Two Michigan brothers were released from prison on Tuesday, after spending 25 years behind bars for a murder they did not commit. In 1997, George and Melvin DeJesus were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1995 murder of Margaret Midkiff, a family friend. Midkiff was found dead in the basement of her …
Authorities in multiple states are searching for an escaped convict who went on the run with two other inmates who have since died. Citing law enforcement sources, the New York Post reports that Tobias Carr, Timothy Sarver, and Johnny Brown escaped from the Sullivan County Jail early Friday, through an HVAC air vent in their …
A fugitive who escaped from an East Tennessee jail last summer was found dead in Mexico this week, and suspected cartel members allegedly contacted the man’s family seeking a ransom for the return of his body. Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton said that someone in Mexico sent the family a video of 35-year-old Charles Kennedy’s …
A British woman who’s behind bars in connection with the death of her toddler daughter is considered a “marked woman,” according to reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, amateur boxer Savannah Brockhill, 28, fatally punched 16-month-old Star Hobson in West Yorkshire after numerous friends and relatives expressed concern to social services, starting in January 2020. Brockhill was dating …
A Texas man convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of an Austin police officer in 2012 was found dead Saturday in his bunk. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said a corrections officer doing security rounds found Brandon Daniel, 33, unresponsive Saturday morning. Prison staff initiated life-saving measures until EMS personnel arrived, …
An Illinois woman who killed her newborn daughters during the 1980s has been granted parole. Paula Sims, 62, was granted early parole after two psychiatrists said she had Postpartum Psychosis, a rare disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, manic episodes, and depression. During Sim’s trial in 1991, Postpartum Psychosis was not used in her defense. Fox 2 …
On Monday, an Oklahoma prison inmate who is serving multiple life sentences for sex-related crimes allegedly murdered his cellmate — a convicted child killer. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said in a statement that Lawton Correctional Facility staff found inmate Riley Walker, 29, deceased in his cell. Walker’s cellmate, Aaron Stone, 43, allegedly confessed to …
On Friday, the California parole board approved the release of a convicted murderer who is serving a life sentence for burying a developmentally disabled man alive in 1980. The Fresno Bee reported that Governor Gavin Newson will not block the release of David Weidert, 58, who was 17 when he killed Michael Morganti, 20. Newsom …
Florida officials said a man who was previously sentenced to death for abducting, raping, and killing an 11-year-old girl in 2004 died in prison on Monday. The Bradenton Herald-Tribune reported that it is unclear how Joseph Smith, 55, died but the medical examiner’s office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. In …
A Utah man serving 30 years for the brutal beating death of his wife during an Alaskan cruise was found dead in his prison cell last week. Kenneth Manzanares, 43, was serving his sentence at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau, according KUTV, which cited the Alaska Department of Corrections. Authorities found Manzanares unresponsive …
UPDATE: 11:37 a.m. Police are continuing to search for the four inmates who escaped Fulton County Jail in Illinois on Wednesday, and have shared photos of the escapees. One of the escaped inmates, 23-year-old Eugene M. Roets, was awaiting transfer to another facility at the time of the jail break, the Journal News reports. Roets …
A Florida man who was serving a life sentence in prison for the vicious stabbing death of a middle school classmate in 2004 was found dead in his jail cell on Thursday. Michael Hernandez, now 31, was seen on surveillance video collapsing to floor, according to WFOR, which said an autopsy would determine cause of …
