Police in Arizona have arrested the woman accused of fatally mowing down a Nevada manicurist after failing to pay a $35 manicure bill. People confirmed that Krystal Whipple, 21, was arrested in Phoenix on Friday, 11 days after striking and killing Nhu Nguyen, 53, who attempted to stop her from leaving her Las Vegas business, Crystal Nails & …
A Florida woman was convicted Thursday of stabbing her boyfriend to death after their breakup in November 2016. Melanie Eam, 22, was found guilty of the second-degree murder of her on-again, off-again boyfriend, James Barry. Prosecutors said Eam stabbed Barry seven times with a butcher knife at his Palm Beach County home before fleeing to Maryland, …
A Washington man who admitted to killing two women and lighting the home he murdered them in on fire learned his fate in court this week. Matthew Ryan Leupold was sentenced to nearly 61 years on Thursday for the January 2017 slayings of Theresa Greenhalgh, 31, and Mary Buras, 22. The News Tribune reported that Leupold …
A 12-year-old Oregon boy was taken into custody early Thursday, days after an elderly woman reportedly was found dead in her home. The Oregonian reported that the tween, who wasn’t publicly identified due to his age, is being held at the Serbu Juvenile Justice Center on suspicion of murder and first-degree burglary in connection with …
Prosecutors reportedly said that charges could be reduced against the Illinois man accused of killing and dismembering his 2-year-old son in 2015 after he cried while having an allergic reaction to milk. The family of Kyrian Knox told WBBM Wednesday that the state’s attorney’s office informed them that they may reduce murder charges against Kamel Harris, …
The Pennsylvania man standing trial for murdering a Temple University student has admitted to moving the woman’s body to his grandmother’s home but still denies killing her. WPVI reported that Joshua Hupperterz, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday to abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the August 2017 slaying of Jenna Burleigh, 22. Burleigh’s body …
An Oregon woman was recently charged with her uncle’s murder after cellphone video reportedly caught her disappointment that her uncle was alive minutes after she shot him. Last week, a Jackson County judge ordered Aisling Moore-Reed, 29, be held without bail in connection with the July 2016 murder of her uncle, Shane P. Moore, 63. Though …
Two sisters in Mississippi—ages 12 and 14—are accused of fatally stabbing and shooting their mother inside their mobile home on Friday evening. Per WLBT, Erica Hall, 32, was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after being found lying bloodied in the front yard of her Magnolia home. Hall’s relatives told the news station that the woman’s two …
Authorities in Florida reportedly found a body buried in the yard of a home that’s presumably connected to last month’s murders of a missing woman’s parents and her adult brother. WFLA reports that Jamie Nicole Ivancic, 21, remains missing weeks after her husband, Shelby John Nealy, 25, allegedly killed her parents, Richard Louis Ivancic, 71, and Laura …
A Colorado woman surrendered to police Wednesday night after authorities found a deceased boy hidden inside a storage unit on December 23. The Denver Post reports that 43-year-old Elisha Pankey is facing murder charges after police found a boy who is likely her son, 7-year-old Caden McWilliams, dead inside a storage unit off of 5005 East Evans …
A 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl was charged as an adult for the murder of her newborn son—who was reportedly found inside a trash bag on New Year’s Eve. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that police arrested Jani Morris after her newborn son was discovered among a pile of trash bags in Philadephia on Monday night. She’s currently facing multiple …
On Friday, a Philadelphia judge reinstated appeal rights to Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther who has been imprisoned since 1982 for fatally shooting an officer. According to WHYY, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker agreed with Abu-Jamal’s lawyers that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille shouldn’t have presided over the 64-year-old’s multiple appeals. Castille was a …
