A 27-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with killing a 19-year-old woman, dismembering her body, and dumping it in his apartment building’s dumpsters. Dystynee Avery had been missing since April 3, and she was last reported to be staying with …
A 29-year-old Tennessee man has been jailed after he allegedly slashed a 10-year-old boy’s throat while he was playing a video game, Tennessee River Valley News reported. The incident took place Sunday evening at a residence in rural Lewis County, …
Authorities revealed that human remains discovered in a garbage bag on Sunday were that of a Pennsylvania woman who was reported missing in April 2019. Allegheny County police announced in a statement that an officer patrolling an illegal dumpsite in …
A former nanny and foster parent in Pensacola, Florida, was arrested on Monday on child sex charges with at least two juveniles, and deputies there are concerned there may be more victims, according to NorthEscambia.com. Nicole Lynn Walter, 27, calls …
A Kentucky woman was arrested this month for allegedly trying to abduct a 14-year-old girl as she walked to a friend’s house. According to WAVE, the girl told police that Kimberly Phelps, 50, jumped out of a wooded area, grabbed …
A Wisconsin woman was allegedly drunk driving when a man fell from atop her pickup truck, resulting in his death late last month. The Star Tribune reported that Preston Decorah, 27, was found unconscious in a driveway on March 30, …
A Michigan girl has passed away after spending two weeks on a ventilator. Officials say she died from COVID-19 complications. The Detroit News reports that 5-year-old Skylar Herbert is the first child in Michigan to pass away from the disease. …
A 5-month-old in Louisiana died on Sunday, days after their father allegedly threw them to the ground and slammed their head against a metal bar on a swing set. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said Brian Young, 21, confessed …
An armed man hijacked a Dallas transit bus Sunday morning, forcing the driver to lead police on a 20-mile chase through several Dallas suburbs before spike strips stopped the bus and the suspect was killed in a shoot-out with police, …
More than 13 people, including a police officer, were killed in a mass shooting that unrolled over nearly 60 miles of Nova Scotia, Canada, beginning Saturday evening in the small, rural community Portapique on the north shore of Cobequid Bay …
Police in multiple Alabama jurisdictions are trying to sort out the details of a 36-hour crime spree that included murder, robbery, a shoot-out with officers, and a suspect on the run. After an overnight manhunt, Birmingham police on Saturday arrested …
Texas authorities believe they’ve found the body of a Christoval woman missing since February 26, the Kirbyville Banner reported on its Facebook page, citing a news release from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said it has sent …
A Texas police officer was shot and killed and two other officers were injured Saturday night in what authorities say was an ambush, KXAN-TV reports. San Marcos officer Justin Putnam (pictured center), 31, died at the scene of the shooting, while …
The parents of three young Utah children were murdered in what authorities describe as a violent home invasion, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Tony Butterfield, 31, and his wife and Katherine Butterfield, 30, were found shot death early Saturday at …
Five people who attended a high school basketball game in Indianpolis have died after contracting coronavirus. According to the Indianapolis Star, five men who attended a sectional semifinals game at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis on March 6 have …
A northwestern Indiana man has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son, according to the Northwest Indiana Times. Michael J. Tunstall, 26, told police the boy woke up Thursday from a nap …
Birmingham police captured a suspect wanted for murder in Auburn, Alabama, after an hours-long manhunt that included a brief shoot-out with officers. The as yet unidentified suspect was wounded in the shoot-out and is receiving treatment, Deputy Chief Scott Praytor …
A licensed physician in California has been charged with mail fraud for selling “COVID-19 treatment packs” he said would “100%” cure the disease caused by the novel coronavirus and give customers immunity to the virus for six weeks, according to …
A 20-year-old south Texas man has been arrested and charged with the murders of four members of a Laredo family, including a two-year-old child. Police were called to a residence in the southern part of the city at about 6:30 …
A North Carolina mother of three was allegedly murdered by her husband, who is now in police custody, WRAL-TV reports. Jasmina Almendarez Zelaya, 30, was reported missing April 14 after her sister and other family members said they had not …
A man in Connecticut is accused of breaking into a shuttered restaurant and binging on thousands of dollars of food and alcohol, the Hartford Courant reports. Police earlier this week arrested 42-year-old Louis Angel Ortiz at the downtown New Haven eatery Soul De …
A 3-year-old boy drowned in a manmade lake in Texas, and his mother was hospitalized in critical condition after being pulled out of the lake herself. Beaumont Police spokesperson Haley Morrow told the Beaumont Times that police were called to …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace takes a look at the case of Alison MacKenzie, an Arizona mother of two who vanished in January while vacationing in Belize and reportedly looking for a second property to buy there. “I’ve been studying the case …
A former vice president of finance at a Georgia healthcare company has been charged with sabotaging his company’s shipments of critical medical supplies needed in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic after he was fired earlier this year. Christopher Dobbins, …
A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for putting his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in scalding bathwater in 2018. Robert Wayne Bunton, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon. …
A federal court set a temporary restraining order against a Florida church on Friday, ordering it to stop selling what is essentially the equivalent of industrial bleach as a treatment and prevention of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel …
The mother of a twin boy who fell from the 16th floor of a high-rise condominium tearfully told officials that he “had always wanted to fly,” according to a Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office report. The Sun-Sentinel reports that 4-year-old …
A Texas grand jury indicted a man on capital murder charges on Wednesday, months after he allegedly killed his girlfriend’s son and left his body in a car trunk. Corey Trumbull, 31, was charged with capital murder, and both he …
A judge has greenlit murder charges for a pair of teens suspected in the double homicide of a Wisconsin doctor and her husband. As ABC News report, a Wisconsin judge has determined there is enough evidence to proceed with charges …
Four teens accused of brutally killing a Texas dance instructor have been indicted for capital murder. Times Record News reports that 65-year-old Carolyn High was found dead in January, lying on the driveway of her home off of the 3500 …
A married couple is among the six people who died of COVID-19 after they all attended a funeral in March. As The State reports, the six attendees who died were part of a larger group who gathered for a funeral …
An elderly Florida woman was found alive in a ravine on Thursday morning — nine days after she vanished from her home. In a statement posted to Facebook, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said two employees at a Homosassa Walmart …
A Florida woman is behind bars for allegedly attacking a child who intervened during a feud. Citrus County Chronicle reports that 34-year-old Michelle Janet Jenkins, of Inverness, is facing a child abuse charge after an April 5 incident that left …
Five California teens are behind bars for attempted murder after an alleged brutal beating that left a 14-year-old fighting for his life. According to a news release by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on March 5 …
There were calls made about the home in the months leading to the baby’s death, including two calls from a property manager to report suspected neglect
One of the Joe Exotic’s flashy shirts is up for sale on eBay, but it’ll cost a pretty penny to be wearing the fuschia sequins he sported in Episode 2 of the Netflix series Tiger King. With 16 hours left …
Authorities are investigating how a mother and child ended up in a Texas lake in a drowning incident that killed the child and left the mother in critical condition. KJAS reports that police in Beaumont, Texas, responded to a scene …
The North Carolina Medical Examiner ruled Thursday that the death of a 7-year-old boy found dead at his home last October was a homicide, WRAL reported. The mother of Ethan Bates, 24-year-old Evie Bates, and his stepfather, 23-year-old Saint Michael …
Five Philadelphia men have been charged in a “heinous triple murder” of a Virginia man, his girlfriend, and her 14-year-old son nearly a year ago in Spotsylvania County, Sheriff Roger L. Harris said, according to WTVR. Michael Coleman, 39; Rachel …
A Michigan woman who reportedly killed an elderly man in a hit-and-run crash turned themself into police on Thursday. WJBK reported that suspect, who hasn’t been publicly identified, is believed to have crashed their Chevrolet Trailblazer into Arthur Brewer, 83, …
A newborn baby boy in California who was delivered after his mother was fatally shot on Easter Sunday died on Wednesday. Relatives confirmed to KGET that Josiah Adrian Rivera was taken off life support after doctors determined he had no …
A Texas widow has filed suit against Princess Cruises, claiming the company allowed her and her husband to board the Grand Princess in San Francisco in February, knowing they would be exposed to the coronavirus, according to NBCDFW. Susan and …
Are COVID-19 deaths causing officials to overlook homicides? A forensics expert says it’s possible, given the mass amount of deaths occurring and the limited amount of resources. Joe Scott Morgan, a medicolegal death investigator and a Distinguished Scholar of Applied …
Onlookers reportedly watched and recorded as two women beat a Louisiana woman, resulting in her death on Monday. According to VermilionToday.com, Shawntele Levine said her daughter, Kyla Mouton, 22, died from brain damage she suffered in the fatal attack. The …
An Illinois couple found dead in their home on Monday died from stabbings, police say. Citing the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Thomas Johnson, 69, and Leslie Ann Jones, 67, died of multiple sharp force …
An Illinois man is behind bars for sexual assault after allegedly abusing a child in his care for almost years, police say. NBC 5 reports that from June 1, 2016, until April 1, 2018, an unnamed child was temporarily living …
Authorities in California are seeking suspects in five unsolved killings, including the brutal murder of a teacher. On a recent episode of Crime Stories, Nancy Grace explores the unsolved murder of a young teacher who was gunned down in front …
Police in one Maryland town are reminding residents to wear their pants while outside checking their mailbox. In a Facebook post, the Taneytown Police Department said they’re issuing their “final warning” to residents who are checking their mail pantsless. “You …
43-year-old Alison MacKenzie vanishes while on vacation with her boyfriend in Belize. MacKenzie’s boyfriend, Paige Rote, reported her missing after waking and realizing she was gone. Searches were conducted and multiple theories about her disappearance have surfaced. What happened to …
A police department in Maine is warning the public about an apparent scam going around via text messaging. The message, according to the Thomaston Police Department, claims that the recipient was in contact with someone diagnosed with coronavirus. The text …
