The ex-boyfriend of a missing Michigan woman has now been charged with murder in the case. Deandre Booker, 32, was also arraigned on charges of tampering with evidence, mutilation of a dead body, and concealing the death of an individual, …
Three Virginia women have been charged in connection with the death of a 4-year-old boy police say was “subject to long term abuse” by the three, all members of the boy’s family. The boy’s 5-year-old sister also suffered abuse and …
A 26-year-old New Hampshire man has been indicted on dozens of counts related the the sexual assault of multiple children. Alexander Haggie was initially arrested in October 2024 but was indicted this week on 40 counts, including aggravated felonious sexual …
A 19-year-old Oklahoma man has been arrested and accused of rape and multiple burglaries in the Norman area. News on 6 reported that Landon Appleby was arrested this week as he attempted to gain unlawful entry to another home. On …
A Texas stepmom has been convicted of abusing her stepdaughter after the girl suffered years of psychological and physical abuse. KWTX reported that after almost six years of abuse, jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court found Marisela Garcia, 47, …
Oregon deputies responding to a car crash found an injured male driver, and a deceased woman with a gunshot wound hidden inside the vehicle Monday. According to Oregon Live, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies came upon the crash around 6:30 …
The mother of a “missing” Illinois 4-year-old girl — later determined not to be missing at all — has been arrested for filing a false report in the case. The Rock Island Police Department said Princess Ilunga, 37, called police …
A Philadelphia judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit can go forward against several city officials over the handling of the death of Ellen Greenburg, a 27-year-old teacher whose death was ruled a suicide despite being found with 20 stab wounds. …
A former Michigan youth pastor and music director charged with more than 30 counts of sexually abusing children had his $3 million bond denied after prosecutors told the judge that he had called one of his victims eight times after …
Michigan officials approved parole for a man who was 16 when he decapitated another teen in 1996. Frederico Cruz was initially sentenced to life without parole for killing David Crawford, 17, in Sparta. Cruz filmed himself decapitating Crawford and talking …
A missing person alert has been issued for 78-year-old Florida woman with memory loss. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said that Lucilia Leccima was last seen at her home on Aloha Drive around 1 a.m. on Friday. She was last …
The search continues for a missing Alabama boy who is presumed dead following his disappearance in September. Fayette County police confirmed to WBRC that they returned to Kahleb Collins’ home. Authorities believe Collins died months before he was reported missing on …
An investigation is underway in Michigan after a 5-year-old boy reportedly died on Friday when the hyperbaric chamber he was in exploded. The boy was in the hyperbaric chamber at a Troy medical facility when the explosion occurred. Responding firefighters found …
Authorities are conducting a manhunt for a 32-year-old woman suspected of buying the handguns used in the killing of a Vermont Border Patrol agent last week. Police are searching for Michelle J. Zajko, considered “armed and dangerous,” according to police …
Police have identified the woman and two children found stabbed to death in a Jersey City apartment in a domestic violence incident uncovered by the building’s superintendent. Luis Turcos told The New York Post that he heard a commotion in …
A Florida woman missing for a year has been declared dead, and police say her brother is the main suspect. ABC 5 reports that Catherine Stirm, 67, was reported missing on January 31, 2024, but her body has not yet …
Seattle police are investigating after a 14-year-old boy was found unresponsivle with multiple injuries following a “domestic violence altercation” on Thursday. The boy was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition, police said, but he died at the hospital. …
An Alabama woman who pleaded guilty to a murder-for-hire plot had her sentence reduced by a federal judge after the intervention of the target of the plot. Rebecca Elizabeth Murphy, 36, pleaded guilty in US District Court in September ro …
Charges were dropped this week against an Indiana couple accused of killing their two children and burning their bodies in a firepit, but prosecutors vow to refile the charges. A judge on Wednesday approved the prosecutors’ motion to drop the …
A California man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping their toddler daughters has been captured and the girls found safe. Kings County Sheriff David Robinson said Thursday afternoon that FBI agents tracked Jonathan Maldonado-Cruz, using both his cell phone …
A Georgia grand jury has indicted a Coweta County mom for killing her infant son when she fell asleep while warming him with an electric hair dryer in November 2023. Morgan Alyson Creel, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder …
A Missouri man has been charged with killing his older brother with a hatchet after police found the dead man with the weapon still buried in his head. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Timothy Fox, 58, with …
New York federal prosecutors filed an expanded indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Thursday, accusing the embattled producer of coercing two women into sex acts. According to The New York Times, prosecutors also cited an instance in which Diddy dangled …
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On Wednesday, state and federal authorities searched the former home of a 13-year-old Mississippi girl who vanished more than 32 years ago. According to WTVA, the FBI and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation were at the Tupelo home where Leigh Occhi …
Update According to KCRA, two children who were the centerpiece of a California AMBER Alert have been located safe. Their father, identified as Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, has been arrested. The King’s County Sheriff’s Office says he’s currently facing kidnapping and …
A Michigan mother who allegedly started a house fire on Saturday was charged with murder after her daughter succumbed to her injuries on Monday. WOOD-TV reported that Roconda Singleton, 46, was formally charged with murder on Wednesday. Singelton’s daughter, Shamiya …
Child killer Susan Smith is reportedly causing chaos behind bars, months after a South Carolina panel denied her parole in late 2023. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Smith, 53, is serving a life sentence for drowning her two sons in a …
An Illinois man has been charged with hiring two men to gun down his estranged wife’s girlfriend last month in what prosecutors called “a personal grievance” killing. Sammy Schafer Jr., 36, was charged with two counts of first degree murder …
A woman and two young children were stabbed to death in New Jersey early Thursday morning. Jersey City Police took a suspect, who had attempted to stab himself, into custody, WABC reported. It’s not clear who called police to the …
Members of the US figure skating team and their families, as well as Russian-born former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines jet that collided with a US Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport Wednesday …
The passenger jet was carrying 64 people at the time of the midair collision in D.C.
An Indiana man who tried to avoid paying child support by pretending to be dead will now stand trial for false information, failing to appear, and contempt of court. The Washington County Child Support administrator told Indiana State Police in …
A 32-year-old Wisconsin man is behind bars after he allegedly murdered his 22-year-old sister and shot his parents after years of alleged bullying because he was unemployed and broke. Gerardo Jimenez-Rico has been charged with first degree intentional homicide in …
Police in Montana have arrested the suspect in the fatal drive by shooting of a 13-year-old boy last week in Washington state. Glen Dylan Burkey, 25, was arrested Wednesday after investigators received word that he was in the Missoula area, …
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At least 12 bodies have been pulled from “Lady Bird Lake” in Austin, Texas, in the last 22 months. Some can be explained as deaths that happen on or near a lake, but not all. On this episode of Body …
An AMBER Alert was issued on Wednesday in California, where a man allegedly killed his girlfriend and abducted their two daughters. On Tuesday, Jonathan Maldonado-Cruz, 23, reportedly fatally shot his girlfriend in Hanford and fled with Alana and Arya Maldonado, …
Florida officials said a man was killed on Tuesday in a wood-chipper accident at a town hall. WPEC reported that the contracted tree trimming vendor with Carlton’s Tree Service was on a project at Ocean Ridge Town Hall and Police …
The sister of a Utah woman found dread at the bottom of a stairwell says the victim’s boyfriend, who hasn’t been charged, pushed her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police found Autumn Mercado, 39, dead on January 13, according to FOX …
An Indiana mother is facing charges after she alllegedly fed her two children, ages 2 and 4, once a day before leaving them alone at home. Now, her 2-year-old daughter, Skylar Gardner, is dead, According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police, …
A Texas man who filmed himself using a baby to wipe snow off his car last week will likely face criminal charges. KBMT reported that Port Arthur police and Child Protective Services are investigating the 25-year-old man, whose TikTok video …
A Florida man has been charged with the shooting death of his wife after he called the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office to report he’d killed her over suspected infidelity. Rogelio Prestol, 46, called 911 at about 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. …
An Ohio man has been charged with gunning down his 24-year-old daughter early Monday morning in an apparent argument over smoking in the house he shared with her and her sister. Police did not say who was doing the smoking, …
California officials issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday for two toddlers after their mother was found shot to death in her home. The Kings County Sheriff’s Office said it believes Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, 23, is responsible for the death of …
An Ohio sheriff’s deputy fatally shot his girlfriend of a year this week before turning the gun on himself. The Stow Police Department said it was called to the home just before 4 p.m. on Monday by the family of …
An NBC Chicago employee who has been missing since he failed to come to work on Monday has been found dead of an apparent suicide, WMAQ reported. Kevin Spencer’s family released a statement asking for privacy. “Thank you all for …
A Michigan police cadet had to disarm a 5-year-old child with a loaded handgun at a Battle Creek home on Saturday. Battle Creek police said the cadet was serving a subpoena on someone at the home when the child answered …
JonBenét Ramsey’s father reportedly met with Colorado police on Monday regarding his daughter’s unsolved 1996 slaying. Boulder police told Fox News that Police Chief Stephen Redfearn and the Operations Division met with Ramsey’s family regarding updates in the case. However, …
