An Illinois woman who said she was mentally ill last year when she killed her 7-year-old daughter was sentenced on Thursday to 53 years in prison. On January 24, 2021, Galesburg police discovered Willow Banks’ body in an apartment’s upstairs …
Questions are being raised about the impact of the new Netflix documentary, “Sins of Our Mother,” on Lori Vallow’s chances of a fair trial. Vallow’s attorneys point to media coverage surrounding the case making it impossible for that to happen. To …
A New York man has been charged with murder in Thursday’s stabbing death of an EMT who was randomly targeted. The New York Post reported that FDNY Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, 61, was getting food in Queens when Peter Zisopoulos, 34, …
Missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery’s father, Adam Montgomery, was in a Manchester court Wednesday, where interviews were played for the judge, showing him lashing out at a detective who accused him of harming his child. During a pre-trial hearing …
Recently-released footage shows Sherri Papini speaking to California cops after she was found safe — and before it was uncovered that her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax. In a video shown on “Good Morning America,” Papini, 39, is heard telling …
Editor’s Note: This timeline has been updated. The timeline of Debbie Collier’s disappearance and mysterious death began when she left her Athens home on September 10; she was found dead the following day but so far, no arrests have been …
A Massachusetts woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing her former landlord and concealing his body in his home. Leonard Garber, 65, who was reported missing on Monday, was found dead the following day — wrapped in a curtain …
A 70-year-old Alabama woman was shot and killed Wednesday night when she answered a knock at the door of her Selma home. Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford told the Selma Times-Journal that the incident took place at about 10:30 p.m. …
Georgia deputies said Friday morning that Debbie Collier, an Athens woman found charred, naked, and murdered on September 10, was killed in a “deliberate and personal act.” The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office said that they are still waiting on phone …
A small Texas city straddling two counties was rocked Thursday morning by gunfire that left five people dead and the suspect hospitalized after he was shot by police. McGregor police asked the Texas Rangers to conduct the investigation of the …
Video showing slain Georgia mom Debbie Collier’s husband parking cars for a University of Georgia football game on the day she disappeared would appear to eliminate him from a potential list of suspects. Collier, 59, was found dead on September …
A US Army major and her wife have been indicted on charges that they plotted to deliver sensitive healthcare data of US government and military patients to Russia. Major Jamie Lee Henry, 39, and Dr. Anna Gabrielian, a 36-year-old Johns …
A 61-year-old emergency technician was stabbed to death on a Queens street Thursday afternoon as she walked from her station to a nearby deli for food. Police said Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, a World Trade Center responder on September 11, 2001, …
A young Kentucky mother was found shot to death in her apartment last week, her 2-year-old daughter left alone with her body for three days. The child was unharmed, and it appeared that someone had been inside the apartment to …
A 49-year-old Florida Keys hotel employee was arrested Wednesday after she took off with a co-worker’s toddler. Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Marathon at about 8:30 a.m. by an employee who told …
Florida boy, JoJo Morales, 6, missing after being kidnapped by his religious fanatic dad. Police believe 45-year-old Jorge Morales planned his disappearance act for more than a year, before taking his autistic son. The senior Morales’ mother, 68-year-old Lilliam Pena …
The 21-year-od man shot to death while visiting a patient in an Arkansas hospital room on Wednesday was visiting his fiancee, court documents filed in the case reveal. Jade Pye told police Leighton Whitfield was in her fourth floor room …
The 911 call made in reference to murdered Georgia mother, Debbie Collier, mentions an unidentified truck driver that may have been in a previous car crash with her. According to the call, obtained by Fox News Digital, the caller, who …
A man reportedly died after he became trapped in a hydraulic machine at a packaging plant in Ohio. Heath fire officials who responded to Samuel Packaging found Billy Joe Craig’s body in the machine, which was off. He was pronounced …
A Tennessee woman who was found dead earlier this month reportedly suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and blunt force trauma. WREG reported that an autopsy report dated September 24 ruled Fletcher’s death a homicide. Fletcher, …
A former NYPD cop on trial for allegedly killing his 8-year-old son reportedly showed “no emotion” as first responders tried to save the child from dying, a paramedic told the court Thursday. “He had no emotion, no sense of concern,” …
An EMT in New York died on Thursday after she was stabbed while responding to a call, according to reports. Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that the 61-year-old woman, who works at Station 49 in Astoria, Queens, …
Minnesota officials said the death of a couple whose bodies were found on Tuesday was a murder-suicide. Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander said Stacy Stearns, 49, was killed and Steven Stearns, 45, took his own life. Police discovered the deceased …
A crime scene expert took the stand this week during the murder trial of Texas woman Taylor Parker (pictured left), who stands accused of killing a friend and her unborn baby. On Tuesday, Judge John Tidwell warned those in the …
On Wednesday, California police asked the public to exercise caution at night as they investigate a pattern of similar unsolved slayings. Stockton police have not confirmed whether they believe the slayings are the work of a serial killer. It is …
Georgia police are searching for a Clayton County girl who hasn’t been seen since Monday morning. According to Fox Atlanta, 16-year-old Syriana Gregg left her home on East Meyers Drive in Morrow and headed for the school bus stop in …
South Carolina authorities have arrested a suspect in the disappearance for a 30-year-old mother of four who hasn’t been seen since August 20. Family and friends reported Krystal Anderson of Wagener missing on August 23, and shortly afterward, her boyfriend …
A toddler waiting in the car Wednesday night was caught in the crossfire of a shooting that erupted when an adult left him there to step into a grocery store. Nearby Rochester Police officers heard the gunshots just before 6 …
A newborn was found dead Tuesday afternoon in a far north Georgia creek. The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office says the infant was lying face down at the edge of South Chickamauga Creek, with the umbilical cord and placenta still attached, …
Prosecutors painted a grim picture Wednesday of the lives led by two special needs children whose father now stands trial for the murder of one of them — 8-year-old Thomas Valva, who died after spending a frigid winter night locked …
Las Vegas police have arrested Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, a 42-year-old convicted bombmaker serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion on the Las Vegas strip after his escape from Southern Desert Correctional Center in Nevada.
A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that Darrell Brooks, charged with intentionally driving into the Waukesha Christmas parade in 2021, is competent to represent himself when his trial begin with jury selection on Monday.
In lengthy motions filed with an Idaho court on Tuesday, Chad Daybell’s attorney asked for a delay in the start of his murder and conspiracy to commit murder trial and asked that his trial be severed from that of his …
A 14-year-old Maine boy who disappeared after walking away from home last week was found dead in Maquoit Bay Tuesday morning. Theo Ferrara’s body was located near Bunganuc Point by the Maine Marine Patrol shortly after 11 a.m. Staff at …
An Indiana woman who was arrested in February for abandoning her 5-year-old son in Ohio was sentenced on Tuesday to six months of mental health and substance abuse treatment. Heather Adkins, 33, was also ordered to complete three years of …
A 21-year-old man visiting a patient at an Arkansas hospital was shot dead Wednesday afternoon. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police responding to the shooting found the victim on the fourth floor of CHI St. Vincent North in Sherwood. The suspect …
A 12-year-old Texas girl died on last week, days after she reportedly shot herself and her father as part of a planned murder-suicide involving another girl. On September 20, Parker County police found the girl lying in the street with …
A judge has been asked to set aside his ruling that an Iowa teen must pay restitution to her rapist’s family after she stabbed him dead. Pieper Lewis, 15, was reportedly being sex trafficked when she killed Zachary Brooks. According …
Prosecutors said Monday that the child abuse case against a New York woman who allegedly abused her adopted son for years is headed to the grand jury. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 44-year-old Susan Orendorf, of Syracuse, was arrested and charged …
An unfired round was located near the scene where murdered Georgia mother, Debbie Collier, was found naked and charred after her mysterious disappearance. According to Fox News Digital, investigators collected the unfired round in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, close to …
Amber Heard has recently hired another attorney amid the appeal of her $10 million defamation judgment and as two insurance companies fight over who will cover the actress’ $8 million legal bill. Puck reported that Heard, 36, had a homeowners …
A California man is behind bars, prosecutors announced Tuesday, five months after he allegedly attacked several women in the Costa Mesa area. According to Fox 11, 25-year-old Johnny Deven Young was arrested and charged with illegal use of tear gas, …
A mother and father were arrested this week on 26 charges related to the 2016 death of an adopted child. John Snyder II and Katherine Snyder, both 51, were charged with murder in the death of 8-year-old Adam Snyder, who …
A U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife entered new guilty pleas Tuesday to plotting to sell confidential information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country. It was the second time Marylanders Jonathan and Diana Toebbe have pleaded guilty since …
“He got what he deserves,” a now 19-year-old victim of Jonathan Young, who testified against him, said after the sentencing.
A California murder suspect and the 15-year-old daughter he allegedly kidnapped were killed in a shootout with police on Interstate 15 Tuesday. An Amber Alert had been issued on Monday for Savannah Graziano after Anthony John Graziano allegedly shot and …
A 6-year-old Florida boy with autism warned his mother that his father wanted to take him away a year before he finally did so. JoJo Morales disappeared on August 27, along with his father and grandmother, just ahead of a …
