A Mississippi teenager has been charged with murder in the beating death of his 73-year-old grandmother at her church. Ollie Hamilton was found last Wednesday inside Smith Chapel Holiness Church and pronounced dead at the scene, The Monroe Journal reported. Monroe County Sheriff Kevin Crook said the investgation ultimately led to Hamilton’s 17-year-old grandson. “This …
A Mississippi woman faces drug charges after her two young children drowned in a swimming pool on Monday, and police say “additional charges are pending.” Gautier Police said they were called to a home later Monday afternoon and found the two children “unresponsive near a swimming pool.” First responders began life-saving measures, and the children …
A missing Mississippi toddler was found dead in Alabama near where her mother’s body was found the day before. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones, who is also the interim police chief of the Jackson Police Department, said 3-year-old Janae McGill’s body was found on Friday, WAPT reported. The body of her mother, 32-year-old Shardee McGill …
The body of a missing Mississippi woman was found this week in Alabama, but her toddler daughter remains missing. Shardee McGill, 32, and her 3-year-old daughter Janae were reported missing Tuesday night by her husband, Johnathon McGill, WAPT reported. He said the pair had “packed some belongings” Sunday night and not returned. the Jackson Police …
An investigation is underway in Mississippi after a college student’s body was reportedly found hanging from a tree on Monday. Delta State University police chief Michael L. Peeler said they are treating Demartravion Reed’s death as a suicide. The Clarion Ledger reported that Reed, 21, was found hanging from a tree in the middle of the …
A Mississippi man was arrested late last month, acused of beating his mother to death with a shovel and stabbing her around the head and neck. Tupelo Police said they were called to conduct a welfare check on the home on April 29, and Joshua Daniel Lazore, 30, directed officers to the backyard when they …
A Mississippi woman has been charged with the death of her toddler daughter. Picayune Police said officers were called to the home of Christian and Samantha Enfinger, 33 and 30, shortly after 10 a.m. on Tuesday and found the little girl, identified as Aurora Enfinger, dead. They obtained a search warrant and “began gathering evidence …
The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced Friday it had secured indictments against two Capitol Police officers involved in an August 2022 shooting that left a woman critically injured with a partially paralyzed face. Michael Rhinewalt, who is still a Capitol Police officer, and former officer Jeffery Walker were charged with aggravated assault in the shooting, …
A Louisiana man has been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of dollars in children’s Christmas presents in a series of December residential burglaries. Forrest County, Mississippi, detectives contacted police in Westwego, Louisiana, on December 18 about a series of burglaries in that county that took place the day before, the Westwego Police Department said. …
A Colorado man and woman have been arrested in Mississippi and are now charged in connection with two murders in the Centennial State in December. Johnny Rankin Morris is charged with first degree murder in the death of his El Paso County sober living home roommate, 37-year-old Stephen Walker, and he and Hailey Cole are …
The search for two people believed to be armed and dangerous moved from Colorado to Mississippi over the weekend as the truck they were believed to be in was found in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a sober-living home on December 19 and found “large quantities of blood in multiple …
A Mississippi woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly shot her estranged husband to death as he left the Pearl River County Chancery Courthouse following a divorce proceeding. Tanya Lindell Saucier was immediately taken into custody by the Poplarville Police Department, the Pearl River County Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting took place on …
