A judge sentenced a Kentucky mother who shot her young sons in the head last year to life terms in prison after emotional victim impact statements eviscerated her lawyer’s arguments that a “psychotic disorder” led to the murders. Tiffanie Lucas …
A Michigan teenage missing since early this month was found dead on Friday after a 20-day search. The body of Cortez McConer Jr, 16, was found Friday afternoon “in a secluded and heavily wooded area near Rockford,” the Grand Rapids …
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The full autopsy report has been released for the second of two women brutally killed earlier this year in Oklahoma, their bodies buried in a freezer on a rural property near where they were killed. Veronica Butler was cut 30 …
The murder trial of a Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife has been postponed after his defense attorney unexpectedly withdrew during jury selection. FOX News Digital reports that Angela Craig, a 43-year-old mother of six, died in March 2023 …
Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in a New York court on Friday as he seeks bail in his federal sex-trafficking case. Reuters reported that Combs wore a beige jail-issued outfit as he appeared before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian. While Combs’ …
Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who was convicted of murder, CBS News reports that a jury convicted Guyger of murdering 26-year-old Botham Jean in his apartment six years ago. In Wednesday, she was ordered to pay the Jean …
JonBenét Ramsey’s father said Colorado police overlooked a potential suspect who broke into a home and raped a child nine months after his daughter’s 1996 murder. John Ramsey, 80, told People that a masked intruder broke into a Boulder home …
Police in Washington is uniting to find Sofia Amaro, who was last seen Tuesday morning. The Oroville-Tribune reports that her family is worried about her safety after she left without her phone, computer, or dog. Amaro’s brother, Simon Amaro, said …
A Seattle woman who admitted to police that she killed her 67-year-old father in a violent ice axe attack earlier this month pleaded not guilty Thursday in court. Corey Lizette Burke, 33, told police she argued with Timothy Burke on …
Although police have not said it, it appears a 19-year-old North Carolina man suffering mental health issues shot his mother and girlfriend to death earlier this week before killing himself. Search warrants indicate that police found Erica Holton, 54, and …
A Texas woman was arrested earlier this month in California after she allegedly abandoned her toddler home alone while she went out of town to meet a man she met on a dating app. Reese Louise Myers, 25, was charged …
Police in Georgia are asking for help finding a 15-year-old girl who disappeared last week in Smyrna. Tatiana Morse was last seen on November 16 in a residential neigbborhood off Spring Road near Cumberland Mall, WAGA reported. She is described …
A Michigan woman arrested earlier this month and charged with assault with intent to murder apparently attacked her own daughter, throwing the girl headfirst down a flight of stairs, choking her, and slashing her with a knife. Jennifer Vargas was …
A non-custodial father in Ohio is refusing to return his toddler daughter to her custodial mother, and police are asking for help locating them. Devon Mason, 23, took 2-year-old Naomie Lynn Mason on November 4, and Bethel Police say the …
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A Wisconsin man who faked his death in August and fled to eastern Europe, apparently to be with a woman, has been in contact with authorities but is so far refusing to come back to the United States. Ryan Borgwardt, …
A Georgia mother convicted of killing her toddler son and dumping his body in a dumpster in 2022 was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison plus 10 years. Leilani Simon’s attorneys asked the judge to give her a chance …
A 13-year-old Indiana boy has been charged with murder after initially reporting the death of another boy as a suicide. Shortly after midnight on November 10, Greenwood police responded to a call about a possible suicide attempt. Officers arrived to …
The search continues for a 6-year-old Ohio boy who reportedly vanished from his home on Wednesday. Joshua Al-Lateef Jr., who is autistic and nonverbal, vanished from his West Chester Township apartment. The Cincinnati Tribune reported that he is drawn to …
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to overturn actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions for falsely reporting a hate crime to police in 2019. In 2021, Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for falsely telling Chicago police …
Family and friends of 25-year-old Emma Baum, a pregnant Indiana mother of four, are rallying for help to find her and bring her home. WGN9 reports that Baum vanished on October 10 from her boyfriend’s hoe, in the 2500 block …
The search for a missing Hawaiian woman last seen at the Los Angeles airport. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hannah Kobayashi, 31, last spoke with her family on November 11, following her missed connecting flight from Maui to New York City …
A Missouri woman who was the subject of a reported abduction Wednesday morning in Clayton was found dead in St. Louis. The Clayton Police Department did not mention the abduction, only that the woman was seen “entering a vehicle with …
A 14-year-old Georgia girl has been charged with shooting her mother to death at their home in Tifton. Tifton Police said they arrived at the home of 41-year-old Rachel Wagner at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday to tell her that …
A Florida woman has been arrested after she allegedly held her 14-year-old daughter’s head underwater until she died and attacked witnesses with a hammer when they tried to stop her. Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said the witnesses — another …
An Idaho judge on Tuesday denied 12 motions filed by attorneys for accused college killer Bryan Kohberger to dismiss the death penalty from his case. District Judge Steven Hippler listened to oral arguments on the motions during a lengthy hearing …
A Texas jury awarded nearly $100 million to the family of a man gunned down in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer who thought she was at her own apartment on a different floor. The jury awarded $60 …
A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death suit filed against the Moab Police Department in the 2021 death of Gabby Petito but said an appellate court might have more leeway to pry apart the case’s minutiae. “The existing …
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On Wednesday, Georgia prosecutors presented video footage of the moment Laken Riley’s family learned of her murder. The bodycam video showed Riley’s mother, stepfather, and sister crying approaching officers about Riley — who was missing at the time. Riley’s mother …
A Georgia woman on trial for killing her 1-year-old daughter was found guilty Wednesday by a Cherokee County jury. Chloe Driver, 24, displayed no emotion as the jury announced its verdict in court, declaring her “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt …
On Tuesday, a New York federal judge ordered prosecutors to get rid of copies of notes seized from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ jail cell. According to NBC News, assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik said the notes — 11 pages and eight …
Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother imprisoned for drowning her two young sons, was denied parole after appearing before the board via Zoom on Wednesday. Smith, now 53, can request a parole hearing every two years beginning after serving 30 …
Jose Ibarra, has been found guilty of murder and other charges related to Laken Riley’s death. Ibarra, 26, was convicted on three counts of felony murder, as well as malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to …
A Minnesota man is accused of bursting into a hunting cabin and gunning down his 62-year-old father as he had dinner with friends and relataives. Kirk Edward Hazlett III, 31, was charged with two counts of second degree murder, two …
An autopsy report for a 7-year-old Oklahoma girl who died in August reveals that the girl, who weighed less than 30 pounds at the time of her death, swallowed a baby bottle top, leading to her death. According to the …
A Virginia couple was arrested this week after the wife allegedly had her husband brutally stab a pizza restaurant employee over a “botched order.” Catherine N. Harper, 45, and Corey T. Harper, 47, are both charged with malicious wounding, and …
The University of Rochester Department of Public Safer has arrested four university students for their involvement in posting hundreds of “Wanted” posters around the campus last week targeting Jewish faculty and staff. DPS Chief Quchee Collins said a fifth person …
A Florida couple were arrested Tuesday morning after they attacked a school resource deputy at Deltona Middle School because they didn’t get what they wanted after a meeting with officials about a battery charge filed against their son for shoving …
A 16-year-old Ohio boy missing since November 12 has been found dead a two-hour drive across the state from his home. Mansfield Police asked for the public’s help finding Trentin Isaac on Monday. But on Tuesday, Mansfield Police Chief Jason …
A mother, her 19-year-old son, and his girlfriend were found shot to death in the mother’s home Monday in Cary, North Carolina. Erica Alyse Holton, 54; Xavier Neil Holton, and 19-year-old Aminah Michelle Guy were pronounced dead on the scene, …
Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela, faces 10 charges, including malice murder, three counts of felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstruction of a person making an emergency call, tampering with …
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he is halting his decision on Eric and Lyle Menendez’s clemency as the newly-elected prosecutor reviews their case. In a statement issued to KTLA, Governor Newsom said he is waiting for Los …
Prosecutors expect to rest their case on Tuesday in the murder trial of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. CNN reported that the defense said it has less than half a day of testimony from their witnesses. The defense represents suspect …
Days after his 5-year-old Oregon son vanished and was later found dead in the Coos County coastal forest, a father is desperate for answers. According to Oregon Live, details about the circumstances surrounding the death of Joshua James McCoy remain …
A Texas man has been arrested after he confessed to killing his uncle because he felt “unwelcomed and unloved” in the uncle’s home. Jose Torres, 37, was found shot to death at his home on Friday after he failed to …
