A sadistic serial killer who may have murdered over 100 victims charmed his way onto a TV dating game show — right in the middle of his killing spree. Rodney Alcala was Bachelor Number One on a 1978 episode of “The Dating Game,” a campy game show in which three men compete for the attention …
A family was committed to commemorating a murdered New Orleans teen at his wake—so much so, that they reportedly propped him up in front of a television screen and posed him to play video games. WGNO reported that Renard Matthews, 18, was laid to rest Tuesday in a traditional jazz funeral in his Upper Ninth Ward …
A Washington man confessed to a 32-year-old unsolved murder, claiming that he wanted to “right the wrong.” Fox News reports that Glenn Adams, 58, walked into Cowlitz County Hall of Justice in Kelso, Washington, on Friday and confessed to killing Russell Haines in a hotel room in Longview in 1986. Adams, who has lived itinerantly and is …
Police have arrested the mother of two Oregon brothers who allegedly lured a 16-year-old boy to the woods and beat him to death. The Olympian reports that Kindra Rose Adamson, 43, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance. In a statement, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said her arrest was based …
A local news outlet in Pittsburgh has identified the person who purportedly sent a jail inmate a letter claiming to have witnessed Rachael DelTondo’s murder. DelTondo, 33, was gunned down in her driveway on the night of May 13, moments after her friend dropped her off following a night out for ice cream. Police have …
Authorities in California say a 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and other serious criminal charges after they say he went on a brutal stabbing spree on his immediate family. According to the New York Post, Jose Emanuel Raselbach is accused to stabbing his parents and sister late Sunday evening at a residence …
Police in Delaware are investigating after a family of five was found dead inside their Prices Corner home in an apparent murder-suicide. WPVI reports that Matthew Edwards, 42, wife Julie Burton Edwards, 41, and their children, Jacob, 6, Brinley, 4, and Paxton, 3, were found shot to death Monday night on the home’s second floor. Police …
The inmate who received a letter claiming to know who killed Rachael DelTondo has accepted a plea deal in exchange for cooperation with the murder investigation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wayne Cordes, an inmate at the Beaver County Jail, received a letter days after DelTondo’s murder, written by a person who claimed to witness the …
Authorities charged a Michigan man with first-degree child abuse in connection with last week’s death of his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter. According to 9&10 News, De’Marco McCovery, 22, brought the child to Otsego Memorial Hospital Thursday, where she was ultimately pronounced dead. Hospital staff determined the child’s death was suspicious and called police. McCovery was arrested that night. Michigan …
A Georgia man set to die by lethal injection on Tuesday has made a lavish last meal request before he faces his death sentence for the murder of his sister-in-law. Keith Leroy Tharpe, 59, is set to be executed by lethal injection in Georgia on Tuesday, according to Fox News. The Georgia Department of Corrections …
A defense attorney representing the Mississippi man charged in the burning death of Jessica Chambers filed a motion accusing a district attorney of coercing a possible witness to provide false testimony in the 2017 trial that ended with a hung jury. LocalMemphis.com reports that Darla Palmer accused District Attorney John Champion of pressuring Jalen Asir Matthews Caudle …
Authorities in Alabama say a U.S. Air Force veteran opened fire on his wife and their triplet daughters before turning the gun on himself at their home last week. According to the The Daily Mail, the shooting occurred on Saturday night and resulted in the death of 44-year-old Charlene Orsi, one of the girls, and …
