COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine earlier this month, Danish police said Wednesday. Wall, 30, was last seen alive on Aug. 10 on Danish inventor Peter Madsen’s …
A Palmdale, California, couple was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the beating death of the woman’s toddler son. A judge sentenced Brandon Jerel Williams, 27, to 25 years to life after being convicted of first-degree murder, torture, and assault on a child causing death. The victim’s mother, Rosie Lee Wilson, 23, was sentenced to 15 years …
By ANNABELLE LIANG, Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Navy divers searching a flooded compartment of the USS John S. McCain found remains of some of the 10 sailors missing in a collision between the warship and an oil tanker, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said Tuesday as he promised a full investigation. Adm. Scott Swift also …
A Catholic school teacher jailed on child rape charges was released from prison a decade early after a court threw out the conviction amid questions about the accuser’s credibility. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Bernard Shero, 54, a former teacher at St. Jerome school, pleaded no contest Monday to child rape and assault charges. In turn, …
Indiana police have arrested a man and accused him of shooting his wife after recording her begging for her life, according to PEOPLE. The Journal & Courier reported that Patrick Elliott, 50, allegedly shot his wife, Donita Elliott, 47, in their Lafayette home on August 8. According to an affidavit, Patrick originally told officers that he …
Authorities found Anna Racine safe in Minnesota on Friday evening. According to her cousin, Sarah House, the teen was found with her former high school janitor, 21-year-old Morgan Burcham. House said that both Anna and Burcham are currently in custody. No other information is available at this time. Check back with CrimeOnline as additional details become …
A judge presiding over the case of a New York City doctor who died of a cocaine overdose has released surveillance video of the night a New York City dermatologist the mother of three lost her life while partying with an HBO producer. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Dr. Kiersten Cerveny died in October 2015 after …
The young woman’s attorney called the invasive cavity search “rape by cop”
A middle school gym teacher is accused of having a relationship with an underage student who was between the 8th and 9th grades at the time of the alleged assault. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a press release Tuesday that Shawnetta D. Reece of Blairsville, Georgia, was allegedly sexually involved with a 15-year-old student …
A young woman who abandoned her newborn in a flowerbed before going inside to take a nap claimed she panicked because she didn’t know she was pregnant until she gave birth. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a neighborhood resident found a newborn infant left naked, and covered in dirt and ants, in a flowerbed outside a …
A young mother in Thailand sent a video of herself tying a noose around her one-year-old son’s neck in a twisted bid to get her husband’s attention. The Sun reports that Nareumon Jampasert of Bangkok, Thailand, had been trying to reach her husband on the phone. When he wouldn’t respond, she recorded video of herself tying …
“We’re heartbroken, shocked and devastated… but recognize nothing can compare to the grief and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in this moment.”
