10-Month-Old Amber Alert Baby Found Dead, Dad Arrested
Murder
The father was wanted for kidnapping the baby and killing the child’s mother.
Child Abuse
December 2, 2023
Parents Who Sued Coroner to Change Manner of Death Convicted of Murdering 8-Year-Old Son
Two Ohio parents convicted of murdering their 8-year-old son have been sentenced to decades in prison. John and Katherine Snyder, both 52 — who unsuccessfully sued the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office to change Adam Snyder’s manner of death from homicide …
Murder
December 2, 2023
New Hampshire Man Charged With Stabbing 70-Year-Old Mother to Death
A New Hampshire man has been charged with the murder of his mother, who was found dead at her home in Goffstown on Tuesday. Linda Tufts, 70, died from multiple stab wounds, police said, according to WBZ. Her son, 47-year-old …
Murder-Suicide
December 2, 2023
Husband Guns Down Wife, Childhood Friend, Drives 170 Miles to Kill Himself
The suspect in a Friday afternoon double murder in West Virginia killed himself Saturday morning as police closed in on him at an Ohio hotel. The Vienna, West Virginia, Police Department said family members found 45-year-old Thomas J. Platt of …
Murder
December 2, 2023
Florida Man Formally Charged With Murder of Estranged Wife, Found Shot Dead in His Storage Unit
Prosecutors on Friday formally filed murder charges against a man whose estranged wife was found dead last month in his storage unit. Shakeira Rucker, a 37-year-old mom of four, was last seen at a Polk County restaurant on November 11 …
Serial Killers
December 2, 2023
Possible LA Serial Killer ‘Preying on the Unhoused’: 3 Dead in Past Week
Los Angeles authorities believe a serial killer may be in their midst after three homeless men were gunned down recently in different parts of the city, KTLA-TV reports. On Friday, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said it appears one person is …
Unsolved
December 2, 2023
Woman, 24, Found Dead in Trash Compactor at Luxury Manhattan Condo
A woman’s body was found in a trash compactor at a luxury Manhattan condo Friday, prompting a large police presence and concern among neighbors, WABC-TV reports. The body was found around 2:40 p.m. Friday at the bottom of a trash …
Nancy Grace
December 2, 2023
[Crime Stories with Nancy Grace] GUILTY: Dentist ‘Sleepovers’ With Beauty Queen Ends in Murder
Sara Jane Harris and Dr. James Michael Ryan meet at his dental practice in the Fall of 2020. By the Summer of 2021, Harris is not only working for the oral surgeon but also living with him. Sarah Harris’ family …
Teacher Scandals
December 2, 2023
Florida Woman Poses as Teen for Sex with Middle School Boy, Could Have More Victims: Police
A Florida woman is accused of posing as a teenager and engaging in sex acts with a middle school boy dozens of times in a case that police say could involve multiple victims, WFLA-TV reports. Authorities say 22-year-old Alyssa Zinger …
December 1, 2023
Idaho Cops Looking for Husband After Wife Found Dead, 10-Month-Old Son Missing
Authorities in Idaho are looking for a man believed to have killed his pregnant wife and kidnapped their 10-month-old son. Idaho State Police issued an Amber Alert at 4:30 a.m. Friday after Teton County deputies responded to an open line …
Child Abuse
December 1, 2023
Mom Charged With Attempted Murder for Planning ‘End of Life’ Decisions for Boy Who Wasn’t Ill
Jorden Borders is already charged with torturing 3 of her children by making them wear casts and neck braces and other physical and emotional abuse.
Assault
December 1, 2023
Former Mexican Mafia Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Derek Chauvin 22 Times
A former gang member serving time for racketeering and plotting to kill a gang rival has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in an Arizona federal prison last week. John Turscak, …
Podcast
December 1, 2023
[Body Bags] Sins of the Father: The Death of Dylan Redwine
Dylan Redwine, 13, is forced to spend Thanksgiving with his father in Colorado. He doesn’t want to be there because he knows some things about his father: secret, disgusting things. However, due to his parents’ divorce, he has to go. …
Crime Stories
December 1, 2023
[Crime Stories with Nancy Grace] PHENOMENON: Why do Grown Women Pose as Teens, Attend High School?
Casey Garcia, 30, stands 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 105 pounds. She records herself as she changes her appearance to try and look like her 13-year-old daughter, then using her daughter’s school ID, attempts to get into Ann …
Celebrity
December 1, 2023
‘Empire’ Actor Jussie Smollett Fails to Get Jail Sentence Overturned in Hate Crime Hoax
On Friday, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett lost an appeal to have his sentence and conviction overturned for falsely reporting a hate crime to Illinois police in 2019. The Chicago Tribune reported that the appeals court ruled 2-1 that the Cook …
Missing
December 1, 2023
Shaniece Harris: Mysterious Disappearance of New York Woman, FBI Offers up to $10K Reward
The FBI is currently offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the disappearance of New York woman, Shaniece Harris. According to the FBI, Shaniece, 34, disappeared after leaving her Rock Hill home …
Celebrity
December 1, 2023
Ruby Franke: Husband Files to Divorce Vlogger Mom Months After Her Child Abuse Arrest
YouTuber Ruby Franke’s husband filed for divorce on Wednesday in Utah — where Franke was arrested in August for abusing their children. According to KUTV, Kevin Franke also filed a domestic relations injunction that seeks to bar any harassment and …
Murder
December 1, 2023
California Police Identity Teen Boy as Early Victim of the Convicted ‘Scorecard’ Serial Killer
After 49 years, California investigators have linked a notorious serial killer to the 1974 death of a teen boy. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, investigators say 17-year-old Michael Ray Schlicht was likely one of the first victims of …
Celebrity Justice
December 1, 2023
NFL Star Von Miller Arrested for Assaulting Pregnant Girlfriend
Miller’s longtime girlfriend later downplayed the incident as just “a verbal disagreement.”
Missing
December 1, 2023
Update: Missing Dad of Twin Boys Mysteriously Vanishes, Wife Thinks Someone Took Him
The wife of a missing Iowa father says she believes someone sinister happened as the search continues into its 10th day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 53-year-old David Schultz, of Wall Lake, was last heard from on November 21. His wife, Sarah …
Murder
December 1, 2023
Beloved Ohio STEM Teacher Shot Dead in Her Home
A beloved junior high and high school teacher and coach was found dead from a gunshot wound at her home Wednesday night, and police said they “have a person of interest.” No arrests had been made as of Thursday evening, …
Murder
December 1, 2023
19-Year-Old Man Charged With His Familiy’s Vicious Stabbing Deaths
A 19-year-old man has been charged with the stabbing and beating deaths of his father, his’ father’s girlfriend, and his half-brother in a Bronx apartment building on Sunday. New York Police officers found Jonathan Rivera, 38, stabbed to death in …
Court
December 1, 2023
‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell Extradited to Arizona to Face Charges
Lori Vallow Daybell has been extradited to Arizona and booked on conspiracy to murder charges in Maricopa Counta. The Wednesday night extradition came as a bit of a surprise, as Maricopa County officials had previously said it would likely not …
Court
November 30, 2023
Crystal Rogers: Courts Keep Suspect Brooks Houck’s Bond at $10m, Refuse to Remove Judge
A Kentucky appeals court and the state’s Supreme Court have issued rulings against Brooks Houck, the man charged with killing mom of five Crystal Rogers in 2015 and who remains in jail on a $10 million bond. Rogers, a 35-year-old …
Cold Cases
November 30, 2023
FBI Provides Composites of Man Found Shot Dead in Barrel in Lake Mead Last Year
The FBI has prepared “facial approximation images” from human remains found in a barrel in Nevada’s Lake Mead last year and hope the images can help identify the man, who died from a gunshot wound. As CrimeOnline reported, investigators believe …
Murder
November 30, 2023
Texas Teen Indicted for Stabbing Death of Teen in Restaurant Parking Lot
A Texas teenager has been indicted for the fatal stabbing of another teen in April. An arrest affidavit says that Jesus San Miguel, 18, and Joshua Eugene Kinnaman, also 18, went to a San Antonio restaurant across the street from …
Crime Stories
November 30, 2023
[Crime Stories with Nancy Grace] Romeo /Juliet? TEEN GIRL TELLS NANCY ‘WHY I’M AFRAID TO GO HOME’
Teens Jonathan Stockle and Penny Lyles are still on the run. Today, Penny’s father, Ryan Lyles, joins Nancy Grace to deny claims that he is abusive to his family and has threatened the Stockle family. Then, we hear from Penny …
Missing
November 30, 2023
Romeo and Juliet? TEEN GIRL TELLS NANCY ‘WHY I’M AFRAID TO GO HOME’: Penny & Jonathan Tell Their Story
‘CRIME STORIES’ Exclusive
Unsolved
November 30, 2023
Rachel Morin: Video Cameras Installed on Trail Where Mother-of-5 Was Found Murdered
On Monday, Maryland officials started installing video cameras on a trail where a woman was found murdered in August. No arrests have been made in the slaying of Rachel Morin, 37, whose body was found in a drainage ditch on …
Murder
November 30, 2023
Missing Indiana Girl’s Body Found Stuffed Inside Barrel in Neighbor’s Back Yard
Indiana investigators announced the end of a 6-month search after discovering a missing teen’s body stuffed inside a barrel near her Rush County home. According to a Rushville County Sheriff’s Office press statement, police discovered 17-year-old Valerie Tindall’s body on …
Threats
November 30, 2023
Teen Woman Charged With Threatening Uvalde Community ‘In the Name of Salvador’ Ramos, the School Shooter
Victoria Gabriela Rodriguez-Morales, who previously lived in Uvalde, also claimed to have been Ramos’s girlfriend and had been making threats for years.
Missing
November 30, 2023
BOLO: Police Seek Tips on Missing 11-year-old Georgia Girl
Georgia police are searching for an 11-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday evening. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, Kayden James was last seen at home in Lawrenceville at around 7 p.m., on Village Trail Court. She was last …
Missing
November 30, 2023
Volunteer Search Group to Look for Missing Florida Woman 8 Months After Disappearance
The sister of a missing Florida woman says she has taken it upon herself to get permission to search a wooded property near where the missing woman was last seen. As CrimeOnline reported, Sara Ebersole was reported missing on March …
Murder
November 29, 2023
Michigan Police Believe They’ve Found Body of Kelly McWhirter, Missing Since October 14
Police in Michigan believe they have found the body of a woman missing since she failed to show up for work in mid October. A hunter was training his dog in Saginaw County Wednesday afternoon, authorities said, and the dog …
Child Abuse
November 29, 2023
Mom Ignored Seizing Infant for 6 Hours After Slamming Her Into Changing Table
A Texas woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly shaking her 2-month-old daughter and slamming her into a changing table. On November 15, Child Protective Services contacted police about Clarissa Stewart’s baby, who was reportedly hospitalized with non-accidental injuries. Medical …
Court
November 29, 2023
Judge: Chad Daybell’s Trial Will Be Livestreamed by the Court
The murder trial of Chad Daybell will be broadcast live by the court, an Idaho judge ruled Wednesday. Daybell is charged with murder and conspiracy to murder in the death of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and two of his …
Serial Killers
November 29, 2023
DNA Found on Long Island Serial Killer Victims Matches Suspect Rex Heuermann’s Wife
DNA found on the remains of some of the Long Island victims matches that of cheek swab samples taken from murder suspect Rex Heuermann’s wife. A law enforcement source told Newsday that samples were taken from Asa Ellerup on July …
Crime Stories
November 29, 2023
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Romeo and Juliet? Teen Girl, Boy Flee Families in Fear
Teens Jonathan Stockle and Penny Lyles are dating. When Lyles’ family moves back to Oregon, Stockle is invited to join them. After a time, Ryan Lyles, Penny’s father, reportedly reads concerning private messages on his oldest daughter’s phone. Those messages …
Podcast
November 29, 2023
[Zone 7] ‘America’s Most Wanted’: The Legacy of Adam Walsh and NCMEC with Callahan Walsh
During a shopping trip to the Hollywood Mall in Florida on July 27, 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh’s mother, Revé Walsh, briefly left him at a kiosk with other boys playing Atari games, while she did some quick shopping. When she …
Shooting
November 29, 2023
‘Back onto the street: Parents of Belmont U Student Shot Dead While Jogging Outraged, Accused Killer Released from Jail
The parents of a Belmont University student who was shot and killed earlier this month are speaking out against “the system” after the man who shot her was released from jail. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jillian Ludwig, 18, was shot …
Murder
November 29, 2023
California Mother Drowns Disabled Daughter, Leaves Rotting Body in Bathtub for Days
A California woman who was arrested on Friday for the death of her 9-year-old daughter was formally charged with murder on Tuesday. The victim’s father had requested a welfare check, saying he received concerning text messages from his ex-wife, Khadiyjah …
Missing
November 29, 2023
BOLO: Missing Dad of Twin Boys Mysteriously Vanishes, Truck Found in Middle of Road
Iowa police are searching for a father of twin boys who inexplicably disappeared while driving his work truck in the Sac County area. According to the Sac County Sheriff’s Office, 53-year-old David Schultz, of Wall Lake, was last heard from …
Missing
November 29, 2023
Missing Mother Vanishes During Cross-Country Trip with Two Young Children
Police are searching for a mother and her two children after they vanished during a cross-country trip from Alabama to Wyoming. According to Fox News Digital, 33-year-old Katie Ferguson hasn’t been seen since October 5; her family reported her missing …
Murder
November 29, 2023
Kentucky Cops Seek Help Solving Murder of Woman Found Shot Dead in Rural Ditch
Police in Kentucky are seeking help as they investigate the murder of a 42-year-old woman found shot to death and dumped in ditch alongside a rural road south of Louisville. Bullitt County Chief Deputy Alex Payne told WLKY that Patricia …
Murder
November 29, 2023
Florida Man Stabs Infant, Mom to Death, Sets Fire to Apartment with 2 Other Children Inside
Charles Ivy is the father of the other two children inside the apartment.
Murder
November 28, 2023
Ex-Boyfriend Arrested for 19-Year-Old Woman’s Murder After Car Chase in His Minivan
California deputies found a missing 19-year-old woman dead and arrested her ex-boyfriend and his friend for her murder. Melanie Camacho left work at about 10:15 p.m. on Friday, telling her mother she was meeting with friends. “However we spoke with …
Child sex crimes
November 28, 2023
Dad Arrested for Being ‘Complicit” in 16-Year-Old Daughter’s Online Nude Photo Sales
A California father has been arrested for allegedly helping his 16-year-old daughter sell nude photos online. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said that Scott Davis has been charged with sex trafficking, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and …
Murder
November 28, 2023
Fight at NC High School Leaves 15-Year-Old Dead, 14-Year-Old Charged With Murder
A 15-year-old North Carolina high school freshman was stabbed to death during a fight Monday morning inside the school, and a 14-year-old classmate has been charged with his murder. Another boy, 16, was wounding in the fight and hospitalized with …
Juveniles
November 28, 2023
Family Wants Court to Transfer 13-Year-Old Charged With Murdering Sleeping Mom to Juvie
The defense team for a 13-year-old Florida boy accused of killing his mother in October has been granted emergency access to inspect the crime scene following a hearing on Tuesday. Derek Rosa reportedly stabbed Irina Garcia, 39, on October 12 …
Assault
November 28, 2023
Florida Mom Hits Her Own Son With Her SUV While Trying to Hit Kids He Was Fighting
A Florida mom has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she drove her SV into her own son while trying to hit two other boys he was fighting with. …