A Ugandan activist’s widow filed a $270 million wrongful death lawsuit against the National Park Service last month, claiming they were responsible for his wife’s decapitation at a Utah park. As NBC News reports, Ludovic Michaud, 26, and Esther Nakajjigo, …
A Missouri woman is dead after a bitter argument with her husband turned violent over the weekend. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 31-year-old Aaron Guilliams is behind bars facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of his …
On Tuesday, police in North Carolina announced that they upgraded a woman’s criminal charges to murder in February’s overdose death of the woman’s 14-year-old daughter. WITN reported that Haylee Wood died after her mother, Nancy Kellum, 37, gave her and …
A missing girl in California has been reunited with her family as authorities have released alarming details about the circumstances of her disappearance. As the Mercury News reports, a 14-year-old girl identified only by her first name of Kaylee went …
*This is a developing story and will be updated when additional information becomes available.* A Fort Hood soldier is behind bars for the 2019 murder of a Texas woman. Fox 44 reports that a 20-year-old Cory Grafton has been arrested …
New York Crime Stoppers released security footage showing one of the suspects accused of shooting a dad and his daughter who got caught in the crossfire while trick-or-treating in Harlem. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a 36-year-old woman shot in the …
Authorities claimed Jorden Simms slipped out of several restraints and jumped out of a moving police vehicle
A 24-year-old pregnant woman is dead after several suspects allegedly tied her up inside a vehicle and set it on fire. Newsweek reports that Ellen Priscila Ferreira da Silva was found deceased inside her mother’s car on October 17, in …
Authorities in Massachusetts are taking a new look at a cold-case murder of a Springfield woman who was found dead exactly 20 years ago. As Boston.com reports, Karen Soucie’s landlord entered her residence in November 2000 after noticing that her …
Authorities in Milwaukee are searching for a 3-year-old boy who has been missing for well over 24 hours. As WTMJ reports, 3-year-old Elijah Jackson was last seen around 11 a.m. on Monday in the 3400 block of North 23rd Street. …
On Monday, a Wisconsin judge set bail at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois boy accused of fatally shooting two people during an August 25 protest in Kenosha. WLS-TV reported that Monday’s hearing was held via video conference. …
Lesley Luna Pantaleon’s family reports her missing, last seen by her family members as she left home in her mother’s 2006 Blue Chevrolet Trailblazer. Montgomery Police department issues a missing person alert. Her body was found 10 days later in …
A Nevada teen is dead after a man walked up to a McDonald’s restaurant off Interstate 80 in Elko, and opened fire in a drive-thru window, police say. FOx 13 reports that 16-year-old Kylee Leniz was working at the restaurant’s …
A Wisconsin man who was charged Friday with killing his grandfather possibly carried out the slaying due to his grandfather’s sex offender status. Charles Luitze, 70, was found dead in his Kenosha home on August 15. A responding police officer …
Authorities in California are searching for a 19-year-old woman who abruptly disappeared after learning she had been laid off from her job at a Home Depot in Sacremanto. As “Dateline” reports, Veta Belford has not been seen since October 17. …
Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States are preparing for the possibility of violent uprisings as the votes for the 2020 general election are tallied. While millions of registered voters have already cast their ballots at early polling sites or …
A former Alabama couple has been sentenced to a combined 1,161 years in prison for sexually abusing two juvenile family members, allegations that first surfaced in 2007, WIAT reports. Lisa Marie Lesher, 41, was sentenced Monday to 738 years after …
A Florida man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and uploading videos to the Kik messenger app, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. John D. Taylor, 32, was arrested on Friday, the sheriff’s office …
A south Florida woman is in critical condition after her boyfriend allegedly set her on fire early Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Noe Jimenez-Cortes, 40, was taken into custody Monday evening in North Lauderdale, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies …
Newly released phone calls between a Kansas woman and her dad raise questions without easy answers about her mother, who’s been missing for more than a year. Ellie Green, 19, last saw Angela Green on June 20, 2019, as CrimeOnline …
A registered sex offender in New York was criminally charged Friday with sexually assaulting an minor girl on repeated instances. WRGB reported that Victor Dorato, 46, sexually abused the victim in Kinderhook for a seven-month period, starting when the girl …
The teacher allegedly pushed pressure points on the kids’ shoulders and neck to get them to comply
An attorney has volunteered to take Tucker Gales’ case at no charge after hearing about the incident.
Update: 7:45 p.m.: Charleigh Huffman, a 15-year-old girl who was last seen early Monday morning and was believed to have been traveling with convicted felon Hilario Maldonado, “returned home” late Monday afternoon, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Maldonado was …
Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell will be reunited as a judge rules their cases will be tried together. He cites several reasons, including the problems of seating a jury in the middle of a pandemic. The couple faces multiple charges …
A man who served seven years behind bars for killing someone at age 14 was arrested Friday for allegedly murdering a Massachusetts man in September. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced in a statement that brothers Billoeum Phan, 28, Billy …
The prosecution and defense in the case of a Colorado man on trial for murder apparently got into a squabble on Friday, after concerns were raised about probing into potential jurors’ backgrounds. The Durango Herald reports that over 2,000 potential …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* “Surface” actor Eddie Hassell has passed after police say he was shot early Sunday morning. Hassell, 30, was shot a little before 2 a.m., CBS DFW …
The stepmother of two teens who were found buried in a Georgia backyard has entered into a plea deal that will spare her the death penalty. As WJCL reports, Candice Crocker is the stepmother of Elwyn Crocker Jr. and Mary …
A Florida health aide worker is behind bars after she allegedly stole a cancer patient’s credit card while the victim was sleeping. Abc 7 reports that Kimberley Diggins, 37, allegedly allowed her son to use the victim’s card at a …
US Marshals in Virginia completed a 5-day “Operation Find Our Children” this week, recovering 27 previously missing kids as well as confirming six others were actually with their legal guardians. The marshals were assisted in the operation by the Virginia …
The parents of a 2-year-old East Tennessee girl have been charged with child abuse and neglect after the toddler was found walking down the middle of a Greeneville street with cuts on her bare feet. Two witnesses found the littler …
A babysitter in rural Colorado was shot to death Thursday night while trying to prevent an auto theft, and the suspect also tried to kill the babysitter’s young charge before fleeing the scene. Trevor George, 32, was arrested hours later …
New York police are looking for a man they say clubbed an elderly man with a barbecue grill brush Monday morning and just walked on. Frances Corrales, 78, was walking home from a drug store when he was attacked. “He …
Two members of a white supremacist group were charged this week with multiple felonies after an investigation alleged that they terrorized a Michigan family at their home, posting photographs and messages to their followers urging further harassment. Justen Watkins, 25, …
A south Alabama couple already charged with child sex abuse have now had child pornography added to their charge sheet, WSFA reports. John Bright, 49, and Tiffany Hughes, 32, were initially arrested in September when the Dale County Sheriff’s Office …
A homeless man in Las Vegas allegedly killed a restaurant worker who had often provided him with food, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Angel Martinez, 29, is accused of stabbing to death Ciro Vasquez, 31, outside his family’s Mexican restaurant last …
An Ohio judge on Thursday ordered an 11-year-old boy jailed while he awaits trial for allegedly shooting and killing a 6-year-old neighbor, Fox 8 said. The boy is charged with reckless homicide in the death of King Pleasant, who was …
A five-year police veteran in New Jersey is facing charges this week after he allegedly sexted an 18-year-old woman he had just arrested. Neptune City Police Officer Damien Broschart, 29, has been charged with fourth degree cyber harassment and third …
Three Mississippi men were charged this week with the shooting death of a co-founder of the Stop Abuse Campaign, a New York-based not-for-profit organization that worked to prevent child abuse, the Clarion-Ledger reports. Ken Mason, who returned to his native …
A New Jersey youth pastor was charged this week with child sex crimes after investigators said he blackmailed young boys to perform sex acts online, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said. Sean Higgins, 30, allegedly posed as a teenage girl …
A now former police officer in southern Louisiana was arrested Friday and charged with multiple child sex charges, including rape. Casey Hoffman, 28, faces seven counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles under 13, two counts of producing porn involving …
A North Carolina woman told police she woke up from a nap to find her boyfriend unresponsive, but she was arrested for murder after the medical examiner said several small wounds on his body were stab wounds. Sharron Ivette Allen, …
A manhunt is underway for a Missouri man accused of abandoning the corpse of his mother, whose death has been ruled a homicide, the Sentinel-Record reports.Connie J. Goodwin, 63, was found dead in a home in Deerfield, Missouri, on Wednesday morning. Hours later, …
Lori Loughlin has started serving her prison sentence after pleading guilty earlier this year to bribing the University of Southern California to admit her two daughters, CNN reports. The “Full House” actress is serving a two-month sentence at the Federal Correction …
Florida sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage siblings this week for fatally shooting a man they tried to rob. Henry McGall IV, 18, and his younger sister, Madison, 15, have both been charged with first degree murder while engaged in robbery …
Philadelphia police have opened an internal affairs investigation after a video showed multiple officers smashing the windows of an SUV driven by a Black mother with her 2-year-old son and 16-year-old nephew inside during protests over the killing of Walter …
A judge Friday morning ordered the extradition of Kyle Rittenhouse, and the Illinois teenager accused of killing two people at a protest in Kenosha is already in jail in Wisconsin, TMJ4 reports. Rittenhouse, 17, travelled from his home in Illinois …
Federal authorities in Texas announced Thursday that two men were charged with human trafficking for the sale and purchase of a 19-year-old. Alfonso Juarez, 35, was arrested at his home in Dallas, Texas, while Robert Hubert, 66, was apprehended at …
Authorities in Washington state have released more details about the apparent murder-suicide of a woman and her twin daughters, and have announced that the girls’ father is not a suspect in their deaths. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police in Whatcom …
