FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas, Criminal Charges Filed
Missing
December 12, 2022
Missing Delaware Teen Hasn’t Been Seen in Months, Vanishes from Mall with ‘Unidentified Man’: Reports
Delaware police are searching for a 15-year-old Dover teen who hasn’t contacted her loved ones since October. Alexis “Lexi” Marrero was last seen by her family on October 1, after going to the Christiania Mall in Dover, according to Maryland …
Cold Cases
December 12, 2022
Cold Case: Jarrod Green Still Missing 28 Years After His Car is Found in Walmart Parking Lot
An Arkansas man remains unaccounted for more than 28 years after he vanished under suspicious circumstances. Jarrod Green, then 20, had plans to meet a man in North Little Rock before he disappeared. KARK reported that Green was from Searcy, …
Accident
December 12, 2022
Mom Demands Answers After Daughter is Apparently Killed in Car Wreck While Out With Friends
Prairie Valley A&M student Zkira Kemp died in a car accident in July 2022, but her mother says details are awfully inconsistent.
Murder
December 12, 2022
Mariah Woods: Mom’s Boyfriend Admits to Killing 3-Year-Old Girl With Chloroform So He Could Use Meth
On Monday, a North Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his live-in girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in 2017. According to WRAL, Adolphus Kimrey II pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and felony child …
Unsolved
December 12, 2022
‘Pi***d someone off enough to go after them’: Retired Moscow Police Captain Opens Up About Quadruple University of Idaho Murders
A retired Idaho police captain who spent decades investigating crime in Moscow reportedly said the killer had to have known at least one of the victims. “When you use the word ‘targeted,’ it means somewhere along the line we met,” …
Murder
December 12, 2022
Babysitter Sent CPS Pics of Battered Toddler Months Before Drug-Addict Mom Killed Her
Last Monday, a Michigan woman was charged with second-degree murder and child abuse for the August 2021 death of her 21-month-old daughter. Coty Lyon, 31, reportedly admitted to accidentally kicking Olivia Stripling last year, leading her to hit her head …
Unsolved
December 12, 2022
‘Big open gouges’: Dad Says Idaho College Murder Victim Kaylee Goncalves Had Substantial Wounds, Calls Police ‘Cowards’
The father of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves called the Moscow Police Department “cowards” as the search for the killer who murdered his daughter and three other students continues. “She says, sir, I don’t think stabs is the …
Unsolved
December 12, 2022
‘None of us are safe’: Son Finds 77-year-old Mother Murdered Outside Her Home, Suspect Caught Amid Police Announcing $10k Reward
Atlanta police are searching for a suspect(s) accused of killing an elderly woman outside her home over the weekend. According to Atlanta police, the incident happened Saturday night at a residence off Paces West Terrace in Buckhead, as CrimeOnline previously …
Homicide
December 12, 2022
‘They Dropped the Ball’: No Alert Issued for Suicidal Mom Who Drove Herself & 7-Year-Old Daughter Into Lake
A 7-year-old girl and her mother who were discovered in a lake on Thursday died due to a murder-suicide, Wisconsin officials said. A day before Khalilah Brister, 25, and Tyrielle Jefferson were found dead in Northridge Lake, Brister’s mother called …
Murder
December 12, 2022
18-Year-Old New York Man Sought in Stabbing Death of His 16-Year-Old Girlfriend
New York police are looking for an 18-year-old man for the stabbing of his girlfriend, a 16-year-old Manhattan girl found dead in an apartment in Harlem. Officers responded to a call about the stabbing on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard at …
Murder
December 12, 2022
Decomposed Body of Pregnant Woman Found in Apartment of Fatal Convenience Store Shooting Suspect
Authorities in Maryland found the decomposing body of a pregnant woman last week at the apartment of a man accused of killing a convenience store clerk. Torrey Moore, 31, was arrested on Friday for the shooting death of 61-year-old Ayalew …
Assault
December 11, 2022
Arizona Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Realtor, Forcing a Miscarriage, Arrested in Texas
An Arizona man wanted in an assault and attempted kidnapping in Tucson two months ago was arrested this week in Texas. El Paso County Court records say that Juan Nunley Jr was booked under the alias Donasti Davonsiea as a …
Cyber crimes
December 11, 2022
Catfishing Virginia Cop Killed Himself With His Own Service Weapon After Killing Teen’s Family
The Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed the mother and grandparents of a California teen he catfished shot himself with his service weapon after a chase with law enforcement 200 miles from the murder scene. Investigators’s say 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards …
Court
December 11, 2022
Texas Woman Found Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Plot To Kill Son, Daughter-in-Law
A Texas woman was found guilty Friday of hiring carnival worker to kill her son and daughter-in-law in 2013. Prosecutors said that Ruth Ann Comer wanted her son and his wife dead to cover her tracks after the unsolved murder …
Murder
December 11, 2022
77-Year-Old Woman Stabbed to Death Inside Gated Community for Her Car
A 77-year-old Atlanta woman was stabbed to death on Saturday, apparently when she interrupted a suspect trying to steal her Lexus SUV. Eleanor “Ellen” J. Bowles was found dead by her son, who arrived home for the holidays, at her …
Kidnapping
December 11, 2022
Kidnapped 2-Year-Old Georgia Boy Found in Puerto Rico, Non-Custodial Father Arrested
A 2-year-old boy kidnapped by his non-custodial father in September was recovered in Puerto Rico this week and two people were arrested. The U.S.Marshals Service said that London Stephens picked up the boy from a daycare facility in Oakwood, Georgia, …
Murder
December 11, 2022
21-Year-Old Man in Custody for Colorado Triple Murder
A 21-year-old Colorado man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two women and a man at a home in Aurora on Friday. Christopher Martinez was arrested Saturday morning at at about 5:30 a.m., 24 hours …
National
December 11, 2022
Lockerbie Bombing Suspect Taken Into U.S. Custody to Face Prosecution
A key figure in the bombing of an airplane 34 years ago that killed 270 people, including 190 Americans, has been taken into custody to face prosecution, ABC News reports. On Sunday, the Justice Department announced that authorities detained Abu …
Nancy Grace
December 11, 2022
Nancy Grace: FBI Offers Way to Share Digital Data Online, Debunk Rumors in University of Idaho Quadruple Murders
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says the FBI made the right move by creating a website where digital data can be shared in connection with the University of Idaho murders that left four students dead last month. “It can be a Ring …
Murder
December 11, 2022
Interior Designer Allegedly Murders Ex-Stepdad After Finding Nude Images of Her on His Computer
A California woman is on trial for allegedly killing her former stepfather after she discovered naked images of herself on his computer, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Jade Janks, 39, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Thomas Merriman, 64, who …
Other
December 11, 2022
Wife of Convicted Killer Says Husband ‘Not Linked at All’ to Idaho College Murders
The wife of a convicted killer is urging the public to stop accusing her husband of murdering the four University of Idaho students who were stabbed to death last month, telling the Daily Mail that the harassment is endangering her …
Murder
December 10, 2022
Alabama Man Charged With Killing 62-Year-Old Mother
A northeast Alabama man has been arrested and charged with killing his 62-year-old mother. DeKalb County emergency officials responded to a home in Collinsville Tuesday night and found Sandra Jelks dead in her living room, WDEF reported. Jelks was the …
Animal Abuse
December 10, 2022
Florida Woman Arrested as Child, Animals Rescued from ‘Deplorable Conditions’
A Florida woman was arrested this week on charges of child neglect and animal cruelty after deputies saw the “deplorable conditions” of her home, which include trash, fecal matter, urine, rotten food, rats, and a variety of insects. The Citrus …
Elderly Abuse
December 10, 2022
Daughter Charged With Kidnapping, Financially Exploiting Her Elderly Mother
State Attorney: “Every incident of alleged elder exploitation or abuse touches our heart and never fails to shock us. It seems particularly harder to understand when the alleged perpetrator of the exploitation is a daughter, or a son or another blood relative”
Murder
December 10, 2022
Uber Driver Stabbed to Death by Passenger Who Just Wanted To Kill Someone: Cops
A Louisiana Uber driver was stabbed to death in the parking lot of a hotel by a rider who “decided he was going to kill someone.” Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said that 54-year-old Yolanda Dillion picked up Brandon Jacobs, …
Mass shooting
December 10, 2022
Bomb Threat Case Against Accused Club Q Shooter Dropped When Family Members Wouldn’t Testify
Records from the June 2021 arrest, which charged Anderson Lee Aldrich with five felonies, were unsealed this week.
Unsolved
December 10, 2022
Police Post Extra Officers as University of Idaho Hosts Winter Commencement
With winter graduation taking place on the University of Idaho’s Moscow campus on Saturday, Moscow Police urged vigilance for the influx of people joining students for the weekend. Moscow Police Chief James Fry said patrol officers would be on hand …
Murder
December 10, 2022
Florida Woman Found Dead, Bound, Gagged & Stabbed 38 Times by ‘Suitor’: Reports
A Florida man is accused of violently stabbing to death a woman whom he was trying to date, FOX 4 reports. On September 26, police were called to a residence on South Haberland Boulevard in Port Charlotte, where they found …
Breaking
December 10, 2022
Knife-wielding Convicted Killer Beats Wife & Daughter, Arrested Near University of Idaho Quadruple Murders Scene: Police
James Leonard’s attorney is Latah County coroner Cathy Mabbutt, who confirmed the cause and manner of death of the four slain students.
Missing
December 10, 2022
Search for Baby Kayleen Continues After Parents Admit to Drowning Her in Bathtub
Authorities continue searching for an Iowa newborn who was allegedly drowned by her parents and then discarded in garbage bags, the Des Moines Register reports. On Wednesday, police arrested the child’s mother and father, 24-year-old Taylor K. Blaha and 31-year-old …
Other
December 10, 2022
Update: Mystery Surrounds ‘Family Man’ with Children Who Vanished, Found Dead Years Later Under Different Name
A man found dead in upstate New York this week had been missing for almost 10 years and was living under an alias, a development that has devastated his family, the News Times reports. On Monday, first responders were dispatched …
Murder
December 10, 2022
Murdaugh Murders: Possible Motive Revealed for Why Legal Scion Shot Wife and Son to Death
Prosecutors this week revealed a possible motive for why South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh allegedly murdered his wife and son, WCSC-TV reports. In a court filing on Thursday, lawyers for the government alleged that Murdaugh committed the murders to …
Murder
December 9, 2022
House Fire Victim Was Stabbed, Neck Slashed Before Fire
A woman found dead after a house fire in Atlanta earlier this month was stabbed several times and her neck was slashed, police said. WXIA reported that two people were found dead inside the home: Lola Bell Thomas, the homeowner, …
Missing
December 9, 2022
Missing Woman’s Husband in Custody; Sources Say Remains Found 40 Miles From Where She Went Missing
Investigators recovered human remains on Friday from a wooded area near the Philadelphia International Airport where they had previously searched for clues in the October disappearance of a woman from Sellersville, more than 40 miles away. KYW said investigators were …
Murder
December 9, 2022
‘She’s Safe’: 5-Year-Old Aspen Jeter Found in Virginia After Her Mother Was Found Shot Dead on Thanksgiving
A 5-year-old South Carolina girl reported missing after her mother was found dead has been located, and her father has been charged with her mother’s murder. Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said that Aspen Jeter’s father, 46-year-old Antar Antonio Jeter, …
Crime Stories
December 9, 2022
[Crime Stories with Nancy Grace] NFL STAR & WIFE SHOT DEAD IN BED AT LUX CONDO: SHOCK SUSPECT
Dawn and Antonio Armstrong, married for 18 years, seem to have everything: thriving businesses, a happy marriage, three successful children, and a beautiful home. The home, however, became the place where the Armstrongs died, shot in their beds in the …
School Crimes
December 9, 2022
Superintendent Kills Himself While Being Investigated for Putting Recorder in Girls’ Locker Room
A man found dead on Friday is a school superintendent who was arrested on Monday for a recording device that was found in a girls’ locker room. The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office said Joshua Goen, 43, was found dead with …
Arson
December 9, 2022
Cops Seeking Father Who Put Newborn Son in Oven & Turned it On
Ohio authorities are looking for a man who put his newborn baby in an oven in 2009. WOIO reported that Sammy Hunter Jr. had failed to register as an arson offender, a charge which stemmed from an incident involving his …
Missing
December 9, 2022
Missing: Husband Says Wife Possibly ‘Eaten by Shark’ While They Were Snorkeling Together
Hawaii authorities continued a search Friday for a woman who reportedly disappeared while snorkeling in South Maui with her husband. According to Hawaii News Now, an unnamed husband said he was snorkeling with his wife when he had to fight …
Missing
December 9, 2022
Man Who Vanished in 2013 Dies in Different State With a New Identity
A man who was reported missing from Connecticut in 2013 was found dead on Monday in New York with a different name, according to officials. Newtown Police Detective Lt. Liam Seabrook said that since 2013, Robert Hogland, 59, had been …
Murder
December 9, 2022
Delphi Murders: Accused Killer Richard Allen’s Attorneys Want the Public to Pay for Legal Defense Expenses
Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen’s lawyers have requested public funds to help defend him while covering costs for court expenses and experts. According to court documents filed in Carroll County, Indiana, on Thursday, court-appointed lawyers Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi …
Arson
December 9, 2022
2 Firefighters Die in Suspicious House Blaze, Gunshot Victim’s Body Discovered Outside
Two volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania were killed on Thursday in a house fire where a resident was reportedly found deceased outside. New Tripoli Community Fire Company Assistant Fire Chief Zachary Paris, 36, and Marvin Gruber, 59, were killed while responding …
Unsolved
December 9, 2022
University of Idaho: Nearly a Month Later, Neighbor Reports Hearing Screaming Night of Quadruple Murders
An Idaho man who lives near the home where four University of Idaho students were murdered last month says he heard a scream during the early morning hours when the attack occurred. According to the Idaho Statesman, local chef Inan …
Missing
December 9, 2022
Missing: California Woman Possibly Abducted While Walking Dog in Mexico
A California woman who vanished in Mexico last month may have been abducted, according to reports. Monica De Leon, 29, of San Mateo, was walking her puppy in Tepatitlan at around 5 p.m. on November 29 when someone reportedly pulled …
Court
December 9, 2022
‘Suitcase Killer’ Heather Mack Denied Bond in Conspiracy Case for Her Mother’s Murder
A former Chicago socialite who has already spent eight years behind bars in Indonesia for the murder of her mother was denied bond this week and will remain jailed until her conspiracy trial begins next summer. Heather Mack, 27, was …
Murder
December 9, 2022
Iowa Parents Drown Newborn in Bathtub Minutes After Birth for Crying
An Iowa couple have been charged with murder in the drowning death of their newborn daughter shortly after the mother gave birth in their apartment bathroom. Brandon Thoma, 31, and Taylor Blaha, 24, have been charged with first-degree murder in …
Homicide
December 9, 2022
No Arrest Yet in Mysterious Death of North Carolina Woman on Mexican Beach Vacation With Friends
Two weeks after Mexican authorities issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the death of North Carolinian Shanquella Robinson in Cabo San Lucas, there’s no confirmation that an arrest has been made. But experts say that appears to be …
Court
December 8, 2022
Man Accused of Using Blowtorch on Tot’s Genitals, Smothering and Beating Him to Death, Pleads Guilty
A Wyoming man pleaded guilty Wednesday to second degree murder and child abuse in the death of his ex-girlfriend’s toddler son last year. Wyatt Lamb initially pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and 10 counts of child abuse relating …
Lawsuit
December 8, 2022
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Sued for Sexual Battery on a Minor in 2001
A 39-year-old woman has filed suit against Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, claiming he raped her on his boy band’s tour bus when she was 17. Shannon Ruth, who has autism and cerebral palsy, says that Carter invited her onto the …