WATCH LIVE: Murdaugh Family Murders Day 7
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Assault
February 2, 2023
Female Spa Employee Critically Wounded in Stabbing Attack by Male Patron
An employee at a Chicago wellness spa was attacked and critically injured by a patron as the business was closing on Wednesday night. Chicago police said the 35-year-old woman was fighting for her life at Mount Sinai Hospital with stab …
Murder
February 1, 2023
Hero Teen Shot Dead During Instagram Livestream
A Pennsylvania teen who jumped into a icy pond to rescue two young children who’d fallen in was shot and killed on an Instagram livestream over the weekend. Anthony Alexander Jr was 16 last year when he heard screams coming …
Murder
February 1, 2023
Retired Veterinarian Allegedly Stalks, Murders Husband of Woman He Once Romanced
A retired Oregon veterinarian has been arrested and charged with the murder of a man whose wife he had an affair with years ago. Steve Milner, 55, is charged with second-degree murder, stalking, and violating a stalking order, Willamette Week …
Attempted Murder
February 1, 2023
Oregon Torture Suspect Dead From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
The subject of an exhaustive manhunt in the mountains of southwestern Oregon died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an hours-long standoff with police Tuesday night. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, who had previously been convicted of torturing a girlfriend in Nevada, …
Child death
February 1, 2023
Mom, Boyfriend Indicted for Murder of Toddler Who Died From Horrific Injuries
A 24-year-old Ohio mother and her boyfriend have been charged with murder in the death of her 21-month-old son last July. Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers said on Wednesday that Hydia Hamilton-Smith called 911 on July 31, 2022, to say …
Court
February 1, 2023
Murdaugh Family Murders: Alex’s Phone Shows Hour Gap in Movement Around Time of Wife & Son’s Slayings
On Wednesday, South Carolina authorities laid out Alex Murdaugh’s alleged movements in the moments leading up to his son and wife’s murders. SLED lieutenant Britt Dove testified that Alex’s phone reflects an hourlong gap between steps — 8:09 to 9:02 …
Murder
February 1, 2023
Bryan Kohberger: FBI ‘Lost’ Accused Idaho Killer for Several Hours On His Road Trip Back Home
An FBI surveillance team reportedly lost track of accused Idaho killer, Bryan Kohberger, as he made his way back to his home state following the murders of four University of Idaho students. New York Post reports that the FBI had …
Nancy Grace
February 1, 2023
Nancy Grace [VIDEO]: Alex Murdaugh’s ‘Freudian Slip’ Shown to Jury at Double Murder Trial
“Crime Stories” host Nancy Grace suggested a police interview with Alex Murdaugh, which was presented during his double murder trial, caught the South Carolina attorney’s confession three days after his wife and son’s slayings. On Tuesday, the defense grilled SLED …
Missing
February 1, 2023
Madalina Cojocari: New Photo Shows Missing North Carolina Girl Near Secluded Area Mother’s Car Was Spotted
A new photo of missing North Carolina girl Madalina Cojocari reportedly showed near an area her mother’s car was spotted in November. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 11-year-old Madalina was reported missing in Cornelius on December 15, although her mother, Diana …
Weird Crime
February 1, 2023
Florida High School Teacher Arrested For Keying Car in Publix Parking Lot
A Florida high school principal has been arrested after he was caught on camera keying a person’s car in a supermarket parking lot Nathanial Fancher, principal of St. Cloud High School, faces a criminal mischief charge and has been placed …
Theft
February 1, 2023
CHICKEN WING THEFT! WILL SHE FRY? Vera Liddell Allegedly Swipes $1.5M in Chicken Wings From Illinois School District
The former food service director of a suburban Chicago school district has ben charged with stealing more$1.5 million in chicken wings from the district over a 19-month period. Vera Liddell, 66, worked for Harvey School District 152 for more than …
Death investigation
February 1, 2023
Daughter Charged After 96-Year-Old Mother’s Body Found in a Chicago Freezer
Police conducting a wellbeing check in northwestern Chicago found the body of a 96-year-old woman stuffed into a freezer in the garage. Chicago police said they’d charged 69-year-old Eva Bratcher with concealing the death of her mother, Polish immigrant Regina …
Court
January 31, 2023
Murdaugh Family Murders: Alex Texted Maggie, ‘Call me, Babe’ Around Time of Murders
South Carolina investigators testified Tuesday about Maggie Murdaugh’s phone activity around the time of her and Paul’s 2021 murders. SLED Lt. Britt Dove testified that the last call Maggie made was to someone named Barbara and the 7:50 p.m. call …
Shooting
January 31, 2023
READ IT: HOLLYWOOD STAR Alex Baldwin’s Incendiary Manslaughter Charging Document
Actor Alec Baldwin and film armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were formally charged Tuesday for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” in 2021. Baldwin was handling the gun that killed Hutchins, and Gutierrez-Reed was in …
Shooting
January 31, 2023
Potential Mass Shooting Averted at Omaha Target When Cops Shoot Dead Gunman Wielding AR-15
Nebraska police shot dead a man who opened fire with an AR-15 rifle in an Omaha Target store on Tuesday. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer did not identify the gunman but said he was a white man in his 30s …
Crime Stories
January 31, 2023
[Crime Stories with Nancy Grace] MURDAUGH BOMBSHELL: ‘I DID HIM SO BAD’
Five words are a major focus at Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial. During a recorded conversation with investigators three days after the killings, the police body cam footage shows Murdaugh saying, “It’s just so bad. I did him so bad.” He’s …
Murder
January 31, 2023
Murdaugh Family Murders: Paul Texted Friend About Dog Seconds Before He Was Killed
Paul Murdaugh reportedly texted a friend about dogs a minute before he was murdered on his family’s South Carolina property in 2021. According to the Daily Beast, Paul had messaged the friend about an issue with a dog’s tail. Paul …
Trials
January 31, 2023
Nancy Grace Says Two Shooters Theory in Murdaugh Murders is Like Saying ‘Green men came from Mars and did it’
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says that it’s highly unlikely there were two shooters in the South Carolina Murdaugh murders, despite a crime scene analyst saying that it’s possible. During day six of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at the Colleton County court …
Cold Cases
January 31, 2023
Teekah Lewis: New Details About Possible Suspect Emerge in Case of Missing Washington Toddler
It’s been 24 years since the disappearance of 2-year-old Washington toddler, Teekah Lewis, and her mother vows to never give up hope in finding her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Teekah vanished from the New Frontier Lanes in Tacoma on January …
Trials
January 31, 2023
Murdaugh Murders: Crime Scene Photos Shown in Court
Prosecutors alleged Murdaugh shot his son 22-year-old son, Paul, at close range with a shotgun. He then allegedly shot his wife, Maggie, with a rifle.
Police
January 31, 2023
Tyre Nichols: 2 Memphis EMTs, Lieutenant Fired; 2 More Police Officers Suspended
Two more Memphis police officers have been relieved of duty and three members of the city’s fire department fired in the wake of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. Five officers have been fired and charged with …
Wanted
January 31, 2023
MANHUNT: Man Accused of Severely Beating and Kidnapping Oregon Woman ON THE RUN
An Oregon man is on the run after police say he kidnapped and tortured a woman before fleeing the scene. According to Grants Pass Police Chief Warren Hensman, Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is accused of kidnapping and beating the victim …
Murder
January 31, 2023
Woman Seeks Out Lookalike Online & MURDERS HER TO FAKE HER OWN DEATH
A 23-year-old German-Iraqi woman has been charged with killing a doppelganger she found on Instagram in order to fake her own death. Khadidja O’s body was found in August, covered in blood in a parked Mercedes in Ingolstadt, Bavarian prosecutors …
Animal Crimes
January 31, 2023
GLAM Food Blogger Star BUSTED FOR GRILLING & EATING ENDANGERED GREAT WHITE SHARK
Court
January 31, 2023
Instagram Model Kills Dad, Stabs Sister Over Laptop Feud
A wannabe New York Instagram influencer killed her father and critically wounded her younger sister in “an argument over a laptop,” prosecutors say. Nikki Secondino, 22, was arraigned Monday on a murder indictment for the death of her 61-year-old father, …
Drug Crime
January 31, 2023
Leader of Drug Delivery Service Convicted of Selling Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine
Three young Manhattanites died of overdoses on the same day.
Fraud
January 31, 2023
19-Year-Old Iowa Woman Scams $37,000 With Fake Cancer Claims: Cops
A 19-year-old Iowa woman was charged earlier this month with scamming nearly $40,000 with false claims that she had cancer. The Eldridge Police Department said Madison Russo claimed to have acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stage 2 pancreatic cancer, and a football-sized …
Crime Stories
January 30, 2023
[Crime Stories with Nancy Grace] Murdaugh Murders: Defense Claims Two Shooters
SLED Special Agent Jeff Croft took the stand today in Alex Murdaugh’s trial, testifying on several matters related to the night Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were murdered. Croft told the jury that he interviewed Paul Murdaugh’s good friend, Rogan Gibson, …
Murder
January 30, 2023
Nancy Grace: Don’t Fall For This Murdaugh ‘Bomb Drop’
Is it possible there were two shooters in the murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh? Nancy Grace reacts to this theory and why the jury should not fall for this defense strategy.
Juveniles
January 30, 2023
Breaking: 15-year-old Adriana Davidson Found Dead After Leaving Cellphone at School
Michigan teen Adrian Davidson was reportedly found deceased Monday afternoon, four days after she was last seen at her Ann Arbor school. According to officials, police found 15-year-old Brooks at about 1 p.m. Monday “near the Pioneer High School athletic …
Rape
January 30, 2023
Madison Brooks: LSU Student is Target of ‘Shameful’ Smear Campaign, Following Alleged Rape and Death [Lawyer]
A lawyer for the family of slain Louisiana State University sophomore Madison Brooks blasted the suspects accused of raping her for starting a “smear campaign” after claiming she gave consent, WFAB 9 reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 19-year-old Brooks was …
Court
January 30, 2023
Murdaugh Murder Trial: Bloody Footprint Near Paul’s Body Belonged to Cop who Walked Through Crime Scene
A South Carolina agent testified on Monday that not only was a bloody footprint at the Murdaugh murder scene from a member of law enforcement, but detectives did not photograph footprints apparently belonging to Paul. During cross-examination, SLED agent Melinda …
Missing
January 30, 2023
Missing Michigan Teen Girl’s Phone Found at School, Disappears Under ‘Suspicious’ Circumstances
Michigan police are searching for a 15-year-old girl who disappeared under what investigators are calling suspicious circumstances. According to ClickonDetroit, Adriana Davidson’s family members last heard from her at around 9 a.m. on Friday when she contacted them on her …
Missing
January 30, 2023
Houston Man Missing After Another Man Found Shot to Death in His Home
Police in Houston are looking for a man who’s been missing since another man was found dead in his home last week. According to KTRK, investigators were called the man’s home for a welfare check at about 8:30 a.m. on …
Assault
January 30, 2023
Suspect on the Run After Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend’s New Boyfriend
An Atlanta man has been hospitalized in stable condition after he was attacked Monday morning by his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. WAGA reported that police were called to the northwestern Atlanta home shortly before 3 a.m. and found the victim had been …
Shooting
January 30, 2023
4-Year-Old Girl Brought to Hospital With Gunshot Wound
A 4-year-old girl was hospitalized in Washington, D.C., Saturday with a gunshot wound. police said. Police said the girl was brought to the hospital by an adult at about 9:30 a.m. and was conscious and breathing, WUSA reported. WRC said …
Shooting
January 29, 2023
2 Children Hurt After Deadly Shooting on Baltimore Street
A man is dead and four people — including two children — injured after gunfire broke out at a busy West Baltimore intersection Saturday night. Baltimore police said a 23-year-old woman was driving through the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and …
Child death
January 29, 2023
Ohio Twin Ky’air Thomas Dies a Month After Amber Alert
One of the twins rescued after a desperate search when they were taken in their mother’s stolen car last month has died. Ky’air Thomas died shortly before midnight on Saturday, the Columbus Division of Police said, according to WCMH. Police …
Nancy Grace
January 29, 2023
Nancy Grace: Paul Murdaugh’s Snapchat Video May be Prosecution’s ‘Strongest Evidence’ in Case Against His Father
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says the prosecution’s “strongest evidence” against Alex Murdaugh in his trial for the murders of his son Paul and wife Maggie may be a video taken by Paul Murdaugh at a time when his father claimed he …
Unsolved
January 29, 2023
Body of Woman Found Dead in Apartment Belonging to Man Found Dead in Hotel
Police in Hawaii are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman in separate locations they believe could be connected. Honolulu Police said they found the body of 36-year-old Johnalynn Ilae, a bank employee, early Sunday afternoon in a …
Child sex crimes
January 29, 2023
US Marine Travels From Louisiana to Florida for Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Cops
An active duty US Marine is accused of flying from Louisiana to Florida to have sex with a 14-year-old girl he met online. The West Melbourne Police Department said that Sean Rudziewicz, 22, met the girl on the app Omegle …
Murder
January 29, 2023
‘Find peace’: Husband Says He Forgives Wife Who Murdered Their Three Young Children
The husband of a Massachusetts woman accused of strangling her children to death is asking the public to forgive his wife, WFXT-TV reports. Prosecutors allege that 32-year-old Lindsay Clancy murdered her three kids earlier this week at their home in …
Murder
January 29, 2023
Father of Missing New Hampshire Girl Harmony Montgomery Formally Indicted For Her Murder
Harmony Montgomery has been missing for more than three years, prompting investigators to conclude the New Hampshire girl is no longer alive. Now, her father has been formally accused of killing the girl, who was just 5 years old when …
Police
January 29, 2023
‘I Could be Dead’: Ex-Memphis Cop Accused in Fatal Tyre Nichols Beating Allegedly Attacked Inmate
A former Memphis police officer among those charged with murdering Tyre Nichols allegedly beat up a jail inmate almost eight years ago, NBC News reports. In 2015, Cordarlrius Sledge was serving a three-year sentence in the Shelby County Division of …
Shooting
January 28, 2023
3 Dead, 4 Wounded in Shooting in Upscale LA Neighborhood
Three people were shot dead inside a car outside a swank short-term rental home in a ritzy Los Angeles neighborhood early Saturday morning. Los Angeles Police said four other people were wounded in the shooting, which took place at about …
Police
January 28, 2023
Memphis PD Disbands SCORPION Unit Involved in Deadly Beating of Tyre Nichols
Memphis Police announced Saturday it was deactivating its SCORPION Unit, which was involved in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx driver and photographer, died three days after the January 7 incident, as CrimeOnline …