Prosecutors have charged a California couple with a toddler’s murder for supplying drugs to another couple who are already facing charges in the 18-month-old girl’s death. Phil Ortega, 31, and his girlfriend, 32-year-old Paige Vitale, “facilitated repeated narcotics” use by toddler Winter Rayo’s parents, Derek Rayo, 27, and Kelly Richardson, 28, who were charged in …
Florida police announced a second arrest Wednesday in the murder of a 15-year-old girl who was shot dead while walking from a movie to McDonald’s with friends last month. Christopher Devon Horne Jr., 16, was charged with principal of homicide while engaged in a robbery, joining fellow 16-year-old Thomas Stein, Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony …
On Tuesday night, detectives revisited the Wisconsin home of accused murderer Maxwell Anderson, who allegedly killed his date, Sade Robinson, whose remains were found in a Cudahy park. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors allege that Anderson and 19-year-old Robinson went on their first date shortly before she vanished. He was subsequently charged with killing and …
An Illinois woman who savagely murdered a pregnant teen and helped cut her infant out of her womb will spend decades behind bars, a Cook County judge ruled. According to the Associate Press, Clarisa Figueroa, 51, appeared for sentencing Tuesday, following the 2019 strangulation death of pregnant Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19. She received 50 years behind …
Oklahoma’s chief medical examiner on Tuesday positively identified two bodies found in Texas County over the weekend as Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, two women who disappeared while traveling from Kansas to Oklahoma on March 30 to pick up Butler’s children. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation made the announcement in a Facebook post that …
An 81-year-old Ohio man gunned down an Uber driver after both were scammed by an unknown caller. William Brock called 911 after shooting Loletha Hall, 61, multiple times outside his home, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement obtained by Law&Crime. According to the statement, Brock had received a scam call about an …
Court documents reviewed by CrimeOnline reveal more details about the contentious custody battle between missing, now believed dead, Veronica Butler and her former mother-in-law Tifany Adams, who has been arrested and charged with murder. These documents provide insight into the custody battle that may have played a role in the alleged murders. The affidavit of …
An Florida man arrested after he killed two convenience store workers and critically injured a customer early Saturday morning was sentenced to probation in 2022 after he put a nail between his knuckles and punched another man in the face. Jason Dyer-Mitchell, 23, was identified by the black hoodie he was wearing with the word …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with the murder of his estranged wife, less than a month after he was slapped with a court order to stay away from her. The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said that Kenneth Shea, 37, took a ride share from the hotel where he was staying to near Elizabeth …
Police body camera videos show the chilling confession of an Ohio foster mother accused of killing 5-year-old Darnell Taylor in February and stuffing his body in s sewer drain in February. Last month, a judge ruled that Pammy Maye, the boy’s legal guardian, was competent to stand trial on charges that include aggravated murder, tampering with …
Oklahoma authorities have arrested four people for the kidnapping and murder of two women who vanished two weeks ago in the Oklahoma panhandle. Tifany Machel Adams, 54; Tad Bert Cullum, 43; Cole Earl Twombly, 50; and Cora Twombly, 44; have been charged with two counts each of first degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and …
