A woman who admitted to slitting the throat of a young girl playing in a park has been cleared of murder. Manchester Evening News reports that 30-year-old Eltiona Skana admitted that she chose her victim the day she spotted Emily Jones, 7, in Queen’s Park in Bolton, England, on March 22. The little girl was …
An Ohio woman who lured a pizza delivery driver to her death has been found guilty of murder. 19News reports that 37-year-old Erica Stefanko (pictured left) was convicted of one count of felony murder and one count of felony aggravated murder. after 14 hours of deliberations by a Summit County jury this week. According to …
The prosecution and defense in the case of a Colorado man on trial for murder apparently got into a squabble on Friday, after concerns were raised about probing into potential jurors’ backgrounds. The Durango Herald reports that over 2,000 potential are being sifted through to find the best panel for the murder trial of Colorado …
Three Alabama teens were in court this week for the brutal beating of a friend who was found dead earlier this year in Montgomery. The Montgomery Advisor reports that Ta’Niya Merriweather, Erin Taylor and Tyeshia Whisenant, all 16, appeared during a preliminary hearing this week in connection with the murder of Lesley Luna Pantaleon. According …
The retrial for an Iowa mother accused of murdering her daughter ended Tuesday as the prosecution and defense rested. Kelsie Thomas is accused of using a pair of pajama pants to strangle her 5-year-old daughter, Cloe Chandler, in July 2018. In March, a jury acquitted Thomas of child endangerment but couldn’t make a unanimous decision …
An Indiana man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2014 was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Oberhansley was convicted of murder and burglary in the death of Tammy Jo Blanton, 46. WLKY reported that Blanton’s mutilated body was found under a tarp in the bathroom of her Clark …
Bailey Boswell, a Nebraska woman who lured in an unsuspecting woman from a dating app and helped her boyfriend kill her may be facing the death penalty after a jury convicted her of murder and related charges. A Nebraska jury in a Dawson County courtroom deliberated for around three hours before returning the verdict, which …
A Greek farmer on trial for the murder and rape of a renowned American scientist allegedly told a police officer that demons possessed him and took over his body. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 59-year-old molecular biologist Suzanne Eaton disappeared on July 2, 2019, after leaving the Orthodox Academy of Crete for a run before a …
A Nebraska woman on trial for murder broke down in a Dawson County courtroom after prosecutors presented photos of the victim, Sydney Loofe, who was kidnapped and killed in November 2017. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bailey Boswell, 26, is accused of conspiring for weeks with her boyfriend, Aubrey Trail, 52, to lure in Loofe, 24. …
A trial began Friday for in Dawson County, Nebraska, against a woman accused of luring a Tinder date to her death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bailey Boswell, 26, is accused of conspiring for weeks with her boyfriend, Aubrey Trail, 52, to lure in Sydney Loofe, 24. Boswell is accused of enticing Loofe to meet up …
The second murder trial for an Indiana man accused of killing his former girlfriend and eating her heart began Friday in Clark County. Joseph Oberhansley, 39, claimed innocence upon entering court on Friday, according to ABC 11. As law enforcement brought him into the building, Oberhansley reportedly said two other men were the guilty parties. …
The murder trial for Blake Schreiner continued on Tuesday, with disturbing testimony from a forensic expert. CTV News reports that Schreiner is accused of killing his wife, Tammy Brown, in their River Heights home in the Saskatchewan province in western Canada, in 2019. According to Saskatchewan’s Chief Forensic Pathologist Dr. Shaun Ladham, Brown endured a …
