A Texas man was jailed on murder charges on Tuesday, days after he allegedly shot and killed an 11-year-old boy playing a “ding dong ditch” prank. Houston police said Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, shot Julian Guzman in the back as …
A Michigan woman and her 12-year-old son were reportedly found dead together on Labor Day. The 41-year-old woman and her son were discovered dead with apparent traumatic injuries in their Hazel Park home. Officials have not disclosed the pair’s names, …
UPDATE A Northwestern University professor who has been found safe and taken to a local hospital Tuesday, ABC News reports. No additional information is available at this time. Initial Coverage Police in Illinois are searching for a Northwestern University professor …
Police in Indianapolis are investigating after the discovery of a dead newborn in a park on Monday. The infant’s body was found in a wooded area of Brookside Park by a passerby at about 3 p.m. Investigators believe the male …
Testimony resumes Tuesday morning in the murder trial of Donna Adelson, a Florida matriarch accused of orchestrating a hit on her daughter’s ex. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson, 75, is on trial in Tallahassee, accused of planning the murder of …
A 16-year-old Atlanta boy is dead after his mother’s boyfriend mistook him for a burglar and shot him early Monday morning as he was returning home. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’ Office identified the victim as Daquavius Royalston, according to …
A 52-year-old Illinois man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for an incident last month that killed a 9-year-old boy at a Chicago Transit Authority station. Police announced the arrest of Michael Korosa on Monday, WMAQ reported. Investigators said 9-year-old …
Authorities in Colorado have taken into custody a man who rammed his vehicle into two houses while trying to track down his ex-girlfriend’s family, then trying to run over her mother. The man was taken into custody after he rammed …
Kentucky police arrested a woman on Sunday, days after they reportedly discovered her deceased baby in a closet. On Wednesday, Lexington police who responded to a report of an unresponsive infant allegedly found the baby in a closet, wrapped in …
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Notorious “Alphabet’’ serial killer Joseph Naso has reportedly claimed that he’s responsible for the deaths of 22 additional women. According to ABC 7, the 91-year-old murderer, currently in California’s San Quentin prison at being sentenced to death, was convicted of …
Authorities in Arkansas are asking for the public’s help in locating a 5-year-old boy who went missing on Monday. Lucian Schickler reportedly vanished from Arkadelphia at 4 a.m., though additional details were not provided. Local police said Schickler is autistic …
Police in Maryland are searching for a missing teen who hasn’t been seen in nearly two weeks. Dacara Thompson, 19, was last seen August 22 at her father, Daniel Thompson’s, home in Lanham. She reportedly left to get gas for …
Authorities are investigating an apparent murder at Nevada’s Burning Man Festival over the weekend. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said one of its deputies was flagged down by a participant in the largely affluent, avante garde festival in the Nevada …
Declan Perry’s body was found in the back seat of his own car at a Massachusetts hospital.
Update 10:50 a.m. – CNN identified the 11-year-old boy’s killer as 42-year-old Leon Gonzalo Jr. He was booked into jail Tuesday morning. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Gonzalo is “the defendant charged with shooting and killing the child.” …
The U.S. Marshals Service and law enforcement officials in Illinois announced last week the arrest of a man, in connection with a Springfield woman found murdered in 2023. KSDK reported that the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that …
The grandmother of an 11-year-old Oklahoma girl who gave birth to her stepdad’s child has been arrested. KJRH reported that on Friday, Michelle Justus, 53, was the third person to be arrested on six counts of neglect of a child …
A man accused of murdering and dumping his wife’s body in a Southern California forest was arrested in Peru and will be extradited to the US. WCAX reported Wednesday that, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Consulate …
Utah state officials this week filed murder charges against a man for a fire that killed his girlfriend — a fire that county officials last year ruled a “tragic accident.” The Utah Attorney General’s Office filed a charge of murder …
A former pastor of a Baltimore megachurch indicted earlier this year on child sex abuse charges was captured this week in Florida. Eric Anderson, 80, is being held without bail in Manatee County and is fighting extradition to Massachusetts, where …
Investigators said Friday that new evidence indicates that the Tennessee sheriff made famous in the movie “Walking Tall” was likely responsidble for the death of his wife in 1967. Mark Davidson, district attorney for the state’s 25th judicial district, said …
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Bones were discovered Thursday during the ongoing manhunt for Travis Decker, a man accused of killing his children earlier this year. According to a report by The Wenatchee World, investigators discovered bones in Chelan County, Washington, while conducting their ongoing …
A Texas woman who was arrested last week has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old child, who died in a hot car days earlier. Frisco police said Vanessa Esquivel, 27, intentionally left the child in the vehicle on August 16. …
An investigation is underway after a 1-year-old Texas girl was reportedly found dead in a hot car on Thursday. Shavetta Combs, 27, called Bexar County police, allegedly claiming her daughter was not breathing after being left in a vehicle. Shavetta …
Child abuse charges have been dropped against a Wisconsin man, following a family’s dispute of the incident. According to Law&Crime, police arrested Jaimann Eiland, 32, in March on charges of substantial battery with a domestic abuse modifier and child abuse. …
A Silver Alert has been issued for a Michigan teen last seen in Twelve Mile on Thursday morning. According to NBC 13, Lydia Barconia, 17, was last seen wearing black pants, a white coat and a blue backpack. Police said …
A Florida man was arrested on a domestic violence charge after his wife was found dead and floating in a nearby canal. Coral Springs Police said that Jeffrey Ernest Evans, 43, called 911 Monday night just before 9 p.m. and …
Testimony resumes Friday morning in the murder trial of Donna Adelson, a Florida matriarch accused of orchestrating a hit on her daughter’s ex. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson, 75, is on trial in Tallahassee, accused of planning the murder of …
A New Hampshire mom who killed her husband and two children earlier this month before taking her own life may have been embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the the company where she worked. According to WCVB, Emily Long …
Federal authorities conducted an extensive grid searcht his week in the area where a Washington state Army veteran suffocated his three young daughters, months after Travis Decker killed the girls and vanished into the wilderness. Officials said that several items …
A 10-year-old Arizona girl may have suffered a decade of abuse before her death last month, three days after she was found in a wash in Holbrook, unconscious and with multiple injuries. Rebekah Baptiste’s father, 32-year-old Richard Daniel Baptiste, and …
Texas authorities announced Thursday they had arrested a second person in connection with the death of a 8-year-old child earlier this year. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that Kara Walker, 17, was charged with injury to a child with …
A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of his 8-year-old stepson earlier this year while trying to “look cool” by showing off his guns. Steven Merkel, 53, is expected to be sentenced on November …
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A North Carolina elected official was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly lacing his two granddaughters’ ice cream with drugs. On August 8, James Yokeley, 66, reportedly flagged down Wilmington police at a Sheetz gas station and claimed his granddaughters found …
A federal investigation is underway in Nevada, where dozens of cremated human remains were recently found on a dirt road. KLAS reported that the 70 piles of ashes were located outside Searchlight. While it is not illegal for an individual …
An Arizona mother is speaking out for the first time after her toddler son died in a backyard pool earlier year, at the family home in Chandler. “Loss of this magnitude feels impossible to put into words,” social media influencer …
In this first episode of a multipart Zone 7 series on the 1996 Olympic Park bombing, CSI Sheryl McCollum talks with her longtime colleague Irv Brandt, a former Atlanta police officer and U.S. marshal. Brandt was on duty when the …
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Police say a 12-year-old Nebraska girl found safe last week had been kidnapped by a man who lured her to his apartment through Snapchat. According to 3 News Now, the 12-year-old disappeared from her South Omaha home last week after …
On Wednesday, Louisiana officials said that a 12-year-old autistic boy who was found dead in a lagoon on Tuesday drowned following an alligator attack. Bryan Vasquez reportedly left his New Orleans East home via his bedroom window on August 14, …
Testimony continues in the Donna Adelson murder case, who’s facing charges in connection with the murder of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson, 75, is accused of orchestrating Markel’s 2014 murder. She’s facing first-degree murder, conspiracy …
A Florida mother went on trial this week for the death of her toddler son in 2021. Erica Dotson and her boyfriend, Joshua Manns, both face charges in the death of 3-year-old Jameson Nance, WESH reports, but a judge severed …
The father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro said in a lengthy jailhouse interview denied prosecutors’ contention that the boy suffered long-term abuse before his presumed death and said his wife, who reported the infant missing, was innocent. Jake Haro, 32, told …
Testimony resumes Thursday morning in the murder trial of Donna Adelson, a Florida matriarch accused of orchestrating a hit on her daughter’s ex. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson, 75, is on trial in Tallahassee, accused of planning the murder of …
A California fire captain accused of killing his girlfriend and her young son — and attempting to kill another child — entered not guilty pleas in court on Monday. Darin McFarlin, 47, is on unpaid administrative leave from CalFire, KXTV …
