6-Year-Old Wounded, Mother Dead in North Carolina Shooting
Murder-Suicide
Two other adults were wounded, and the gunman killed himself.
Developing
August 11, 2024
3-Month-Old Indiana Baby Found Dead Following Silver Alert, Investigation Underway
A Silver Alert issued for an Indiana infant has been canceled after the child was found deceased. Three-month-old Jacob Moneus was reported missing Saturday around noon in Lafayette, prompting a Silver Alert due to the “extreme danger he was believed …
Drunk Drivers
August 11, 2024
‘I Don’t Like to Think About It’: Drunk Driver Who Killed Officer, 3 Others Breaks Silence After Fatal Crash
The drunk driver who allegedly killed four people, including an off-duty NYPD officer, after crashing into a nail salon while intoxicated, has reportedly shown little remorse for his actions. In an interview with the New York Post, 64-year-old Steven Schwally …
Child Abuse
August 11, 2024
Texas Mother Learns Fate After Poisoning 4-Year-Old with Benadryl to ‘Fake a Seizure Disorder’
A Texa mother was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison for poisoning her daughter. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO), Jesika Lynn Jones, 32, will serve time on convictions that include injury to a child and danger to a …
Child Abuse
August 10, 2024
Viral Video Shows Georgia Man Striking 3-Year-Old Child in Grocery Store Parking Lot
A viral video showing a Georgia man apparently hitting a toddler in a Lilburn grocery store parking lot led to the man’s arrest on child cruelty charges. Gwinnett County Police said they were notified about the video on Saturday, after …
Child Abuse
August 10, 2024
Florida Deputy, Wife Arrested on Child Abuse Charges
A Florida deputy sheriff and his wife were arrested last month after their son told a pastor at a church that they had been abusing him for years and that he didn’t want to go home. Christopher Turney, 40, was …
Child death
August 10, 2024
Baby Dies After Being Left in Wet Blanket Next to 61-Degree Motel Air Conditioner
Three people were arrested earlier this week after a 3 1/2-month-old baby was found dead at a Georgia motel. Richmond County officials were called to Wellstar MCG Health in Augusta, where the baby — identified as Josiah Noel Seright — …
Serial Killers
August 10, 2024
Ex-Marine Electrician Awaiting Trial for Murder in North Carolina Charged With Cold Case Serial Killings in California
California investigators announced Friday they had charged a former US Marine electrician with the murders of three women in Ventura County in 1977. Warren Luther Alexander, 73, was already in jail in North Carolina, where he was awaiting trial for …
Murder
August 10, 2024
Ex-College Student Stabs Mom, Jumps From Parking Garage
A former student at El Camino College in California was found dead after apparently jumping from the fifth Floor of a parking garage at the school — and this after he apparently tried to stab his mother to death. Torrence …
Suicide
August 10, 2024
Cause of Death Revealed for Woman Found Dead in O’Hare Airport Baggage Handling Area
The Cook County Medical Examiner said Friday that a woman found dead entangled in baggage handling machinery at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport died by suicide. Virginia Vinton, 57, was found dead before 8 a.m. Thursday in the baggage area of …
Podcast
August 10, 2024
Fake Heiress Anna Delvey in the Headlines Again
CRIME Stories with Nancy Grace
August 10, 2024
Kentucky Man Out on Bond for Sex Crime Arrested Again on Rape and Kidnapping Charges Involving Minor
A Kentucky man allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl while out on bond for a 2022 sexual abuse case. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, William Young, 25, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree rape and kidnapping of a minor. The …
Shooting
August 10, 2024
Developing: 4-Year-Old Arkansas Girl Found Shot Dead, Police Seek Tips
A fatal shooting of a 4-year-old Arkansas girl Friday morning is under investigation. Officers with the North Little Rock Police Department (NLRPD) arrived just before 8:30 a.m., in the 200 block of Water Street in North Little Rock, following multiple …
Court
August 9, 2024
Murder, Home Invasion Charges Dismissed for Michigan Man Accused of Killing Detroit Synagogue Leader Samantha Woll
A Detroit judge has dismissed murder and home invasion charges against the man accused of killing Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll last year. Michael Jackson-Bolanos was convicted last month of lying to police about the case, but acquitted on a …
Murder
August 9, 2024
6-Year-Old Boy Was Beaten, Shot With BB Gun, Stapled to Floor Before His Death
A Michigan prosecutor on Friday provided horrific details of the abuse heaped upon a 6-year-old boy who was found dead in his home last week. Giovanni “Chulo” Jennings’ mother, Elaina Jennings, called 911 on July 30 and reported her son …
Court
August 9, 2024
Karen Read: Attorneys Spar Over Request to Drop Charges, Contact Jurors
Attorneys for Karen Read argued Friday for dismissal of murder and leaving the scene of an accident charges, asking the judge in the case to conduct a special hearing to confirm what they believe to be true — that jurors …
Politics and Crime
August 9, 2024
SEE IT: New Video Shows Cop Confronting Trump Gunman on Roof Moments Before Assassination Attempt
Death investigation
August 9, 2024
Horror at Airport After Dead Woman is Found ‘Entangled’ in Baggage Conveyor Belt
A North Carolina woman died at an Illinois airport on Thursday after she became trapped in a baggage conveyor belt, officials said. Chicago police reportedly responded to O’Hare International Airport’s baggage area after Virginia Vinton, 57, got pinned in machinery …
Missing
August 9, 2024
URGENT MISSING: Witness in Criminal Case Vanishes Days Before Trial
Police in Louisiana are searching for a missing woman who is a witness in a case that was set to go to trial next week. According to WBRZ, Jovan Johnson, 40, was last seen at her job in LaPlace on …
Hot Car
August 9, 2024
Gamer Dad Charged With First-Degree Murder in Daughter’s Hot Car Death
An Arizona man entered a not guilty plea on Thursday in connection with last month’s hot-car death of his 2-year-old daughter. Christopher Scholtes remains out of custody despite being charged with first-degree murder and child abuse for his daughter’s July …
Court
August 9, 2024
Ohio Man Gets Life with Possibility of Parole in Brutal Stabbing Death of Ex-Girlfriend
An Ohio man who pleaded guilty to breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and stabbing her more than 30 times was sentenced this week to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 31 years. Chance Donohoe, 27, got a …
Murder
August 9, 2024
Minnesota Woman Stabs Ex-Boyfriend to Death, Tells Cops She’d ‘Kill Him Again’
A 47-year-old Minnesota woman has been charged with stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death over the weekend, telling police she “would kill him again” while on her way to jail. The Moorhead Police Department said they responded to a home on …
Court
August 9, 2024
Colorado Mom Who Strangled Infant in Throes of Postpartum Depression Sentenced After Guilty Plea
A Colorado mother who strangled her 2-month-old son while suffering from postpartum psychosis was sentenced this week to 40 years in prison. Anna Louise Englund reached a deal with Boulder County prosecutors to plead guilty to second degree murder, according …
Murder
August 8, 2024
4-Year-Old Alabama Girl’s Death Ruled Homicide; She Had Been Injured in Shooting & Car Crash That Killed Her Father
Alabama authorities have ruled the death of a 4-year-old girl, critically injured two years ago in a shooting that killed her father and injured her infant brother, was a homicide. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office made the ruling this week, …
Homicide
August 8, 2024
Mom of 3 Sent Peculiar Texts to Family Before She Was Found Dead in Parking Lot
A Georgia woman who disappeared late last month was found dead in a vehicle on Sunday in what authorities are investigating as a homicide. WSB-TV reported that Shakema Toran, 36, was last seen at her Augusta home on July 31. …
Child death
August 8, 2024
Dad Claims 17-Month-Old Son Climbed 2 Flights of Stairs, Started Water in Tub, and Drowned
A 47-year-old Georgia man has been charged with murder after a 17-month-old child drowned in a bathtub while he was supposedly caring for the child. Kenton Hamilton told police that the toddler fell asleep on his chest while he slept …
Child Abuse
August 8, 2024
Mom Pleads Guilty in 5-Year-Old Son’s Death, Sentenced to 15 Years
A mother who pleaded guilty in Texas in the death of her 5-year-old son three years ago was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison. Nickolle Aguillar agreed to plead guilty to a charge of serious bodily injury to a …
Court
August 8, 2024
Defendant in Crystal Rogers Murder Case Abruptly Fires Lawyer
One of three men charged in connection with the disappearance and presumed murder of a Kentucky mom in 2015 fired his attorney at a hearing on Thursday, reportedly because he found out the attorney met with a co-defendant’s attorneys behind …
Homicide
August 8, 2024
2 Persons of Interest ID’d After Severed Hands Are Found in Bleach-Filled Crockpot
New York authorities reportedly identified two persons of interest after a body was found mutilated in a shopping cart on Monday. The handless and toothless body was discovered burning in a shopping cart under a bridge in Yonkers. The victim …
Murder
August 8, 2024
Arrest Made in Murder of Prominent Detroit Neurosurgeon Devon Hoover
A man accused in a road rage murder earlier this year has now been charged in the shooting death of prominent Detroit neurosurgeon Devon Hoover in April 2023. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Wednesday that Desmond Burks, 34, shot …
Murder
August 8, 2024
Former Paramedic, Accused of Killing Wife With Eyedrops, Now Charged Trying to Implicate In-Laws
Prosecutors say Joshua Hunsucker staged a kidnapping and accused his father-in-law and poisoned his own 10-year-old daughter.
Murder
August 8, 2024
Missouri Man, Girlfriend Strap His Ex to Wheelchair Before Executing Her and Burying Her in Shallow Grave
A Missouri man and his girlfriend have been charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and burying her body in a shallow grave in Washington County. Police say Tony Charboneau, 36, beat and stomped 43-year-old Amy Hogue on June 20 then strapped …
Child death
August 7, 2024
Parents Charged in Death of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Died From Improperly Treated Diabetes
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the parents of a 12-year-old Indiana girl who died from complications of diabetes on July 4. Ashley and Brent Bredhold are charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, WFIE reports. …
August 7, 2024
Grandmother, Boyfriend Charged With Negligent Homicide 15 Months After Toddler’s Overdose Death
A New York state grandmother and her boyfriend have been indicted in the death of a toddler who ingested fentanyl more than a year ago in Syracuse. Onandaga County Assistant District Attorney Jarrett Wooffork told WSTM that Natasha Gregory, who …
Child sex crimes
August 7, 2024
Convicted Sex Offender Arrested for Driving Around, Exposing Himself to Girls He Sees
A 59-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested last month after he was apparently driving around to multiple communities outside Boston exposing himself to girls he spotted walking in the area. Paul St. Martin was already a convicted sex offender, according to …
Death investigation
August 7, 2024
‘Voluntarily Missing’ Woman Is Found Dead in Ocean Weeks After Disappearance
A body discovered in the ocean on Monday has been identified as a California woman who vanished late last month. Tulare police said the U.S. Coast Guard was conducting a routine patrol and found Tiffany McClure, 47, off the coast …
Death investigation
August 7, 2024
‘Full-Term’ Infant Found Dead at Recycling Center
An investigation is underway in South Dakota after a deceased infant was discovered at a recycling plant on Tuesday. Sioux Falls police told the Argus Leader that staff at Millennium Recycling found the dead baby at their facility. Right now, …
Cold Cases
August 7, 2024
BREAKING: Arrest Made 25 Years After Mom Is Found Dismembered in Bags
An arrest has been made in the 1999 slaying of a Georgia woman whose dismembered remains were discovered months after her reported disappearance. Sources told WSB-TV that Christopher Wolfenbarger was jailed Wednesday for murdering his wife, Melissa Wolfenbarger. Atlanta police …
August 7, 2024
Colorado Man Kills Teen He Met on Snapchat in Chokehold: Cops
A Colorado man has been charged with the murder of a woman he met on a social media platform. Jorge Meza-Alarcon Jr., 26, has been charged with first degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Anabelle Floren-Wyant, who was found …
Murder
August 7, 2024
Connecticut Man Charged With Stabbing Elderly Father to Death, Leaving Organs Outside Body
A 31-year-old Connecticut man appeared in court Monday charged with the gruesome stabbing death of his elderly father over the weekend. Steven James Uricchio was ordered held on a $1.5 million bond and did not enter a plea during the …
Murder
August 7, 2024
Indiana Man Charged With Killing Toddler He Said was ‘Aggressive’ During Bath
A 25-year-old Indiana man blames his girlfriend’s 21-month-old daughter for being “aggressive” during a bath, forcing him to shake her and causing a brain bleed that ultimately killed the girl. Jesse A. Sartin was taken into custody on Friday on …
Child sex crimes
August 6, 2024
Mississippi Cop Charged With Statutory Rape of 12-Year-Old Girl
A Mississippi police lieutenant has been charged with the statutory rape of a 12-year-old girl in Kemper County. Meridian Police Lt. Kevin Michael Boyd surrendered on Tuesday, the Kemper County Sheriff’s Department said, according to a statement provided to WTOK …
Murder
August 6, 2024
Informant Told Police of Wisconsin Man’s Alleged Plan to Kill and Dismember Sade Robinson: Docs
Recently unsealed search warrants say that a Wisconsin man accused of killing and dismembering a woman he met for a first date told a friend what he planned to do and even showed that friend the room in his basement …
Weird Crime
August 6, 2024
Texas Man Booby-Traps Car Wash Toilets With Fireworks, Injures 3
A Texas man has been arrested and charged with hiding explosives under toilet seats at Bexar County car washes that went off and injured three people, one of them a child. Police said that Paul Moses Alden booby-trapped toilet seats …
Murder
August 6, 2024
Tennessee Teen’s Accused Killer Will Be Tried in Adult Court
The 17-year-old boy accused early last month in the death of a 17-year-old girl in Tennessee will be tried as an adult. Fernando Perales Mejia was arrested on July 6 and charged with the murder of Trinity Bostic, WSMV reported. …
Missing
August 6, 2024
UPDATE: Autistic 5-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in Canal Near Home
Idaho authorities announced on Tuesday that a 5-year-old boy who disappeared on Monday has been found dead. Matthew Glynn was found dead a half-mile from his Boise home where he vanished. Details are scarce, but authorities do not suspect foul …
Hot car deaths
August 6, 2024
Houston Mom Charged With Murder in Infant’s Hot Car Death A Year Ago
A Texas mother has been charged with murder after she reportedly left her 11-week-old son in a parked car last year. Gabriela Elyzabeth Deras has been charged with murder after an autopsy called the baby boy’s death a homicide, according …