Loved Ones Gather for Celebration of Life for Slain Children, Tylee Ryan and J.J. Vallow
April 25, 2024
Hero Delivery Driver Saves Children From Burning Home
April 24, 2024
Developing: New Search Underway in Connection with Gilgo Beach Serial Killer
Police are searching a wooded area in Manorville, New York, in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders investigation. Newsday reports that police and a K-9 were spotted at Wading River Manor Road Wednesday morning before searching a wooded area off Ryerson Avenue shortly after noon. Customers at the nearby “The Maples bar” told the outlet …
April 23, 2024
Acura Driver in Fatal Florida Carjacking Arrested; Federal Charges Pending for Him and Masked Gunman
A man believed to have been driving a green Acura involved in a fatal carjacking in Florida earlier this month has been arrested in Puerto Rico. Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, 27, was taken into custody on drug trafficking and weapons charges unrelated to the death of Katherine Aguasvivas on April 11. Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma …
April 21, 2024
Court Docs: Grandmother Admits ‘Responsibility’ for Deaths of 2 Women in Oklahoma
Prosecutors wrote in a motion to hold Tifany Adams without bail that the 54-year-old grandmother, accused of killing Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, allegedly admitted her involvement in the murders. Near the end of the motion, almost as an afterthought, Texas County District Attorney George H. Leach wrote that the “State would point out that …
April 18, 2024
SC Man Holds Woman, 3 Kids Hostage for Hours Before Surrendering
A South Carolina man was arrested after a standoff in which he held a woman and three young children, one of them an infant, hostage for three hours Wednesday night. Gaffney Police said a woman called 911 at about 8:30 p.m. and put the phone down, WYFF reported. Dispatchers relayed the argument they heard over …
April 18, 2024
Mom, Grandma, Mom’s Boyfriend Charged With ‘Horrific’ Neglect of 5-Year-Old Girl
A 5-year-old girl died earlier this month, shortly after she was found obviously malnourished, weighing less than she did at 2, and covered in fecal matter with lice on her head. Prosecutors have now charged Kinsleigh Welty’s mother, the mother’s boyfriend, and her grandmother with her death, WXIN reported. “This happened over a long period …
Murder
April 15, 2024
See It! Child Custody Docs Reveal Motive For Murder?
Court documents reviewed by CrimeOnline reveal more details about the contentious custody battle between missing, now believed dead, Veronica Butler and her former mother-in-law Tifany Adams, who has been arrested and charged with murder. These documents provide insight into the custody battle that may have played a role in the alleged murders. The affidavit of …
April 14, 2024
16-Year-Old Arrested for Vicious Shove of 68-Year-Old Woman Down Church Steps
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with assault, robbery, and grand larceny for an attack on a 68-year-old woman who was shoved down a flight of steps in front of Saint Demetrios Greek Orthdox Church last week. The vicious attack was captured on surveillance video, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The boy was seen following the …
April 14, 2024
Gilgo Beach Serial Killer: Former Assistant Describes Unease Working For Heuermann
A former assistant to Rex Heuermann is revealing new information about her interactions with the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer, WABC-TV reports. Heuermann faces charges of first- and second-degree murder for the deaths of Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, Megan Waterman and Maureen Brainard-Barnes, whose bodies were found on the shoreline of Gilgo Beach not far …