A northwest Indiana couple have been arrested after bone fragments were found in an Indiana backyard where they once lived. Steven Valle, 31, and Samantha Sebella, 25, have been charged with murder, neglect of a dependent causing death, obstruction of justice, and failure to report a dead body, WBBM reported. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office …
A retired Indiana police chaplain has been arrested and charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl. A probable cause affidavit said that Sylvester “Leroy” Driscoll, 73, sexually abused the girl more than 100 times since she was 5-years-old, WISH reported. Court documents said the girl told a school counselor about the abuse in August after her …
An Indiana father was found guilty last week of neglect after his 6-month-old son was found with more than 50 rat bites all over his body last year. A jury found 32-year-old David Schonabaum guilty on three counts of neglect of a dependent, WFIE reported. Schonbaum, his wife Angel Schonbaum, and Angel Schonabaum’s sister, Delaina …
A rideshare driver has been charged with the murder of an Indianapolis woman who went missing Sunday morning and was found dead in the woods on Monday. Police said Chanti Dixon called for an Uber around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning and was not heard from afterward. Her family reported her missing Monday morning, according to …
A Kentucky woman was arrested in Indiana Friday morning after she tried to steal a car with a child inside. Ricki Ann Smith, 28, reportedly told Evansville Police that rapper Kanye West “telegraphically” told her to steal the car, WFIE reported. An arrest affidavit says that Smith had been trying to get into random vehicles …
A 25-year-old Indiana man has been arrested for the shooting death of his girlfriend, a 25-year-old mother of three. New Albany Police Chief Todd Bailey told WDRB that his officers responded to a home at 5 a.m. on a report about a shooting. They found Kaitlynn Lee inside and took her to the University of …
An Indiana infant found dead Sunday morning likely died before Lafayette police issued a Silver Alert for the missing child on Saturday afternoon. Three-month-old Jacob Moneus was reported missing and the alert issued at around noon, as CrimeOnline previously reported. But the alert was cancelled Sunday morning when the baby was found dead. Lafayette Police …
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the parents of a 12-year-old Indiana girl who died from complications of diabetes on July 4. Ashley and Brent Bredhold are charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, WFIE reports. According to affidavits for the arrests, Evansville Police were called to the family home on …
A 25-year-old Indiana man blames his girlfriend’s 21-month-old daughter for being “aggressive” during a bath, forcing him to shake her and causing a brain bleed that ultimately killed the girl. Jesse A. Sartin was taken into custody on Friday on one count of murder and one count of aggravated battery resulting in death, Dearborn County …
An Indiana couple has been charged with abandoning a 13-year-old boy they had adopted but later decided they no longer wanted to care for him. Court documents said the 13-year-old was the oldest child of Richard and Patricia Heitz, WNDU reported. For the past six months, the documents say, the parents claim the boy was …
A northwest Indiana woman charged with reckless homicide in the death of her 10-year-old son in April was arrested Saturday night by deputies in Michigan. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department said it was able to track 48-year-old Jennifer Lee Wilson with a license plate camera and made the arrest shortly after 8 p.m. in New …
An arrest warrant has been issued for an Indiana mother following an investigation into the death of her 10-year-old son, who died two days after an incident that saw her lying across the boy’s chest for several minutes. An autopsy revealed that the boy, Dakota Levi Stevens, died from mechanical asphyxia and determined the manner …
