Mom jailed after 16-year-old son is hospitalized weighing 26 POUNDS: Police
Child Abuse
Police said the teen is doing ‘really well’ in foster care
January 22, 2020
Long Island Serial Killer victim’s sister reveals more about Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ mysterious disappearance; is ‘hopeful’ that new evidence will lead to her sister’s killer
Melissa Cann knew immediately when her sister didn’t come home that something was wrong, and accessed Maureen’s email account to look for clues
Celebrity Justice
January 22, 2020
R. Kelly married Aaliyah to avoid being prosecuted for having sex with underage singer: Feds
R. Kelly married a 15-year-old Aaliyah Haughton in 1994 to avoid prosecution — specifically to prevent her from being able to testify against him in court, witnesses reportedly told federal prosecutors. Federal prosecutors in New York filed court documents on …
Murder
January 22, 2020
‘This is the kind of crimes you see on TV’: Twin boys & mom stabbed to death by teen brother, police say [BREAKING]
Alabama authorities have detained a teen boy after his mother and two younger brothers were found stabbed to death at their Munford home. According to Al.com, Landon Durham, 16, is facing capital murder charges in connection with the death of …
Police
January 22, 2020
Cop films himself URINATING on girl at school bus stop after she rejects a ride
A former Ohio police officer who admitted to urinating on a 12-year-old girl at a school bus stop in August was sentenced on Tuesday to four and a half years in prison. WOIO reported that Solomon Nhiwatiwa, 34, is also …
Podcast
January 22, 2020
Wednesday Crime Stories: Teen girl shoots abusive sex trafficker, burns home, claims self-defense
A Wisconsin teen is facing life behind bars after a judge says that sex trafficking is not a reason to kill someone. Chrystul Kizer, now 19, was 16 when she met Randy Volar, 34. According to police, Volar sexually abused …
Unsolved
January 22, 2020
Kristin Smart: FBI tells family of college teen who vanished two decades ago to ‘be ready for news’
It’s been two decades since California student Kristin Smart mysteriously vanished. Now, her family may get the answers they’ve been desperately seeking. According to the Stockton Record, Denise Smart, the mother of the missing California Polytechnic State University student, said …
Juveniles
January 22, 2020
Police launch homicide investigation after 8-year-old boy mysteriously dies in his own driveway
A Long Island boy has died after falling in a driveway, and police are investigating his death as a possible homicide. According to CBS New York, Suffolk County police were called to a home in Center Moriches, New York, on …
Domestic Abuse
January 22, 2020
Wife uses Taser on husband after catching him out with a mistress: Cops
A Texas woman used a stun gun on her husband at a nightclub early Sunday after catching him with his mistress, according to reports. Irlanda Parra, 24, was charged with assault causing bodily injury for an alleged incident that unfolded …
Celebrity Justice
January 22, 2020
Singer Jessica Simpson says a family friend sexually abused her as a child, leading to a near-death addiction to alcohol & pills: Report
Pop singer Jessica Simpson said that for years, she was scared to tell her parents that an adult family friend sexually abused her as a child. PEOPLE reports that Simpson said the abuse began when she was a 6-year-old. The …
Murder
January 22, 2020
PICTURED: Mother says she sang to her 3 children while smothering them to death. Police say children were previously taken away [Update]
An Arizona woman who admitted to killing her children said she smothered them to death, according to court documents released on Tuesday. AZFamily reports that 22-year-old Rachel Henry is behind bars on felony murder charges after she allegedly killed her …
Violent Crime
January 22, 2020
Multiple injured in shooting at Las Vegas mall: Report
An elderly man is reportedly among the victims
Sex Crimes
January 21, 2020
Police say a Louisiana woman raped a 5-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl
A Louisiana woman is behind bars after police say she sexually assaulted two young children. WBTV reports that 18-year-old Lakien D. Perry has been charged with 20 counts of sexual battery, first-degree rape, and pornography involving a juvenile. According to …
Juveniles
January 21, 2020
BOLO: 13-year-old girl missing in Florida after fleeing relative’s car
Police in Florida are searching for a 13-year-old girl who ran off during an argument wit a familh members and has not been seen since. WPXI reports that Kellie Woofe, 13, has been missing since Monday afternoon, when she ran …
Juveniles
January 21, 2020
10-month-old baby plummets 8 feet down open heating vent: Reports
An Oregon mother said she turned her head for only a few minutes when her infant son plummeted eight feet down a heating vent on January 15. According to KVAL News, 10-month-old Kolson slipped through an open vent inside his …
Weird Crime
January 21, 2020
Driver in fiery highway crash runs from scene. Police find him dead on median 16 hours later: Officials
Officials in Minnesota have not explained why a man who was in a fatal car crash on Wednesday night was found dead in a highway median roughly 16 hours after the wreck. KARE reported that Ryan Hobot, 22, was driving …
Serial Killers
January 21, 2020
‘Thai Ted Bundy’: Remains of girlfriend & over 200 human bones found in garden pond at alleged serial killer’s ‘wealthy’ home [Police]
A Thai man is behind bars after divers reportedly found hundreds of human bones in a pond filled with alligator gar and other carnivorous fish. The Bangkok Post reports that Apichai Ongwisit, 40, is accused of killing his former girlfriend, …
Juveniles
January 21, 2020
A child saw a dead girl in the woods––and waited nearly 50 years to tell police: Report
Elizabeth Braverman says she saw a little girl’s body in the woods, near the same time and place that a 7-year-old Girl Scout was murdered. But she and the murdered girl’s mother believes this was another child.
Murder
January 21, 2020
Estranged wife with ‘bad temper’ kills husband after he drives to her home in girlfriend’s car: Police
A Texas woman is accused of killing her estranged husband, and police say it happened after she spotted him in his girlfriend’s new car. ABC 13 reports that 68-year-old Carolyn Court is facing a felony murder charge in connection with …
Missing
January 21, 2020
Selena Not Afraid: Body found confirmed as teen who vanished from rest stop on New Year’s Day
Authorities announced that a body discovered on Monday morning is a Montana teen who has been unaccounted for since New Year’s Day. In a statement issued to Big Horn County News, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office said remains belonging …
Missing
January 21, 2020
Arizona mom vanishes while vacationing in Belize
An Arizona woman has gone missing while vacationing in Belize. The Daily Courier reports that 43-year-old Alison MacKenzie vanished on Saturday morning from a small island off the coast of Belize. MacKenzie was traveling with her boyfriend Paige Rote, who …
Missing
January 21, 2020
Missing Massachusetts woman seen on video
A woman who has been missing since late last week was reportedly seen on video, and police believe she may be voluntarily staying out of contact. Law enforcement officials told WHDH that Kayla Quagan, of Franklin, Massachusetts, was seen on …
Kidnapping
January 20, 2020
Terrifying armed kidnapping ends with mom and baby released, dad in jail: Reports
A North Carolina man abducted his former girlfriend and their 1-month old baby at gunpoint early Monday morning, releasing them hours later before he was arrested in another county. Wani Thomas, 24, broke into Jasmine Livermore’s mother’s home and forced …
Assault
January 20, 2020
SEE IT: North Carolina dad slams his son’s high school wrestling opponent to the mat
A high school wrestling match in Kannapolis, North Carolina, erupted in chaos Saturday when a father raced onto the mat and slammed his son’s opponent to the floor after the referee signaled he’d made an illegal move. Barry Lee Jones …
Murder
January 20, 2020
California driver intentionally rams Prius, killing 3 teens: Cops
A California man “intentionally rammed” his car into a Toyota Prius late Sunday night, killing three teenage boys and injuring three more, the Desert Sun reported, citing the California Highway Patrol. Anurag Chandra, 42, was charged with three counts of …
Child Abuse
January 20, 2020
‘People chose not to listen’: DCF returned toddler to mom weeks before she died of ‘non-accidental’ head injuries [Docs]
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) were allegedly involved with a 2-year-old Massachusetts girl who died on New Year’s Eve — weeks after her mother had regained custody of her. Shaniqua Leonard, 29, was charged with reckless endangerment following …
Juveniles
January 20, 2020
Police ID mother, three children gunned down by her teenage son in family massacre
Police in Utah have identified the victims of a family murder the killed a mother and her three children. In a press conference Monday afternoon, Grantsville Police Public Information Officer Rhonda Fields announced the names of those killed in a …
January 20, 2020
David Olney: Famous folk singer stops mid-song & apologizes, then dies on stage while holding guitar [Reports]
“He never dropped his guitar or fell off his stool’
Cold Cases
January 20, 2020
Pillowcase Rapist: Registered sex offender caught decades after attacking more than 40 women [Police]
On Saturday, authorities in Florida arrested a registered sex offender who they believe committed a series of rapes during the 1980s. According to the Miami Herald, Robert Koehler, 60, was recently accused of sexually assaulting at least 44 women from …
Podcast
January 20, 2020
Monday Crime Stories: ‘Disney’ family of five ‘disappears.’ Then cops smell stench at luxury condo
Connecticut physical therapist Anthony Todt is accused of killing his entire family, along with the family dog. After police find Todt in his Disney area townhome with the dead bodies of his wife, dog, and three young children, he allegedly …
Family Crime
January 20, 2020
‘I can’t get ahold of my family’: Heartbreaking Facebook post from surviving relative of three children and a woman killed by teen in gun massacre at their home
The college-aged relative of a woman killed with three children in Utah on Friday night shared a heartbreaking post on Facebook after learning of a fatal shooting on his family’s block. As Deseret News reports, a woman and three children …
Bad Doctors
January 20, 2020
Dentist who pulled patient’s tooth while riding a hoverboard, filming himself is convicted of 46 criminal acts
An Alaska-based dentist who was filmed performing oral surgery while riding on a hoverboard was found guilty on Friday of various criminal charges related to his profession. An Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton found Seth Lookhart, 34, guilty of …
Murder
January 20, 2020
Killer says he acted alone after stabbing young Florida girl to death, tossing her naked by bridge. Co-defendant is still scheduled for execution
A convicted murder scheduled to die still maintains his innocence. His co-defendant, who once pinned everything on his friend, now insists the man is innocent. According to the Tampa Bay Times, 73-year-old Tom Dailey was convicted of murdering 14-year-old Shelly …
Missing
January 20, 2020
MISSING: Emergency order issued for two siblings who haven’t been seen in a month
Oklahoma and Illinois authorities are searching for two children who never showed up to school, where their grandmother was supposed to pick them up. News on 6 reports that Jaxon Townsend, 8, and his younger sister, Josephine Joy Townsend, 7, …
Missing
January 20, 2020
Police ask public for help in search for missing Massachusetts woman Kayla Quagan, who vanished with her dog
Police in Massachusetts are searching for a woman who has been missing since Friday. WFXT reports that police are asking for the public’s help in locating 35-year-old Kayla Quagan of Franklin, who was last seen on the morning of January …
Murder
January 20, 2020
BREAKING: Multiple dead in San Antonio concert shooting; suspect on the run
Two people are dead and several more are injured following a shooting at nightclub in San Antonio Sunday night. The Associated Press reports that gunfire broke out during a concert at the Ventura nightclub along the San Antonio River Walk …
Sex Crimes
January 19, 2020
2 charged with sodomy, bestiality after ‘disturbing’ videos surface involving man with mental disability
Two Alabamians were arrested this week after videos showing the sexual assault of a man with a mental disability were shared via Facebook, text messaging and email before making their way to Marshall County authorities. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office …
Child Abuse
January 19, 2020
51-year-old ‘babysitter’ sexually abused kids for years: Cops
A 51-year-old Idaho man was arrested this week and charged with felony lewd conduct with a child and felony sexual exploitation of a child after two children — a 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl — said he’d sexually abused …
Homicide
January 19, 2020
DEVELOPING: 2 Honolulu police officers shot and killed responding to assault call: Reports
Two Honolulu police officers were shot near the base of Diamond Head on Sunday when they responded to an assault call at a home that later burst into flames and spread to other houses in the neighborhood as well as …
Unsolved
January 19, 2020
Teen passes away after shot in head, neck & back in vacant lot
A Chicago teen was shot to death on the city’s South Side Friday, prompting police to search for three males believed to be involved in the case. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the victim, 17-year-old Camerie Crawford, was in a vacant lot in …
Juveniles
January 18, 2020
Teen boy charged with shooting, killing 5 family members, including 3 children
A Utah community was left “devastated” on Saturday after a teen boy was accused of killing three children and an adult, all members of his family, and wounding another, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Police took the suspect into custody …
Kidnapping
January 18, 2020
‘Somebody help me’: Kidnapped teen sends desperate message on Snapchat; friends and cops track her down
A 14-year-old girl was drugged and kidnapped from a California strip mall earlier this week, but her abductors didn’t take her phone from her. “Somebody help me,” she messaged her friends over Snapchat, KPIX reported. “I’m in a random man’s …
Assault
January 18, 2020
SEE IT: Boyfriend viciously attacks girlfriend at work, gets charged with ATTEMPTED assault and released
A Bronx man burst into his girlfriend’s workplace this week and began punching her in two violent incidents separated by his stepping outside to put a 12-inch knife up his sleeve — and it was all caught on video. The …
Cold Cases
January 18, 2020
Missing mom found dead 6 YEARS later in crushed car submerged in river: Reports
A New Jersey woman who has been missing for nearly six years was reportedly found dead on Thursday inside a car submerged in a river. Vanessa Smallwood, then 46, was last seen at a dry cleaner’s store in Cherry Hill …
Juveniles
January 18, 2020
Teen boy accused of murdering his 11-year-old sister
Authorities have charged a suspect accused of fatally gunning down an 11-year-old girl in August: her teenage brother. The Morning Sun reports that prosecutors in Michigan charged Corbin Redman, 16, with the murder of his sister, Addison, who was killed …
Violent Crime
January 18, 2020
Notorious pedophile choked with condoms, strangled with guitar string in prison
New details have emerged about the grisly murder of the United Kingdom’s most notorious pedophile, according to the Toronto Sun. A new report shows Richard Huckle, 33, was choked with condoms and pens, strangled using a guitar string and stabbed. …
January 18, 2020
17-year-old ‘brutally tortured’ and murdered his own foster mother; charged with killing former foster brother found dead in duffel bag: Police
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the brutal murder of his own foster mother and the killing of a man who was found dead in duffel bag a week after he was reported missing. WPVI reports that Xavier Johnson …
Child Abuse
January 17, 2020
Montana dad arrested for breaking 3-month-old baby’s arm
A Montana man was charged with breaking his three-month-old baby girl’s arm, the Bozeman Chronicle reported. Trevor Jackson Hale, 20, was charged with felony assault on a minor and ordered held on $15,000 bond. The Chronicle said that Belgrade Police …
Child Abuse
January 17, 2020
Children locked in wooden cages at Alabama home: Cops
Three people were arrested this week after deputies conducting a welfare check at a home in eastern Alabama found wooden cages and “evidence that the children had been locked in the cages on multiple occasions,” according to the Lee County …
Sex Crimes
January 17, 2020
Georgia high school employee accused of sexual relations with ‘several students’
A former Georgia high school paraprofessional was arrested on Friday after a complaint against her said she “was involved in a sexual relationship with several students” at the school where she once worked, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said. Heather …