WATCH LIVE: Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin murder trial begins Monday
Murder
Chauvin is accused of killing George Floyd, an unarmed man apprehended for a nonviolent offense
Missing
March 7, 2021
UPDATE: Missing 12-year-old NC girl seen in Florida with 15-year-old boy
Ashlan Earley’s mother says her daughter is a loving and compassionate child and shouldn’t ‘fear she can’t come home.’
Murder
March 7, 2021
‘Take me away,’ Connecticut mom tells cops, who find 4-year-old son dead inside apartment
Police in Connecticut arrested a 33-year-old woman for murder after she told them “take me away ” because she “hurt her son.” WTNH reported that police were called to a parking lot just before 6:30 a.m. for a report of …
Murder
March 7, 2021
2 arrested after teen girl’s dead body found wrapped in plastic in abandoned Manhattan fish market
New York police have arrested two men and charged them with killing a 19-year-old woman whose body was found wrapped in plastic in an abandoned fish market, ABC7 reported. Authorities have identified the woman as Rosalee Sanchez. As CrimeOnline previously …
Unsolved
March 7, 2021
Police find dead body inside burning dumpster near popular Nashville neighborhood
Nashville homicide detectives are investigating a body found burnt beyond recognition in a dumpster fire in the city’s historic Cannery Row. Police said firefighters first responded when a sanitation worker reported the dumpster on fire at about 4 a.m. on …
School Crimes
March 7, 2021
20-year-old college sophomore clinging to life after alleged alcohol-fueled hazing incident
A 20-year-old college sophomore is in critical condition after an alleged alcohol-involved fraternity hazing incident on Thursday at Bowling Green State University in northwestern Ohio, WTOL reports. Stone Foltz is reportedly on life support, an attorney speaking on behalf of …
Animal Crimes
March 7, 2021
Drug investigation finds alligator in ‘poorly secure tank in rancid water’
Oxnard Police knew what they might find when they conducted a search of Donny Askar’s waterfront home earlier this month, and it wasn’t just the drugs they were investigating. After taking the 44-year-old Askar into custody in Port Hueneme, they …
Missing
March 7, 2021
MISSING: North Carolina girl went for a walk Friday, did not return
A 12-year-old girl was reported missing Friday from rural Davidson County, North Carolina, deputies say. Ashlan Kaye Earley is described as about 5 feet 3 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. She wears circular …
Missing
March 7, 2021
MISSING: Boy-girl sibs with pet dog vanish in DeKalb County. Boy found, girl still missing.
Authorities in DeKalb County, Georgia, are looking for 17-year-old Sajidah Phillips, who was last seen on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. near their home in Decatur. DeKalb County police initially said that Sajidah and her 11-year-old brother, Sameem Ibn-Phillips Jr, were …
Unsolved
March 7, 2021
Teen girl’s dead body found wrapped in plastic in abandoned Manhattan fish market
The dead body of a teenager wrapped in plastic was found over the weekend in a New York building, WABC-TV reports. The teen, who has been described as homeless, was discovered Saturday morning around 9:20 a.m. inside the old Fulton Fish …
Murder
March 6, 2021
Husband tried to make murder of his wife look like she interrupted a robbery: Cops
An Idaho man was charged this week with the 2014 murder of his wife after Cassia County authorities brought in the FBI to help with the case, the Idaho State Journal reports. Jimmy Lee Murphy, 32, was arrested on Wednesday …
Murder
March 6, 2021
10-year-old calls 911 after dad allegedly kills stepmother, dog
A Kentucky police dispatcher answered a desperate call to 911 Thursday night: A 10-year-old boy reported a deadly shooting at his home in Brandenburg, WLKY reports. “A 10-year-old was on the telephone saying that his stepmother and stepmother’s dog had …
Kidnapping
March 6, 2021
Bio mom who kidnapped sons in Louisiana and fled to Florida surrenders to deputies
A Louisiana mother wanted for kidnapping her two sons in Louisiana and abandoning them in Florida has turned herself in, WGNO reports. Shawntel Heck, 38, contacted the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office in Florida on Friday and told them she …
Murder
March 6, 2021
Virginia man turns himself in for killing woman, 14 years after getting out of prison ‘for the same thing’
James Richard King appeared via video for a preliminary hearing on Friday, charged with the September 2020, murder of 53-year-old Lexie Walters, his on-again, off-again girlfriend, the Virginian-Pilot reported. King, 67, showed up at a Virginia Beach police precinct just …
Murder
March 6, 2021
Palm Beach wife missing, hubby taunts cops to ‘find the body!’ They just did.
A Florida man who taunted police to “find the body” has been arrested for the murder of his wife — after they found her body buried in his Boynton Beach backyard, the Palm Beach Post reports. Roberto Colon, 66, reportedly …
Missing
March 6, 2021
MISSING: Police issue alert for teen girl who vanished Friday
A teenage girl is missing in Chicago and authorities are asking for the public’s help to find her, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Amea King, 15, was last seen Friday evening around 7:45 p.m., according to WGN-TV. Investigators believe King was last wearing a navy-blue …
Family Crime
March 6, 2021
James Hutchinson: Dozens of charges for mom, boyfriend in brutal murder of 6-year-old boy; river search to resume Sunday
An Ohio mother and her boyfriend are now facing formal charges in connection with the death of her young son, whose body was dumped in a river and has not yet been found, WHIO-TV reports. A grand jury on Friday indicted …
Missing
March 5, 2021
FOUND SAFE: 12-year-old Maine boy hasn’t been seen since before noon Friday
Update: Maine State Police said Atum Hosea has been found safe. Police in Maine are looking for a 12-year-old boy who walked into the woods behind his house Friday morning and hasn’t come home. Atum (pronounced “Adam”) Hosea left his …
School Crimes
March 5, 2021
SEE IT: Substitute teacher attacks one student, chases another outside: Police
A Florida substitute teacher has been fired after he allegedly brawled with one middle school student and chased another outside when that student tried to intervene, prompting the regular teacher to lock the classroom to keep him out. David Sierra, …
Murder for hire
March 5, 2021
Real estate agent mom busted in murder-for-hire plot to kill former mother-in-law: Cops
Leigh Ann Bauman allegedly texted her children, saying, ‘Your grandmother will die.’
Attempted Murder
March 5, 2021
‘Slender Man’ stabber seeks release from mental health facility after brutal attack of young girl
On Wednesday, a Wisconsin woman who was 12 when she nearly stabbed a classmate to death in 2014 asked to be released from a mental health facility. Anissa Weier, 19, has served more than three years of a 25-year sentence …
Court
March 5, 2021
Third-degree murder charge may be reinstated against cop in George Floyd’s slaying
The Minnesota Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the trial judge should not have refused to reinstate third-degree murder charges against the ex-officer accused of killing George Floyd. The appellate court’s decision means the matter will be reintroduced to …
Sex Crimes
March 5, 2021
Adult woman is caught raping a 14-year-old boy. She’s now pregnant with his child: Reports
An Arkansas woman is facing charges after allegedly carrying on a sexual relationship with a minor. She’s now pregnant, according to reports. ABC 8 reports that on September 29, 2020, a tipster contacted the Paragould police and said they saw …
Crime Stories
March 5, 2021
Friday Crime Stories: Cop & evil stepmom force 8-year-old Thomas Valva to freeze dead in cold garage
Emergency services are called to a New York home after reports of an unresponsive 8-year-old boy. His father says he fell in the driveway. Medical technicians and cops are suspicious considering the boy’s body temperature is just 76 degrees. Thomas …
Child Abuse
March 5, 2021
Autistic boy, 5, found in middle of road during rush-hour traffic after mom leaves him, gets drunk: Police
A Nebraska woman is facing charges after her 5-year-old non-verbal, autistic son was found in the middle of the road during rush-hour traffic. Lincoln Journal-Star reports that the incident happened Tuesday at around 5:30 p.m. when the boy walked onto …
Celebrity
March 5, 2021
Tiger Woods could not remember driving after crash that left him seriously injured: Docs
Tiger Woods allegedly told police that he did not recall driving after last month’s single-car rollover crash in California that left the golfer seriously injured. An affidavit stated that Woods, 45, repeated the same claim while at the hospital. At …
Court
March 5, 2021
Letecia Stauch: Alleged killer stepmother gets access to 1K pages of discovery for murder trial of 11-year-old stepson
A Colorado judge ordered on Friday morning that Letecia Stauch, who’s currently charged with murdering her stepson, will have access to thousands of pages of discovery after witness information is redacted. Stauch, who remains behind bars at the El Paso …
Jail
March 5, 2021
Man suspected of killing tot boy allegedly strangled the child’s mother months prior. She bailed him out of jail: DA
A Wyoming man suspected of killing a toddler boy apparently strangled the child’s mother previously but was still living with her despite a judge ordering him not to. Laramie Live reports that Laramie County District Court Judge Catherine Rogers ordered …
Family Crime
March 5, 2021
Child dead, other kids in home unable to walk or talk after chronic neglect, food deprivation: Police
Ashley Ferguson told police that the children’s “primary source of food was milk.”
Murder
March 4, 2021
Dallas cop allegedly pays to have 2 people killed: Police chief
A Dallas police officer was was charged Thursday with two counts of capital murder in a pair of cases from 2017, Fox 4 reports. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said a witness told investigators that Officer Bryan Riser, who’d been …
Murder
March 4, 2021
Georgia mom told husband their son had an earache, allegedly shot the boy an hour later: Cops
A Georgia mother charged with fatally shooting her 7-year-old son earlier this week held the boy out of school, telling her husband that their son had an earache about an hour before she allegedly shot him, the Morgan County Citizen …
Murder
March 4, 2021
Dad murdered in home hours after son is released from jail for stealing his guns, cops say
A Virginia man allegedly killed his father on Thursday — hours after he was released from jail for stealing the victim’s firearms. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Langdon Conklin, 24, was charged with Robert Conklin’s first-degree murder after the 60-year-old …
Missing
March 4, 2021
URGENT: Missing Tennessee teen girl is being held against her will and drugged, officials say
According to police, Daphne’s father and IT expert, John Oliver Westbrook, is accused of kidnapping his daughter
Police
March 4, 2021
At least a DOZEN excessive force complaints were filed against cop before George Floyd’s murder: Reports
Multiple accusers say the former police officer stepped on their neck
Crime Stories
March 4, 2021
Thursday Crime Stories: Man sex obsessed with brother’s girlfriend ends in murder
A 21-year-old mom of three, Stephanie Eldredge, disappears from her home leaving her infant daughter alone. Her cellphone, key, and even her shoes are still in the apartment. Her body is later found bound in electrical tape inside a blanket …
Child Abuse
March 4, 2021
GUILTY: Uncle claimed abused 5-year-old who died with severe injuries was ‘self-harmer,’ injuries to scrotum were ‘self-inflicted’
The jury took 30 minutes to hand down a guilty verdict
Accident
March 4, 2021
Fire kills two children and one adult; neighbors took photos and video before calling 911
Authorities in Maryland are investigating a fatal house fire that killed one adult and two children. According to the Herald-Mail, three people were killed in the blaze in Hagerstown last week. The fire also left two people hospitalized. In a …
Unsolved
March 4, 2021
Update: Officials can’t determine how tot boy thrown in dumpster died, suspected killer boyfriend not charged
Officials are still unsure how a Wyoming boy died after an autopsy couldn’t determine the cause of death. “We did receive autopsy results, but there wasn’t a conclusive cause of death or anything like that,” Public Information Officer Alex Farkas …
Murder
March 4, 2021
‘Incel’ convicted in van attack that left 10 dead says Santa Barbara mass murderer Elliot Rodger helped radicalize him
A Canadian man was convicted on Wednesday in the 2018 van attack that left 10 people dead. In addition to 10 counts of first-degree murder, Alek Minassian, 28, was found guilty of trying to kill 16 people during the attack …
Murder
March 4, 2021
DEVELOPING: Mom’s boyfriend found hiding under bed after allegedly killing 1-year-old boy: Police
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* A Georgia man is behind bars after police say he brutally beat his girlfriend’s toddler son to death. The Macon Telegraph reports that 1-year-old Jayce Gibson …
March 4, 2021
Search for body of 6-year-old James Hutchinson remains suspended due to dangerous water conditions
The search for the body of a 6-year-old boy will not resume on Thursday as water levels in the Ohio River remain high, with conditions too dangerous for search teams. A spokesperson for the Middletown Division of Police confirmed that …
Juveniles
March 4, 2021
SILVER Alert for missing 16-year-old girl
Authorities in North Carolina have issued a Silver Alert for a missing teen girl who has not been seen since February 14. As WECT reports, 16-year-old Natalie Jade Ferguson went missing from her Sampson County home more than two weeks …
Sex Crimes
March 3, 2021
Kentucky masseuse charged with raping client
A Kentucky massage therapist was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly raping a client, WBKO reports. Bowling Green Police said that a woman reported the rape during a massage at a spa near the College Hill Historic District. The woman said …
Court
March 3, 2021
Florida dad cuts off wife’s lover’s penis with scissors
A Florida man who cut off his wife’s secret boyfriend’s penis with a pair of scissors was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday, to be followed by 10 years probation, ClickOrlando.com reports. Alex Bonilla, 51, pleaded no contest …
Kidnapping
March 3, 2021
Florida victim kidnapped, raped, left by side of the road
Deputies in north Florida are investigating a reported kidnapping and rape that took place on Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office says. The sheriff’s office said the victim reported being forced into a vehicle by an unknown suspect between 8 …
AMBER Alert
March 3, 2021
AMBER Alert: Missing Louisiana boys found safe in Florida; cops looking for bio mom
Two boys reportedly abducted from Louisiana Tuesday afternoon by their biological mother, who stole their father’s car while the boys were in it, have been found safe in Florida, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. They’re still looking for …
Politics and Crime
March 3, 2021
Security ramped up amid possible militia threat targeting U.S. Capitol: Reports
U.S. Capitol Police said they received credible intel regarding a militia group that intends to attempt to breach the Capitol on Thursday. Police said in a statement on Wednesday that they are ramping up security at the Capitol in light …
Missing
March 3, 2021
MISSING: Teen girl disappears after night out with ‘on-again, off-again’ boyfriend: Police
Alabama authorities are searching for a teen who disappeared after a night out with friends and her “on-again, off-again” boyfriend on Saturday. Al.com reports that 18-year-old Jordian Brenay Valentine went out with her boyfriend and friends for a “couple’s night” …