Murder suspect dressed as demonic clown had a troubled past, but family surprised by violence
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The suspect’s Facebook post reveal a dark obsession, and his dad says his younger brother died recently
Murder
June 2, 2017
Mother smothers her two children to death: ‘I gave them a choice’
The children’s father was found torn apart by feral dogs years before
Murder
June 1, 2017
Police: Mom murdered by her own ‘wanna-be’ actress daughter
Nevada arrested a woman and charged her with murder after her mother was found dead in their Henderson home on Tuesday. CBS 8 reports that Carly Kalbfleisch, 26, reportedly stabbed her 65-year-old mother numerous times, causing fatal injuries. The incident took place off of the 3700 block of Via Gaetano Street, at close to noon. Kalbfleisch called …
Kidnapping
June 1, 2017
Kala Brown sues real estate company of confessed serial killer who kidnapped her and murdered her boyfriend
The woman who was held captive in a metal shipping crate by a confessed serial killer who murdered her boyfriend has filed a lawsuit against the company that employed her kidnapper. According to news station WSPA, Brown has filed a lawsuit against Todd Kohlhepp’s real estate company Todd Kohlhepp & Associates, LLC. As Crime Online previously reported, …
Murder
May 31, 2017
Police: Georgia mom who ‘willfully’ left toddler son unsupervised for 14 hours before he drowned gets slapped with felony murder charge
A Bartow County, Georgia, woman is facing a felony murder charge after her 3-year-old son drowned in a swimming pool on Monday. Reportedly, the little boy was left unsupervised for 14 hours. On Memorial Day, paramedics and police were called to a home close to Cartersville, Georgia, after the toddler was found unresponsive in an above-ground …
Murder
May 29, 2017
Louisiana woman arrested for stabbing boyfriend to death with knife
A Louisiana woman is behind bars after she reportedly stabbed her boyfriend to death on Sunday. KALB reports that deputies with the Marksville Police Department were dispatched to a home off of Todd Drive in Marksville on Sunday, at around 9 a.m. According to the responding officers, 21-year-old Meagan Guillot was in the home with her boyfriend, …
Hate Crimes
May 27, 2017
Victim of Portland train stabbing identified; young man was a recent college graduate
A mother in Ashland, Oregon, has announced on Facebook that her son was one of the two men killed in a fatal, hate-filled stabbing incident on a public train in Portland Friday. A woman by the name of Asha Deliverance posted on Facebook Saturday, writing that her youngest son was one of the victims of …
Child Abuse
May 26, 2017
How did social workers ignore years of red flags before Adrian Jones death?
Kansas social workers and police were suspicious about how Adrian Jones’s stepmother abused the child for years before he was starved to death and fed to pigs, according to documents recently unsealed by a court. But a lack of coordination with Missouri officials apparently left the boy unprotected as the family moved across state lines. …
Murder
May 26, 2017
Real estate agent turned serial killer pleads guilty to seven murders
A South Carolina man who kept a young woman chained inside a metal shipping crate after killing her boyfriend has pleaded guilty to murdering seven people. According to 11 Alive, Todd Kohlhepp, a former real estate agent, pleaded guilty to 14 charges, including kidnapping and sexual assault, along with the seven murder charges. As Crime Online …
Missing
May 26, 2017
NO! Bail reduced for man accused of helping hide student Zuzu Verk’s body
Texas authorities have reduced the bail for a man charged in connection with the murder of ZuZu Verk, a 22-year-old student who vanished in October. As Crime Online previously reported. Chris Estrada was arrested in February on charges that he helped Verk’s ex-boyfriend Robert Fabian hide the young woman’s body after Fabian allegedly murdered her. An …
Murder
May 25, 2017
Federal prosecutor found dead on Florida beach
A federal prosecutor from the U.S. Attorney’s office has been found dead on a Hollywood, Florida, beach. According to the Miami Herald, Beranton J. Whisenant Jr., 37, was found dead by a passerby in the water at Hollywood Beach Wednesday morning. Police believe he may have died from a gunshot wound to the head or some …
Child Abuse
May 24, 2017
The nightmare goes on: Records show years of abuse suffered by Adrian Jones, stealing food from trash to survive
Unsealed records from the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) show multiple allegations of abuse against Heather Jones, the stepmother of Adrian Jones who, along with Adrian’s father Michael, pleaded guilty to murdering the child. The 7-year-old boy starved to death in 2015 before his father fed his body to pigs. Prior to his …