UPDATE: Cousin of teen girl found dead behind home indicted for her abduction & murder
Murder
Suspect Anton Coleman allegedly attacked his mother and stabbed his stepfather weeks before 17-year-old Ke’Asia Adkins vanished from her home
Murder
July 19, 2018
Shocked family members find nurse strangled, wrapped in a sheet with her teeth knocked out: Report
A New York City nurse was found strangled in her home near John F. Kennedy airport this week. The New York Post reports that police found Samantha Stewart, a 29-year-old nurse, dead of apparent strangulation in her Queens apartment on Tuesday night. Stewart’s concerned brothers had gone to check up on her after they couldn’t reach …
Murder
July 18, 2018
April Tinsley: Suspected killer taunted police for years with cryptic messages, left notes in baggies with used condoms
A suspected murderer’s taunts and cryptic messages are in part what helped detectives capture him on Sunday, more than 30 years after he reportedly murdered and raped 8-year-old April Tinsley in 1988. CNN reports that authorities used DNA testing while piecing together several disturbing notes to connect John D. Miller, 59, to the Good Friday murder …
Murder
July 18, 2018
Police found remains every day at suspected serial killer burial site
Toronto police have completed an excavation of a property connected to suspected serial killer Bruce McCarthur, a landscaper suspected of targeting victims in Toronto’s Gay Village, then disposing of their body parts on the properties of his clients. Investigators launched a search of a Mallory Cres. property on July 5, after the remains of seven men …
Murder
July 17, 2018
Woman beats sick, 85-year-old mother to death after learning she’s not in the will: Cops
Authorities in Florida say a woman brutally beat her own elderly mother to death. According to Fox News, the victim was 85 years old and in declining health. Authorities in Broward County believe the motive for the violent altercation was the suspect’s realization that she would not be included in her mother’s will. The 53-year-old …
Murder
July 17, 2018
UGRENT: Help find girl’s shooter! Mom reveals 10-year-old daughter’s last words: ‘Mommy it’s burning’
Police in Washington, D.C. are asking for the public’s help in locating four suspects who allegedly pulled up to a crowd Monday night and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring four adults. Per The Washington Post, a black SUV pulled up to the courtyard of Clay Terrace Apartments, where 15 to 20 people …
Family Crime
July 17, 2018
Daughter finds photos of herself in dad’s porn collection — and kills him
The father allegedly abused her for years, and may have fathered her child
Murder
July 17, 2018
Police officer shot 10 times at close range with his own gun after suspect throws a rock at his head
The suspect also shot and killed an elderly woman, who was just a bystander, with the officer’s gun
Court
July 17, 2018
Wife of famed pianist found NOT GUILTY of smothering 2 young daughters by reason of insanity
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. …
Murder
July 17, 2018
Mandalay Bay owner SUES victims of deadly Las Vegas shooting: Report
UPDATED: July 17, 12:15 ET Through a public relations agency, MGM Resorts International contacted CrimeOnline will the full statement from its spokesperson regarding the court filings: “The unforeseeable events of October 1st affected thousands of people in Las Vegas and throughout North America. From the day of this tragedy, we have focused on the recovery of …
Murder
July 16, 2018
6-year-old girl dead after dad fatally shoots her while cleaning his gun
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 …
Murder
July 16, 2018
Major break in 1988 cold case murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley: DNA evidence from used condoms leads to arrest 30 years later
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 …