Police in the Dominican Republic are reportedly questioning the claims made by an American tourist that she was brutally attacked by a man in a hotel worker uniform during a January vacation to the Dominican Republic. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Tammy Lawrence-Daley of Delaware said she was assaulted at the Majestic Elegance resort in Punta …
Authorities in Canada say a man has been charged with a range of new criminal offenses related to human trafficking months after he was arrested on suspicion of tattooing his nickname on a woman’s body. According to CTV News, 23-year-old Simon Ho-On was initially arrested in January after allegedly tattooing “Sosa” onto an unconscious woman’s …
Authorities in Utah have released the 911 call placed from the home of Elizabeth Shelley on Saturday morning, when her mother woke to find the 5-year-old girl missing; and the door of their Logan home left wide open. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Elizabeth Shelley vanished from her home sometime in the early hours of Saturday …
A suspected jihadist reportedly confessed to decapitating one of two young Scandinavian tourists who were found murdered in a cave in Morocco last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, two student tourists — 28-year-old Maren Ueland, from Norway, and 24-year-old Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, from Denmark, were found dead in the High Atlas mountain range in Morocco …
Authorities in Pennsylvania are investigating after a woman’s body was reportedly found stuffed in a garbage bin Wednesday morning. While Philadelphia police haven’t publicly released the name of the decedent, relatives who spoke with KYW identified the woman as Kioma Diehl, 36. The body, which was reportedly discovered by a Republic Trash Services employee, was …
The grandfather of the man accused of killing 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley says that the suspect has a troubled past and may have wanted to hurt his family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Alex Whipple was charged on Wednesday with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection to the death of his niece Elizabeth, just hours before …
Authorities in Florida say a woman’s effort to get a free order of Burger King fries escalated to violence at a fast food franchise in Miami Dade County. According to Fox News, the incident occurred last month when 42-year-old Natasha Bagley and her girlfriend, 27-year-old Genesis Peguero, entered the restaurant in the 18000 block of …
The girlfriend of one of the 14 suspected gang members facing criminal charges for last year’s stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy testified in a New York court that her boyfriend had pointed himself out in surveillance footage which showed the teen’s murder. WPIX reports that on Tuesday, Yudelvi Mena, 21, said in court that …
A recording of a 911 call made by a woman who found her husband fatally shot in their Upper East Side home was played in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday, as her son is tried on murder charges. The New York Daily News reports that Shelley Gilbert’s chilling 911 call — made in January 2015, …
The suspect in the disappearance of 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley has been charged with her murder. Logan City Police Chief Gary Jensen announced the new charges in a press conference Tuesday, live-streamed by KUTV. Alex Whipple is now facing charges of murder, kidnapping, abuse or desecration of a human body, and obstruction of justice, the police …
Authorities in Logan, Utah, gave a press conference on Tuesday to share the latest on the search for missing Logan 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley. Logan Police Chief Gary Jensen told reporters that police have DNA evidence connecting Alex Whipple, Elizabeth’s 21-year-old uncle, to the missing girl, adding that it was possible the two were together for …
Authorities in Virginia say one person is dead and nine others injured in a mass shooting at a residential party late Saturday evening. According to Fox News, the gunfire began shortly before 10 p.m. at a location in the Holly Cove neighborhood of Chesapeake. A spokesperson for the Chesapeake Police Department provided scant initial details …
