Florida prosecutors have dropped charges against a family of four accused of abusing their nine adopted and foster children after determining that the family was just doing to best it could under difficult circumstances. Brian Griffeth, 47, Jill Griffeth, 41, …
An Indiana father charged with murder in the death of his 6-year-old son has pleaded guilty to the charge. Franklin Elmore Jr., 29, entered the guilty plea earlier this month and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 25, WNDU …
A Texas man is charged with murder in the death of his roommate, who was burned alive in a RV fire in Amarillo last week. James (Jaime) Sosa was found dead on October 27 after firefighters extinguished the blaze in …
A New England nurse pleaded not guilty last week to replacing a hospice patient’s oxycodone with a household cleaner. Lori Robertson worked at a long-term care facility in Amesbury, Massachusetts, Boston.com reported. Court documents say she was charged in federal …
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A body discovered in a vehicle on Monday was identified as a Massachusetts woman who went missing days earlier. The Worcester Telegram reported that Joanna Brown, 30, was found dead in her vehicle parked near Green Hill Towers apartments. Brown …
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Two juveniles in Massachusetts were arrested after their infant daughter’s body was reportedly found buried on Monday. Columbus police said they initially got a report about a 15-year-old girl miscarrying seven days earlier. Police determined the girl gave birth at …
A 20-year-old Connecticut man who allegedly beat his mother to death before crying out for her made his first court appearance Monday. Sebastian Van Stockum appeared briefly at the Stamford Superior Court on murder charges, in connection with the death …
A man who allegedly raped children and spread HIV was captured by Tennessee authorities last week. The U.S. Marshals Service said the Memphis Safe Task Force conducted a raid on Thursday in Bethel Grove which resulted in Derrick Cole’s arrest. …
Police in Georgia have released additional information in connection with a 4-year-old child found deceased in her mother’s car last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police last week charged Jessica Motes, of Flowery Branch, with felony concealing a death, in …
An SUV was found on Tuesday which matches the description of a vehicle sought in the case of a Massachusetts woman who vanished on Friday. Joanne Brown, 30, told co-workers at Bean Counter Bakery Cafe that she had to leave …
A Mississippi teenager has been charged with murder in the beating death of his 73-year-old grandmother at her church. Ollie Hamilton was found last Wednesday inside Smith Chapel Holiness Church and pronounced dead at the scene, The Monroe Journal reported. …
The mother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard allegedly changed a rental car’s license plate to “avoid detection.” According to a Monday statement released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, Ashlee Buzzard rented a car in Lompoc, and took …
A Minnesota man was arrested in Iowa on Sunday, hours after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and gunned her down alongside her new boyfriend. The woman’s child called 911 just after 4 a.m. and said Randy Thomas Zimmerman, 45, …
Court martial proceedings at a Wyoming Air Force base this month revealed a cover-up of an airman’s shooting death earlier this summer. The fellow airman accused of killing Airman Brayden Lovan on July 20 was found dead in his dormitory …
Nain Bethany Contreras=Pena, 8, was last seen on August 3 in Hastings, Nebraska. She has not been seen since, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She may be in the company of her mother. According to …
The father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro was sentenced Monday to more than 30 year to life in prison after he pleaded guilty last month to killing the boy. Jake Haro, 32, pleaded guilty to one count each of murder, assault …
A Louisiana couple hhas been charged with murder in the death of their 2-month-old daughter who suffered internal bleeding when her lower spine was severed. Opelousas Police said they were called to a home on October 25 just after 8 …
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Police in Massachusetts are searching for a woman who has not been seen since Friday. Worcester police said Joanna Brown, 30, told co-workers at Bean Counter Bakery Cafe that she had to leave due to an undisclosed personal matter. Family …
A New Jersey woman is facing criminal charges for reportedly stabbing her 2-year-old brother on Saturday. Police officers who responded to a Brick Township residence found the injured toddler before taking his sister, Marlene Rodriguez, 20, into custody. According to …
A Georgia man is facing murder charges following a fatal attack in October, at a Walmart store near Savannah. Police arrested 48-year-old Delano Middleton on Thursday for an October 23 confrontation at a Walmart on Whitemarsh Island, around eight miles …
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A Utah man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing his biological child and stepchild. The 40-year-old man, from West Jordan, reportedly admitted to abusing one of his children to an FBI agent who was investigating unrelated sexual abuse claims. It …
A 19-year-old is facing charges after police say he killed three University of Arizona students Thursday night before fleeing the scene in Tucson. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Louis Artal is facing charges that include second-degree murder (three counts), …
A Missouri man has been charged with stalking, kidnapping, and child endangerment after he allegedly followed a woman home from a Target store earlier this month and grabbed her while she was holding her toddler son. Joshua Allen York, 30, …
Police in Georgia are searching for a missing woman who vanished in Monroe County last week while walking a dog. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), 31-year-old Victoria Chastain was last seen at around midnight Friday, walking a …
A former St. Louis morning news anchor has been arrested and charged in the stabbing death of her 80-year-old mother last week. Angelynn Mock, 47, claimed she stabbed Anita Avers multiple times “to save herself,” KAKE reported. Wichita police did …
A Nebraska Walmart employee helped a victim of domestic violence escape her abusive boyfriend, who she said had strangled her several times and taken her phone to prevent her from calling for help. The 47-year-old victim said she’d been trying …
An Oklahoma child sex offender has been captured 13 years after faking his own death. On Thursday, police arrested Anthony Lennon, 49, in Canton, New York, where he had been living under the assumed name of Justin Philips. Lennon had …
Police in New Mexico have apprehended an Albuquerque man suspected of murdering and partially dismembering his mother. Police booked Leroy Vallejos, 49, into the Metro Detention Center Wednesday. Vallejos allegedly confessed to strangling his mother, Ernestina Lucero, 69, approximately three …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Royal Caribbean cruise line after an intoxicated New York mother fell overboard into the sea. On Tuesday, Aronfeld Trial Lawyers announced they filed a lawsuit on behalf of 66-year-old Dulcie White’s …
UPDATE The victim of a “domestic related” shooting in Georgia last week has been identified as 21-year-old Elaijia Whitley. The shooter has been identified as her ex, 23-year-old Caprice Hudson, who took his own life in Columbia County after a …
A South Carolina death row inmate who burned his victim’s eyes and wrote a message in the victim’s blood has chosen to die by firing squad. Atlanta’s 11 Alive News reported that on Friday, Stephen Bryant, 44, opted for execution …
Police in North Carolina arrested the mother of twin teens three weeks after finding one of the children dead from possible neglect at a High Point home. On Thursday, High Point police arrested Kymberli Bowden, 44. Bowden’s 13-year-old daughter was …
A beautiful and brilliant medical doctor, Dr. Teresa Sievers, takes her family on a vacation trip to visit extended relatives with her husband and her two little girls. Teresa comes home early, leaving family behind in Connecticut so she can …
A Florida woman has been charged with false imprisonment of a young child and burglary after she allegedly tried to kidnap a 5-year-old boy from his grandmother’s vehicle. An immigration hold was also placed on Ivanna Nobile, 38, Broward County …
A 21-year-old Minnesota man reportedly admitted raping a 51-year-old woman on a Vadnais Heights street earlier this week, telling detectives he did so because “F*** it, since I’m a virgin.” Tristen Alan Leritz is charged with criminal sexual conduct in …
Texas officials have ruled the recent deaths of four people found in a city’s bayous as undetermined. The five people, including University of Houston student Jade McKissic, 20, were all discovered deceased in Houston bayous in September. Harris County Institute …
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after a missing Louisiana girl was found hidden in a box in the basement of a Pittsburgh home. A New Orleans man has also been arrested and charged in the case. The 13-year-old girl …
Four years after the disappearance of 5-year-old Michael Vaughan, police in Idaho have charged his former neighbor with murder and related charges. According to the Payette County Prosecutor’s Office, police charged Stacey Wondra Friday, with the disappearance and murder of …
A 2-year-old Missouri boy who died Monday had reportedly been strangled and sexually assaulted. Nicco Cotton, 21, turned himself in on Thursday, days after Bre’Yon Wells was hospitalized in St. Louis for asphyxial and abdominal injuries, in addition to injuries …
The mother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard was removed from her Vandenberg Village home Thursday, as law enforcement carried out additional search warrants. In a Thursday afternoon press statement, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office stated that detectives and …
The father of an Oregon toddler found dead in the Siletz River after an 11-day search earlier this year has been charged with a misdemeanor neglect charge. Court documents say that Aaron Paulsen had “custody or control of Dane Paulsen, …
The parents and grandmother of a 7-year-old boy were arrested this week after the child was found dead inside a freezer in the family’s apartment. Police said they went to the Lynwood, California, apartment Tuesday night after they were called …
An active duty US Marine was arrested after he flew from North Carolina to Chicago to kidnap and sexually assault a 12-year-old girl. William Richard Roy, 24, was arrested on Sunday in Durham after his arrival there by bus with …
A Maine man who shot and killed his parents, their family dog, and another couple was found dead Tuesday in his prison cell in Massachusetts where he was serving a life sentence for the murders. After killing Cynthia and David …
