Family of billionaire couple found hanging in mansion disputes murder-suicide theory
Family Crime
Toronto police confirmed on Sunday that the homicide unit is taking over the investigation.
Violent Crime
December 17, 2017
VIDEO: Passenger struck by train after viciously attack; manhunt underway for suspects
A New York City subway passenger was struck by a train after two men viciously attacked him in the Union Square station on early Saturday morning, the New York Daily News reports. The victim, a 41-year-old man, had been waiting for a Q train when he started arguing with the duo from across the tracks …
Animal Crimes
December 17, 2017
Woman mauled to death by pitbull had been getting death threats
Friends of a Virginia woman who authorities believe was mauled to death by her own dogs while out for a walk are raising doubts about that theory, telling the news media they suspect foul play, and that the victim had previously received death threats. According to the New York Post, the woman’s father began searching …
Family Crime
December 16, 2017
Masked intruder who killed woman after she wrote about her success on Facebook may have been her husband: Police
Another suspect had been previously arrested for Makeva Jenkins’ murder — and he’s still in jail without bond
Family Crime
December 15, 2017
‘Milkshake murderer’ gave daughter a laced drink to serve her wealthy banker husband before bludgeoning him to death — and now says she deserves to be set free
A woman serving a prison sentence for bludgeoning her husband to death after he drank a sedative-laced strawberry milkshake is demanding to know when she will be eligible for early release. The Daily News reports that American-born Nancy Kissel, 53, is 11 years into her sentence for murdering her husband, Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel, in …
Violent Crime
December 15, 2017
Walmart shooter who tried to kill cops flaunts ‘deplorable’ tombstone tattoo at sentencing hearing
A man who opened fire outside a Pennsylvania Walmart appeared in court with a tattoo of tombstones bearing his intended victims’ names before being sentenced to life on Thursday. WNEP reported that Scott Sargent, 33, will spend 179 to 358 years in prison for the October 2015 shooting which occurred in the parking lot of a Wilkes-Barre …
Family Crime
December 14, 2017
‘Baby Lollipops’: Florida ‘mom’ tortured little boy and left him to die with cigarette burns on his face because she was angry his rich drug-dealer dad died and left her poor
The little boy weighed only 18 pounds when he was found dead in a bushes wearing nothing but a T-shirt and a filthy diaper that had to be cut off
Violent Crime
December 13, 2017
Man cuts off girlfriend’s hands with an ax after confronting her about suspected affair: Investigators
A Russian man allegedly cut both of his wife’s hands off in an attack that resulted from his accusations that she was cheating on him. According to the New York Post, Dmitry and Mararita Grachyov have been married for five years and have two children together. Prior to the gruesome physical battery, officials believe he …
Murder
December 13, 2017
‘Just shoot me’: Young couple accused of murdering teacher in Hawaii vacation home, leaving her young daughter bound and gagged in next room, ask cops to end it all
“My life is over after today,” the female suspect reportedly told police as she begged them to kill her
Family Crime
December 13, 2017
Police identify siblings killed by father in murder-suicide, as friends admit seeing warning signs
The children who were killed in an apparent murder-suicide have been identified as more details emerge about their father, who appears to have shot himself after killing the children. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Rachel Dawson arrived to her West Richmond Hills, Texas, home on Saturday morning to find grisly scene: Her two children had been …
Violent Crime
December 13, 2017
Good Samaritan’s car stolen while trying to assist mom shot in the face at Nick Lachey’s bar
A bouncer at Lachey’s Bar, owned by 98 Degrees brothers, Nick and Drew Lachey, who assisted a fellow employee shot in the face just outside the bar, had his car stolen while trying to render aid. FOX19 Now reports that on early morning on Thanksgiving, Keith Anderson, of Westwood, was warming his car up in the …
Violent Crime
December 12, 2017
Man steps in to help stranger during a fight, gets thrown off bridge and falls to icy water 45 feet below: Cops
Authorities in Connecticut say a Monroe man survived a harrowing murder attempt when he was thrown off of a bridge. The 30-year-old victim reportedly plunged nearly five stories to the frigid water below the Derby-Shelton Bridge. Police were able to rescue him from the water and have arrested three suspects in connection with the crime. …