Little girl, 7, kidnapped from grandparents’ house and tossed off bridge
Family Crime
The suspect allegedly choked the girl before throwing her into a lake
Juveniles
August 28, 2017
Body of missing Fargo woman, 8 months pregnant, found wrapped in plastic in a river
The body of a missing pregnant woman has been found in North Dakota. KSTP reports that kayakers found the body of 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind wrapped in plastic in a river north of Fargo. The police department announced on its Facebook page that the body had been positively identified as Greywind on Sunday night. The police …
Violent Crime
August 27, 2017
Police: Monster man rapes and beats woman, threatens to light her on fire
A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly raped, beat and threatened to kill a woman, and in one instance told her he would light her on fire. Jorge Moreno, 34, faces a handful of felony charges in connection with the terrifying ordeal, including attempted murder, false imprisonment, sexual battery and battery, the Miami Herald …
Violent Crime
August 25, 2017
When a ‘Rockefeller’ almost got away with murder
Investigative journalist Aphrodite Jones takes on the case of a creepy ‘Rockefeller’ who killed a woman and kidnapped a child
Violent Crime
August 24, 2017
‘Why are you touching me?’: NYC police search for suspect following attempted rape of elderly woman in elevator
Police are searching for a man who allegedly tried to rape a 74-year-old woman as she rode in the elevator of her Bronx apartment, according to CBS New York. The incident allegedly occurred Friday night after the woman, later identified as Ana Ventura, and the suspect got in the same elevator. Surveillance footage caught the man appearing …
Child Abuse
August 23, 2017
Savannah Leckie, autistic teen found dead on mother’s property, suffered horrific abuse before presumed murder
When the desperate teen cut herself, her mother allegedly rubbed alcohol and salt on the wounds
Missing
August 23, 2017
‘They were up against the whole Aruban government’: Nancy Grace speaks out on Natalee Holloway death investigation, possible remains found [VIDEO]
CrimeOnline‘s Nancy Grace has weighed in on the latest development in the 12-year-old case of missing Natalee Holloway, who disappeared while on a graduation trip with friends in Aruba in 2005. Just ahead of the premiere of an Oxygen docuseries dedicated to her disappearance, Natalee’s father Dave Holloway and private investigator T.J. Ward announced that …
Violent Crime
August 23, 2017
Eviction Gone Wrong: Landlord allegedly breaks into rental home, kills tenant
A Florida man is behind bars on murder charges after he allegedly shot a tenant during an altercation over eviction proceedings. Miami Herald reports that Ryan Wilder, 32, of Winter Springs, served Kenneth Palicki, 47, eviction papers on August 18 at around 1:30 p.m. Palicki lived with his girlfriend, Colleen Lyons, 25, at 162 North Indies Drive in …
Missing
August 23, 2017
New video details plans to locate Natalee Holloway remains; Joran van der Sloot’s friend changes story
New clips from the Oxygen docuseries The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway shows the efforts of her father, a private investigator, and a tipster who befriended a friend of the prime suspect to uncover clues about Holloway’s presumed murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a man by the name of Gabriel met John Ludwick in Florida, and …
Murder
August 22, 2017
Roommate wakes to the sound of woman screaming, police find multiple human remains in plastic tubs filled with chemicals
A man and woman in Montana have been charged with homicide after their roommate filed a police report last week alleging that two people had been murdered in their Missoula home. When police reported to the residence to investigate on Friday, they found human remains in plastic tubs filled with chemicals, according to The Missoulian. Tiffanie …
Trials
August 21, 2017
Teen pleads guilty in Slender Man attack
“I believed that if I didn’t go through with it, Slender Man would come and attack and kill myself, my friends and my family.”
Violent Crime
August 21, 2017
Judge shot walking into Ohio courthouse
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A judge was shot and wounded Monday morning as he walked toward his county’s courthouse, and a suspect was killed after a probation officer returned fire, officials said. Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was shot near the courthouse in Steubenville, just across the Ohio River from West Virginia’s northern panhandle, …