Three Tennesee teens will be tried as adults in May’s fatal beating of an elderly laundromat worker who they allegedly attacked as they vandalized and robbed the business. The Montgomery County Grand Jury indicted Jevon Brodie, 15, Tavares Harbison, 14, and Harrison Smith, 15, on first-degree murder charges in connection with an attack on Ted Cook, …
The man accused of abusing and starving his 10-month-old daughter to death waited a full 90 minutes to call 911 after he found the infant girl dead — and made a call to his lawyer first. According to MLive, prosecutors played the 911 in the courtroom at the probable cause hearing for Seth Welch and …
A gunman was arrested at the Malibu park where a father was fatally shot on a camping trip with his young daughter. CBS reports that a gunman dressed in black was arrested after he was spotted carrying a rifle Malibu Creek State Park, where Tristan Baudette was fatally shot in the head in June while on …
A Kansas mother was reportedly working to get away from her abusive husband before he allegedly shot her dead and turned the gun on himself this past weekend. According to People, Kristin Gile, 33, and her father had gone to her former home Saturday to pick up some belongings when her husband Randy Gile II, 33, arrived …
UPDATE: 5:16 pm. ET The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office has provided a statement to CrimeOnline on the latest development: “We have been contacted by a lady who has indicated she is the biological mother and is willing to cooperate,” Mendocino County Sheriff Lt. Shannon Barney said. “We have not yet obtained a sample and are working …
A tip line has been established to help solve the murder of an elderly Florida couple gunned down last month, Tampa Bay Newspapers reports. David Swan, 88, and his wife, Mina, 80, were found dead on Sept. 29 in their Clearwater home. Police Chief Daniel Slaughter said he believes the perpetrator specifically targeted the couple “with …
Man covered in blood turns himself in to police after killing mother of 8 A Florida man wanted for the murder of his wife turned himself in to police this weekend, covered in blood and nearly 200 miles away from the crime scene, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Marco Stephens, 29, approached a Pasco County …
BERLIN (AP) — Police in northern Germany have started to pump dry a lake hoping they’ll find the remains of a woman who disappeared 25 years ago. The German news agency dpa reported Sunday that emptying Tietjensee Lake near the city of Bremen would take several days. After that, investigators will look through the muddy …
A Mexican couple has confessed to killing up to 10 women and selling off one of the victim’s babies, the Associated Press reports. Authorities on Friday announced that the couple was arrested outside of Mexico City in connection with the slayings. Investigators surveilling the couple on Thursday reportedly saw them emerge from a house with …
ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — A man accused in the strangulation death of a model said that he went to her apartment in an affluent Philadelphia suburb to sell her cocaine but that she refused to pay, and that a violent fight ensued, according to a statement read in court Friday. “I panicked and was scared. …
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald (all times local): 2 p.m. A jury has convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke …
Authorities searching for a missing Maine elementary school teacher have reportedly found a body not far from her North Yarmouth home. The Portland Press Herald reports that police found a body in a wooded area behind Kirstin Westra’s home, but they have not yet identified it or said if they believe it is the missing …
