‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow and Brother Planned Her 3rd Husband’s Murder, Friends and Family Tell Detectives
Family Crime
Brother Alex Cox, who later shot to death his sister’s fourth husband, went to jail for assaulting Joe Ryan with a Taser in 2007.
Heroes
October 11, 2021
‘God’ and ‘Divine Intervention’ Led Land Owner to Find Little Boy Lost in Woods for Days
Texas man Tim Halfin was at Bible study last week when God told him to go search for Christopher Ramirez, a little boy who got lost in the woods for four days. Christopher Ramirez, 3, disappeared from his Grimes County …
Unsolved
October 11, 2021
Do You Know Her? New Images of ‘Opelika Jane Doe,’ Whose Remains Were Found in 2012
Last week, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children publicized new images of an unidentified girl who was found deceased in Alabama in 2012. The organization said an anthropologist from the Smithsonian Institution was brought in to create the …
Assault
October 11, 2021
SEE IT: Homeless Woman Randomly Puts Teen Girl in Chokehold in Broad Daylight [Police]
New York police arrested a suspect on Saturday for allegedly trying to strangle a 16-year-old girl days earlier. Police said Minerva Martinez, 36, attacked the victim outside a sushi restaurant in Queens on October 4. The victim was not hospitalized, …
Crime Stories
October 11, 2021
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: School Teacher, 11-year-old Daughter Found Strangled and Drowned in Their Home
Allison Abitz, 43, was found strangled to death in her home. Her 11-year-old daughter, Jozee, was also found, drowned in the bathtub. A short time later, two other relatives are also found murdered and the hunt is one for a …
Lawsuit
October 11, 2021
Teen Swimmer, 14, Drowns Under Pool Cover After Teammates Leave Her Behind, Parents File $70M Lawsuit
The parents of an Oregon girl who drowned in a pool are suing numerous entities for negligence leading to wrongful death. In November 2019, 14-year-old Nabila Maazouz lost her life after she was trapped under the pool cover at Hillsboro’s …
Missing
October 11, 2021
Missing Fort Hood Soldier Found Safe After Disappearing From Base
A Foot Hood soldier who was reported missing has been found safe. According to CNN, Pfc. Jennifer Sewell has been located and is in the company of extended family. Sewell had gone missing on October 7. She did not report …
Sex Crimes
October 11, 2021
Pregnant Teacher Who Sexually Abused 15-Year-Old Refuses to Say Who is Baby’s Father: Reports
A Florida teacher who is reportedly pregnant was arrested on Thursday for allegedly abusing a 15-year-old ex-student. Heiry Calvi, 41, taught the victim at John I. Smith K-8 Center in Doral, where she worked prior to her arrest. WSVN reports …
Missing
October 11, 2021
Isabella Kalua: Grandmother Says ‘Something Wasn’t Right’ After Missing Hawaii Girl Was Placed with Adoptive Parents
The grandmother of 6-year-old Isabella Kalua says she’s been affected deeply by her granddaughter’s disappearance, especially since the little girl once lived with her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Isabella “Ariel” Kalua was reported missing on September 12 by her family, …
October 11, 2021
Carbon Monoxide Ruled Out in Mysterious Deaths of Two Women Found With No Signs of Trauma
Authorities in New York are investigating the deaths of two middle-aged women who were found dead at a home in Schenectady. As The Daily Gazette reports, the women were found dead at the Northside Village housing complex at about noon on …
Child Abuse
October 11, 2021
Parents ‘Severely Injure’ Malnourished 6-week-old Twin Babies, Found with Skull & Rib Fractures: Police
A Colorado man and woman are facing charges after police say they severely abused their 6-week-old twins. According to Fox News, deputies in Jefferson County responded after hospital staff contacted them about an infant boy brought in with significant injuries. …
Missing
October 11, 2021
BREAKING: Human Remains Found in Desert Amid Search for Lauren Cho, Who Vanished in June
Police said human remains were discovered on Saturday in California not far from where a New Jersey woman vanished in late June. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that they found the remains in some rugged …
AMBER Alert
October 11, 2021
AMBER Alert Cancelled, Abducted 6-Year-Old Girl in ‘Extreme Danger’ Found Safe
Update: 10: 43 a.m. The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that Celesta Negret Ramirez has been found safe, according to WMAZ. The AMBER Alert has been cancelled. Original story: Authorities in Georgia have issued an AMBER Alert for a …
Espionage
October 10, 2021
Navy Engineer, Wife Busted Selling US Nuclear Secrets In Peanut Butter Sandwich
A US Navy engineer and his wife have been busted trying to sell US nuclear secrets to a foreign operative who turned out to be an FBI agent. Jonathan Toebbe, 42, allegedly filled a plastic-coated SD card with details about …
Missing
October 10, 2021
Fort Hood Soldier Jennifer Sewell Disappears From Texas Army Post
Fort Hood officials are looking for a missing soldier who was last seen leaving the Texas post Thursday afternoon. Pfc. Jennifer Sewell was seen leaving her on-post barracks at about 4 p.m. Thursday, the Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services …
Murder
October 10, 2021
EVIL: Woman Allegedly Starves Boyfriend’s Son to Death
An upstate New York woman stands accused of locking her boyfriend’s 7-year-old son in a bedroom until he starved to death. Leticia Bravo, 39, carried the “lifeless body” of Peter Cuacuas to St Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh at 8 a.m. …
Juveniles
October 10, 2021
Babysitter Dumps Boy She’s Watching, Calls Police To Say She Saw a Lost Child
Rhode Island police spent the day trying to identify a little boy found near an Interstate entrance in Pawtucket, but by early Sunday evening, they had arrested the woman who reported seeing the child. Daniella Praca, 22, was charged with …
Celebrity Justice
October 10, 2021
British Police Drop Investigation of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein
Metropolitan Police Service in the United Kingdom has completed reviews of information related to Prince Andrew and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and will take “no further action.” A Met Police spokesperson told the British tabloid The Sun that the department …
Murder
October 10, 2021
Suspect in Death of Georgia Cop Arrested Less Than a Mile From Crime Scene
Authorities on Sunday arrested the man suspected of killing Georgia police officer on his first shift with a small town department. Dylan Harrison, 26, was fatally shot outside the Alamo police station at about 1 a.m. Saturday morning, as CrimeOnline …
Assault
October 10, 2021
Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Slammed to the Ground by Times Square Mugger
A 58-year-old oncology nurse from New Jersey died Saturday from injuries she received a day earlier when a mugger fleeing from his victim knocked her to the sidewalk in Times Square. Maria Ambrocio, who worked at Bayonne Medical Center, was …
Family Crime
October 10, 2021
18-Year-Old Fatally Shoots His Mother at Dinner Table
An 18-year-old New York man has been jailed on murder charges after he allegedly shot his mother during a dinner time argument at the family’s Staten Island home. Minire Pelinkovic, 51, was rushed to Staten Island University Hospital shortly after …
Murder
October 10, 2021
‘He’s Probably Being Taken Care Of’: Brian Laundrie Likely In Comfort Zone, Says Former FBI Agent
If Brian Laundrie is still alive, he is likely trying to operate within a “comfort zone” of people, places and things he knows and trusts, according to one law enforcement expert. It may also be the key to capturing him, …
October 10, 2021
Police Find No Physical Sign of Brian Laundrie at Carlton Reserve
October 10, 2021
K9 Teams Play Critical Role in FBI’s Search for Brian Laundrie
Murder
October 9, 2021
Senior Living Center Resident Charged With Killing 2 Staff Members
A 63-year-old senior living community resident in Maryland has been charged with fatally shooting two staff members. Roy Batson is accused of killing Mackeda Evans and Michelle Boateng, both 46. Boateng also lived at Gateway Village, where the shooting took …
Missing
October 9, 2021
‘I Called His Name and He Responded’: Good Samaritan Tells How He Found Missing Texas Toddler
Court
October 9, 2021
Mom Accused of Killing, Dismembering, Burning Toddler Son Rejects Plea Deal
A New Jersey mother accused of killing, dismembering and burning her 23-month-old child in 2019 has rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors and will go to trial early next year. Nakira M. Griner, 27, initially told police that her …
Murder
October 9, 2021
Manhunt On After Suspect Guns Down Small Town Georgia Police Officer Outside Station
A manhunt is underway in middle Georgia after a former convict allegedly gunned down a small town police officer early Saturday morning. Dylan Harrison, 26, was shot and killed in the line of duty, officials said, without releasing any information …
Fraud
October 9, 2021
Marshals: Dodgers fan seen behind plate in 2016 photo was not missing fugitive
A man spotted in the stands behind the plate at a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game in 2016 is not a wanted fugitive who disappeared 18 years earlier. John Ruffo, now 66, was convicted in Virginia for devising a scheme …
Unsolved
October 9, 2021
Prosecutors ‘100 Percent Sure’ Christian Brueckner Killed Madeleine McCann but Aren’t Ready To File Charges
German prosecutors say they are “100 percent sure” convicted pedophile Christian Brueckner kidnapped and killed Madeleine McCann, but they admit they do not have proof the toddler is dead. Madeleine, 3 years old at the time, was vacationing with her …
Serial Killers
October 9, 2021
Zodiac Killer Case Still Unsolved, FBI Says After ‘Case Breakers’ Say They’ve Broken It
Despite a new suspect put forward by a group calling themselves the Case Breakers, the detectives actively investigating the Zodiac Killer case say it’s still “open and unsolved.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, a team of more than 40 former law …
Court
October 9, 2021
Parents of Murdered Mom Win Custody of Her Toddler
Caroline Crouch’s Greek helicopter pilot husband suffocated her in her sleep and staged the crime to look like a robbery.
Missing
October 9, 2021
Missing Texas Toddler Found SAFE & ALIVE After 3 Days
A Texas toddler who wandered away from home chasing a neighbor’s dog into the woods has been found safe and reunited with his mother. Christopher Ramirez, 3, disappeared from his Grimes County home at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, as …
College Crimes
October 9, 2021
Baby Born in College Dorm Found Dead & Buried in Shallow Grave
North Carolina authorities have charged a couple with felony concealment of death after a newborn baby boy delivered in a college dorm room was found dead in a shallow grave, WXII-TV reports. Olivia Billington, 21, and Alex Best, 19, are the …
Court
October 8, 2021
Mark Redwine Gets 48 Years for Killing 13-Year-Old Son Dylan
A Colorado man found guilty earlier this summer of murdering his 13-year-old son in 2012 was sentenced to 48 years in prison on Friday. La Plata County Judge Jeffrey Wilson told Mark Redwine, 59, that “the community needs to be …
Court
October 8, 2021
Judge Grants Change of Venue Motion for Chad Daybell
An Idaho judge on Friday granted a defense motion for a change of venue for Chad Daybell’s murder trial. Seventh Judicial District Judge Steven Boyce said the trial should be moved out of the 10-county Seventh District entirely and suggested …
Homicide
October 8, 2021
Mom Swigs Jägermeister Behind Wheel Seconds Before Fatally Hitting Toddler Son in Driveway: Police
The mom later told police she is the ‘Queen of Distractions’
Court
October 8, 2021
Law License Suspended for Alex Murdaugh’s ‘Best Friend,’ Accused of Helping Him Swindle Housekeeper’s Estate
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Friday suspended the law license of Alex Murdaugh’s best friend and college roommate, Cory Fleming, the attorney who earlier this week reached a settlement with the estate of Gloria Satterfield, the Murdaugh family housekeeper …
School Crimes
October 8, 2021
Texas School Shooter Had Welcome Home Party As Classmate Remains in ICU: Report
A Texas teen who allegedly opened fire at his high school on Wednesday, wounding two students and a teacher, reportedly had a party after being released on bond a day later. The Sun reported that videos posted to social media …
Missing
October 8, 2021
Michael Vaughan: Police Spot 2 Unknown People, Vehicles on Security Footage Near Missing Tot on Day He Vanished
The search for 5-year-old Michael Vaughan, an Idaho boy who was last seen in July, continues, as police seek information about unknown people and unknown vehicles near his home on the day he vanished As CrimeOnline previously reported, Michael was …
National
October 8, 2021
Florida Fugitive Brian Laundrie Has Help & Left the State, Former FBI Missing Persons Expert Says
The FBI continued their search this week at the Carlton Reserve for Florida fugitive Brian Laundrie, but a missing persons expert explains why she thinks Laundrie is long gone. “It seems unlikely that he’s still in that reserve. They did …
Missing
October 8, 2021
Brian Laundrie’s Dad Searched For His Son at Nature Preserve a Day Before Parents Said Brian Went Missing: Report
The father of Florida fugitive Brian Laundrie went to the Carlton Reserve to search for his son on September 13, the day before Brian’s parents initially told police they last saw him. As previously reported, the Laundrie family attorney, Steven …
Crime Stories
October 8, 2021
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Daughter Pushes for Murder Charges Against Dad After Mom of 8 Drowns in Bathtub
Michele MacNeill is home recovering from cosmetic surgery when she is found dead in the bathtub. Originally, her death was ruled an accident, but daughter Alexis, a medical student, wasn’t convinced. Before her death, Michele MacNeill confided in her daughter …
October 8, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse: Hunting Laws Allowed 17-Year-old To Have Gun at Protest [Report]
Lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse, who was 17 when he allegedly fatally shot two people during last year’s protest in Wisconsin, argued in court on Tuesday that hunting laws allowed Rittenhouse to carry weapons. Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder denied …
October 8, 2021
Daughter’s Body Dumped at Mother’s Doorstep Hours After She Leaves Abruptly
Police in New York are investigating the suspected homicide of a 24-year-old woman whose bloodied body was left dumped on the front doorstep of the Mount Vernon home where she lived with her mother. According to the New York Post, …
Missing
October 8, 2021
Police Say They Were Surveilling Brian Laundrie Before His Disappearance, But Couldn’t Speak to Him
Florida police said on Thursday that they were surveilling Brian Laundrie prior to his disappearance last month. North Port police spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN that they monitored Laundrie, 23, as best they could. Laundrie reportedly arrived at his parents’ …
Famous Murder Cases
October 8, 2021
‘My Goddess lover’: Messages Show Chad and Lori Daybell Were in Relationship Before His Former Wife’s Death
Recently-revealed text messages between “cult mom” Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, reportedly show that the pair had already begun a romantic relationship prior to the death of Daybell’s former wife, Tammy. Police in Chandler, Arizona, released a large …
Court
October 8, 2021
Little Boy Allegedly Killed by Older Sister Had Makeup Applied to Numerous Injuries & Skull Dislocated from Spine, Doctor Testifies
An Indiana boy who passed away last year had multiple bruises and injuries at the time of his death, according to a doctor who took the stand this week during a murder hearing in Lake County. On Tuesday, Dr. Zhou …