Violent Crime

WATCH LIVE: Day 2 of Derek Chauvin murder trial; MMA fighter who witnessed George Floyd’s death will testify [Livestream]
Murder

Tuesday marks the second day of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, after a dramatic first day of opening statements from the prosecution and the former Minneapolis police officer’s defense attorneys. Chauvin is facing third-degree murder, second-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of George Floyd, the unarmed man who died in May 2020 …

Murder
March 29, 2021

WATCH LIVE: Opening statements in Derek Chauvin murder trial

Attorneys will give their opening statements to jurors Monday in the murder trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for the death of the unarmed man, who died in May 2020 after Chauvin knelt on his neck for several …

Murder
March 27, 2021

10 shot, 2 dead in Virginia Beach oceanfront mass shooting; multiple crime scenes

A suspect or suspects opened fire in a popular tourist area in Virginia Beach on Friday night. Two victims have been confirmed dead, and several others are hospitalized with injuries. As CNN reports, one man and one woman died after they were shot on Friday night. Police appear to have identified up to three crime …

Human remains found with driver’s license of woman missing since 2019
Juveniles
March 26, 2021

Human remains found with driver’s license of woman missing since 2019

Investigators may have found the body of a Missouri woman who vanished in 2019, and whose husband was previously charged with her presumed murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Menngqi Ji Elledge’s husband Joseph Elledge reported her missing from her Columbia home in October 2019. The 28-year-old woman had a toddler daughter at the time of …

Family Crime
March 25, 2021

Idaho nurse who cleaned up Kelsey Berreth murder scene walks free

The woman who helped convicted killer Patrick Frazee cover up the murder of his fiancée Kelsey Berreth is out of prison.’ Citing Colorado Department of Corrections records, Fox 31 News reports that Krystal Kenney has been released on parole, after she was re-sentenced in a court decision that cut her initial sentence in half, and …

Family Crime
March 24, 2021

Police investigate suspicious ‘drowning’ death of 8-year-old boy

Authorities in Texas are investigating the suspicious death of an 8-year-old boy who may have drowned in a bathtub at a Houston hotel. According to KPRC, police responded to a reported drowning Tuesday night at the  Quality Inn & Suites in the Westchase district of Houston. The boy’s parents reportedly told police that he drowned …

Juveniles
March 23, 2021

James Hutchinson’s mother, suspected killer, hog tied the boy and his siblings, stuffed cloth in their mouths before attempting to abandon the children

The defendants accused of killing 6-year-old James Hutchinson allegedly hog-tied the boy and his two half-siblings, stuffing cloth in their mouths, in the days leading up to the killing. According to court documents obtained by the Journal-News, 29-year-old Brittany Gosney and her boyfriend James Hamilton put the three children a “hog tie” position, tying or …

Murder
March 22, 2021

Mother accused of killing 6-year-old James Hutchinson will be evaluated for sanity, competency

An Ohio judge has agreed that a defendant in a juvenile murder case will be evaluated for competency before the case proceeds to trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Britney Gosney pleaded not guilty to 16 charges, including murder, connected to the presumed death of her 6-year-old son James Hutchinson late last month. Gosney, 29, reportedly …