‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow’s niece admits she hasn’t seen the missing children for several months — even though she followed them to Idaho and moved next door
Family Crime
“It didn’t seem strange to me,” Melani Pawlowski said
Podcast
May 11, 2020
Monday Crime Stories: ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow claims she’s getting ‘peeped on’ behind bars
CULT MOM Lori Vallow tries again to gain bail, and her mom speaks out for the first time. Where are her missing children? Vallow still has not revealed where JJ and Tylee are. Joining Nancy Grace today to discuss: Ashley …
Murder
May 11, 2020
Mom stabs toddler son to death, then leaves decomposing body in home for relatives to find: Police
A Michigan woman is facing murder charges after her toddler son was reportedly found fatally stabbed last week. Police reportedly found Zion Reid, 3, dead on Wednesday after they were called to a home in Inkster. Relatives said they couldn’t …
Unsolved
May 11, 2020
‘You didn’t think to come back?’: Friends want answers after police fail to return to crash scene where beloved couple died
Wilmington, North Carolina, authorities arrived quickly after a 911 call about a crash on the night of April 15, but they failed to find anything. Weeks later, a beloved couple was found dead in the area. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
Juveniles
May 11, 2020
Where are the children? As ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow stays silent in jail, Nancy Grace weighs in on the fate of missing children Tylee and JJ
“If they are alive, they are tucked away with people in this cult,” Nancy Grace says in the latest episode of “Crime Stories”
Sex Crimes
May 11, 2020
Five suspects abduct & sexually assault 13-year-old girl during Facebook Live broadcast, police say
Earlier this month, police in South Carolina arrested two men who allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl during a Facebook Live broadcast. North Charleston police said they investigators initially left a comment on the video asking for more information. Following …
Murder
May 11, 2020
‘My life’s in danger’: Death threats pour in to man who recorded the shooting death of jogger Ahmaud Arbery
A Georgia man who recorded the deadly shooting of jogger Ahmaud Arbery says that he’s scared for his life after receiving death threats following the viral video. William “Roddie” Bryan told Action News Jax that since the release of the …
Murder
May 11, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery [VIDEO]: Did jogger enter construction home near murder scene? Lawyer says it has ‘no impact’ on case.
Additional footage has surfaced after Georgia man Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down in a neighborhood earlier this year, while reportedly out jogging. On February 23, shortly before 25-year-old Arbery was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia, …
Family Crime
May 11, 2020
Mom, daughter killed by carbon monoxide inhalation were likely dead for days, car’s fuel had run out: Coroner
A coroner has revealed more details about the deaths of an Indiana mother and daughter found in their Evansville home last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kimbra Shanafelt, 49, and her 5-year-old daughter Dahni were discovered unresponsive in two different …
Terror
May 10, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery: GBI makes arrest for ‘terroristic’ threat to Arbery protests
A 20-year-old Georgia man has been charged with dissemination of information related to terroristic acts for allegedly making a Facebook post “that contained a threat to future protests related to Ahmaud Arbery,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Sunday. The …
Attempted Murder
May 10, 2020
Suspect flees minor accident, tries to run over Utah police officer: Cops
A 28-year-old Utah woman was facing at most a leaving the scene of an accident charge, but she ended up jailed on an attempted murder charge after she fled the accident scene, refused to stop when police ordered her to, …
Assault
May 10, 2020
Former WWE wrestler Alberto Del Rio assaults woman, threatens to leave her son ‘in the middle of the road somewhere’ [Cops]
Mexican-American wrestler Alberto Del Rio — also known as Alberto El Patron — was arrested Saturday in San Antonio and charged with sexual assault, according to Bexar County jail records. The arrest came after a woman brought photographs to police …
Murder
May 10, 2020
Elderly couple shot and killed at veterans cemetery; suspect dies of gunshot wound after shootout with police
An elderly couple was shot and killed at a veterans cemetery in Bear, Delaware, and a suspect was later shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with Delaware State Police. An 85-year-old woman was pronounced dead at Delaware Veterans …
Rescue
May 10, 2020
SEE IT: Hero off-duty CHP officer rescues hiker stuck in whirlpool at Angel Falls
If not for the quick thinking of an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer, a 24-year-old hiker from Fresno might not be alive today. The man, who has not been identified, was hiking along Willow Creek in Madera County on Saturday …
Child Abuse
May 10, 2020
Alabama grandmother streams video of 19-year-old man performing sex acts on her 1-year-old granddaughter
An Alabama woman is charged with filming a 19-year-old man performing sex acts on her 1-year-old granddaughter and streaming the videos to an online pornography service. The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation arrested Lisa Williamson, 41, and Steven Anthony Jackson …
Rescue
May 10, 2020
6 adults and a child rescued from Columbia River after their boat collides with erosion control dam
Seven people, including a child, have the US Coast Guard and Portland Fire & Rescue to thank after a dramatic rescue Saturday afternoon when their boat hit a submerged erosion control dam and started to take on water. The 40-foot …
Murder
May 10, 2020
Father who threw 1-year-old girl over cliff & stabbed her pregnant mother is a registered sex offender: Police
A southern California man accused of killing his 1-year-old daughter and stabbing two others, including the child’s mother, is a registered sex offender who had previously been imprisoned, the Desert Sun reports. Adam Slater, 49, is facing charges of second-degree murder, attempted murder …
May 10, 2020
Grandmother accused of sadistically torturing, killing 12-year-old grandson faces death penalty, admits to allowing other children in the home to violently punish the boy
Montana prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a woman accused of torturing, beating and killing her grandson, the Casper Star Tribune reports. Patricia Batts is facing charges of deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment, aggravated kidnapping and strangulation of a …
Pornography
May 9, 2020
Missouri man poses as teenage girl on social media to solicit sex photos from kids: Police
A Missouri man stands accused of posing as a teenage girl to solicit sex photos from other children, KTVO reported, citing the Macon County Sheriff’s Office. Martin Mitchell, 20, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of sex trafficking of …
AMBER Alert
May 9, 2020
FOUND SAFE!! AMBER ALERT: 3-year-old girl taken in Colorado by man armed with hunting rifle
Update 7 p.m.: Savannah Cemele and Ricky Trujillo have been found in separate locations, the Pueblo Police Department reported. The 3-year-old is safe and unharmed and being returned to her family. Police are interviewing Trujillol Update: The AMBER Alert for …
Murder
May 9, 2020
3-year-old boy dies of multiple stab wounds; Mom charged with murder, child abuse and torture
The mother of a 3-year-old Michigan mother found stabbed to death on Wednesday has been charged with the boy’s murder, The Detroit News reported. Atiya Nina Muhammed, 26, has been charged with first degree premeditated murder, felony murder, child abuse, …
Murder
May 9, 2020
SEE IT: Security footage shows jogger Ahmaud Arbery stopped at house under construction on his run [Report]
Security footage taken in the neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in February shows the black jogger stopping at a house under construction just minutes before the fatal incident, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Gregory …
Murder
May 9, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery: Man who filmed video of jogger’s death says he’s not ‘a vigilante’
The man who filmed the video of Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death says he’s being wrongfully accused by Arbery’s family, their lawyers, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which announced on Friday it was looking at what role he …
Unsolved
May 9, 2020
‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow’s niece says missing kids are being protected from ‘people trying to harm them’: Report
Lori Vallow’s niece told an Arizona television station that her aunt’s two missing children are being protected from people trying to harm them. KTVK-TV on Friday aired an interview with Melani Pawlowski (formerly Boudreaux) and her new husband, Ian Pawlowski, about …
Murder
May 9, 2020
Teen’s brutal rape and murder finally solved after 33 years, police say
Ohio authorities believe they have cracked a rape and murder that has gone unsolved for 33 years, Cleveland.com reports. Barbara Blatnik’s nude body was found in the woods in Cuyahoga Falls in December 1987. At the time, police believed the 17-year-old …
Celebrity Justice
May 8, 2020
Fugitive in murder-for-hire plot that killed rapper Momoh’s girlfriend captured in Illinois
Authorities in Illinois have arrested a fugitive wanted in the murder-for-hire plot that left a Minnesota-based realtor and mother dead on New Year’s Eve and her boyfriend, rapper Momoh, wounded in a shooting. Berry Davis was arrested late last week, …
Murder
May 8, 2020
Suspects wanted in killing of Family Dollar security guard over face mask in custody
Two men wanted in connection with the shooting death of a Michigan Family Dollar security guard are both in police custody, the Genesee County prosecutor announced Friday. Ramonyea Bishop, 24, was arrested in Bay City, Michigan, on Friday, and his …
Celebrity Justice
May 8, 2020
Judge throws out TV Star Lori Loughlin & designer-hubby demand to drop charges
A federal judge in Boston on Friday tossed actress Lori Loughlin’s and other defendants’ motion to dismiss charges related to the widespread college admissions scandal. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel Gorton wrote in his ruling that he’s “satisfied that the …
Murder
May 8, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery: Father of shooter investigated victim when he was a high school student
Gregory McMichael, the father of the Georgia man who shot jogger Ahmaud Arbery to death more than two months ago, aided the Glynn County district attorney’s prosecution against the victim when he was in high school, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. …
Murder
May 8, 2020
‘She shut them down to protect her friend McMichael’: DA blocked arrest in Ahmad Arbery death months ago, told cops to stand down [Report]
Georgia police thought they had enough probable cause to arrest two men for the shooting death of jogger Ahmad Arbery in February, but reportedly, the DA’s office ordered them not to. AJC reports that two Glynn County commissioners revealed that …
Murder
May 8, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery: Bond DENIED for father & son accused of fatally shooting black jogger
On Friday, a judge denied bond for a Georgia father and son who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through their neighborhood. WBTV reported that bond was denied for Travis McMichael, 34, and his father, Gregory McMichael, 64, during …
Sex Crimes
May 8, 2020
Online predator secretly lived under 12-year-old’s bed for a MONTH to sexually assault her, prosecutors say
A Washington man was arrested in March for allegedly meeting a 12-year-old girl on social media — then secretly moving into her bedroom for a month to sexually assault her. According to The Oregonian, Zacharias Cavasos, 21, traveled from Washington …
Heroes
May 8, 2020
Hero teen finds $135K at ATM, DOESN’T NAB…CALLS POLICE!
A New Mexico teen is being called a hero after he found a large sum of cash at an ATM machine and did the right thing. CNN reports that 19-year-old Jose Nuñez Romaniz stopped by an ATM on Sunday to …
May 8, 2020
BREAKING: Coroner releases autopsy results for ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow’s brother Alex Cox; cause of death revealed
Authorities in Arizona have released preliminary autopsy results for Alex Cox, Lori Vallow’s brother, revealing his cause of death after a monthslong investigation. East Idaho News obtained a preliminary report from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner showing that Alex Cox …
Juveniles
May 8, 2020
‘We’re not calling it a murder-suicide’: Police don’t know why Evansville mother took her own life, also killing her 5-year-old daughter — but maybe not intentionally
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff has shared new details about the scene in the Indiana home where Kimbra and Dahni Shanafelt were found ded
Unsolved
May 8, 2020
MULTIPLE persons of interest in death of Tennessee tot, Evelyn Boswell, police say
Tennessee authorities say that there are multiple persons of interest in connection with Tennessee toddler, 2-year-old Evelyn Boswell, who was found dead in March at a family member’s rural property. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Evelyn’s body was found on property …
Missing
May 8, 2020
[UPDATE: Found safe] MISSING: ‘Endangered’ pregnant woman vanishes in middle of night, cops say
UPDATE: Police said Friday afternoon that Brittany Marroquin-Perez “has been located safe.” Original story: Police in Missouri asked for the public’s help in locating an endangered pregnant woman who vanished early Friday. In a Facebook post, the Joplin Police Department …
Coronavirus
May 8, 2020
Nurse steals credit card from dying coronavirus patient to buy groceries & gas: Police
A New York nurse was arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing a credit card from a dying coronavirus patient to purchase groceries and gas. Authorities said that sometime in early April, Danielle Conti, 43, stole a credit card from Anthony Catapano, …
Family Crime
May 8, 2020
BREAKING: Coroner reveals cause of death for mom, young daughter found in Indiana home
UPDATED 12: 34 p.m. The mysterious deaths of an Indiana mother and her 5-year-old daughter were the result of a suicide and a homicide, a coroner has determined, but there is no evidence at this time that the homicide was …
Podcast
May 8, 2020
BREAKING: The McMichaels were followed by another vehicle chasing Ahmaud Arbery. GBI to make third arrest? ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’ EXCLUSIVE
A man who allegedly followed and filmed jogger Ahmaud Arbery as a father and son allegedly shot him down, is expected to be arrested, according to attorney Ben Crump. “We expect the GBI will be arresting a man who videoed …
Murder
May 8, 2020
WATCH: ‘More than sufficient probable cause’ for murder charges against father, son accused of shooting jogger Ahmaud Arbery
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation held a press conference Friday and provided additional details on the arrests of two men accused of killing jogger Ahmaud Arbery. On what would have been Arbery’s 26th birthday, GBI director Vic Reynolds announced that …
Cold Cases
May 7, 2020
Former trucker nabbed for murders of 3 women in Wyoming and Tennessee in early 1990s: Are there more victims? [Reports]
A former long-haul trucker suspected of killing at least three women in Wyoming and Tennessee nearly 30 years ago made his first court appearance Thursday in Iowa, where he waived extradition. Clark Perry Baldwin, 58, told the court an Iowa …
Coronavirus
May 7, 2020
3 McDonald’s employees wounded in shooting after telling customer dining area is closed because of coronavirus restrictions
A woman upset when told a McDonald’s dining area was closed opened fire in the Oklahoma City fast food restaurant, wounding at least three employees. Gloricia Woody, 32, refused to leave Wednesday night at about 6:30 p.m. after employees told …
Unsolved
May 7, 2020
‘This is like really serious’: 911 caller says North Carolina couple found dead in car smashed into a wall
A car belonging to a woman who disappeared over two weeks ago with her fiance was found in a marshy area with two decomposing bodies inside, but police still have little answers on what happened. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police …
Juveniles
May 7, 2020
Pregnant mom of toddler girl who died after her father tossed her from a cliff says suspect left her for dead
A woman who says she is the mother of a toddler girl who died in a horrific murder this week has spoken out after a devastating domestic violence incident that also left the adult hospitalized. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adam …
Juveniles
May 7, 2020
Crazed dad tosses 1-year-old daughter from a cliff, killing her; stabs bystander who tried to save her: Report
A toddler girl is dead after a dramatic domestic violence episode that ended with the girl’s father tossing her over a cliff into a ravine. As KTLA reports, a Palm Desert man is in custody after he stabbed a woman …
Unsolved
May 7, 2020
Do you know her? Enhanced photos show unidentified girl whose possible remains were found in 2012
Police in Alabama have released enhanced photos of an unidentified girl whose possible skeletal remains were discovered in 2012. WRBL reports that the photos of the unknown girl were taken around 2011 at Opelika’s Greater Peace Baptist Church Vacation Bible …
Coronavirus
May 7, 2020
Texas AG burns judge for jailing lady salon owner who styled hair ‘to feed her kids’
The Texas Attorney General has called for the release of a salon owner who was sent to jail Tuesday for keeping her business operational despite a statewide stay-at-home order According to a statement issued Wednesday, Attorney General Ken Paxton told …
Podcast
May 7, 2020
‘This type of deadly force is not justified’: Nancy Grace says former high school football star was needlessly shot & killed while out jogging
A Georgia man is dead after being shot in broad daylight during a reported afternoon jog, following a chase by two gun-toting men. Nancy Grace and a team of experts delve into the case on the latest “Crime Stories,” airing …