A New York City man threw his 4-year-old brother off the roof of their 7-story apartment building early Saturday because he “wanted to see if God could protect the kid,” police sources told Newsweek. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Shawn Smith, 20, is accused of taking his younger brother, Shirmon, out of bed and onto the …
A jury is set to continue deliberations in the murder trial of Quinton Tellis, accused of burning 19-year-old Jessica Chambers to death in December 2015. It is possible that a verdict will be delivered on Monday. Both the defense and the prosecution rested their cases over the weekend, and the jury began deliberations on Sunday, …
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — It has been a year since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, and a woman set to talk at a sunrise ceremony commemorating the lives lost says that although hearts are still healing, she hopes people can move forward from the enormous tragedy with “love …
The testimony phase of the retrial of a Mississippi man charged with the burning death of a 19-year-old woman has ended. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 29-year-old Quinton Tellis was in court again last week after a mistrial on murder charges last year. He was arrested on suspicion of causing fatal injuries to Jessica Chambers, who …
Police said a 4-year-old boy in New York City died early Saturday after his adult brother threw him off the roof of their seven-story apartment building. Per The New York Times, Shawn Smith, 20, was charged with second-degree murder after approaching officers at 3:30 a.m. and telling them, “My brother may be hurt. He might be …
Authorities in California say an elderly man killed his elderly stepdaughter during a beating inside of a home in San Jose earlier this month. According to the New York Post, police responded to the residence and reportedly found and unconscious woman with obvious injuries. Officials pronounced her dead a short time later. Authorities identified the …
A Hawaiian man has accepted a plea deal for murdering his mother and then mutilating her dead body, the Associated Press reports. Yu Wei Gong, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter, abuse of a corpse and identity theft. Gong had initially been charged with second-degree murder in connection with his mother’s death. Court records show …
A man whose girlfriend murdered a pregnant woman and cut out her unborn baby has been acquitted of the most serious charges in connection with the case, The Forum newspaper reports. A jury in Fargo, North Dakota, on Friday found William Hoehn not guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping, although he still faces …
Police in North Carolina are investigating after a girl and a boy—both 14—were reportedly found dead in the boy’s home Monday in an apparent murder-suicide. WRAL reported that family has identified the deceased teen girl as Sara Hill. Her family told the news station that the boy asked her to come over Monday, to which …
Newly obtained adoption records have provided a lead in the search for the biological relatives of one of two children who remain missing after the rest of their family was killed in an apparent murder-suicide earlier this year. Hannah Hart, 16, and Devonte Hart, 15, remain missing after their adoptive parents Jennifer and Sarah Hart …
A Florida man claims he found his wife dead in a bathtub inside their upscale Orlando home but police aren’t buying his story. Authorities said the man “fake cried” about his wife’s death while evidence indicated he killed her. The Orlando Sentinel reports that 50-year-old David Tronnes is behind bars on a first-degree murder charge for …
Day four of testimony is underway at the murder retrial of Quinton Tellis, the suspect accused of burning Jessica Chambers alive in December 2014. First responders found the 19-year-old former cheerleader clinging to life in Courtland, Mississippi, her body almost completely covered in burns and her car in flames nearby. It would be a year …
