Jamie Spears’ Request Denied To Have Britney’s Estate Pay His Attorneys’ Fees
Celebrity
Jamie Spears has also asked for the singer’s medical records to be unsealed as her $60 million estate is turned over to her
Human Smuggling
January 20, 2022
4 People, Including Infant, Found Frozen Near US-Canada Border
Florida man arrested for human smuggling relating to the incident, in which 7 Indian nationals were found alive.
Podcast
January 20, 2022
Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: Dishonor Thy Father and Mother
On July 1, Bart and Krista Halderson decide to go to their lakeside cottage…at least that’s what their son, Chandler, says. Six days later, the 23-year-old reports his parents as missing. An investigation ensues, and a series of lies are …
Homicide
January 20, 2022
Nonverbal 8-Year-Old Killed When Drunk Dad Teaching ‘Gun Safety’ Shoots Her in Chest: Reports
Authorities have charged a Wisconsin man for fatally shooting his 8-year-old daughter on Saturday. A woman reportedly called 911 claiming Michael Huddleston, 47, shot Tiana Huddleston at a Milwaukee home. The father drove the girl to the hospital, but she …
Bullies
January 20, 2022
‘Please Don’t Send Me Back’: First-Grade Boy Takes His Own Life After Relentless Bullying & Racial Slurs, Mother Says
The mother of a San Antonio boy who committed suicide in 2019 has sued a school district, claiming it didn’t take the proper steps to prevent bullying and racism. According to a lawsuit filed against the East Central Independent School …
January 20, 2022
Baltimore Police Searching for Missing 16-year-old Girl
Murder
January 20, 2022
Pedestrian Spotted Suspect Wanted for Brianna Kupfer’s Murder Sitting on a Park Bench
A pedestrian alerted police to a wanted man accused of killing an UCLA graduate student last week. Citing a law enforcement source, Fox News reports that a witness spotted Shawn Laval Smith sitting on a park bench in Pasadena on …
Court
January 20, 2022
Judge Denies Alex Murdaugh’s Second Bid to Lower $7M Bond
On Tuesday, a South Carolina judge denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid to lower his $7 million bond. Judge Alison Lee denied Murdaugh’s request, finding he still posed a flight risk as well as a danger to himself and others. Following the …
Murder
January 20, 2022
Kansas Man Kills Girlfriend’s ‘Cover story’ Friend, Beats Her 4-year-old Child to Near Death: Police
A Kansas man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly killed his girlfriend’s friend, who apparently gave her a cover story on the night she went out without her boyfriend. Jose E. Escalante-Corchado, 24, has been charged with murder and …
School Crimes
January 20, 2022
SEE IT: Elementary School Employees Force Student To Eat Food From Trash as Classmates Laugh [Reports]
On Wednesday, Ohio officials released a video that apparently shows elementary school staff forcing a student to eat food she had thrown in the garbage. WKYC obtained surveillance footage from December, which apparently shows Palm Elementary School principal Debra Pustulka and …
Murder
January 20, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyers Request a Retrial Due to Juror’s Childhood Sex Abuse: Report
Attorneys for Ghilsaine Maxwell have asked for a retrial after being convicted of sex trafficking earlier this month. The New York Post reports that attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein’s close confidant have requested a retrial, reportedly because one juror did not …
Unsolved
January 20, 2022
Missing Harmony Montgomery’s Father Named as Murder Suspect in Another Shooting: Reports
The father of missing New Hampshire girl, Harmony Montgomery, has been named a suspect in an unsolved killing. According to The Boston Globe, Adam Montgomery is a suspect in the murder of Darlin Guzman, who was killed in 2008, in …
Assault
January 19, 2022
Ax-Wielding Tennessee Woman Attacks Family Members, Violates Protection Order
A Tennessee woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly broke into a relative’s home and attacked two family members with an ax. Nevada Fortson, 25, was charged with resisting arrest, violating an order of protection, aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault, …
Murder
January 19, 2022
Mom and Toddler Son Who Fell From Stadium Concourse Died From Murder-Suicide: Cops
San Diego investigators said Wednesday that a mother and her toddler son who died when they fell from a concourse at the city’s major league baseball stadium died from a murder-suicide. Police said the deaths of Raquel Wilkins, 40, and …
Domestic Abuse
January 19, 2022
Detroit Man Sets Girlfriend – Pregnant With Twins – on Fire; Gets $5,000 Cash Bond: Cops
A Detroit man has been ordered held on a $5,000 bond after he was charged with setting his 26-year-old girlfriend — pregnant with twins — on fire last week. The girlfriend, six-and-a-half months pregnant, remains hospitalized in critical condition with …
Child Abuse
January 19, 2022
Mom Fakes Autistic Son’s Death While Keeping Him Alone for Weeks, Locked in Motel Room: Police
A Tennessee woman is facing charges after police say she lied about her son’s death while she kept him hidden in a motel room for weeks. According to Clarksville Now, 39-year-old Vanessa Blanchard was arrested Wednesday and charged with contributing …
Murder
January 19, 2022
‘She Meant Something’: Still No Answers in Murder of 16-Year-Old Girl Dumped Near Highway
No arrests have been made in the slaying of a 16-year-old California girl who was reportedly shot in the neck and dumped on the side of a highway. According to KABC, Tioni Theus was found dead near 110 Freeway in …
child endangerment
January 19, 2022
Dead Baby in Duffel Bag Found Outside Snowy Fire Station Designated as ‘Safe Haven’: Reports
A duffel bag containing a deceased newborn was reportedly found near an Illinois fire station on Saturday. The Chicago Tribune reported that the dead baby boy was found outside North Fire station. Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford explained that …
Crime Stories
January 19, 2022
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Secret Sex Life Revealed After Millionaire Dentist-Wife ‘Commits Suicide’ on African Safari With Hubby
On a big game trip to Zambia, Bianca Rudolph is killed by a gunshot to the chest. It’s ruled an accident, Or was it suicide? That’s something that husband, Dr. Lawrence Rudolph says was a possibility. Now, US investigators …
Murder
January 19, 2022
Arrest Made After 9-year-old Not Reported Missing for Days Found Dead, Stuffed Inside a Barrel by Stepdad: Police
On Tuesday, the search for a New South Wales girl ended when police made a gruesome discovery in Mount Wilson. According to Daily Beast, 9-year-old Charlise Mutten was reported missing on January 14 after she vanished while visiting with her …
Murder
January 19, 2022
Concerned Mom Hides Tracking Device in Daughter’s Car. It’s Later Used To Solve Her Murder: Report
A Minnesota mother reportedly helped in convicting the man who killed her 18-year-old daughter in September 2019 by stashing a tracking device in the teen’s car before her death. Wendy Poulson told the New York Post that she put the …
Murder
January 19, 2022
Teen Released on Bail After Shooting 15-year-old Girlfriend 22 Times, Who Confronted Him on Cheating: Police
A Texas teen accused of killing his girlfriend has been released from jail. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Houston police responded to a crime scene in the southwest part of the city at around 9:30 p.m. on January 11. When officers …
Kidnapping
January 19, 2022
BREAKING: Body Found Amid Search for Clerk Abducted While Closing Store
Before she vanished, the woman reportedly texted that someone outside the store made her feel ‘uncomfortable’
Murder
January 19, 2022
Kamari Holland’s Alleged Killer Named in Woman’s Rape & Murder Report the Same Week Little Girl Vanished
An Alabama man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a young child in Georgia was also named in a police report concerning a deceased adult female. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 37-year-old Jeremy Williams is accused of kidnapping and killing 5-year-old …
Juveniles
January 19, 2022
DEVELOPING: Three Teenagers Found Dead in Texas Home
Three teenagers were found dead in a rural Texas home on Tuesday, and police reportedly believe it was the result of a murder-suicide. According to USA Today, a relative of the homeowner discovered the bodies of two females and one …
Murder
January 19, 2022
Southern California on Alert as ‘Armed and Dangerous’ Suspect in Brianna Kupfer Killing is Identified, Remains at Large
Authorities in southern California have identified the suspect in the brutal murder of a 24-year-old UCLA grad student, and have warned residents not to approach him as the search continues. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Los Angeles Police Department announced …
Missing
January 18, 2022
Harmony Montgomery: Governor Wants to Know Why Judge Gave Custody to ‘Monstrous Drug Dealer’ Dad of Missing Girl
The Governor of New Hampshire wrote a blistering letter Tuesday to the Massachusetts Trial Courts, asking why a judge granted custody of 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery, who was reported missing in December 2021, to a violent, convicted felon. According to Gov. …
Crime Stories
January 18, 2022
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Little Harmony Montgomery, 7, STILL MISSING, as Dad Admits to Bashing Daughter
The family of Harmony Montgomery says the New Hampshire Division For Children Youth and Families failed the little girl. Harmony was just five years old when she was last seen in October 2019. Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg says …
Court
January 18, 2022
Justin Ross Harris: Being a ‘Terrible Person’ Isn’t the Same As ‘Murdering a Child,’ Supreme Court Justice Says in Hot Car Death Appeal
‘Proving he is a terrible person isn’t the same as proving he murdered his child.’
Murder
January 18, 2022
Pregnant Shooting Victim Names Her Killer Before Dying: Reports
A Mississippi man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly fatally shooting a pregnant woman whose near full-term baby also died. Brianna Carter, 20, was killed when she was shot multiple times in Jackson on January 8. Carter, who was eight …
Murder
January 18, 2022
Suspect Found With Missing Girlfriend’s Headless Torso in Freezer Could Be Released This Week: Source
Bail has been set at $1.4 million for a Louisiana man who reportedly found a headless torso found at his home last week. Orleans Parish Magistrate Commissioner Albert Thibodeaux increased Benjamin Beale’s bail from $400,000 after evidence surfaced that he …
January 18, 2022
Mother and Child Found Dead Inside SUV Pulled From Partially Frozen Pond
Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the deaths of an adult woman and a child whose bodies were found inside a car that was pulled from a pond Tuesday morning. According to CBS New York, a sanitation worker spotted the …
Murder
January 18, 2022
Child’s Body Found Near Theme Park After ‘Cuddly Uncle’ Babysitter Who Killed Another Child Murders 4-year-old Boy: Reports
The body of a missing child who vanished last week has been located on a Belgium island, police say. Dean Verberckmoes, 4, was found close to the Delta theme park on the Neeltje Jan, an artificial island, after the child’s …
Other
January 18, 2022
Elderly Man’s Decomposed Body Found in ‘Hoarder Home’ He Shared With Wife: Reports
On Saturday, New York police reportedly found an elderly man’s decomposed body in an apartment he shared with his wife. Brent Shapiro, 84, died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease at least two months earlier, but his 72-year-old wife allegedly planned to …
Missing
January 18, 2022
Brother of Woman Who Vanished with Her Children Years Ago Has Disappeared
The brother of a woman who was the subject of a high-profile missing persons investigation has now disappeared himself. As ClickOrlando.com reports, Jonathan Suarez was reported missing from Orange County, Florida, on Sunday. Jonathan’s sister Yolanda Suarez vanished with her …
Theft
January 18, 2022
‘I’ll Be Back’: Squatter Steals Elder’s Home While He’s Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning That Killed His Daughter
On Friday, California police arrested an alleged squatter for illegally living in an elderly man’s home as the elder remains hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning he suffered last month. KNSD reported that Jeffrey Goddard, 41, had been living in the …
Murder
January 17, 2022
Dad Fatally Shoots 13-Year-old Son, Mom & Sister Outside Shopping Center: Cops
North Carolina police have identified the man allegedly responsible for Saturday’s triple murder that left his mother, son, and sister dead. The Wilmington Police Department said in a statement that Wilbert Robinson, 40, was in a vehicle parked outside the …
Crime Stories
January 17, 2022
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: ‘Car Lot King’ Pays $750K to Kill Mistress in Faked Crash
The bodies of Holly Williams and Bill Lanway were found by a construction worker inside Williams’ crashed 2005 white Acura sedan. The car had gone off the construction road, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree. Both airbags deployed. The scene looks like a terrible …
Murder
January 17, 2022
Homeless Suspect Claims He’s ‘God’ After Shoving Subway Rider in Front of Moving Train, Killing Her: Reports
A New York man was arrested on Saturday, the same day he allegedly pushed a woman in from of a moving subway train, leading to her death. Simon Martial, 61, allegedly confessed to killing Michelle Go, 40, at Times Square …
Missing
January 17, 2022
Boyfriend of Popular Missing Mom Arrested; Friends Find Scene That Suggests Violent Attack
The allegedly abusive boyfriend of a 30-year-old California woman who vanished last month has been charged with her murder, though police not yet found a body. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Missy Hernandez vanished after attending a art show in Fresno …
Attempted Murder
January 17, 2022
Teen Working to Take Care of Family Shot in the Head Over BBQ Sauce, Parents Speak Out: Reports
The parents of an Arizona teen who was randomly shot in the head said he was trying to make money to take care of his family. The incident happened at a Wendy’s restaurant off of 19th Avenue and Glendale Road …
Missing
January 17, 2022
Store Clerk Still Missing Days After Vanishing While Taking Trash to Dumpster: Police
A man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of a Virginia woman who reportedly vanished on Wednesday while finishing up her shift. Northumberland County police said in a statement that Tyrone Samuel, 50, has been charged with …
Murder
January 17, 2022
Transit Leader Dies After Stepping in Front of Train in Shocking Suicide
A top leader in Atlanta’s metropolitan transit system died of an apparent suicide after stepping in front of a train. The Associated Press reports that Jeffrey Parker, 56, died on Friday night after he was struck by a train at …
Missing
January 17, 2022
MISSING: Michigan Teen Girl Hasn’t Been Seen in Over Two Weeks
Michigan police are searching for a teen girl who disappeared more than two weeks ago. According to The River, 17-year-old Eliza Baker was last seen in Kalamazoo on December 28, 2021. It’s unclear what area of the city Baker was …
Trials
January 17, 2022
Adult Family Member Repeatedly Sexually Assaults 13-year-old Child, ‘Beginning when she was 8’: Police
A Texas jury took around three hours to convict a man of sexually assaulting a family member over the span of numerous years. During a 4-day trial in the 137th District Court in Lubbock that ended January 14, suspect Lucio …
Murder
January 17, 2022
Update: Mom Who Allegedly Stashed Baby’s Deceased Body in Attic Now Charged with Murder
A Kentucky woman is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of her 5-month-old son. In October 2021, Kentucky State Police said in a statement that the infant is believed to have died at his home in Cadiz, …
Court
January 17, 2022
NY Killer Strangles Teen Girl With Her Own Bra, Dumps Her Body in Ravine & Feigns Innocence
A New York man who killed a teen girl decades ago will spend the next 25 years behind bars. Joseph Belstadt, 46, was found guilty of the death of 17-year-old Mandy Steingasser last week. The incident happened in Niagra Falls …
January 17, 2022
Suspect on the Loose After UCLA Grad Student Fatally Stabbed at High-End L.A. Furniture Store
A 24-year-old woman is dead and a suspect still on the loose after what authorities say was a random stabbing at a Los Angeles furniture store where the victim worked. CBS Los Angeles reports that Brianna Kupfer was working alone …
Celebrity Justice
January 16, 2022
‘Teen Mom’ Star Farrah Abraham Arrested for Allegedly Slapping Security Guard
Farrah Abraham was arrested this weekend for allegedly slapping a security guard at a Hollywood nightclub, TMZ reports. The 30-year-old Abraham, of “Teen Mom” fame, was booked into the Los Angeles County Jail early Sunday but was later released. Abraham was …
Unsolved
January 16, 2022
Random Assailant Stabs UCLA Grad Student Dead Inside Luxury Store, Calmly Walks Away: Police
A California woman has died after an unknown man stabbed her Saturday afternoon in a luxurious Los Angeles shop. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer was killed inside the Croft House on North La Brea Avenue. …