Opening statements are underway, in the murder trial against Maya Hernandez, a California woman who allegedly left her son inside a hot car while she went to a Bakersfield spa. According to Court TV, Maya Hernandez is facing first-degree murder, …
An Indiana couple has been charged with neglect — and the stepmother charged with battery — a 911 call brought emergency responders to the home and found an unresponsive 7-year-old girl was brought to the hospital with “bruises all over …
Trinity Poague, a former Miss National Peanut Festival pageant queen, has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2024 death of her boyfriend’s toddler son. On Friday, an Americus jury convicted Poague of cruelty to children, two counts of …
An Ohio man was arrested earlier this month after he “unknowingly” sent a baggie of methamphetamine through his bank’s drive-through pneumatic tube. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a bank in Woodsfield after a teller …
A Missouri couple have been charged in what police say is one of the worst child abuse case they’ve ever investigated. The investigation began months ago when one of their three children arrived at school with a significant cut, KMOV …
A group known for doxxing people it deems anti-Semitic has completed its 2025 “report cards” on colleges and universities, giving 14 of them “F” grades. Antisemitism handed the report to the New York Post before releasing it publicly.
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According to a retired homicide investigator, convicted killer Bryan Kohberger is attempting to establish communication with other high-profile serial killers across the country. Chris McDonough, a retired detective and the current director of the Cold Case Foundation, relayed information to …
New details have emerged in the search for missing 9-year-old California girl, Melodee Buzzard, following statements from a family acquaintance of the child’s mother. Tyler S. Brewer, a “legal document assistant” who has known the girl’s mother, Ashlee Buzzard, for …
The Florida State Attorney’s Office announced Friday that it will seek the death penalty against a man who reportedly cut two children’s throats after sexually assaulting one and then setting the home ablaze. On November 7, a little before 1:00 …
One inmate, facing charges of murder, is still on the loose after three felony inmates escaped from a Louisiana jail on Wednesday. The three inmates fled from the St. Landry Parish Jail in Opelousas, according to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz. …
The suspected killer in the murder of a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, who was found near where the Gilgo Beach murders transpired, appeared in court on Thursday. On Wednesday, Andrew Dykes, 66, was arrested, according to ABC 7, in …
An Arkansas mother in the midst of a divorce from her husband, arrested for domestic violence earlier this year, has been found dead, along with her two children. According to a Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) media release, dispatch received …
A county library board member in Arkansas has been arrested for allegedly arranging for her 22-year-old developmentally-delayed daughter to be kidnapped as a “lesson on safety.” Arrest affidavits say Tammi Hamby and three co-defendants were charged on Wednesday with conspiracy …
A federal judge in Florida has ordered the release of material from grand jury investigations into sex trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2005 and 2007. Those investigations ultimately led to the so-called sweetheart deal that saw Epstein plead guilty …
University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger is reportedly unhappy about the quality of food at the maximum-security prison where he is serving a life sentence. Retired homicide detective Chris McDonough told NewsNation that Kohberger is unhappy with the bananas being …
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Two Florida teens were charged on Thursday, days after they allegedly killed a 14-year-old girl and set her on fire. Santa Rosa County police said Gabriel Williams, 16, and Kimahri Blevins, 14, lured Danika Troy to a wooded area where …
A Florida judge has named Anna Kepner’s teen stepbrother a suspect in her murder. On Friday, Brevard Judge Michelle Studstill announced the 16-year-old stepbrother as a suspect during a custody hearing, People Magazine reports. The boy’s father, Thomas Hudson, is …
Closing arguments began Friday morning in Sumter County, in connection with the murder trial against Trinity Poague, a Georgia woman accused of killing her boyfriend’s toddler son. Poague is charged with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts …
A Utah couple allegedly left their 18-month-old daughter largely alone in her crib for four days prior to her death from complications of malnutrition and dehydration. Mitchell Chestnut Murray and Carrie Marie Murray, both 31, were arrested for investigation of …
A Colorado woman missing since Sunday has been found dead in a car partially submerged in a canal near Timnath in Larimer County. Family confirmed 20-year-old Kaylee Russell’s death in a GoFundMe post. Russell vanished on Sunday after her father …
Investigators are probing the death of a Middle Tennessee State University professor who was found shot dead in the middle of a roadway in Dekalb County early Thursday morning. The Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office said deputies responded to the …
A Florida judge sentenced a man to life in prison on Wednesday for the brutal murder of a woman he met on a dating app because she wasn’t “following his relationship rules.” Daniel Stearns, 35, was convicted in October, WESH …
A grand jury this week indicted a 24-year-old Georgia man on multiple charged related to the death of a 66-year-old retired firefighter at a Wilmington Island restaurant in 2019. Charles Alexander Jacobson Teeple IV, who was 19 at the time, …
Bones that were discovered over a year-long span belong to an Alabama man who vanished in 2024, officials announced this week. Curtis Taylor Jr., 25, lived across the street from the Center Point property where a dog was found with …
A California man who earlier this year pleaded guilty to stabbing his stepmother to death and trying to kill his father has been sentenced to decades behind bars. Justin Tray Buchanan, 34, pleaded guilty in October to the murder of …
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A California woman who was livestreaming in 2017 when she killed her younger sister in a drunk-driving crash was killed on Tuesday in a drive-by shooting. Obdulia Sanchez, 26, who was released from prison in September 2019, was killed on …
The Austin Police Department announced Tuesday that the death of Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera is being considered a suicide. According to San Antonio Express News, 19-year-old Aguilera fell from the 17th floor of a student apartment building near the …
A search is underway in Colorado for a woman who vanished on Sunday. KUSA reported that Kaylee Russell, 20, disappeared after her father helped her change a tire at the Loveland/Johnstown Park-In-Ride. Russell was supposed to visit a friend in Pierce …
An Iowa high school wrestler is facing charges after police say he sexually assaulted a girl earlier this year. According to the Oskaloosa Police Department, police arrested Kaiden Parker Tuesday and charged him with sexual abuse. The alleged incident occurred …
A fugitive Virginia high school football coach reportedly left his essentials at home, and fled without family assistance, days before officials charged with several counts of child sexual abuse. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Travis Turner, the former head football coach …
A South Carolina woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon nearly two years after a man was found dead long Highway 321 in Gaston County. Prosecutors said in court Tuesday that Shirley Dukes forced Glen Miller to …
A Kansas man who pleaded no contest charges relating to the death of his 6-year-old daughter learned his fate on Wednesday. Joseph Schroer was sentenced to 48 months probation after his plea to two counts of aggravated endangering of a …
A Massachusetts state trooper has been suspended after he was charged with punching his son in the face. Michael Gagnon was arrested on November 25, according to the Plympton Police Department, which said he was charged with domestic assault and …
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A 90-year-old man was left seriously injured after driving into a building on Thanksgiving, California police said. Surveillance footage apparently showed the man speeding down a road before crashing into Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company. Los Gatos police said the man …
A former California police officer who was fired last year for misconduct allegedly killed his 11-year-old son on Tuesday. Ex-Sacramento County deputy Marvin Morales reportedly stabbed his son, Mar Aris Untalan Morales, multiple times at an Elk Grove home where …
Late last month, Louisiana police arrested a man who allegedly tried to purchase a woman’s infant daughter. Howell Penton, 73, reportedly solicited a woman at the Angie Auction House to buy her 10-month-old. WDSU reported that on November 26, Angie …
The murder trial continues against Trinity Poague, a Georgia woman accused of killing her boyfriend’s toddler son. Poague is charged with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated battery, and cruelty to children in the death …
An Oregon man is facing charges after police say he “relentlessly” taunted the father of a child who died during the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Kevin Purfield, 58, is facing 10 counts of telephonic harassment …
Milwaukee police are searching for a critically missing 4-year-old boy who may be with his possibly armed 12-year-old sister. Nevin Powell was last seen walking down N. Fifth Street in Milwaukee with his sister, Sanuya Wooten-Powell. He was last in …
An Arizona woman declared “Today is my independence day” last week when she allegedly slashed her boyfriend’s throat in an attempt to kill him. Tamala Rudeseal, 52, called 911 herself just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, reporting that she had …
An elderly Texas couple who disappeared on their way home from spending Thanksgiving with relatives have been found dead in New Mexico. Gary Lightfoot, 82, and Linda Lightfoot, were found Tuesday, still in their car in a pasture near Tucumcari, …
Eighteen-year-old Emily Finn came home from State University of New York Oneonta on the day before Thanksgiving and went to her ex-boyfriend’s home to return some of his belongings. She didn’t leave alive. Suffolk County Police say her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend …
A former Georgia beauty queen is on trial this week for the murder of her boyfriend’s 18-month-old son in her Georgia Southwestern State University dorm room nearly two years ago. Trinity Poague is charged with malice murder, two counts of …
The mother and stepfather of a pregnant Michigan woman found dead in a national forest last week faced multiple charges on Tuesday, including murder, torture, assault, conspiracy, and unlawful imprisonment. Prosecutors said Cortney and Bradly Bartholomew drove 22-year-old Rebecca Park …
Georgia authorities are searching for a man who allegedly skipped bond while facing charges for raping an 8-year-old girl in 2021. DeKalb County authorities told WAGA that there is an active warrant for Travis Levy, 53, who failed to appear …
