Police have once against solved a cold case using DNA and a genealogy website, just weeks after the person believed to be the Golden State Killer was caught using the same tactic. Buzzfeed reports that Washington State authorities nabbed the man they believe is responsible for a double murder in 1987 of a Canadian couple. …
By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Only weeks ago, a dozen students from Santa Fe High School in Texas offered support for survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting by participating in a nationwide walkout seeking stricter gun control. On Friday, it was Parkland students who declared their solidarity with teens …
A suspected gunman, believed to be a male student, has been taken into custody after allegedly opening fire on multiple students inside Sante Fe High School in Texas, killing at least eight people. “This morning an incident occurred at the high school involving an active shooter,” the Sante Fe Independent School District’s website states. “The …
A mother and her seven-year-old son are dead after the woman jumped from a hotel building in midtown Manhattan during rush hour Friday morning, bringing the boy with her. ABC 7 reports that the woman, 46, and the boy jumped from inside the Gotham Hotel on East 46th street at about 8:30 a.m. Friday. They …
Authorities in Pennsylvania have are seeking the cell phone records of a friend of Rachael Deltondo, the suspended teacher who was shot dead in her driveway on Mother’s Day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Deltondo, 33, was gunned down on May 13 as she came home from getting ice cream with friends. WTAE reports that police …
Newly released documents connected to the October 1 Las Vegas mass shooting investigation may have provided a clue into Stephen Paddock’s possible motive for gunning down 58 people attending an outdoor concert from his perch inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The documents were released in compliance with a court order issued late last …
Authorities in Ohio have arrested a father on suspicion of brutally murdering his own toddler. According to WKYC, 41-year-old Jason Shorter of Parma surrendered at the Parma Police Station on Saturday night, telling officers that he wanted to confess a crime. He allegedly told police that his 18-month-old son was in the trunk of his …
A Nevada teen is accused of stabbing her roommate to death for continuing to talk while she watched television. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Dymund Ellis, 19, is facing murder charges in connection with the stabbing death of Jace Trevon Ernst, 25. The pair were reportedly at their North Las Vegas home Friday night when Ernst told Ellis …
A suspended school teacher who had been accused of an inappropriate relationship with a student was reportedly shot to death in her mother’s driveway on Mother’s Day. WXPI reports that 32-year-old Rachael DelTondo was gunned down at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Buchanan Drive in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, after coming home from getting ice cream with a friend, …
The woman killed with her four children and her parents in an apparent murder-suicide in Australia last week had written a poem about domestic violence four years ago that suggested she may have been a victim. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Katrina Miles, 35, was shot and killed last Friday on a remote farmstead in Australia …
An Arizona man is behind bars after police say he shot and killed his girlfriend on Sunday because he didn’t approve of the outfit she wore. Azcentral reports that authorities arrested 22-year-old Martin Larney on Monday on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend, 22-year-old Alina Duwyenie, in his Mesa apartment off of Broadway a little before 8:30 a.m. …
A mother’s life has been torn apart after losing her only child and grandchild-to-be to an alleged murder, the Kansas City Star reports. Twyla Taylor received a chilling text April 29 from her daughter, 23-year-old Shaliyah Toombs, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — who was approximately seven-months pregnant. ”They gonna kill me mom help me,” Toombs …
