The mother of a Florida teen sentenced to life in prison in March for the brutal murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey pleaded no contest to tampering with evidence on Friday and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Crystal Smith, …
An Ohio man indicted in March on 26 counts of sexual misconduct has now seen those charges increased after new indictments brought the total to 110 counts covering 20 years. David L. James III, 57, initially faced charges involving three …
A mother in Wisconsin who killed her 8-year-old son and attempted to kill her 11-year-old son will spend the rest of her life in a mental facility with the state Department of Health Services. Judge Daniel J. Borowski has sentenced …
In less than seven hours of deliberations, twelve Idaho jurors found Lori Vallow guilty of killing her two children and her current husband’s then-wife, Tammy Daybell. The most shocking event in court this week is the fact that the defense …
On Friday, an Idaho jury found Lori Vallow guilty of killing her two children and conspiring to kill her current husband’s then-wife in 2019. Lori Vallow is currently standing trial in Ada County for the slayings of her two children, …
An investigation is underway in Louisiana after a body was reportedly found on Thursday in a restaurant’s walk-in freezer. KATC reported that the discovery was made at an Arby’s in New Iberia. Police said employees there found the body but …
Letecia Stauch has been sent to prison, following the murder conviction of her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch. Stauch was transported to the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility Friday morning, after being moved from El Paso County jail where she had been …
The spokesperson for the family of Eric Richins, a Utah man allegedly killed by his wife last year, said the victim had reason to suspect that his wife was involved in an extramarital affair during their marriage. According to the …
A Washington man was convicted this week of murder, following the decades-old murder of 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough, found raped, strangled, and killed in a wooded area in 1991, in Federal Way. On Wednesday, King County jurors convicted 59-year-old Patrick Leon …
Deja Taylor also attributed the 6-year-old’s actions to his ADHD diagnosis.
Almost a week after she was reported missing, EMT Lachelle Jordan, who vanished shortly before she was scheduled to testify in a rape case, has been found alive. According to Cleveland police, Jordan was found on Thursday night at around …
Beth Holloway, mother of an 18-year-old Alabama woman who disappeared in Aruba during her senior class trip in 2005, expects the prime suspect in her daughter’s disappearance to arrive in Birmingham in the next few days to face charges of …
A Florida man going through a dumpster found a dead newborn in a bag, prompting Lakeland police to begin an investigation to find the parents. Lakeland Police Chief Sammy Taylor Jr. told WTSP the baby was found in dumpster behind …
A 3-month-old boy died Thursday at Children’s of Alabama from injuries sustained on Monday, and his parents have been charged with murder. Jameela Biggs, 23, and Antonio Martin, 36, were initially charged with aggravated child abuse on Tuesday when they …
An Iowa woman reported missing in March has been found dead in the yard of a home about a half mile from where she was last seen nearly two months ago. Jeanette Marie Bear, 30, was last seen on March …
Kouri Richins has been charged with murder in Eric Richins’ death, from a fentanyl overdose, last year. Then she wrote a book about grief.
A new video has emerged of Bryan Kohberger interacting with police, and this time, in a traffic stop a month before the murders take place. In the body cam footage, you can hear Kohberger trying to talk his way out …
Jurors started deliberating on Thursday as to whether Lori Daybell killed her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and her current husband’s wife, Tammy Daybell. East Idaho News reported Rob Wood gave the closing statement for the prosecution after …
Following accusations of raping a female student, a University of Utah sophomore has reportedly fled to Canada. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the incident happened in August 2022, with the victim reporting an alleged sexual assault in February. Charges …
Joran van der Sloot — the man suspected in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance and suspected slaying in Aruba — will be extradited to the U.S. from Peru, where he has been imprisoned for another murder. “Crime Stories” host Nancy Grace …
Minnesota police arrested a 17-year-old male for the murder of a St. Paul dad, reportedly shot in front of his home over the weekend while attempting to protect his wife’s car from a break-in. According to the Star Tribune, Michael …
A Florida sheriff’s department special victims unit detective has been arrested, accused of falsifying information in dozens of sex crimes cases and threatening one victim with deportation. Detective Demetrious Campbell, a 21 year veteran of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, …
Police in Georgia are asking the public for assistance after a Gwinnett County woman vanished on Wednesday morning at around 6:30 a.m. According to the Gwinnett County Police Department, 69-year-old Connie Sue Cole is suspected to have left on foot …
A 19-year-old New Mexico woman was charged with murder this week, accused of giving birth in a hospital bathroom and leaving the baby in a trash can to die. Police said that Alexee Trevizo went to a hospital emergency room …
It’s been nearly 33 years, but police in Alabama hope that new advances in forensic investigation — including DNA — will help them solve a mystery. A 14-year-old boy found a body on September 22, 1990, in a creek bed …
Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway, will be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges, Holloway’s mother announced Wednesday. Beth Holloway, Natalee’s mother, said in a statement, “In May 2005 my …
Investigators were seen searching a California home’s back yard and a nearby park for evidence in the disappearance of a software executive more than two decades earlier. Belmont Police Lt. Pete Lotti told KNTV that FBI agents and local authorities …
A Florida man has been arrested after he allegedly fractured the skull of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son with a mop handle because the boy urinated in his bed. An arrest report says Shawn Stone, 32, was charged with aggravated child …
Eric Richins thought his wife was trying to kill him for months, possibly even years, well before his death from a fentanyl overdose last March — and his wife’s arrest for his murder earlier this week. The couple took a …
Bryan Kohberger, the primary suspect in the University of Idaho murders, has added a notable lawyer to his legal team. According to Fox News Digital, Elisa Massoth, a defense lawyer based in Payette and an alumna of the same school …
A fourth set of human remains have reportedly been found near where remains were previously discovered in the case of a Mississippi man who vanished last year after he claimed he was being threatened and stalked. WJTV reported that Rasheem …
Police in West Virginia have arrested three people after a 2-year-old twin boy was hospitalized on Monday in an apparent case of child abuse. WCHS reported that emergency crews responded to a Jackson County home for a toddler boy who …
The Moore’s Ford lynchings, or the 1946 Georgia lynching, refer to the brutal murders of four young African Americans by a mob of white men on July 25, 1946. The incident took place near Moore’s Ford Bridge in Walton …
On more than one occasion, Eric Richins gets violently ill after having dinner with his wife, Kouri. Then the pair, who own a successful real estate business, is celebrating a big sale when Kouri Richins fixes her husband a drink. …
A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a missing pregnant teen whose body was discovered in Alabama on Wednesday. Sources told WTVY that Anastasia Gilley, 19, was shot multiple times in the back. The teen, who was found …
A Colorado man and woman are behind bars after police found an infant dead inside their Crowley County home last year. The Crowley County Sheriff’s Office announced last month that Jason and Joy Soltani were being sought for charges including …
New details have emerged in connection with an Ohio EMT who vanished before she was scheduled to testify in a rape case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lachelle Jordan was last seen in the 11000 block of Fairport Avenue in Cleveland, …
A Florida man has been arrested and charged with pepper-spraying three people, including a toddler. A Gainesville police arrest report says that Axel Valentin-Cruz, 26, got into an altercation on Sunday with some people and pepper-sprayed them, including the 2-year-old …
An Amber Alert has been issued in Texas for a 5-year-old girl who may be headed toward Louisiana with an adult relative. Trinity Edwards is described as having brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a purple nightgown …
A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after allegedly killing his 13-month-old child earlier this year, causing fatal injuries. According to Fox 43, Timothy L. Sampson, 25, of Mount Holly Springs, has been charged with murder and endangering the welfare of …
Chicago police have taken a woman into custody they say attacked at least nine other women with a metal bat in six different incident this week. The attacks took place on Sunday and Tuesday, police said, in neighboring communities on …
Jurors in the murder trial of “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell saw body camera footage from January 2020, when police officers finally tracked down her and new husband Chad Daybell and served her with a court order requiring that she …
A California man was arrested this week after he walked into Tracy police headquarters and told officers he had shot his wife and her girlfriend. Satnam Sumal, 55, has been charged with two counts of murder in the death of …
Alabama authorities have arrested a man suspected of opening fire at a Mississippi Cinco de Mayo celebration Friday night, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding six others. Fadarius Davon Williams is being held in the Mobile County Jail awaiting extradition, …
A Ohio woman was found beaten, stabbed, and “stuffed and folded into a small, black tote” last week and is now hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Cleveland police have not released the 60-year-old woman’s name but said Dalontay Edmond-Geiger, 31, was …
The wife of a Baltimore mother convicted in the death of her 4-year-old son in 2019 has also pleaded guilty in the boy’s death. Malachi Lawson was scalded in a bath and left without medical attention for nine days before …
An Arizona mother believes scammers tried to dupe her into believing her 15-year-old daughter had been kidnapped with an AI version of the daughter’s voice. Officials say such kidnapping scams are becoming increasingly common.
A Louisiana man is behind bars after police say he shot a 14-year-old girl for playing on his property Sunday afternoon. According to Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on Jimmy Doyle Road in Sparks, after the victim and …
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