A homicide investigation is underway after an autopsy determined that a 1-year-old Texas toddler who was reportedly found dead with her brother in late September died of neglect. While Janea Boyd’s cause and manner of death have been determined, KWTX reported that autopsy results for her brother, Terric Boyd, 2, remain pending. On September 30, …
Two bodies found buried together at a South Texas beach last week have been identified as a missing New Hampshire couple. The Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office announced that the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 48-year-old James Butler and his wife, 46-year-old Michelle Butler. Authorities are treating the deaths as homicides, according …
A Pennsylvania woman previously accused of kidnapping is now facing additional charges, following the death of her former boyfriend’s toddler daughter last month. Penn Live reports that 25-year-old Sharena Islam Nancy was charged with criminal homicide in connection with the death of 1-year-old Nalani Johnson, who was only a few days shy of her second …
On Wednesday, officials in Alabama confirmed the body that was discovered in a dumpster on Tuesday afternoon belongs to a toddler girl who had been missing for 10 days. In a press release issued to CrimeOnline, Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said the body found on Tuesday is Kamille McKinney. Though her cause …
Authorities in Georgia are investigating a possible homicide after a legally blind elderly woman was found dead in her home on Tuesday. A neighbor who spoke with WFXG on the condition of anonymity said he heard screams come from Elizabeth Thompson’s Augusta home the morning of her death. A police report detailed that officers were …
The death of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found along a Minnesota highway earlier this year has been ruled a homicide, KAAL-TV reports. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced on Friday that it had completed its investigation into the death of Noelani Robinson. Authorities determined that Noelani died from blunt force trauma to …
Authorities in Georgia are investigating after a funeral home reportedly discovered stab wounds on a man who officials deemed to have died from natural causes. According to WSB-TV, Gwinnett County medical examiner’s investigator has been disciplined for the oversight regarding the death of Ray Neal, 61, who had been stabbed several times. While the officer …
Bones found outside a Michigan home earlier this month belong to a mother and her son who vanished last year, authorities announced Friday. Lansing police said bones discovered by a construction crew rehabbing a south Lansing home on July 1 are the remains of Danielle Marie Steiner, 34, and her son, Aubrey Hall, 5. Steiner …
Authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a woman on homicide charges Wednesday, alleging she had given birth to a baby boy she killed and stuffed inside a paint can found at her home. The Allentown Morning Call reported that Ashley Caraballo, 30, has been criminally charged for the death of her newborn son, whose remains police found …
A man in Minnesota has reportedly admitted to punching his a woman while she held her 2-month-old son, killing him. Citing a criminal complaint, WITI reported that Jaquerrion Dancer’s mother, Jessica McNeal, claimed Kenta Evans, 21, came to see the baby Wednesday but “quickly switched from wanting to see (the baby) to accusing (McNeal) of …
The mother of five children who were allegedly killed by her ex-husband in 2014 reportedly broke down in tears in a South Carolina court Monday while reading a letter she wrote to her slain daughter. From The State, Amber Kyzer became overcome with emotion while reading a letter she wrote to Merah, 8, regarding her …
A Tennessee man accused of killing seven people has been charged with another murder of a man whose headless body was also discovered last month. Michael Cummins, 25, was shot by police after he killed seven people—including his parents—whose bodies were found in two homes in Westmoreland on April 27. Now, he’s been charged in …
