Prosecutors in Nebraska charged two suspects with the first-degree murder of a young woman whose body was discovered in a remote farming area in December. While it’s still unclear how Sydney Loofe died, the Lincoln Journal Star reported that the last two people to see her alive, Aubrey Trail, 53, and Bailey Boswell, 23, were charged …
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After a standoff of more than 21 hours, officers entered an apartment where a felon with a gun had barricaded himself with four children and found them all dead, a police chief said. The hostage situation began when the girlfriend of Gary Wayne Lindsey Jr. left the …
A Pennsylvania man who told reporters that a newly-discovered body was the victim of “some kind of hit” was arrested on murder charges shortly after the body was identified as his mother. Matthew Haverly, 38, appeared baffled as he talked to WNEP about a then-unidentified body discovered across the street from his Bradford County home on …
A Connecticut man with a history of mental illness reportedly confessed to killing his mother, who was reported missing by her sister days earlier. WFSB reported that the missing persons investigation involving Donna Tucker, 60, turned into a murder investigation Friday afternoon. The woman’s son, Kyle Tucker, 34, gave police a “very detailed confession” that took more …
A homicide investigation is underway after California officials discovered a woman’s body in a parking lot that was reportedly wrapped in a tarp near an apparent makeshift coffin, ABC 7 reports. Police say the body of 34-year-old Marlene Santellan, of San Bernardino, was found wrapped in a blue tarp and placed beside a plywood box …
A 2-year-old boy is dead after being left in the care of his own sister, 22-year-old Selissa Desiree Flores, and her boyfriend, 25-year-old Miguel Osbaldo Berumen-Zepeda, whom a juvenile witness said had “hatred” for the toddler, according to police. CrimeOnline spoke exclusively with a close friend of the family who is organizing fundraisers and the …
A high-ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood in North Texas was sentenced to life in prison without parole after he was convicted of a gruesome 2016 murder. According to Fox News, 48-year-old white supremacist Michael Lynn Rogers, also known as “Texas Mike,” used a power drill to torture and kill a man he believed stole …
The ex-wife of accused Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo spoke publicly for the first time this week, the New York Daily News reports. Sharon Huddle, DeAngelo’s former wife, expressed sympathy for the victims in the case. “My thoughts and prayers are for the victims and their families,” Huddle said in a brief statement released by …
Authorities in Colorado have arrested a Denver man on suspicion of murder for allegedly shooting a passenger in his car. According to the New York Post, 25-year-old Michael Hancock was driving for Uber on June 1 when he picked up a rider identified as 45-year-old Hyun Kim. Denver District Attorney Beth McCann said police recovered …
A San Francisco woman looked composed and lucid as she made her first court appearance on Friday on a murder charge accusing her of killing and dismembering her roommate, whose body parts prosecutors say were discovered in plastic bags at their home. Lisa Gonzales, 47, was in an orange jail suit with her hands cuffed …
A California couple who relentlessly abused and murdered the woman’s 8-year-old son learned their fate in Los Angeles court on Thursday. Superior Court Judge George G. Lomeli sentenced Palmdale mother Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, 34, to life without the possibility of parole and put boyfriend Isauro Aguirre, 37, on death row for the May 2013 killing of Gabriel …
An Illinois mother convicted of fatally beating her son on his fourth birthday learned her fate this week inside a Cook County courtroom. A jury found mother-of-four Crystal Valdez, 35, guilty of the first-degree murder of her youngest son, Christopher. As of Wednesday, Valez and her live-in boyfriend, Cesar Ruiz, have both been sentenced in connection with …
