By ANGIE WANG and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Authorities arrested a family of four Tuesday in the gruesome 2016 slayings of eight people from another family in rural Ohio, a crime that prosecutors suggested stemmed from a custody dispute. The announcement marked the culmination of a massive investigative effort that began after …
The parents of Chris Watts, who pleaded guilty last week to murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters, have said they believe the late Shannan Watts was “more capable” of killing her daughters Bella and Celeste than their son was. Doubling down on claims she made in an earlier interview with local Denver news station, …
A baby in the U.K. is recovering after his mother was reportedly fatally shot in the stomach with a crossbow, forcing doctors to deliver him via an emergency caesarean. The Evening Standard reported that Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, 50, shot Sana Muhammad, 35, in front of her five children, ages 1, 4, 12, 15, and 17, as she …
Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is accused of violently lashing out at a jail guard who simply asked him to stop dragging his feet. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cruz has had additional charges added to his arrest record after he allegedly assaulted an officer guarding him at Broward County Jail Tuesday evening. The Sun …
The new charges include “using an electrical or chemical weapon against a law enforcement officer.”
Four family members with close business and familial ties to the eight slain members of another Ohio family were arrested and charged for their murders, authorities announced Tuesday. Per the Cincinnati Enquirer, Angela Wagner, 48, her husband, George “Billy” Wagner, 47, and their two sons, George Wagner IV, 27, and Edward “Jake” Wagner, 26, have …
A Pennsylvania mother is accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter on Halloween by pushing her down a flight of basement stairs. Ciara Robinson, 25, was charged with third-degree murder in addition to voluntary and involuntary manslaughter for the October 31 death of Amatulah McLaughlin. According to WCAU, Robinson admitted to beating and punching McLaughlin while threatening to put her …
The mother of the Colorado man who pleaded guilty earlier this month to killing his pregnant wife and two daughters says she believes he was coerced into taking a plea deal and did not commit all three murders. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chris Watts pleaded guilty last Tuesday to murdering his pregnant wife Shannan Watts …
A North Carolina mother is facing multiple charges after her 5-month-old baby died while she was purportedly taking a nap. ABC 13 reports that police responded to the home of Myechia Avery, 30, in Cary on September 18 to find her 5-month-old boy unresponsive. Avery reportedly told emergency responders that she had placed the baby …
Authorities in Georgia say an elderly Clayton County man was reported missing just hours before his dismembered body was found in the yard of a neighbor. According to Inside Edition, 25-year-old Christian Ponce-Martinez was arrested on suspicion of murder after police made the discovery last week. The victim’s wife, Lula, reported him missing on Thursday, …
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — An autopsy determined that the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar died from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said Saturday. Ian David Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine machine-gunner, fatally shot 11 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks and a …
A female gang member who was 17 when she participated in the filmed torture and slaying of a 15-year-old Maryland girl learned her fate in court this week. WRC reported that Venus Romero Iraheta, now 18, was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for the January 2017 murder of Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas. Iraheta previously confessed …
