HUBBY-FROM-HELL: IRS REP KILLS WIFE VIA FETISH WEBSITE, ‘HOT NANNY’ LOVE TRIANGLE
Crime Stories
CRIME STORIES with Nancy Grace
Court
January 16, 2026
Dad Whose 12-Year-Old Daughter Weighed 50 Pounds at Death Enters Guilty Plea to Murder
A Pennsylvania man charged in a horrific case of child abuse that killed his 12-year-old daughter has entered into a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Rendell Hoagland, 54, pleaded guilty to first degree murder, conspiracy, kidnapping, and other …
Death investigation
January 16, 2026
BREAKING: Missing 8-Year-Old Girl Found Dead Following Daylong Search
An 8-year-old Arizona girl who vanished on Thursday has been found dead, officials said on Friday. Navajo police announced Maleeka Boone’s death, though they did not provide specifics aside from saying that their search came to an end in Coalmine. …
Murder
January 16, 2026
Murder Charges Filed Against Homeowner Who Fatally Shot Armed Intruder
A Texas man has been charged with murder for shooting and killing an armed burglar who broke into his home last week. Last Friday, Big Spring police responded to reports of shots fired at Joel Florez’s home. Responding officers located …
Murder
January 16, 2026
Tepe Murders: New Charges Filed Against Accused Killer Surgeon, Behind Bars for Double Slayings
Michael McKee, a Chicago-area surgeon accused of murdering his former wife Monique Tepe, and her husband, Spencer Tepe, is now facing additional charges. According to The Columbus Dispatch, a Franklin County, Ohio, jury indicted on four courts of aggravated murder …
Missing
January 16, 2026
MISSING: Alert Issued for 8-Year-Old Native Girl Last Seen Thursday
Arizona officials have issued an alert for a missing 8-year-old girl who vanished on Thursday. Navajo Times reported that Maleeka Boone was last seen in the vicinity of Coalmine, near the Coalmine Navajo Housing. Boone was reported missing on Thursday, …
Other
January 16, 2026
Ellen Greenberg: Federal Prosecutors Request Information on 1st-Grade Teacher, Found Stabbed 20 Times
Sources say the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania asked to review information in the Ellen Greenberg case, a first-grade Pennsylvania teacher found stabbed over 20 times in her Manayunk apartment. According to NBC 10 Philadelphia, the …
Murder
January 16, 2026
Tepe Murders: Additional Charges Possible for Accused Killer Surgeon, Behind Bars for Double Slayings
An Illinois man accused of killing his former wife, Monique Tepe, and her current husband, Spencer Tepe. According to The Columbus Dispatch, 39-year-old Michael McKee is currently behind bars in Winnebago County, Illinois. Officials are in the process of finalizing …
Drugs
January 16, 2026
Dad Who Drugged Pre-Teens at Daughter’s Sleepover Settles Civil Lawsuit
An Oregon father who pleaded guilty to drugging three 12-year-old girls at a sleepover at his home has now settled a civil lawsuit filed in the case. According to KOIN, Michael Meyden and his ex-wife “settled or otherwise resolved” the …
Child sex crimes
January 16, 2026
Ex-South Carolina Lawmaker Learns Fate in Federal Child Sex Abuse Material Case
A former South Carolina state lawmaker was sentenced this week to 17 1/2 years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material. US District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie called the material Robert John “RJ”May distributed “more severe than any …
Celebrity Justice
January 16, 2026
New Allegations Against Actor Timothy Busfield in Court Documents Filed This Week
Court filings in actor Timothy Busfield’s child sexual abuse case in New Mexico reveal allegations of a similar nature against him at a theater he and his brother founded in California in 1986. The new allegation appears in a document …
January 15, 2026
Missouri Man Shoots Neighbor 13 Times in Long-Running Dispute, Claims He Hit Him First
A Missouri man is charged with gunning down his neighbor in a violent confrontation that ended a lengthy history of harassment. Jeffrey King, 42, shot 41-year-old Chris Wells 13 times in the street in front of their homes and then …
Murder
January 15, 2026
‘I Killed Daddy!’: 11-Year-Old Boy Shoots Dad in the Head Because ‘He Was Mad’
An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy faces homicide charges after he shot his father to death after getting mad at him for taking away his Nintendo Switch and telling him to go to bed. Pennsylvania State Police said they were called to …
Child sex crimes
January 15, 2026
Tennessee Church Deacon Secretly Records 15-Year-Old Babysitter in Bathroom, Gets Caught
A Tennessee church deacon was arrested Wednesday and charged with nine counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor after his wife found photos and videos on his phone of a teenage babysitter using the toilet and shower and …
Crime Stories
January 15, 2026
MONSTER MARRIAGE: ICY THREATS SURGEON MADE YEARS BEFORE KILLING EX-WIFE & NEW HUBBY, COPS
CRIME STORIES with Nancy Grace
AMBER Alert
January 15, 2026
AMBER ALERT Issued for 16-Year-Old Girl Who Vanished With Man Only Known as ‘Hector’
On Thursday, Texas officials issued an Amber Alert for a 16-year-old girl who disappeared on Monday. The Texas Center and Houston police said Bless Flores was last seen in Houston. Police said they believe Flores is with a 28-year-old man, …
Podcast
January 15, 2026
New Claims Suggest the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Murders Are Connected
ZONE 7 with Sheryl ‘Mac’ McCollum
Podcast
January 15, 2026
Death by Cyanide: Man Surprises Wife With Cyanide and Acid Attack
BODY BAGS with Joseph Scott Morgan
Suicide
January 15, 2026
Linda Brown: Cause of Death Revealed for Special Ed Teacher Found in Lake Michigan
A cause of death has been revealed for Chicago special education teacher, Linda Brown, found deceased in Lake Michigan Monday. According to FOX 32, the Cook County Medical Examiner ruled 53-year-old Brown’s death a suicide by drowning. Toxicology results are …
Murder
January 15, 2026
Tepe Murders: Accused Stone-faced Killer Surgeon Tormented Former Wife Before Shootings
Accused killer Michael McKee allegedly tormented his former wife, Monique Tepe, on multiple occasions before murdering her and her new husband, Ohio dentist Spencer Tepe. McKee is accused of killing the Tepe couple on December 30, nearly ten years after …
Murder
January 15, 2026
Federal Officer Charged With Killing Man in Chokehold During Bar Fight
A US Bureau of Land Management officer has been charged with second degree murder after a drunken brawl at a Wyoming bar last week left a man dead. Lander Police did not name the man charged with with second degree …
Missing
January 15, 2026
BOLO: Police Seek Tips on Missing 13-Year-Old Illinois Girl
Police in Chicago are seeking tips on a 13-year-old girl who has not been seen since January 11. According to the Chicago Police Department, Alia Marie Lozano-Gayton was last seen in the 2600 block of W 36th Street, in the …
Murder
January 15, 2026
2 Arrested for Murder of North Carolina Teen, Found Shot to Death in Ditch
Police in western North Carolina have now made two arrests in the murder of an Asheville teen who was last seen in November and found dead in a ditch in Candler on December 12. Johnathan David Paleno, 21, was arrested …
Trials
January 15, 2026
WATCH LIVE: Day 3 of Ex-IRS Officer’s Trial for Murder of Wife Over Au Pair Affair
Trials
January 15, 2026
‘Right Thing to Do,’ Brazilian Au Pair Says of Decision to Testify Against Boss Lover in Murder Trial
The Brazilian au pair at the center of an elaborate plot to kill her boss’s wife continued her testimony on Wednesday in Brendan Banfield’s murder trial. “I thought of it as being the right thing to do,” Juliana Peres Magalhães …
Murder
January 14, 2026
Ohio Man Charged With Killing Girlfriend, Claiming Suicide
An Ohio man was indicted on murder charges nearly six weeks after he claimed his 18-year-old girlfriend shot herself to death with a gun he brought into the home they shared with his family. Haiden Babiuch was found shot to …
Murder
January 14, 2026
Kentucky Man Guns Down Son During ‘Altercation’ in His Mother’s Backyard
A Kentucky man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his 33-year-old son during “a heated altercation” Tuesday afternoon. Kentucky State Police said they were called to a residence and found Jordan Hadley seriously injured. He was …
child endangerment
January 14, 2026
Missouri Boy Had Serious MRSA Infection – Baseball-Sized Sores – For a Year
A Missouri couple has been charged with child endangerment after they allegedly allowed a child suffer with a serious staph infection for a year, even as the boy’s sores swelled to the size of baseballs. William Robinson, 41, and Keisha …
Crime Stories
January 14, 2026
MOM Suzanne Morphew’s Body Found in ‘The Boneyard’ Dump: HUSBAND, ‘I DIDN’T DO IT’
CRIME STORIES with Nancy Grace
Sex Crimes
January 14, 2026
Teen Boys, Ages 15 and 17, Filmed Themselves Raping Girl in Walgreens’ Bathroom
Two Illinois boys are facing criminal charges for raping a girl in a public bathroom on Sunday in an attack that they allegedly filmed. The Chicago Tribune reported that James Patterson, 17, and a 15-year-old boy followed a girl into …
Child sex crimes
January 14, 2026
‘I felt like I was the problem’: Alleged Victim of Accused Perv Football Coach Travis Turner Speaks Out
Am alleged victim of accused child predator Travis Turner says she felt like she had been “the problem” while being groomed by Big Gap’s Union High School football coach, in Virginia. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Turner is facing five counts …
Murder
January 14, 2026
Tepe Couple Murders: Police Detail Domestic-Related Violence, Weapon Found in Dentist and Wife’s Deaths
Columbus police in Ohio said Wednesday that dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife Monique’s murders happened during a domestic-related attack, at the hands of Monique’s former husband, Michael McKee. According to Chief Elaine Bryant with the Columbus Police Department, authorities …
Missing
January 14, 2026
BOLO: Turquoise Alert Issued for 21-Year-Old Arizona Woman Who Missed Work
A Turquoise Alert has been issued for a 21-year-old Arizona woman who failed to show up for work Tuesday morning. According to ABC 15 Arizona, Isabella Comas was last seen Sunday at around 3 p.m in Avondale. A friend reported …
Murder
January 14, 2026
Burglar Kills Homeowner, Lives in His Home
Police in Arizona found a man dead at his own home on Monday and arrested a burglar they say killed him last month and then kept living at the dead man’s home. Neighbors called Phoenix Police because they hadn’t seen …
Court
January 14, 2026
Au Pair Testifies Against Lover, Charged With Killing Wife and Stranger They Lured From Fetish Website
The trial of a former IRS officer accused of killing his wife and another man got under way Tuesday with opening statements and testimony from the prosecution’s star witness — the Brazilian au pair Brendan Banfield was having an affair …
Murder-Suicide
January 13, 2026
Suspect in Florida Murder-Suicide Was Connected With Multi-Million Fraud of Victims
Two men shot at a Florida business on Monday were brothers who owned the business who were killed by a man connected to a multi-million fraud case involving the business. Boynton Beach Police said that Charles Geragi, 67, and Richard …
Murder
January 13, 2026
Minnesota Man Stabs Apartment Maintenance Man to Death, Seriously Wounds Son
A Minnesota man stands accused of murder and attempted murder after he stabbed his next-door neighbor to death and seriously wounded the man’s teenage son. A criminal complaint says that Jonathon Michael Kaupa, 31, escaped the third floor apartments using …
Crime Stories
January 13, 2026
NICK REINER MURDER RAMPAGE TRIGGERED BC HOLLYWOOD WEIGHT GAIN FEARS?
CRIME STORIES with Nancy Grace
Podcast
January 13, 2026
Grave Robber Caught With Skull in Backseat! 100 Skeletal Remains in Home!
BODY BAGS with Joseph Scott Morgan
Murder
January 13, 2026
Wyoming Mother Shoots Infant in Face, Claims She Would Rather Have Him Dead Before Sharing Custody
A Wyoming woman who allegedly killed her own child, claiming she’d rather him dead than have her ex have any part of the baby’s life, has been denied bail. On Monday, a Grant County judge in New Mexico ordered Madaline …
Missing
January 13, 2026
Ex-NFL Player Sam Beal Still Missing 7 Months After Telling Girlfriend He’s Heading Home
A former cornerback for the New York Giants has been missing since July. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System said Sam Beal, 29, vanished after dropping off his girlfriend at a family member’s home on July 13, 2025. Beal …
Celebrity Justice
January 13, 2026
Timothy Busfield: ‘West Wing,’ ‘thirtysomething’ Actor Turns Himself in To Face Child Sex Abuse Charges
Update 6 p.m.: Actor Timothy Busfield has surrendered to police in New Mexico to face charges of inappropriately touching two children. Busfield was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque at about 2:30 p.m., NBC News reports. The actor’s …
Cold Cases
January 13, 2026
‘There’s nothing I’ve forgotten about her’: Police Seek Clues on 30th Anniversary of Original AMBER Alert Girl’s Abduction
On the 30th anniversary of Amber Hagerman’s abduction and murder, Arlington police are renewing their appeal to the public to help solve the case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 9-year-old Amber, the centerpiece behind the creation of the AMBER Alert, vanished …
Hit-and-Run
January 13, 2026
New South Carolina Mom Dead in Parking Lot Hit and Run
Investigators in South Carolina are looking for the person who hit a 31-year-old mother in a Spartanburg County parking lot last week, dragging her and killing her. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to the scene early …
Murder-Suicide
January 13, 2026
3 Dead in Florida Murder-Suicide; Suspect Shoots Himself During Police Chase
Two people were shot dead in a Florida office building Monday afternoon, and police later chased the suspect into a car crash and found them dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Boynton Beach Police said they were called at about …
Murder
January 13, 2026
Albuquerque City Council President’s Brother-in-Law Found Murdered After Going Missing Before New Year’s
Four people have been arrested in New Mexico after the brother-in-law of Albuquerque’s city council president was found dead. Albert Peña, 67, was reported missing in Torrance County on January 1, the Albuquerque Journal reported. He was last seen at …
January 12, 2026
WV Woman Beat Son With Paddle, Kicked Him ‘in the Privates’
A West Virginia woman has been charged with child abuse after one of her children told state troopers that his other kicked him “in the privates” and beat him with a 2×4 paddle, leaving bruises on this shoulder, chest, and …
Murder
January 12, 2026
Michigan Brothers Charged in Father’s Shooting Death
Three Michigan brothers — one of them 15-years-old — have been charged with their father’s shooting death outside a Bay City apartment building last week. The Bay City Department of Public Safety said that Shane Gontko, 39, died Saturday morning …
Court
January 12, 2026
Barry Morphew in Court, Pleads Not Guilty; Trial Set for October
Barry Morphew was arraigned Monday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, on Mother’s Day 2020. A judge set a jury trial to begin in October, according to Colorado Public Radio. Morphew was arrested …