93-Year-Old Woman Found Dead in Freezer in Garage
Unsolved
Marie Hoskins’ 64-year-old daughter told police she hadn’t seen her mother in some time.
Murder
April 29, 2022
Brother Stabs Older Sister to Death ‘Because She Was a Witch’
A 51-year-old man from New York state’s Thousand Islands region is in jail after allegedly stabbing his older sister to death because he “was done with her witchcraft.” Court documents say that Anthony Dibella lived in a Point Peninsula home …
Homicide
April 29, 2022
Human Remains Discovered in December Confirmed as Ex-NFL Player’s Missing Girlfriend: Officials
Texas police announced on Friday that human remains found in December 2021 belong to a jailed ex-NFL player’s girlfriend who suspiciously vanished last April. Harris County police said the remains were positively identified as Taylor Pomaski, 29, who was last …
Court
April 29, 2022
Jury Finds Former Idaho Lawmaker Guilty of Raping 19-Year-Old Intern
An Idaho jury deliberated for 11 hours over the course of two days before finding former state Representative Aaron von Ehlinger guilty of raping a 19-year-old intern last year. The jury found the 39-year-old not guilty on a second charge …
Homicide
April 29, 2022
Man Who Vanished in March is Found in a Shallow Grave; Girlfriend Charged With Obstruction: Reports
A South Carolina man who reportedly vanished late last month was found dead on Tuesday in a shallow grave According to WYFF, Foothills Search and Rescue crews found Devantae Griffin, 28, deceased in a wooded area in Roebuck. The remains …
Animal Crimes
April 29, 2022
Cops Find Pet Dog ‘Standing Guard’ Over Owner’s Body After She’s Mauled to Death by Pack of Dogs
The deceased woman was originally mistaken for a stabbing victim
Murder
April 29, 2022
Mom Murdered Newborn Son, Stashes Body in Zipped Plastic Bag in Closet
On Wednesday, a Mayland woman was convicted of killing her newborn son in 2018 and stashing his body in a plastic bag in her home. Moira Akers, 41, later claimed she had a stillbirth, but she did not mention giving …
Cold Cases
April 29, 2022
Florida Man Charged With Gruesome Murder of Dallas Attorney
A Florida man was arrested this week and charged with the murder of a Dallas lawyer who was beaten and then burned alive in 2016. Steven Aubrey had been on law enforcement’s radar from almost the beginning in the death …
Murder
April 29, 2022
Teen Girl Shot to Death by Mom’s Boyfriend While Mom Is Out of Town: Cops
A 16-year-old girl was shot to death in the early hours of Friday morning, and her mother’s boyfriend has been charged with the crime. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies were dispatched to the scene when a young woman …
Murder
April 29, 2022
Estranged Husband Shoots Woman Dead in Front of Target Store, Then Turns Himself In
A beloved mental health worker and union steward was shot to death by her estranged husband Wednesay morning outside the Target store at Chicago’s Brickyard Mall, police said. Jennifer Hamilton, 47, was rushed to Loyola University Medical Center, where she …
Murder
April 28, 2022
Florida Mom, Missing Since February, Found Dead Behind Rental House
A Florida rental property owner cleaning up the home for new renters found a body last week buried in the back yard, and investigators have now identified the deceased as a woman who was last seen in February. Investigators have …
Murder
April 28, 2022
Connecticut Mom Stabbed in Front of Children, Dies in Street Trying To Get Help
A 24-year-old Connecticut mother was viciously stabbed to death on Tuesday, dying in front of her home while trying to make it across the street to a firehouse. Firefighters came across Moesha Watson as they returned to their station from …
Court
April 28, 2022
Jury Deliberates in Case of Former Idaho Lawmaker Accused of Rape
An Idaho jury went into deliberations Thursday after the testimony of a former lawmaker accused of raping a 19-year-old intern in March 2021. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the intern, identified as “J.V.” in court documents, fled the courtroom halfway through …
Court
April 28, 2022
Judge Reaffirms Change of Venue Order for Chad and Lori Daybell Trials
An Idaho judge on Thursday denied defense attorneys’ motion to drop the criminal indictment against Chad Daybell and also ruled that his trial — and that of his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell — will take place in Ada County. District …
Murder
April 28, 2022
14-Year-Old Charged With Murdering & Raping Lily Peters is Son of Pedophile Sex Offender
The father of a 14-year-old Wisconsin boy charged with killing and sexually assaulting 10-year-old Lily Peters is reportedly a registered sex offender. Though officials have not publicly named Peters’ killer, the Daily Mail reported that the teen’s father is Adam …
Homicide
April 28, 2022
FBI Investigating Deaths of Husband & Wife Found Shot on Walking Trail Near Home
The FBI is investigating the suspicious deaths of a husband and wife who were found fatally shot near their Connecticut home last Thursday, days after their reported disappearance. According to WBTS, state officials said they have received at least 60 …
Murder
April 28, 2022
Alex Murdaugh Lured Estranged Wife Maggie to Lodge the Night She & Her Son Were Murdered: Sources
Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh allegedly lured his wife to the spot where she and their son were murdered last summer. Sources told FITSNews that Maggie Murdaugh, 52, drove to the family’s 1,770-acre lodge in Colleton County, known as …
Child Abuse
April 28, 2022
‘I Hate Your A**’: Mom Films Herself Striking Infant in Face, Posts Video on Instagram
A Florida mother was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly posting a video of herself slapping her 1-year-old child. Sanford police told WESH that Tya Posley, 23, posted a video as an Instagram story because she was angry at her baby’s …
Kidnapping
April 28, 2022
Suspect in Baby’s Kidnapping Had Taken Grandma Shopping Before the Abduction
The tot’s grandmother took him inside her apartment, then went back out to get her groceries. That’s when the kidnapper struck.
Hit-and-Run
April 28, 2022
Tot Girl Dead After Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Family on Miami-Dade Street
A Florida toddler died Wednesday night after a hit-and-run driver struck a family of three in northwest Miami-Dade. The 2-year-old girl and her 40-year-old parents were all taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where the girl died. The parents are still …
Assault
April 28, 2022
NC Man Threatens Victim and Witness To Lie About Shooting 15-Year-Old Boy
A North Carolina teen has been charged with assault and other charges after he allegedly shot a 15-year-old and threatened the victim and a witness to lie to police about the shooting. Ryan Joseph Peace, 19, was driving the 15-year-old …
Shooting
April 28, 2022
Husband Demands Sheriff ‘Take Down’ Video of Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Dying on ‘Rust’ Movie Set
Attorneys for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ husband slammed the Sante Fe County Sheriff’s Office this week for releasing footage of the “Rust” movie director of photography as medics desperately tried to save her after she was shot by actor Alex Baldwin …
Child sex crimes
April 27, 2022
California Man Poses As 11-Year-Old Girl To Groom Children Into Creating Porn: Cops
A California man has been arrested and is believed to have groomed at least 80 children and used them to create child pornography. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said they launched an investigation in December 2021 following a tip from …
Murder
April 27, 2022
Parents Burn Baby Boy With Torch Lighter: Cops
A 1-year-old boy was rushed to a southern California hospital Monday night and there pronounced dead, leading to the arrest of the child’s parents. Pomona Police said family members of the boy’s father, 27-year-old Ricardo Mendez, brought him to the …
Court
April 27, 2022
Intern Who Accused Former Lawmaker of Rape Can’t Complete Testimony, Flees Courtroom
An intern who accused an Idaho lawmaker of rape abruptly left the courtroom in the middle of her testimony Wednesday afternoon. Aaron von Ehlinger, 39, was a Republican state representative when he allegedly raped the then-19-year-old intern after the two …
Missing
April 27, 2022
MISSING: Woman Still Unaccounted for Nearly 2 Weeks After Dating App Meetup
A California woman remains unaccounted for nearly two weeks after she vanished while planning to meet up with someone she met on a dating app. Leslie Ben-Iesau was reportedly last seen in Sacramento on April 15 — which is also …
Crime Stories
April 27, 2022
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Did Pokemon GO Player Spot 10-year-old Lily Peters Just Before Murder?
An arrest in the death of 10-year-old Illiana “Lily” Peters. Police announcing a teen, known to Peters is in custody and is scheduled for his first court hearing today. Peters disappeared after visiting with her aunt, who lives near the …
Bullies
April 27, 2022
6-Year-Old Severely Burned After Bully Throws Burning Gas-Doused Tennis Ball at His Face
A 6-year-old Connecticut boy was severely burned on Sunday when he was reportedly struck in the face with a tennis ball that had been doused with gasoline and lit on fire. According to WNBC, Dominick Krankall suffered second- and third-degree …
Homicide
April 27, 2022
Update: 14-year-old Boy ‘Strangled’ Lily Peters, Threw Her to Ground & Sexually Assaulted Her [DA]
New details emerged Wednesday during a bond hearing for a Wisconsin teen accused of killing Chippewa Falls girl, Lily Peters. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police arrested a juvenile after finding the 10-year-old dead in a wooded area after she disappeared …
Murder
April 27, 2022
2-Month-Old Starved to Death By Parents Who Claimed They Forgot to Feed Him: Cops
An Indiana couple was arrested on Tuesday, two months after their 2-month-old son reportedly starved to death while in their care. On February 15, first responders found Silas Chance-Kent Scott deceased at a home in Warrick County. The baby was …
Murder
April 27, 2022
UPDATE: Police Reveal Alleged Killer of Lily Peters is 14-year-old Boy Who Sexually Assaulted Her
A Wisconsin teen who was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of 10-year-old Illiana “Lily” Peters appeared in a Chippewa Falls court today for a bond hearing. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police arrested a juvenile after finding the victim …
Violent Crime
April 27, 2022
Lily Peters: Juvenile Suspect Heads to Bail Hearing, Autopsy Underway for 10-year-old Found Dead in Woods
A juvenile suspect who was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of 10-year-old Illiana “Lily” Peters is scheduled for a first court hearing today. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police in Chippewa Falls arrested a juvenile after finding the victim …
Court
April 27, 2022
Jailed Cop Derek Chauvin Appeals Murder Conviction in Death of George Floyd
Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin has asked a Minnesota court to appeal his April 2021 conviction for the murder of George Floyd. Attorney William Mohrman argued in an 83-page document filed with the state Court of Appeals that tensions in the …
Court
April 27, 2022
Sex Worker Drugs and Kills at Least 4 Men with Fentanyl, Including a Renowned Italian Chef
A New York prostitute who pleaded guilty to drugging numerous men and killing them has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Angelina Barini, 43, shed tears at a Brooklyn federal court Tuesday and confessed to giving fentanyl and “date …
Murder
April 27, 2022
Minor Arrested for Murders of 7-Year-Old Boy, His Grandma
A juvenile has been charged for a double murder in rural Greene County, Tennessee, on Sunday. County Sheriff Wesley Holt said that deputies were called to a home in Chuckey shortly before midnight and found the bodies of 59-year-old Sherry …
Missing
April 27, 2022
FOUND SAFE: Search Underway for 9-year-old North Carolina Girl
Update: Ka’Mya Yeldell has been found safe, WSOC reports. Original story: North Carolina police are searching for a 9-year-old girl reported missing out of Charlotte. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Ka’Mya Yeldell was last seen Tuesday at around 9 …
Murder
April 27, 2022
Murdaugh Murders: High Velocity Spatter Puts Alex Murdaugh at Scene, Sources Say
The disgraced South Carolina legal scion told investigators he’d been at his parents’ home and returned to his home to find his wife and son shot to death.
Murder
April 27, 2022
Recluse Daughter Dies in Parents’ Living Room With Severe Sores and Maggot-Filled Hair
A Louisiana prosecutor says he will ask a grand jury to hand up a murder indictment against the parents of a 36-year-old woman found dead in January, sunk into a hole she’d worn in a couch she hadn’t moved from, …
Murder
April 27, 2022
Pregnant Mom of 2, an Innocent Bystander, SHOT DEAD During Bar Fight
A pregnant Mississippi woman is dead after she was hit by a stray bullet during a shooting at a club in Marshall County early Sunday morning. Takila Gross, 30, was also the mother of two children, her own mother, Jacqueline …
Murder
April 26, 2022
Suspect in Memphis Chef’s Death Spent 10 Years in Prison for Murder in Florida
A Memphis man accused of killing a popular Midtown chef in an apparent road rage incident had previously spent more than 10 years in prison for another murder. Jonathan Brush told investigators that he stabbed a man who allegedly ran …
Murder
April 26, 2022
LILY PETERS: Juvenile Arrested in Death of 10-Year-Old Girl
Police in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, have arrested a juvenile in the death of 10-year-old Lily Peters, who was found dead in a wooded area after she disappeared following a visit with her aunt. Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matthew Kelm could …
Court
April 26, 2022
Psychologist Hired by Johnny Depp Says Ex-Wife Amber Heard Shows Symptoms of 2 Personality Disorders
Johnny Depp’s attorneys called three more witnesses in his defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard on Tuesday, including a psychologist who said she exhibits symptoms of two personality disorders. Shannon Curry, a forensic psychologist from California, testified that she conducted …
Crime Stories
April 26, 2022
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Texas Teen Snatched From High School Boyfriend Car, Raped, Tortured, Murdered
17-year-old cheerleader, Carla Walker, and her boyfriend Rodney McCoy, quarterback on the football team, are the poster couple for high school sweethearts. The couple attends a Valentine’s dance at Western Hills High School in Forth Worth, Texas. After the dance, the …
April 26, 2022
Come See Nancy Grace And The CrimeOnline Team At CrimeCon In Vegas!
Nancy Grace and the CrimeOnline team are joining true crime fans from around the world at CrimeCon this weekend, taking place at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada! Here’s our schedule! Friday 4/29: The CrimeOnline and Crime Stories team …
Manslaughter
April 26, 2022
Mom & Boyfriend Are Released on Bond in Death of 2 Babies Found Burned & Bruised in Car: Reports
A North Carolina couple who is charged with killing the woman’s two babies was released from custody on Monday after posting bond. Zharia Noel and Ahmene Butler, both 21, were charged with involuntary manslaughter after her 1-year-old daughter and 3-month-old …
Unsolved
April 26, 2022
‘This predator is watching everything’: Massive Manhunt After 10-year-old Lily Peters Found Dead, KILLER on the Loose
A former FBI agent weighed in Tuesday in connection with the death of a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl found murdered and left in a wooded area. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Iliana “Lily” Peters disappeared Sunday after she left to visit her …
Celebrity
April 26, 2022
Interview with ‘Rust’ Armorer Released as Cops Say Alec Baldwin May Face Charges for Fatal Shooting
New Mexico authorities said on Tuesday that Alec Baldwin could still face criminal charges in last year’s fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins as the actor was handling the gun when it fired. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza …
Murder
April 26, 2022
Pet Duck Solves Murder, Helps Police Find Missing Grandmother Inside Container Under Home: Reports
A pet duck who scampered under a home during a missing persons investigation has helped solve a homicide, according to police. According to ABC 13, 92-year-old Nellie Sullivan was reported missing in 2020, but investigators determined early on that foul …