Family of four, including twin children, found dead in Shaker Heights home
Family Crime
The adult male found dead with his family is the son of a philanthropist who had reportedly been depressed
Animal Crimes
September 1, 2020
Recently-rescued pit bull kills elderly owner & mauls her adult son’s face: Reports
A dog fatally mauled an elderly Florida woman Friday in an attack that also left her adult son seriously injured, local media is reporting. First responders reportedly found Carolyn Varanese, 84, dead at her Margate home shortly before 10 p.m. …
Missing
September 1, 2020
Cops search ex-boyfriend’s home after pregnant mom-to-be disappears before first sonogram appointment
Washington authorities were seen working through the night as they searched the home of a man said to be the ex-boyfriend of missing pregnant woman, Kassanndra Cantrell, NBC’s King 5 reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cantrell, 33, of Parkland, was …
Family Crime
September 1, 2020
Father drowns toddler son in lake, then returns and takes his own life: Police
A Florida father is suspected of killing his toddler son before taking his own life late last week. WESH reports that Miguel Leonardo-Hernandez, 28, and his 19-month-old son Kevin Leonardo-Cisnero were found dead in Lake George in Orlando on Thursday …
Unsolved
September 1, 2020
GBI overturns suicide, says dad-of-three’s death is ‘undetermined’ but sheriff refuses to reopen case [Exclusive]
A Georgia man who passed away in 2016 did not die from suicide as previously labeled, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Donald “DH” Fickey Jr. was found dead in October 2016 in what authorities …
Murder
September 1, 2020
BREAKING: Chad Daybell’s lawyer asks judge to DISMISS entire case
An attorney for Chad Daybell has filed a motion asking for a judge to dismiss the case against Lori Vallow’s husband. Daybell was charged with felony counts of destruction of evidence and conspiracy to commit destruction of evidence after the …
Police
September 1, 2020
Update: Deputies need therapy after finding two boys beaten, stabbed to death while their mother slept
Florida deputies who responded to a call and saw two young boys murdered are now suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, News 4 Jax reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Putnam County Sheriff Gator DeLoach announced last week that Robert Baker, 12, …
Child Abuse
September 1, 2020
‘The worst we’ve ever seen’: 12-year-old dies from ‘excessive’ pain, negligence caused by her own parents: Police
A father and mother have been arrested, following the death of a 12-year-old Georgia girl. CBS 13 reports that authorities responded to a home in Wilkerson County last week in response to a call about an unresponsive child. Upon arrival, …
Celebrity
September 1, 2020
R. Kelly jail attack suspect stomped on singer’s head, intended to stab him, lawyer claims
The inmate who allegedly attacked R. Kelly inside an Illinois jail cell planned to stab the singer during Wednesday’s violence incident, according to court records released Monday. Attorney Steven Greenberg recently filed a motion requesting Kelly’s release from the Metropolitan …
Juveniles
September 1, 2020
Police search for parents of toddler found alone in parking lot
It is not clear yet if the toddler girl was abandoned, or if her parents may be in danger
Missing
September 1, 2020
DEVELOPING: Two children missing after vehicle gets swept up in floodwater
Four rescue boats attempting to aid the victims were swept away
Family Crime
September 1, 2020
‘I killed my family’: Mom, two children dead after suspect said they were being ‘too loud’
The suspect, who is related to the victims, reportedly told police that he had a headache and his family members were ‘yelling’
Assault
August 31, 2020
Florida couple shoots at family returning a U-Haul truck: Cops
The couple thought the family, with a young child, was stealing gasoline.
Murder
August 31, 2020
Chicago man allegedly beats, shoots old friend to death in argument
A Chicago man allegedly shot a longtime friend during an argument then later returned to the scene in the far South Side, yelling “Are you dead yet?” as he kicked and punched the man who lay dying on the ground. …
Missing
August 31, 2020
Police searching for missing dad & toddler son with possible medical issue
Authorities in Delaware are asking for the public’s help for finding a father and a 1-year-old son who reportedly vanished Sunday night. The Wilmington Police Department said in an alert that Kauhdri Mitchell, 42, and Kairoe Mitchell were last seen …
Police
August 31, 2020
Four medics suspended after disabled woman is mistakenly pronounced dead & sent to funeral home
Officials announced Wednesday that they suspended four medics after a Michigan woman was pronounced dead — only to be found breathing at a funeral home. According to The Detroit Free Press, Southfield Fire Chief Johnny Menifee told reporters that the …
Podcast
August 31, 2020
Monday Crime Stories: Nurse Sydney Sutherland brutally abducted, raped, and killed while jogging near home
Nurse Sydney Sutherland has a route that she jogs regularly, but on August 19th, she disappears. Just days later, her body is found and an arrest is made in her brutal rape and murder. Who killed Sydney Sutherland? Joining Nancy …
Protests
August 31, 2020
Lawyer couple who pulled guns on protesters outside mansion appear in court
A Missouri couple who were reportedly filmed in June pulling guns on protestors made their first appearance in court Monday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s hearing was postponed until October 6. A St. Louis grand …
Unsolved
August 31, 2020
7-year-old shot dead while playing with piñata at friend’s birthday party
An Indiana girl and family members sang “Happy Birthday” to her friend and within seconds of stepping outside to play with a piñata, she was shot and killed. South Bend Tribune reports that authorities arrived at the 800 block of …
Coronavirus
August 31, 2020
ANGER BOILS OVER AT WALMART: SEE IT! Maskless customer goes after Walmart staff after they tell him to leave
Video posted to social media shows a man berating Walmart staff for kicking him out of the store for not wearing a mask. McClatchy News reported that the incident occurred Thursday at a Walmart in Anchorage, Alaska. An unidentified man …
Family Crime
August 31, 2020
FBI agent reveals evidence, ‘one text message in particular’ that led investigators to bodies of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow
An FBI agent involved in the investigation that led to the discovery of two missing children buried behind a home in Idaho revealed how authorities knew where to focus their search. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators found the bodies of …
Homicide
August 31, 2020
Suspect ‘lying in wait’ stabs ex-girlfriend to death as she returns home from work, police say
Police in Pennsylvania arrested a man Sunday morning, hours after he allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death as she got home from work. Nathanial Kimmel, 22, is accused of killing April Mahmod, 37, of the front porch of her neighbor’s …
Accident
August 31, 2020
PARENTS BEWARE: 3-year-old girl gets lifted to sky after getting caught on kite [SEE IT]
Shocking footage taken by onlookers shows a young girl being whisked away at least 100 feet after getting caught in a giant kite. New York Post reports that the incident happened Sunday at the 2020 International Kite Festival in Nanlioao, …
Juveniles
August 31, 2020
Parents nightmare: Middle school girl dies of overdose after TikTok ‘Benadryl challenge’
An Oklahoma girl is dead after participating in one of the latest social media challenges involving Benadryl. News 4 Oklahoma reports that the victim, a 15-year-old from Oklahoma City, took part in a challenge aimed to make people “trip out …
Missing
August 31, 2020
United Airlines exec Jake Cefolia missing for three weeks; police say there is no surveillance footage from forest preserve where his vehicle was found
More than three weeks after a high-ranking United Airlines executive vanished without a trace, the circumstances of Jake Cefolia’s disappearance remain a mystery. Cefolia, the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at United Airlines, was reported missing on August 8, …
Juveniles
August 31, 2020
Tot’s body found floating in bayou officially identified as Maliyah Bass, enraged community wants answers
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed Sunday that a toddler’s body found in a Houston bayou last week is that of Maliyah Bass. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a jogger found the 2-year-old’s body floating in Brays Bayou, off …
Family Crime
August 31, 2020
‘I hope that they’re okay’: Brother of missing Suzanne Morphew says her two daughters have been ‘silent’
Suzanne Morphew’s brother said his sister had been confiding in a friend before she vanished on Mother’s Day weekend. “Maybe things weren’t hunky dory,” he said
Murder
August 30, 2020
Shooting leaves young father dead, 4 wounded at Sunday brunch in Chicago
Police say the man who died was targeted in the shooting at Lumes Pancake House in Morgan Park.
Murder
August 30, 2020
Tribal police officer killed by suspect ‘high on meth’ who stole his patrol vehicle and ran him over
A Tohono O’odham Nation police officer was killed Thursday when a man who told investigators he was “high on meth” stole his patrol vehicle and ran him over. Officer Bryan Brown, a 19-year veteran of the force, was responding to …
Kidnapping
August 30, 2020
Georgia baby kidnapped at gunpoint by couple who disguised him as a girl
A 1-year-old Georgia boy is back in his mother’s arms after he was kidnapped at gunpoint on Saturday and driven across the metropolitan Atlanta area before Georgia state troopers stopped the vehicle. The boy, Mateo Alejandro Montufar-Barrera, was disguised as …
Juveniles
August 30, 2020
Nancy Grace: Sex trafficked kids often ‘described as runaways’
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace spoke with Fox & Friends Weekend about recent law enforcement operations aimed at locating missing and endangered children in several states, including Georgia, Ohio, and New Jersey. “I hope you’re sitting down,” she said, “because just last year …
Missing
August 30, 2020
MISSING: Pregnant Washington woman vanishes day before her first ultrasound
A car belonging to a missing pregnant woman turned up late Friday night near the Tacoma Dome in Washington state, nearly 10 miles from her home in the Tacoma suburb where she was last seen on Tuesday, the Pierce County …
Murder
August 30, 2020
No bond for ‘sick monster’ charged with brutal murders of 2 young Florida boys: Report
A Florida man charged with the brutal slayings of two young Florida brothers last week was ordered held without bond on Saturday and appointed a public defender, News4Jax reports. Police said Mark Wilson Jr, 30, used a hammer and a …
Family Crime
August 30, 2020
200 children are missing from Ohio. For some, it may not be safe to come home: Report
In northeast Ohio alone, about 200 children are missing. A new task force is trying to find them, WBTV reports. “These are kids that have been abused, neglected. Some involved in human trafficking,” U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott told the television …
Murder
August 29, 2020
Female porn star charged in death of man found in shallow grave
A former porn star is among three people arrested for the murder of a man whose remains were found in a shallow grave in Florida this week, nearly two months after he was reported missing. Jeremie Odell Peters, 43; William …
Murder
August 29, 2020
Mom who stabbed 6-year-old daughter, then herself, is identified and charged
The mother who stabbed her six-year-old daughter to death earlier this month and then stabbed herself has been identified as 36-year-old Purkanah Yisrael Mayo, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reports. The office said that Mayo has been charged with second degree …
Homicide
August 29, 2020
9-month-old girl shot in the face; father charged with negligent death
A 20-year-old father is behind bars after shooting his 9-month-old infant in the face, killing her. Anthony Lamont Meriweather first told police that the baby was hit by a bullet from a drive-by shooting but later admitted that the gun …
Celebrity Justice
August 29, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell gets in-person legal visit, the first at her jail since start of coronavirus pandemic
Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘madam,’ Ghislaine Maxwell, is the first federal inmate in New York City to get an in-person visit since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, sources told the New York Daily News. Two members of Maxwell’s legal team, attorney …
Media
August 29, 2020
‘Poisonous Liaisons’: Renowned former death investigator JoScott Morgan takes on wicked & ‘bizarre homicidal poisoning cases’
True crime fans are in for a “bizarre” ride in a documentary series that explores notorious crimes and the thinking patterns of murderers who killed their victims by using lethal substances. “Poisonous Liaisons” is a captivating docu-series that originally aired …
Murder
August 29, 2020
Man ‘punched, drowned, burned, and murdered’ 5-year-old daughter, who he thought was controlled by witchcraft
An Oklahoma father is accused of brutally beating and murdering his 5-year-old daughter because he believed she was under the control of witchcraft, KTUL-TV reports. Federal prosecutors have charged 29-year-old Adam Raymond Mason of Bristow, Oklahoma, with first-degree murder in connection …
Murder
August 28, 2020
Georgia high school footballer shot dead while sleeping in his apartment
A south Georgia high school football player died early Friday after he was shot through the walls of his apartment while he was sleeping. Cenquez Jermaine Perry, 17, was reportedly hit several times by gunshots fired through the outside walls …
Murder
August 28, 2020
Mom stabs 6-year-old daughter to death, then stabs herself
A six-year-old girl stabbed to death last week by her mother, who then stabbed herself, has been identified by family members as Atarah, News4Jax reports. Deputies responded to a 911 call from someone in the house on August 19 and …
Police
August 28, 2020
Cop husband fired after estranged wife arrested over physical altercation
A New Hampshire police officer was fired Friday, seven weeks after he broke several of his estranged wife’s ribs during a physical altercation that ended with her arrest. Dover Police Chief William Breault said that RJ Letendre, a former mixed …
School Crimes
August 28, 2020
Catholic school teacher sexually assaulted student: Prosecutor
A teacher at a Catholic high school in New Jersey was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually abusing one of her students, starting when he was 17. The Office of the Camden County Prosecutor said in a statement that Bridget Sipera, …
Murder
August 28, 2020
‘Sick killer’ who slayed two Florida boys lived in their family’s shed with his girlfriend [Police]
The children’s mother said she was asleep during the murders and woke up to find her boys unresponsive
Sex Crimes
August 28, 2020
Ex-police union president who sexually abused young relative raped FOUR additional children: Prosecutor
A retired cop in Massachusetts who was arrested earlier this month for sexually abusing a child relative was charged Tuesday with sexually abusing and raping four more children. Ex-Boston police officer Patrick Rose, Sr., 66, was charged with 11 counts …
Podcast
August 28, 2020
Friday Crime Stories: Amish girl vanished after church. What befell Linda Stoltzfoos?
Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, has been missing since Father’s Day. She was last seen walking home from church with plans to meet with friends at a youth meeting after picking up a dessert at home. Someone reported to be Stoltzfoos was …
Sex Crimes
August 28, 2020
Child sex trafficker groomed child victims ONLINE BEFORE KIDNAPPING AND PIMPING: Cops
A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly operating a sex ring involving children who were coerced by drugs and violence. The Florida Office of the Attorney General said in a statement Thursday that Orlith Joseph “organized, promoted, and profited …
Court
August 28, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse: Teen opens fire on protesters, now court delays extradition to Wisconsin to face murder charges
An Illinois teen accused of fatally shooting two people Tuesday during a protest in Wisconsin won’t be extradited to face murder charges for at least a month, a judge ruled Friday. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, allegedly used an AR-15 to kill …
Murder
August 28, 2020
Evelyn Boswell: Alleged killer mom of Tennessee tot pleads ‘not guilty’
Megan Boswell, the mother of deceased Tennessee toddler, Evelyn Boswell, claimed her innocence during a Friday morning arraignment. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boswell has been charged with 19 offenses, including felony murder. She’s also been charged with aggravated child abuse, …