The wife of an Illinois criminal court judge who was found dead on Tuesday has been charged with his murder. Edwards County Circuit Judge Michael J. Valentine was found deceased with a gunshot wound at his Albion home. Though details …
University of Idaho quadruple slaying suspect Bryan Kohberger appeared in court on Thursday as his legal team seeks to have the death penalty dropped for his upcoming murder trial. The Idaho Statesman reported that Kohberger ‘s attorneys claimed the death …
A South Carolina attorney is behind bars after police say he exploited children. Sourh Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office announced the arrest of Aiken attorney William Daniel Mayes, 54, on seven charges related to child exploitation. Police arrested Mayes …
Closing arguments and deliberations started in accused child killer Richard Allen’s murder trial in Delphi Thursday morning. As CrineOnline previously reported, the bodies of teen girls Abby Williams and Libby German were found near the Monon High Bridge in 2017, …
A Iowa man has been jailed for shooting the parents of his ex-girlfriend as they were helping their daughter move out of the home she shared with him. Ruth Robison, 45, was killed in the shooting, and Tony Robison, 52, …
A former Minnesota youth pastor has been allowed to enter a guilty plea to one count of sexually abusing a young girl. Jackson Gatlin, 36, entered Alford pleas to four other counts of raping children, which is an a arrangement …
The South Carolina pastor whose wife was found dead in a North Carolina park earlier this year was arrested in Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, apparently following a confrontation with protesters at his church. Court records show that John-Paul Miller was …
The defense wrapped up its case Wednesday, after calling over 20 witnesses in six days, during accuse Delphi killer Richard Allen’s murder trial. Special Judge Francis Gull and the attorneys reviewed jury instructions, including information regarding the defendant’s choice not …
An Alaska woman was charged with murder on Monday, weeks after she allegedly killed her 5-year-old son with a kettlebell. On October 14, Cedar Sarten, 43, called Fairbanks police and allegedly told them that someone hurt her child and he …
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The Yurok Tribe in Oregon is seeking help to locate a 25-year-old woman. Police said was last seen in Medford on October 30. It’s unclear what clothing she was wearing when she disappeared. She’s described as Native American who stands …
The California prosecutor who said late last month that he would push for Erik and Lyle Menenedez’s resentencing lost Tuesday’s election, possibly threatening the jailed brothers’ chance at freedom. On October 28, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón backed …
Police in Texas are continuing their search for a missing Wylie woman who hasn’t been seen since Monday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police are looking for 45-year-old Melonie Ballenger, who was last seen at her home in the at100 block …
The defense has rested in the murder trial of accused Delphi child killer Richard Allen. Allen’s defense team spent several days challenging the state’s arguments against him. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen faces four counts of murder related to the …
A new report from the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner details the death of one of two women murdered over a child custody issue in Texas County earlier this year. Jilian Kelley, 39, was accompanying 27-year-old Veronica Butler …
A Colorado man released from jail on a $250 bond after he threatened a woman and put a police officer in a chokehold is now in jail on a significantly higher bond after he allegedly murdered his mother. Michael Fuller, …
An Oklahoma woman was arrested last week for allegedly giving her toddler daughter to a man who was selling her methamphetamine. The little girl hasn’t been seen since that transfer more than two years ago, KOTV reported. Ashley Rowland, 39, …
A Maryland woman has been charged with first degree murder after she apparently called police Monday morning and told them she’d killed her mother. The Montgomery County Department of Police said the 911 call came in just before 10 a.m. …
Florida investigators say a 20-year-old woman found shot to death off a roadway in Melbourne was killed in a targeted attack. The body was found just after 6:30 a.m. Monday when a witness notified deputies, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office …
Nebraska police arrested five people on Monday after a boy younger than three was reportedly discovered in a locked cage. According to WABI, a tip led Carrolton police to a home where they found the toddler in a padlocked wooden …
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Georgia murderer Melody Farris has been convicted on all charges for the murder of her husband, prominent attorney Gary Farris, and for burning his body at their Cherokee County property. A jury found Farris guilty Monday of malice murder, felony …
A recent tip reportedly led investigators to Minnesota in search of an Iowa news anchor who has been missing since 1995. Mason City, Iowa, police Chief Jeff Brinkley told FindJodi.com that their department worked with Minnesota law enforcement to investigate …
Family members of Richard Allen, the Delphi double murder suspect, testified in his trial Monday, claiming that he never sexually abused them. FOX 59 reports that Allen’s daughter, Brittney Zapanta, and half-sister, Jaimie Jones, both denied that Allen ever molested …
Police in Michigan are searching for a 19-year-old girl last seen in Detroit. According to ClickonDetroit, Lalie Jones was last seen at her home in the 4000 block of Taylor Street on Sunday. She reportedly left hone to pay a …
A Texas mother has been charged with trying to sell her newborn over social media. Court documents say the Houston Police Department began an investigation on September 23 after receiving a report that 21-year-old Juniper Bryson tried to sell her …
A 24-year-old Tennessee man fueled by “violent white supremacist ideology” has been arrested for allegedly plotting to use a drone carrying a bomb to attack a Nashville energy facility. US Attorney General Merrick Garland said Skyler Philippi “beleived he was …
Detectives in Florida are seeking a murder warrant for an Orange County man for the death of his girlfriend, whose body was found last week in Georgia. Jorge Javier Quintero, 41, was located in Alabama, where he got into a …
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Accused Delphi killer Richard Allen created false stories during his psychotic state and alleged that “Satan killed the girls,” according to a neuropsychologist who testified for the defense. As CrimeOnline previously reported, in the fall of 2022, police arrested Allen …
A federal investigation is underway in New Jersey after a mutilated dolphin was found washed ashore last week. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said the butchered dolphin — missing all its organs other than the heart and lungs — was …
Police in Texas are searching for a missing woman last spotted nrar Lakefield Drive and Country Club Road in Wylie. They are looking for a 45-year-old Melonie Ballenger, who was last seen at her at100 block of Parkwood Drive. According …
Pennsylvania officials announced on Monday that last week’s death of an employee at a Target store was accidental. In a statement issued to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Lycoming County Coroner Charles Kiessling Jr. said a co-worker at a Muncy Target discovered …
A newborn baby girl who was found dead outside a New York apartment building last week was reportedly tossed from a window by her 14-year-old mother. According to WABC, police said they have located the mother and are interviewing her. …
The murder trial against accused child killer Richard Allen resumes Monday at the Carroll County Courthouse in Indiana. As CruneOnline previously reported, Allen, 52, stands accused of murdering two girls who vanished on February 13, 2017, and were found dead …
Georgia authorities have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting last month during Albany State University’s homecoming celebrations. De’Marion Tashawn Daniels, 19, was killed in the shooting on October 19, and four other people were wounded, including …
A Dallas singer was shot onstage Saturday night as she was signing autographs following a downtown performance. Jada Arnell Thomas, 26, had just finished a performance at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters when the gunshots rang out, KXAS …
A Florida couple has been arrested after they allegedly attacked another man on the beach with a hatchet. The shirtless, bleeding victim flagged down a deputy on Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond-by-the-Sea at around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, telling the …
A man wanted for murder after making a fake 911 call claiming to be a distressed hiker was spotted this week in Chapin, South Carolina, sparking extensives searches in the area northwest of Columbia. Officials said Sunday morning that Nicholas …
A Florida man was arrested last week and charged in the disappearance and presumed death of a woman he had an affair with and the child that resulted from that affair. Gustavo Castano Restrepo was indicted by a federal grand …
A South Carolina couple and their 21-year-old son were convicted this week on murder and child abuse charges in the death of their 14-year-old daughter in 2022. The trial for David and Bobbie Jo Baynard and their son Edward Vincent …
After a two-hour standoff, the suspect was taken into custody, and two dead bodies were found inside the home. Fox 4 reports that on Friday in Lenexa, Kansas, Todd Michael Donovan, 53, was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing two …
A father and mother attempted to kidnap their teenage daughter from her school bus stop. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife, Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, were arrested onfforce October 18 in Lacey, Washington, after they attempted to kidnap their …
Police in Michigan are searching for a missing teen who disappeared from the Grand Rapids area. Cortez McConer Sr., 16, vanished from his Grand Rapids home. It remains unclear when he was last seen. Kisha Haggerty, Cortez’s mother, expressed deep concern …
The woman who dressed as a clown and shot dead the wife of a man she would later marry was released from prison on Saturday, a mere 18 months after she pleaded guilty to the murder. Sheila Keen-Warren, 61, was …
A judge granted bond on Friday for a 19-year-old Florida college student accused of killing her newborn child and putting her body in a trash can in April. Brianna Moore, a University of Tampa student, was arrested last month and …
A 15-month-old baby is dead after a relative forgot to drop the child off at day care and Friday and parked at a Florida middle school all day, leaving the baby inside the car. Sumter County deputies said they were …
A Florida man called a relative Friday night and said he’d just killed his wife and then, apparently, killed himself at a Tampa hotel. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation after Weleska Gomez Baroeta’s relatives reported her missing …
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he allegedly broke into a New Jersey home and shot his child’s mother and grandmother to death. Junior Edwards, 37, is charged with two counts of first degree murder, home invasion burglary armed …
Defense attorneys at the trial of a man accused of killing two teen girls in Indiana nearly eight years ago played a series of videos for the jury on Saturday intended to show the defendants mental deterioration while he was …
