Violent Crime

Young sisters among 5 family members found dead of suspected murder by ‘witch doctor’ poisoning; 1-year-old girl found miraculously alive, lying on dead grandfather’s chest: Report

 Young sisters among 5 family members found dead of suspected murder by ‘witch doctor’ poisoning; 1-year-old girl found miraculously alive, lying on dead grandfather’s chest: Report
Murder

A 12-month-old baby miraculously survived in the wilderness after five family members, including two children, died of a suspected homicide. According to Fox News, police in Fiji have arrested a so-called “witch doctor” for the suspected murders of the family members found dead of apparent homicide in the Nasouri Highlands. Local media reports have identified …

‘This has not been an accident’: Family of mom shot dead on road trip with 2 children offers reward for information about mysterious murder
Juveniles
September 16, 2019

‘This has not been an accident’: Family of mom shot dead on road trip with 2 children offers reward for information about mysterious murder

The family of a South Dakota mother who was gunned down in front of her children has offered a reward for information in the mysterious murder case. The Associated Press reports that the family of Melissa Peskey is offering a $10,000 reward for information about her unsolved murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Peskey, 40, was …

Brother of Olympic gymnast Simone Biles pleads not guilty to murder charges
Murder
September 13, 2019

Brother of Olympic gymnast Simone Biles pleads not guilty to murder charges

The brother of Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a triple homicide. Cleveland.com reports that Tevin Biles-Thomas appeared for his arraignment via video from the Cuyahoga County Jail on Friday. He pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including murder and involuntary manslaughter, stemming from a fatal shooting at …

Married fugitive murder suspects CAPTURED after weeks on the run; white supremacist group may have been harboring them: Report
Most Wanted
September 12, 2019

Married fugitive murder suspects CAPTURED after weeks on the run; white supremacist group may have been harboring them: Report

Authorities have located the married fugitives who escaped a prison van after overpowering security guards last month. ABC News reports that Blane Barksdale and his wife Susan Barksdale were apprehended in Arizona on Wednesday evening, when they were taken into custody without incident. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Barksdales escaped custody after they hijacked a …

Truck driver beat girl walking to bus stop so badly that she needed a heart transplant
Violent Crime
September 11, 2019

Truck driver beat girl walking to bus stop so badly that she needed a heart transplant

A man in Texas was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for beating a 12-year-old girl last year as she walked to her bus stop. A Tarrant County jury found Terry Wayne King II, 36, guilty of assault causing bodily injury to a child and attempted aggravated kidnapping for the near-fatal April 2018 attack. …

Air traffic controller told feds she saw Jeffrey Epstein exiting private plane with girls as young as 11 the year before his jailhouse death: Docs
Juveniles
September 11, 2019

Air traffic controller told feds she saw Jeffrey Epstein exiting private plane with girls as young as 11 the year before his jailhouse death: Docs

Newly released documents reveal more details about the federal sex trafficking investigation that came to a halt when Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan jail cell last month. As first reported by the New York Post, the website Muckrock published investigative documents from the Department of Justice and US Marshals Service …