A woman’s body was found in the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River Saturday afternoon near the Interstate 40 bridge. WREG said the body was found south of West Memphis across from President’s Island and was sent to the Arkansas Crime Lab for identification and cause of death. The discovery comes two weeks after the …
Police in Tennessee are searching for a 21-year-old Mississippi woman who disappeared from a riverboat in Memphis over the weekend. Memphis police issued an Urgent City Watch Alert for Tamia Taylor, who reportedly joined friends on a riverboat at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, WREG reported. When the cruise ended early Sunday morning and the boat docked, …
Anthony Andrews says he found the 2-year-old not breathing after he “fell out of bed.” The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Tennessee prosecutors announced Thursday they would seek the death penalty for a man charged with kidnapping and killing Memphis kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher last year. Cleotha Abston, also known as Cleotha Henderson, is accused of kidnapping Fletcher, 34, while she was out on her morning run and forcing her into an SUV, CrimeOnline reported. Her …
An autopsy determined that Tyre Nichols, the Tennessee motorist who died after a savage beating by Memphis police officers, died from blunt force injuries to the head, but the report detailed multiple injuries and systemic breakdowns in his body before he died, three days after the beating. While in the hospital, the autopsy says, Nichols …
The man accused of kidnapping and killing Memphis jogger Elia Fletcher last September appeared in court Friday to face more charges and enter a not guilty plea. Cleotha Abston-Henderson was arrested two days before Fletcher’s body was found outside an abandoned home on September 5 on charges of murder and kidnapping, as CrimeOnline previously reported. …
A Memphis man faces multiple charges after he allegedly beat his girlfriend and threw their 1-year-old baby onto the ground. Memphis Police said they were called to the Airport Inn shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday, and a woman told them she’d been involved in a physical alteration with her boyfriend, who is also the …
A Memphis woman reported missing last week has been found dead. Shatiqua Palmer’s roomnate told police that Palmer 32, left with a Lyft driver, saying she would be right back, on Thursday, WREG reported. The roommate and Palmer’s mother also said they tried to call her several times but the calls went straight to voicemail. …
A woman accused of fatally shooting a toddler and leaving another woman in critical condition late Friday afternoon has surrendered to police. WREG said the shooting took place at an apartment complex in North Memphis at about 5 p.m. Police said the women knew each other and that the suspect fled in a gray Infiniti, …
An 18-year-old Tennessee man has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of a 15-year-old girl earlier this month in Memphis. Seth Walls told police on September 11 that he was “messing with” his gun while he, Haley Reedy, and another person were sitting on a couch, with the other person between him and …
A Memphis man has been arrested for a road rage incident earlier this month in which he allegedly shot at a car with two children inside. Chance Lewis, 18, was identified as a person of interest during the investigation, and a woman who was a passenger in the car identified him in a photo lineup, …
Memphis police have issued a missing child alert for a 14-year-old girl who didn’t come home from school on Thursday. Mikayla Rhodes was last seen wearing black pants and a hoodie with red shoes. She is wearing her hair in two twists and wears glasses. Police said she was dropped off at school Thursday morning …
