Violent Crime

Police bodycam footage shows scene at squalid home where mom allegedly stabbed 11-year-old daughter over 50 times before trying to burn the house down with children inside

 Police bodycam footage shows scene at squalid home where mom allegedly stabbed 11-year-old daughter over 50 times before trying to burn the house down with children inside
Family Crime

Authorities have released bodycam footage from the horrific scene they found after a mother allgedly stabbed her young daughter multiple times. 39-year-old Taheerah Ahmad is accused of tying up two of her daughters, aged 11 and 9, before stabbing the 11-year-old “50 to 70 times” and hitting her over the head with a pick-axe May …

Inmate who received letter ID’ing Rachael DelTondo’s alleged killer takes plea deal, will cooperate with murder investigation
Murder
July 10, 2018

Inmate who received letter ID’ing Rachael DelTondo’s alleged killer takes plea deal, will cooperate with murder investigation

The inmate who received a letter claiming to know who killed Rachael DelTondo has accepted a plea deal in exchange for cooperation with the murder investigation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wayne Cordes, an inmate at the Beaver County Jail, received a letter days after DelTondo’s murder, written by a person who claimed to witness the …

Death row inmate requests epic last meal after failed execution appeal
Murder
July 9, 2018

Death row inmate requests epic last meal after failed execution appeal

A Georgia man set to die by lethal injection on Tuesday has made a lavish last meal request before he faces his death sentence for the murder of his sister-in-law. Keith Leroy Tharpe, 59, is set to be executed by lethal injection in Georgia on Tuesday, according to Fox News. The Georgia Department of Corrections …

WATCH LIVE: D.A. in Jessica Chambers murder case responds to accusations of coaching a witness in hearing
Murder
July 9, 2018

WATCH LIVE: D.A. in Jessica Chambers murder case responds to accusations of coaching a witness in hearing

A defense attorney representing the Mississippi man charged in the burning death of Jessica Chambers filed a motion accusing a district attorney of coercing a possible witness to provide false testimony in the 2017 trial that ended with a hung jury. LocalMemphis.com reports that Darla Palmer accused District Attorney John Champion of pressuring Jalen Asir Matthews Caudle …

Killer ‘dad’ with second family just a few miles away guns down two teenage children, shoots himself in ‘heinous’ murder-suicide: Report
Family Crime
July 8, 2018

Killer ‘dad’ with second family just a few miles away guns down two teenage children, shoots himself in ‘heinous’ murder-suicide: Report

An Australian man is accused of shooting his own two children to death and then turning the gun on himself, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Authorities say the victims, 13-year-old Jennifer Edwards and 15-year-old Jack Edwards, were gunned down by their 67-year-old father, John Edwards, in Sydney on Thursday. The kids had been at the …

Ex-fiance of mysteriously murdered woman photographed in T-shirt with bizarre messasge
Murder
July 5, 2018

Ex-fiance of mysteriously murdered woman photographed in T-shirt with bizarre messasge

A man who was questioned after his former bride-to-be was shot dead in her driveway appeared in an bizarre Instagram post that was interpreted by some to be disrespectful, at best. Rachael DelTondo was murdered in the driveway of her family home on Mother’s Day after returning from an outing for ice cream with friends. …

Missing 6-year-old girl found murdered near abandoned hotel
Juveniles
July 5, 2018

Missing 6-year-old girl found murdered near abandoned hotel

Police in Scotland announced the arrest of an unidentified teenage boy in connection with the murder of 6-year-old Alesha MacPhail, who went missing Monday and was found dead just over two hours later, The Guardian reports. The little girl was reported missing from the Isle of Bute, an island located in the Firth of Clyde …