A New York City Uber driver is dead after an angry pedesrtrian hit him in the head with a hockey stick when he was stopped at a red light. CBS News reports that Randolph Tolk of New Jersey was killed on Saturday night after he drove into a median near Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers. Prior to the …
The family of a Chinese scholar who police believe was murdered is leaving the United States without her body, the Associated Press reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Yingying Zhang vanished in June in Urbana, Illinois, where she was to begin her doctoral studies at the University of Illinois. Although Zhang’s body has not been located, …
A Florida man allegedly dumped the body of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in the woods after he kicked her in the head as punishment for getting out of a car seat, WPMI-TV reports. According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Adelynn Merrell was found in a wooded area near a highway in …
A British antiques dealer has been charged with murder after he allegedly strangled his 7-year-old daughter to death, the Guardian reports. Authorities say Robert Peters, 55, used a dressing gown cord to kill his daughter Sophia in the family’s million-dollar residence in southwest London last week. Peters reportedly called police himself. Emergency crews later rushed …
A 16-year-old boy who started a fire that killed his adoptive father previously threatened to kill his family so he could “get a cell next to his paternal father in prison,” according to prosecutors. WRTV reported that Jordan Marin-Doan (pictured center) was charged with murder, arson, and auto theft in connection with the November 3 fire …
An Arizona man was found guilty Wednesday of leaving his wife’s 10-year-old cousin in a footlocker overnight to suffocate and die. Now, a jury is tasked with deciding whether he’ll be put to death for his crimes. The Republic reported that a Maricopa County Superior Court jury found John Allen, 29, guilty of first-degree murder, three …
A Colorado teen is in jail awaiting a first-degree murder charge after police say he killed a woman as she slept and later claimed he thought she was his father after gender reassignment. The New York Post reported that 19-year-old Joseph Saur turned himself in Sunday after he shot Patricia Stewart, 28, multiple times. Saur …
A 16-year-old girl in Denver, Colorado, is facing first-degree murder charges after she allegedly suffocated her newborn baby by shoving a rock down her throat. KMGH-TV reported that police believe Alaya Dotson killed her baby, Amekah Dotson, at her Denver home about an hour after giving birth to her on September 8. The teen told officers that she …
An Oregon teen is accused of shooting and killing his foster mother and his two sisters in Portland. KRON 4 reports that the 16-year-old boy, Kevin Adams, is in police custody after surrendering at the scene of the killing on Tuesday night. The victims, Donya Adams, 55; her biological daughter Amory Adams, 26; and 10-year-old foster …
A former Colorado airman who beat—and possibly strangled—the 4-year-old son he just met to death was sentenced Monday to life in prison. People reported that Jeremy Deonte Ralph, 26, was convicted in August of first-degree murder by one in a position of trust for the December 2016 death of Montana Glynn. Ralph called the 911 for a possible drowning …
Deputies have arrested and charged a 16-year-old after they say he shot and killed his foster mother and two siblings, according to KRON. Investigators said they found Keven Wayne Adams, the alleged shooter, at the scene of the Oregon home where the homicides occurred. Adams allegedly admitted he shot and killed the victims, according to …
A jury indicted a Pensacola, Florida, woman for first-degree felony murder for allegedly sitting on her 9-year-old cousin until she died. The Pensacola News Journal reported that Veronica Green Posey, 64, was indicted Tuesday in connection with the death of Dericka Lindsay. Authorities believe Posey was punishing the girl for “acting out” toward her adoptive parents, Grace Joan …
