A Michigan woman whose two children reportedly froze to death last week has garnered more than $50,000 in donations. A GoFundMe spokesperson told The Detroit News that it will work closely with the fundraiser’s organizer “to ensure funds safely reach Tateona Williams,” the mother of the two deceased children. Williams and her four children were …
Five years after Harmony Montgomery’s murder, a state agency involved in her care asserts that it should not be held legally liable for her death, arguing that she was not in its custody at the time. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Harmony was last seen alive in 2019, but authorities did not report her missing until …
A young Texas child, wandering alone on a 6-lane highway late Sunday night, was struck and killed by a passing motorist. Dallas Police said a white, mid-sized SUV hit the little girl, who appeared to be around 6-years-old, KDFW reported. The driver pulled into a nearby parking lot and seemed to circle back toward the …
A Florida man has been arrested for the ambush murder of an 0ff-duty corrections deputy earlier this week. Investigators said that Kevin Bennette, 32, “targeted and ambushed” Basil Powell, 39, as he returned home Monday evening, WTVJ reported. Powell’s 5-year-old daughter was waiting in his car while her father was shot to death. Police said …
A Arizona woman who confessed to killing her three children five years ago received three consecutive life sentences. Rachel Henry pleaded guilty to premeditated first-degree murder for the deaths of her children in January 2020, FOX 10 reports, At her sentencing Friday morning, Henry and the children’s family remained silent, but prosecutor Christopher Sammons from …
A western New York man has been charged with murders of two women, decades apart, whose remains were found on a Buffalo hiking trail. A hiker found a human skull on the Chautauqua Rails to Trails on September 26, 2021, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. The skull was later identified as Cassandra …
A 20-year-old Florida man has been charged with killing his teenage girlfriend and tossing her body in the backyard. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home on Monday night by Dominique Domond’s mother, who told police the story her son told her, WTVJ reported. Domond said an unknown man and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Jansie …
Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys cast doubt on probable cause in Kohberger’s case last month, noting that two DNA samples remain unidentified years after four University of Idaho students were murdered in 2022. The Idaho Statesman reported that two blood samples found in the Moscow home belong to two males whose identities remain a mystery. Kohberger’s attorneys …
A former basketball player who played pro ball in Croatia after being kicked off his college team for violent behavior has been arrested for his mother’s murder in Florida. Eric Cobb, 28, stands accused of shooting 51-year-old Erika Winford to death and leaving her body wrapped in a blanket and towels in the backyard of …
The trial continues for alleged Tennessee child killer Megan Boswell, accused of murdering her 1-year-old daughter in 2020. Boswell is charged with murdering her child, Evelyn, and attempting to conceal her death. The case captured statewide and national attention in February 2020, when investigators initiated a weeks-long AMBER Alert search for the toddler, eventually finding …
A defense attorney representing sexual assault suspect Oren Alexander says his client will be acquitted Lawyer Richard Klugh joined Nancy Grace on Tuesday’s “Crime Stories” episode to discuss the ongoing legal battle surrounding his client. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a court has dismissed one of the original cases against Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander, who …
A Baltimore woman received a 50-year prison sentence after the remains of her niece and nephew were discovered in the trunk of her car during a traffic stop. Nicole Michelle Johnson was sentenced for the deaths of 7-year-old Joshlyn Marie James Johnson and 5-year-old Larry Darnell O’Neal, whose bodies were found in 2021, according to …
