, child abuse and sexual abuse. The allegations stem from February 25, when Flores-Rosales called 911 to report that she found the …
The grieving parents and brother of Shannan Watts will appear on “Dr. Phil” next week to discuss the harrowing details of a new, full confession Chris Watts gave investigators last month from a Wisconsin prison where he is serving multiple life sentences for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and …
Employees of a missing Texas assisted-living business owner says the woman had a tumultuous—and possibly violent—relationship with her Air Force major husband, who remains jailed in connection with her disappearance. Andreen McDonald, 29, was reported missing last Friday, and her husband, Andre McDonald, 40, was arrested for allegedly tearing up a receipt that showed he bought …
The ex-girlfriend of Patrick Frazee, the man accused of killing missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, will appear on Dateline Friday night to reveal details about a relationship she characterized as abusive. NBC News reports that Vanessa Curie and her mother will appear on Friday’s episode of “Dateline,” and shared a preview clip of the interview. “He …
In the first part of a multi-hour recorded interview with convicted family killer Chris Watts at a Wisconsin prison released by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, investigators appear to be trying to figure out what led the soft-spoken family man to murder his wife and two young daughters in cold blood. “I told them I …
Authorities in Colorado say a woman with the same name as murder suspect Patrick Frazee’s mother posted an eerie Facebook message shortly after Kelsey Berreth’s death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Frazee was arrested late last year on suspicion of murdering his 29-year-old fiancee in November. Krystal Lee Kenney, a nurse and apparent girlfriend, has pleaded …
Convicted family annihilator Chris Watts told investigators that the woman he was having an affair with at the time of his wife and daughters’ murders was aware he was married when they became involved. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nichol Kessinger told the Denver Post in an interview published in November that she had been in …
Search warrants released by Colorado authorities this week showed that investigators found loose teeth during a search of accused killer Patrick Frazee’s home shortly after Kelsey Berreth’s disappearance. Berreth, who was engaged to Frazee, was last seen on Thanksgiving Day at a Safeway supermarket with her and Frazee’s 1-year-old daughter. The couple did not live …
A Mississippi man is accused of fatally shooting three people—including his wife—during his wife’s birthday party on Friday night. Michael Martin Barnhill, 30, is facing three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder for a shootout that left Marlee Barnhill, Brooks Harrell, and Jim Harrell dead at the Harrells’ Carroll County home shortly before midnight. Friends had …
