A California teenager will stand trial as an adult for charges related to the 2015 rape and murder of his 8-year-old neighbor. Although he was only 15 years old at the time of the attack, a judge sided with prosecutors who argued the graphic nature of the crime and the level of planning that went …
Police in Texas believe a man fatally shot his daughter’s boyfriend, ran them both over, drove off and then killed himself, according to KDFW. Officers said it happened as the shooter’s daughter and her boyfriend left a movie theater Friday evening. The shooter reportedly caught the couple by surprise. Investigators have identified the daughter’s boyfriend …
Police in Plainfield, Illinois, cautioned locals to stay inside as they investigated a suspected murder-suicide that spanned two crime scenes Saturday. According to WMAQ, officers first responded to the report of a shooting at a Jewel-Osco supermarket, where they found the body of a woman shortly after noon. The victim was found in the store’s …
An Indiana man who allegedly stabbed his estranged girlfriend to death and devoured parts of her body was found mentally incompetent to stand trial. On Wednesday, a Clark County judge found Joseph Oberhansley, 36, unfit to face murder, burglary, and rape charges in the September 2014 slaying of Tammy Jo Blanton, 46. WDRB reported that Oberhansley is …
Authorities in Louisiana say they have connected three murder victims found at two separate crime scenes to a brother and sister in Alexandria. According to Time, Matthew Sonnier, 29, and Ebony Nicole Sonnier, 31, were arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Reports indicate authorities found two victims, 33-year-old Kendrick Dwann Horn and 28-year-old Jeremy Deon …
An Iowa couple was arrested Wednesday after their 4-month-old son’s body was allegedly found covered in maggots in his swing. The Kansas City Star reported that Cheyanne Harris, 20, and Zachary Koehn, 28, were charged with first-degree murder and felony child endangerment months after Sterling Koehn’s death. The father called 911 on August 30 to their …
While at a suspect’s property to arrest him on homicide charges, Orlando officer made a grisly discovery in the man’s backyard. Orlando Sentinel reports that Orlando police arrested Jimmy Gary Merritt, 37, on Tuesday after an investigation involving the cashed check of a deceased person reportedly traced back to him. According to police reports, the suspect …
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A 13-year-old Oklahoma boy is accused of fatally shooting a 10-year-old boy with a crossbow Saturday evening. Lincoln County police told KOKH Monday that the unnamed teen was arrested in connection with the death of Austin Almanza. Police said they were called to the home following a report of two juveniles being injured with a crossbow. Almanza …
Convicted killer Jodi Arias’ appeal will be delayed until next year due to numerous errors and omissions in courtrooms transcripts that took two years after her appeals process started to complete. ABC reports that the Arizona Court of Appeals had to repeatedly push court reporters to finish up court transcripts that have been left undone …
Florida police have arrested a former sheriff’s office employee in the death of a missing private investigator whose body was found a day earlier. The Pensacola News Journal reported that former Escambia County Sheriff’s Office employee Ashley McArthur (pictured right) was arrested and charged with the first-degree homicide of Taylor Wright, 33 (pictured left). Missing since September 7, authorities …
Authorities charged a white student at the University of Maryland with a hate crime after police said he fatally stabbed a black student, according to the Washington Post. The charges come after investigators reportedly reviewed Sean Urbanski’s phone and social media activity. A grand jury handed down the additional charge as Urbanski, 22, was already charged …
