Violent Crime

‘I liked it’: Jacob Sullivan taunts nurse about brutal rape and murder of Grace Packer, calling teen girl ‘the worst thing that happened to our family’

 Grace Packer parents
Family Crime

The man who admitted to the brutal, rape, and torture of his girlfriend’s daughter reportedly taunted a hospital staffer with cryptic references to the crime as he was recovering from a failed suicide attempt. Jacob Sullivan is expected to be sentenced in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for the 2016 rape and murder of 14-year-old Grace Packer …

Boyfriend beats girlfriend’s toddler son to death 2 DAYS after DCF visits home and finds the boy ‘safe’: Report
Child Abuse
March 21, 2019

Boyfriend beats girlfriend’s toddler son to death 2 DAYS after DCF visits home and finds the boy ‘safe’: Report

An Illinois couple is facing criminal charges for the beating death of the woman’s 2-year-old son—which reportedly occurred two days after a caseworker visited the home amid neglect and abuse allegations. According to the Chicago Tribune, the contracted Illinois Department of Children and Family Services caseworker found that Ja’hir Gibbons and his 5-year-old brother were safe …

Tara Grinstead murder accomplice Bo Dukes GUILTY on all charges
Murder
March 21, 2019

Tara Grinstead murder accomplice Bo Dukes GUILTY on all charges

A jury at the trial for Bo Dukes, the Georgia man who helped conceal the murder of teacher and beauty queen Tara Grinstead, took less than an hour to deliberate before handing down a guilty verdict on Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Dukes was found guilty of hindering the apprehension of a criminal, concealing …

JetBlue pilots drugged, raped crew members — and airline ignored report, lawsuit claims
Sex Crimes
March 21, 2019

JetBlue pilots drugged, raped crew members — and airline ignored report, lawsuit claims

Two JetBlue pilots are accused of drugging and raping female airline workers during a layover in San Juan, according to a new lawsuit. The New York Post obtained court documents showing that three women are suing JetBlue after two pilots with the airline, Eric Johnson and Dan Watson, allegedly drugged all three women before Johnson raped …

Grace Packer parents
Family Crime
March 21, 2019

Killer mom says she planned to keep daughter Grace Packer alive as sex slave ‘for years’ so boyfriend could rape her anytime he wanted

The mother who pleaded guilty a rape-murder plot that killed her 14-year-old adopted daughter testified in court Wednesday that the plan had not been to kill Grace Packer right away — but to keep her imprisoned, essentially as a sex slave, so that her boyfriend could repeatedly rape the girl. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sara …

Child of YouTube creator accused of abuse, torture seen running naked through the neighborhood: Police
Celebrity Justice
March 21, 2019

Child of YouTube creator accused of abuse, torture seen running naked through the neighborhood: Police

The creator of a popular YouTube channel is facing numerous charges after her biological daughter alerted authorities about alleged abuse in her home. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Machelle Hackney, the creator of the “Fantastic Adventures” YouTube channel, was arrested on charges of abuse and false imprisonment following allegations that she confined, starved, and tortured seven …

Family Crime
March 20, 2019

Evil mom who watched her daughter’s rape and murder said teen girl was a ‘non-entity,’ was ‘betrayed’ by killer boyfriend’s confession

The mother of a 14-year-old girl who was brutally raped, tortured, and killed at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend testified against the confessed murderer at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jacob Sullivan’s sentencing hearing is ongoing this week in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In early 2017, Sullivan confessed to raping and …

Army vet bit off inmate’s face before decapitating mom with teeth & butter knife: Lawsuit
Prison
March 20, 2019

Army vet bit off inmate’s face before decapitating mom with teeth & butter knife: Lawsuit

A Mississippi Army veteran who allegedly decapitated his mother last summer with a butter knife, his teeth, and hands had bitten off part of an inmate’s face three years earlier, according to a lawsuit filed by the inmate. The Mississippi Clarion Ledger reported that Jaron Stubbs claimed he sustained the facial injuries in June 2015 while jailed …

Grace Packer parents
Family Crime
March 20, 2019

Murdered teen Grace Packer begged ‘mom’ for help, but Sara Packer ‘got off’ on watching boyfriend rape her daughter: Confession

The man who admitted to brutally raping and killing 14-year-old Grace Packer, his girlfriend’s adopted daughter, is awaiting his fate, and jurors at his sentencing hearing heard the confession he gave investigators in January 2017 as he was recovering from a suicide attempt. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Packer was raped, drugged, and left for dead …

Psychiatrist found beaten to death in trunk of car parked in remote desert: Police
Homicide
March 18, 2019

Psychiatrist found beaten to death in trunk of car parked in remote desert: Police

Authorities are investigating the apparent murder of a California psychiatrist was found beaten to death in the trunk of his car parked in Nevada earlier this month. The Clark County coroner’s office announced last week that the death of Thomas Burchard, 71, was a homicide. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Burchard was found March 7  inside …