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 …
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 …
