An elderly Asian man died this week after being attacked in Oakland, prompting police to investigate whether the perpetrator saw a crime of opportunity or was racially motivated, KPIX reports. While 75-year-old Pak Ho was on his morning walk Tuesday, 26-year-old Teaunte Bailey allegedly kicked the septuagenarian’s cane away, shoved him to the ground and stole …
A 13-year-old reportedly admitted she lied about a teacher who ended up beheaded days later. BBC News reports that French teacher Samuel Paty was targeted at a school near Paris in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, where he taught a secondary class, for allegedly showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in freedom of expression class. In October 2020, Paty …
A California man currently on trial facing a murder charge apparently propped his dead ex-wife up during Christmas, and told their children that she was drunk while they opened presents, the prosecution said. AP reports that William Wallace is currently on trial for the death of his former wife, 26-year-old Za’Zell Preston, who was killed …
On Monday, authorities in New York announced that a 10-year-old boy found dead over the weekend was a victim of “fatal child abuse syndrome.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities arrested Ryan Cato, 34, on Sunday and charged him with murder and child endangerment. His stepson, Ayden Wolfe, was found unresponsive in a Harlem apartment on …
An Alabama woman who allegedly shot and killed her ex-husband says that she acted in self-defense. News 5 reports that Andrea Smith shot and killed her ex-husband, Kaleb Hamilton, at the Plantation Apartments in Mobile last month. The pair divorced but had recently gotten back together, family members said. According to prosecutors, Smith and Hamilton …
For two years, medical evidence in connection with a California toddler’s death has been kept under wraps. Last week, those disturbing details were made public during a preliminary hearing at the Tuolumne Superior Court. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nicole Sparks, 23, the mother of 2-year-old Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood, turned herself in to the Waterford authorities in January, …
Officers reportedly found the deceased boy in the mother’s apartment
A Florida man appeared before a judge Saturday after taunting police about his wife, who was found deceased on Friday in his backyard. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Roberto Colon, 66, reportedly told police he married Mary Stella Gomez-Mullett — an immigrant who lived with and took care of his mother, who suffered from dementia — …
A New York man is behind bars after police say he fatally beat a boy to death over the weekend. My Plainview reports that the incident happened in Harlem, at an apartment at the St. Nicholas Houses. Responding officers arrived at the residence on Saturday and found Ayden Wolfe, 10, unresponsive, with cuts, bruises, and …
A Virginia man allegedly killed his father on Thursday — hours after he was released from jail for stealing the victim’s firearms. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Langdon Conklin, 24, was charged with Robert Conklin’s first-degree murder after the 60-year-old was found slain in his Colonial Heights home. On Wednesday, officers responded to a burglary-in-progress …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* A Georgia man is behind bars after police say he brutally beat his girlfriend’s toddler son to death. The Macon Telegraph reports that 1-year-old Jayce Gibson passed away on February 24, following a beating that left him with trauma to his …
Almost two years after an Ohio man was convicted of murdering a 6-year-old boy, the child’s mother has been sentenced. Tiera Mounts, 30, pleaded no contest while appearing at the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court to four counts of endangering children, according to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Mounts’ former boyfriend, Marvin Benson, was sentenced …
