‘So I raped you’: Facebook message leads to criminal charges 7 years after dorm room assault [Report]
Sex Crimes
The victim submitted a rape kit the same day of the attack, but it was lost
Crime Stories
June 29, 2021
Crime Stories: Gorgeous Mississippi state representative gunned down weed-eating
A former Mississippi representative is found fatally shot at the same location where her sister-in-law was found deceased in December 2019. Forty-year-old Ashley Henley was found dead while working in the yard of a trailer. Kristina Jones was found dead …
Celebrity
June 29, 2021
Disney star Kyle Massey charged with sending porn to 13-year-old girl: Report
Disney star Kyle Massey has been charged in Washington with sending pornographic materials to a 13-year-old girl between December 2018 and January 2019, according to reports. TMZ reported that Massey, 29, was charged with communicating with a minor for immoral …
Child Abuse
June 29, 2021
Florida man douses little girl’s private parts with bleach to get rid of DNA evidence after sexual assault
A Florida man will spend life in prison after molesting his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter before trying to get rid of the evidence. In April 2019, Lewis Matthews was at his girlfriend’s home in Tampa, when he began sexually battering her …
Missing
June 29, 2021
WATCH: NY State Senator calls for probe into Gilgo Beach serial killer investigation
Phil Boyle is calling for a special prosecutor to ‘investigate the investigation’
Unsolved
June 29, 2021
Do you know her? FBI trying to ID remains of malnourished girl found at trailer park in 2012
The FBI is working to identify the remains of an unidentified girl who was found at an Alabama trailer park in January 2012. According to AL.com, authorities determined the remains discovered at an Opelika trailer park belong to a Black …
Trials
June 29, 2021
Dylan Redwine: First responder says alleged child killer wasn’t interested in search for son
A Colorado first responder who took the stand today during Mark Redwine’s murder trial on Monday said that the suspect didn’t seem too frantic when his son disappeared in 2012. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Redwine, the divorced father of 13-year-old …
Juveniles
June 29, 2021
SEE IT: Mother of missing Summer Wells speaks on camera for the first time; parents explain Summer’s haircut [VIDEO]
The mother of a Tennessee girl who vanished two weeks ago agreed to her first on-camera interview Monday, with Summer Wells’ father right at her side. Summer, 5, had been missing since June 15. Candus Bly — who told WKRN …
Police
June 28, 2021
Fake cop flashes lights, pulls gun during road rage incident
A Tennessee man is in jail after Nashville police say he pretended to be a police officer during a road rage incident and threatened to shoot the other driver. Clifford Polly Jr., 34, drove a personal vehicle equipped with a …
Juveniles
June 28, 2021
Mom in custody after 3 children under 3 found dead in East LA home
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the “suspicious” deaths of three children found dead in an East LA home Monday afternoon. The 28-year-old mother of the two boys and one girl — all under the age of 3 — …
Assault
June 28, 2021
Alabama man assaults pregnant girlfriend with hot iron
The Talladega, Alabama, Police Department said Monday it is looking for a fugitive who attacked his then-girlfriend — who was 8 months pregnant at the time — with a hot iron. Skyy Jamar Fomby has been hiding from police since …
Assault
June 28, 2021
SEE IT: Woman trying to hit her boyfriend drives into liquor store, backs into pedestrian and other vehicles
A Texas woman trying to run over her male partner drove into a liquor store instead, then hit a pedestrian when she backed up to try again. Irving police said 58-year-old Annie Williams had been in a dispute with her …
Murder
June 28, 2021
‘Monster’ dad beats newborn daughter to death as mom is hospitalized for postpartum complications: Report
A Kentucky man is accused of fatally beating his 7-week-old daughter earlier this month while the girl’s mother was hospitalized. Cortney Jones told WAVE that she was being treated for postpartum complications on June 17 when Del’Shawn Banks, 23, called …
Celebrity
June 28, 2021
Britney Spears’ sister Jamie Lynn says she backed big sis ‘long before there was a hashtag’
Pop star Britney Spears’ little sister Jamie Lynn came out swinging this week against anyone who says she doesn’t support her sister, saying she is proud of big sis for standing up for herself in last week’s court hearing about …
Family Crime
June 28, 2021
‘He tried to poison Shanann’: Chris Watts slipped pregnant wife oxycodone weeks before he murdered her, prison pen pal says
An author who sparked a friendship with convicted murderer Chris Watts claims in an upcoming episode of “Cellmate Secrets” that Watts admitted to dosing his wife with oxycodone — in an attempt to end her pregnancy. Shanann Watts was 15 …
Missing
June 28, 2021
Kierra Coles: $49K reward offered in pregnant postal worker’s unsolved 2018 disappearance
The family of a pregnant Illinois woman who has been missing since October 2018 announced on Sunday that a $49,500 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. Kierra Coles, 26, was three months pregnant when she …
Homicide
June 28, 2021
Victoria Clay: Boyfriend named person of interest after police find ‘spirited’ mom dead in bedroom
A Tennesse man is now a person of interest in his girlfriend’s death, according to the Hickman County Sheriff’s Office. Police found 37-year-old Victoria Clay lying lifeless on the bedroom floor after someone called 911 regarding a “dead woman in …
Family Crime
June 28, 2021
Three-hour SWAT standoff ends with discovery of elderly mom’s rotting body in daughter’s home: Prosecutor
A New Jersey woman was arrested on Saturday after investigators responding to a welfare check request at her home discovered her mother’s remains. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said that Jersey City police were completing a welfare check on Saturday …
Family Crime
June 28, 2021
Missing 6-year-old girl found in barricaded outbuilding with no ventilation, bathroom; barely any food [VIDEO]
A missing girl in Tennessee has been found in an outbuilding with her father, who had recently been charged with neglect and abuse. According to WKRN, family members reported 6-year-old Kinzleigh Reeder missing on June 21, reportedly telling the police …
Crime Stories
June 28, 2021
Crime Stories: KILLER’S MARRIED GIRLFRIEND HACKS VANESSA GUILLEN DEAD BODY WITH MACHETE, BURNS BODY, WANTS CONFESSION THROWN OUT
Cecily Aguilar, the girlfriend of murder suspect Aaron Robinson, asked in March to throw out the confession, saying she was not read her Miranda rights at the start of an interrogation about the whereabouts of Robinson, who was also a …
Trials
June 28, 2021
Tate Thurman Update: Trial starts for stepmom accused of beating boy to death, tearing his intestines
Jury selection for an Illinois woman accused of murdering her boyfriend’s son, Tate “T.T.” Thurman, began Monday morning in Tazewell County. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lesli Jett was arrested in April 2020 in connection with the February 2020 death of …
Shooting
June 28, 2021
PICTURED: Suspected gunman opens fire in Times Square, shooting Marine visiting city with family [Police]
New York authorities are searching for a suspect involved in Sunday’s shooting that left a Marine wounded. WABC obtained footage that apparently shows five to six CD vendors arguing at Times Square before one of them opens fire. A bystander …
Family Crime
June 28, 2021
Search for missing Summer Wells scaled back
Investigators searching for a missing girl in Tennessee are scaling back their efforts as the disappearance of Summer Wells approaches the two-week mark. Summer, 5, has been missing since June 15 from her Hawkins County home. Summer’s parents reported her …
Famous Murder Cases
June 28, 2021
Scott Peterson: Defense says juror in wife killer’s trial was pregnant & beaten by ex but failed to disclose it
The defense team for convicted California killer Scott Peterson says that a juror during his 2004 trial committed multiple instances of juror misconduct. While she previously failed to tell the court she had taken a restraining out on a former …
Assault
June 27, 2021
Motel employee in critical condition after brutal assault
A 27-year-old Virginia man is in jail after police responding to a disorderly conduct call at a Harrisonburg Super 8 Motel found a female employee unconscious with severe injuries. Eris Rubi Castillo was extremely combative when officers responded to the …
Missing
June 27, 2021
MISSING: 16-year-old Florida boy vanishes in Fort Myers
Police in Florida are looking for an endangered teenage boy who disappeared Sunday morning. Fort Myers police said that Alexander Connolly, 16, was last seen at about 8 a.m. near 3675 Broadway Avenue in Fort Myers. He was wearing a …
Shooting
June 27, 2021
10-year-old Philly boy, home alone with younger sister, finds gun and shoots himself
A 10-year-old Philadelphia boy is dead after he found a loaded gun and shot himself in the head. Police say the boy had been left home alone Saturday with his 8-year-0ld sister in the Tioga-Nicetown section of north Philadelphia, WPVI …
Hate Crimes
June 27, 2021
Retired state trooper, Air Force vet shot dead in hate crime
A deadly incident in a Boston suburb Saturday is being investigated as a hate crime after detectives found “troubling white supremacist rhetoric” written in the suspect’s handwriting. Nathan Allen, 28, allegedly stole a box truck and crashed it into a …
Shooting
June 27, 2021
New York visitor SHOT while walking through Times Square with his family
A visitor to New York was struck by a ricocheting bullet as he walked through Times Square late Saturday afternoon with his family. The unnamed 21-year-old victim, visiting from upstate New York, was rushed to a nearby hospital and is …
Drunk Drivers
June 27, 2021
HEAR 911 CALL of boat crash, discovery of Mallory Beach, 19, body in water as cops investigate murders of Murdaugh mother and son
Paul Murdaugh, the 22-year-old son of a prominent South Carolina family shot dead alongside his mother earlier this month, had been awaiting trial on charges related to the death of a woman killed in a boat crash in 2019. Mallory …
Police
June 27, 2021
OFFICER DOWN: Fleeing suspect rams cop car, runs over officer, killing him
A police officer in a tiny town in far northwest Arkansas was killed Saturday when he was struck by a suspect vehicle and run over. Just after noon on Saturday, Pea Ridge Police Officers Kevin Apple and Brian Stamps spotted …
Hit-and-Run
June 27, 2021
Murdaugh Murders: Former SC trooper reveals suspicions in 2015 cold case linked to Murdaugh family
“Nothing about this case from the very beginning pointed towards it being a hit and run.”
Shooting
June 27, 2021
Massachusetts man shoots teen girl in the chest while ‘playing’ with loaded gun
A 23-year-old Massachusetts man faces several charges stemming from an incident on Saturday while he was “playing” with gun he didn’t know was loaded and “accidentally” shot a 15-year-old girl. Michael Tate was arrested after police rushed to the residence …
Unsolved
June 27, 2021
Murdaugh Murders: $100K reward offered to solve slaying of prominent South Carolina mother and son
A $100,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for killing two members of a prominent South Carolina family, WYFF-TV reports. Paul Murdaugh, 22, and his mother, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, were found shot …
Unsolved
June 27, 2021
Murdaugh Murders: Mystery intensifies as Black Suburban towed from Murdaugh murders scene
A sports utility vehicle was towed from the scene of a double murder where two members of a prominent South Carolina family were found shot to death earlier this month, the Island Packet reports. That’s the latest development in the slayings …
Accident
June 27, 2021
FEMALE FAN causes ‘worst-ever crash’ at Tour de France bike race, then ‘disappears’: Reports
Officials are searching for a female fan who apparently caused a peloton to crash during the 2021 Tour de France on Saturday. According to Cycling News, a female spectator was holding a sign that read “Allez Opi-Omi,” that jutted out …
Juveniles
June 27, 2021
Suspect in Aiden Leos road-rage killing released from custody after judge lowers bail
One of the two people charged in connection with the road-rage shooting death of a 6-year-old California boy is out of jail as the criminal case against her proceeds, KABC-TV reports. Wynne Lee, 23, was released from custody after posting bail, which comes …
child neglect
June 26, 2021
Maine mom covers toddler’s bruises with temporary tattoos, can’t explain brutal injuries that killed the boy
A Maine woman charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of her 3-year-old son appeared in court Friday and was given a $150,000 bail. Jessica Trefethen — who also goes by Jessica Johnson and Jessica Williams — was arrested …
Road Rage
June 26, 2021
Pregnant woman shot in road rage incident; her baby ‘doing well’ after delivery
A pregnant Texas woman was in critical condition Saturday after she was shot in an apparent road rage incident, and the baby she was carrying was “doing well” after an emergency delivery. Dallas police said the incident took place at …
Shooting
June 26, 2021
3 dead after suspected gunman steals truck, crashes it, shoots 2 on the street
Winthrop, Massachusetts, police are investigating a bizarre incident that left three people dead Saturday afternoon. State police said a man stole a truck belonging to a plumbing company and crashed into a building, WCVB reported. The man exited the vehicle …
National
June 26, 2021
Collapsed Miami building had ‘major structural damage’ caused by poor drainage 3 years ago: Report
A 2018 engineering assessment found “major structural damage” caused by a lack of proper drainage beneath the Champlain Towers pool deck, three years before the south tower collapsed in a cloud of dust this week. The report also found damage …
Missing
June 26, 2021
Missing woman’s car found submerged with body inside
Authorities in Mississippi pulled a submerged vehicle from a body of water just inside the Mississippi state line on Friday and found the body of a woman inside. The gray Mazda 6 belonged to Courtney Johnson, a Louisiana woman who …
Missing
June 26, 2021
Madeleine McCann suspect’s girlfriend had secret compound near where toddler disappeared: Report
Investigators trying to link convicted German pedophile Christian Brueckner to the disappearance and probable death of toddler Madeleine McCann in 2007 say they have uncovered a secret compound that belonged to Brueckner’s former girlfriend. The compound came to light recently …
Violent Crime
June 26, 2021
SEE IT: Suspect who shot Florida officer captured with cache of weapons [Police]
A man accused of shooting and severely injuring a Florida police officer was captured early Saturday with a cache of weapons, WJXT-TV reports. The manhunt for 29-year-old Othal Wallace ended in Georgia after multiple law enforcement agencies – including the U.S. …
Accident
June 26, 2021
BREAKING: Four dead, another critically injured in hot air balloon crash
Thousands are now without power in New Mexico
Family Crime
June 26, 2021
Mom, grandma of missing Summer Wells break silence
The mother and grandmother of a Tennessee girl who has been missing for more than a week issued public statements Friday, WJHL-TV reports. Summer Wells, 5, vanished June 15 after she was last seen at her home in Hawkins County, Tennessee. …
Shooting
June 25, 2021
Cops: Colorado ‘good Samaritan’ was holding suspect’s AR-15 when he was shot by police
The suspect who shot and killed an Arvada police officer left a note detailing his desire to kill officers.
child endangerment
June 25, 2021
LA police find mother of newborn boy left in park trashcan
A 22-year-old woman from Guatemala was arrested this week after investigators determined that she abandoned a newborn baby boy in a restroom trashcan earlier this month. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said that the woman, who won’t be identified for …
Child sex crimes
June 25, 2021
Suspected child sex predator caught behind dumpster with child
A North Carolina man police say may have been sexually assaulting children for the past 40 years was arrested Thursday when he was found behind a dumpster with a child. The Concord Police Department charged Ricky Lynn McClellan, 66, with …
Murder
June 25, 2021
NC man strangles girlfriend, stuffs her body into storage tote, heads to lake in Tennessee to dispose of it
A North Carolina man was arrested in Tennessee this week and charged with abuse of a corpse after Carter County deputies found his girlfriend’s body in a storage tote in the car he was driving. Authorities were tipped off by …