*This is a developing story. CrimeOnline will provide additional information as details become available.* Update 2:20 p.m. Wednesday Suspected New York subway shooter Frank R. James was captured by police in Manhattan’s East Village on Wednesday. ABC 7 reports that bystanders spotted James as he was walking around East Village and promptly notified patrol cops. Update …
Southern California officers found three decomposing bodies inside an upscale home in a gated community in Irvine, according to local reports. According to KTLA, officers with the Irvine Police Department arrived at 58 Riverboat at around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday Extended family members in Canada contacted local authorities after they couldn’t reach the family, prompting …
The family of Gabby Petito filed a lawsuit against Brian Laundrie’s parents this week, claiming the defendants knew their son murdered Petito and were planning to help him flee the country. According to court documents filed against Chris and Roberta Laundrie on Thursday, numerous allegations were made that were never disclosed by the FBI, WFLA …
An armed suspect claiming to have bombs has reportedly taken a rabbi and at least three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. A SWAT team had descended around the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue northeast of Fort Worth around 2 p.m. local time. No injuries have been reported thus far, …
Police say a man arrested Tuesday is a person of interest in the tragic shooting deaths of an Illinois father and his two young sons. According to police, U.S. Marshals arrested 24-year-old Alize Smith on Tuesday, on unrelated charges. He’s now considered a person of interest in connection with the deaths of a father and …
Convicted California murderer, Scott Peterson, was re-sentenced today to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. On November 23, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo had Peterson transferred from San Quentin prison’s death row to the San Mateo County Jail, where has been awaiting Wednesday’s sentencing for …
Medical Examiner’s Office said the child died from “homicidal violence” and had numerous blunt force trauma injuries
Michael K. Williams, an actor known for his role in the widely-acclaimed HBO series “The Wire,” was found dead in his New York penthouse on Monday afternoon, according to emerging reports. Sources told the New York Post that Williams, 54, was found deceased in the living room of his Brooklyn apartment near drug paraphernalia, suggesting …
An Instagram model with more than two million followers was reportedly found dead in her Texas home on Sunday in a suspected murder-suicide. According to KTRK, the Fort Bend County Medical Examiner said Mercedes Morr, whose real name is Jenae Gagnier, 33, was strangled and suffered a traumatic concussion. A man who was also found …
Edwin Urbina, of Morristown, New Jersey, was charged this week in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son. Patch reports that officers responded to a hospital on Friday, after a young boy was beaten at the Oyo Hotel in East Hanover earlier that day. When they arrived, they found a 3-year-old boy, Liam, …
Britney Spears’ father has agreed to step down as the conservator of her multimillion-dollar estate, according to reports. According to TMZ, Jamie Spears’ lawyer wrote in a recent filing: “There are, in fact, no actual grounds for suspending or removing Mr. Spears as the Conservator of the Estate … and it is highly debatable whether …
An Indiana woman was found guilty on Friday of strangling her stepdaughter in 2019 and hiding her body in a shed behind their home. On Monday, a Grant County jury recommended life in prison for Amanda Carmack, who was convicted of murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death, domestic battery resulting in the death …
