Rachel Morin: Community Gathers to Remember, Mourn Murdered Maryland Mother
Murder
This week, authorities announced that DNA discovered as part of the investigation is linked to an unsolved California home invasion and assault on a child in March.
Animal Crimes
August 20, 2023
Mom of 15, Accused of Child Abuse and Boiling Puppies, Found Hiding Behind Wall with Missing Daughter
A Colorado mother of 15 on the lam for child abuse was allegedly found hiding behind a false wall inside her family’s home this week, KRDO-TV reports. On Thursday, authorities responded to a residence in the town of Walsenburg when 62-year-old Timothy Crouch died. One of the man’s adult children, who no longer lived with …
Crime Stories
August 19, 2023
[Crime Stories] Fate of “Baby-Faced Killer” Ethan Crumbley Decided?
A judge will rule on whether Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley can be sentenced to life in prison without parole. That is the harshest punishment available in Michigan. Crumbley, now 17, pleaded guilty to one count of terrorism causing death, four counts of first-degree murder and 19 other charges. In November 2021, Crumbley fatally …
Teacher Scandals
August 19, 2023
Wisconsin Teacher at Christian School Accused of Sex With Student, Buying Him Gun
A teacher at a Wisconsin Christian school is accused of having sex with a middle school student and then purchasing him a gun, CBS 58 reports. An investigation into the teacher, 34-year-old Tyesha Bolden, started on July 25, when the mother of an eighth-grade student at Pilgrim Lutheran School reported to police that her son …
Murder
August 19, 2023
Serial Killer Baby Nurse Lucy Letby May Have Murdered To Get Doctor’s Attention
A British nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others may have been motivated to commit the serial killings because she wanted the attention of a doctor in the pediatric ward, the Guardian reports. This week, 33-year-old Lucy Letby was found guilty in connection with the attacks at the Countess of …
Murder
August 19, 2023
Teen Arrested In Murder of 11-Year-Old Maria Gonzalez
A suspect in the horrific rape and murder of a Texas 11-year-old has been arrested, ABC13 reports. On Saturday, authorities announced that Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez was detained in Shreveport, Louisiana. Police one day earlier had named 18-year-old Garcia-Rodriguez as a person of interest in the death of Maria Gonzalez, whose body was found last weekend …
Murder
August 19, 2023
Kouri Richins: Utah Mom Accused of Fatally Poisoning Husband and Then Writing Children’s Book About Grief Will Not Face Death Penalty
A Utah woman charged with murder for allegedly poisoning her spouse and then writing a children’s book about grief will not face the death penalty if convicted, KUTV reports. Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing husband Eric Richins, 39, by covertly adding fentanyl into a Moscow mule cocktail she made for him more than …
Murder
August 17, 2023
Killer Dad Chris Watts, Who Murdered Daughters and Pregnant Wife, is Now Writing to Female Pen Pals and Working as a Custodian in Prison: Report
Family killer Chris Watts is spending his days inside a Wisconsin maximum-security prison writing to female pen pals and working as a custodian, the New York Post reports. He has also has allegedly continued to practice religion after he “found God” following the slayings. The 38-year-old pleaded guilty in 2018 to murdering his pregnant wife, …
Murder
August 17, 2023
Teen Convicted of Crashing Vehicle to Kill Boyfriend Allegedly Posted Comments on Obituary
An Ohio teenager convicted of murdering her boyfriend and another man by deliberately crashing her vehicle into a building allegedly posted tributes to the victims following the wreck, according to the New York Post. Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty Monday of murder, aggravated vehicular homicide and multiple other charges in connection with the deaths …
August 17, 2023
Arizona Governor Requests Extradition For Cult Mom Lori Vallow
Murder
August 15, 2023
Florida Man Arrested for Helping Plot Murder of His Son’s Mother Says He Only Wanted to ‘Prank’ Victim with Feces on Porch
A Florida man has been arrested following the murder of his young son’s mother, whose body was found shot multiple times in the back of her own car last month, Fox 13 reports. Phillip Stapleton, 32, is charged with principal to murder in the first-degree and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with the …
Politics and Crime
August 15, 2023
Former Publicist for Kanye West, R. Kelly Among Co-Defendants in Georgia Trump Indictment
A former publicist for Kanye West and R. Kelly is among the co-defendants indicted Monday night by Georgia prosecutors in connection with Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trevian C. Kutti was recorded on video pressuring a Georgia election worker to falsely confess to police that she tampered with ballots and committed …