State Board Recommends Release of Manson Follower Who Killed Pregnant Actress Sharon Tate, 6 Others
Famous Murder Cases
Convicted killer Patricia Krenwinkel, 74, is California’s longest-serving female inmate
Child sex crimes
May 22, 2022
Substitute Teacher Charged With Molesting Students in Classroom
A California substitute teacher has been arrested on suspicion of molesting four girls in a classroom in Santa Ana. Police said that Peter Morales, 69, taught in the Santa Ana Unified School District for 18 years before he stepped away from a regular teaching gig to become a substitute. The alleged victims told investigators that …
Murder
May 21, 2022
Body of Woman Missing Since 2004 Found in California
A work crew earlier this month found the remains of a California woman who had been missing for nearly 18 years. Cynthia “Linda” Alonzo, 48, was last seen on November 24, 2004, as she got into a car with her boyfriend, Eric Mora, to drive from West Oakland to her mother’s house in San Francisco …
Animal Crimes
May 15, 2022
‘Exceptional Heroism’ of Taiwanese Church Congregants Stops Fatal Shooting
A shooting at a Southern California church Sunday afternoon was stopped by congregants of a Taiwanese church who brought down the suspect and hogtied him with an extension cord. Six people were shot, one fatally, before the churchgoers could stop him, Orange County Undersheriff Jeff Hallock said. Four of the wounded were critically hurt. All …
Homicide
May 13, 2022
12-Hour Exorcism Kills 3-Year-Old California Girl: Court Docs
A California mother has been charged in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, who allegedly died during an exorcism at the family’s church. Leaders of the church where Arely Naomi Proctor Hernandez died last fall confirmed they performed the ceremony to “liberate her of her evil spirits,” the Mercury News reports. The girl’s grandfather and …
Kidnapping
May 12, 2022
Suspects in Kidnapping of 3-Month-Old Baby Tried To Take Him at Least 3 Times Before: DA
Two people accused in a brazen, broad-daylight kidnapping last month in San Jose, California, had tried to take the 3-month-old boy several times previously. Brandon Cuellar was taken out of his grandmother’s home while the grandmother was unloading groceries on April 25, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Investigators found him unharmed the next day and arrested …
Murder
May 9, 2022
UPDATE: 12-Year-Old Girl, 8-Year-Old Twin Boys Dead in LA; Mother Arrested
Note: Some local media incorrectly reported the neighborhood as Woodland Hills at first and later corrected it to be West Hills. A 12-year-old girl and her 8-year old twin brothers are dead and their mother has been arrested following a tragic Mother’s Day breakdown in Los Angeles. Police told KTTV that a fourth child was …
Murder
May 8, 2022
Mother’s Day Tragedy: 3 Children Found Dead in Los Angeles Home; Mother Questioned
Los Angeles police were called to a West Hills home Sunday morning for an assault with a deadly weapon and found three children dead. Sergeant Bruce Borihanh said that the children ranged in age between 8 and 12, two boys and one girl, KNBC reported. The children’s mother was taken to a hospital for a …
Elderly Abuse
May 7, 2022
74-Year-Old Father Dies Days After Daughter Attacks Him, Her Stepmother
A California woman already jailed for attempted murder and elder abuse for attacks on her father and stepmother may now face a murder charge after her father died from his injuries. Genesis Noemi Ochoa, 30, was arrested on April 26, a day after the attack on Juan Ochoa Rodriguez, 74, and his wife in the …
Child sex crimes
April 27, 2022
California Man Poses As 11-Year-Old Girl To Groom Children Into Creating Porn: Cops
A California man has been arrested and is believed to have groomed at least 80 children and used them to create child pornography. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said they launched an investigation in December 2021 following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an online account that was befriending …
Murder
April 27, 2022
Parents Burn Baby Boy With Torch Lighter: Cops
A 1-year-old boy was rushed to a southern California hospital Monday night and there pronounced dead, leading to the arrest of the child’s parents. Pomona Police said family members of the boy’s father, 27-year-old Ricardo Mendez, brought him to the hospital after Mendez and Antanita Miller, the child’s 24-year-old mother, unexpectedly arrived at their home …
Murder
April 19, 2022
High School ‘Trespasser’ Stabs 15-Year-Old Softball Star in Broad Daylight
A 15-year-old California girl died Monday after a man trespassed onto her high school campus and stabbed her multiple times. Her family identified her as Alicia Reynaga, a star player on the school’s softball team who was known as “Lala,” Monday evening during a vigil outside the school, KXTV reported. Stockton Police said they had …