A Texas mother with a history of mental illness was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the March 2016 smothering deaths of her 20-month-old and 5-year-old daughters. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sofya Tsygankova, 34, suffered from depression in her native Russia after experiencing a breakup and failing to excel in a music competition. …
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An Indiana father accidentally shot and killed his 6-year-old daughter while cleaning out his handgun, the New York Daily News reports. According to a statement from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, 6-year-old Makayla S. Bowling was fatally injured when her father was cleaning out a handgun he believed was not loaded. The little girl was reportedly shot …
A suspect has been arrested in the cold-case murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley after investigators obtained new DNA evidence that led them to the killer — who immediately confessed to the brutal murder. The Indy Star reports that law enforcement agents apprehended John D. Miller, 59, of Grabill, at his home in Sunday morning and took …
A lawyer in Brazil was reportedly executed a point-blank just seconds after he handed off a little girl believed to be his daughter. The Daily Mail obtained CCTV footage of the moments leading up to a cold-blooded execution in Brazilian state of Permambuco, where a man can be seen calmly handing off a little girl in …
A missing Alabama girl who was found dead last month was beheaded after witnessing her grandmother’s fatal stabbing, an investigator testified during a preliminary hearing this week. According to AL.com, Madison County investigator Stacy Rutherford said Israel Palomino, 34, and Yoni Aguilar, 26, murdered Oralia Mendoza, 49, and her granddaughter, Maria Lopez, days after doing a drug …
A Georgia man who held his 10-year-old autistic son under water until he died could now spend the rest of his life behind bars, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Jurors on Friday convicted 44-year-old Leon Williams of murder in connection with the drowning death of his child last year in their Decatur apartment. Williams was reportedly …
Nearly two years after a 10-year-old boy died in a horrific waterslide accident in Kansas City, the park is closing down the tallest waterslide in the world. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of a Kansas City lawmaker, died in August 2016 on the Verruckt waterslide at the Schlitterbahn waterpark when a raft …
A Texas murder-for-hire case added another suspect recently more than a month after 19-year-old Nicolas Shaughnessy and his wife Jaclyn Edison were arrested on suspicion of solicitation to commit capital murder. According to People, Johnny Roman Leon III was arrested in Austin this week on suspicion of one count of soliciting to commit capital murder. …
Another suspect has been arrested in connection with the violent rape and murder of a teen boy last month. According to People, the 20-year-old girlfriend of one of the two brothers already in custody surrendered to authorities this week on an arrest warrant. Lewis County, Washington, Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer said Emma L. Brown is expected …
A Louisiana woman was arrested on Wednesday after a month-long investigation into the death of her husband, who authorities say she killed. NOLA.com reports that Shantel Wagner, 35, called 911 at around 11:25 p.m. on June 17 to report that her husband, Troy Smith, 44, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Sergeant, shot himself in the head. Wagner reportedly claimed her …
An Arkansas teen is facing capital murder charges after last month’s smothering death of his infant daughter—who he reportedly tried to shock with an extension cord after she lost consciousness. Police were reportedly called to a Van Buren home on June 12 following reports of an unresponsive baby. The 2-month-old at the home was transported to …
