Louisiana State Police have issued an Endangered/Missing Child Advisory for an 8-year-old girl believed taken by her biological mother in New Orleans. Alessandra Leonor Bruno was last seen at the Rock-N-Sake Sushi Bar in New Orleans on Wednesday at about 7 p.m., police said. She is described as 4 feet 2 inches tall and 45 …
A Louisiana father faces murder charges after his three young children died in a fire that he allegedly set intentionally, WDSU-TV reports. Around 11:55 p.m. Tuesday, a woman in New Orleans called 911 to report that the father of her kids had threatened to burn down their home, as CrimeOnline reported. “He’s screaming on the …
Three children died early Wednesday morning in a housefire, shortly after their father threatened to burn down the house. New Orleans firefighters rushed to a single-family home just after midnight and were told three children were trapped inside, NOLA.com reported. They quickly found a 5-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy near the front door, unconscious, …
Gunfire broke out near the end of one of New Orleans’ largest Mardi Gras parades Sunday night, killing one man and sending four other people — including a young girl — to the hospital. Police said the girl, a woman, and three men were shot, and one of the men died at the hospital, according …
A 75-year-old tourist from Missouri was beaten to death in his New Orleans hotel room late Thursday night. New Orleans Police said they were called to the Club Wyndham Avenue Plaza hotel on St. Charles Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. and found the man unresponsive with head trauma, WWL reported. They also found 29-year-old Martin …
A newly released photograph shows missing Texas school teacher on a sidewalk in New Orleans, apparently the day after she left her home and disappeared. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 48-year-old Michelle Reynolds told her husband she was going to get food on the afternoon of September 22 and never returned. Last Saturday, Reynolds’ husband, Michael …
A 13-month-old boy was mauled to death by the family dog on Monday, and a New Orleans police officer shot and killed the dog when it attacked a Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officer. The toddler was identified as Apollo Duplantis, WDSU reported. New Orleans police said they responded to a …
New Orleans police have arrested a 35-year-old homeless woman from Detroit and charged her with murder in the death of a baby found stabbed to death early Saturday evening. Officers were called to the scene on the edge of the city’s 7th Ward just before 6:30 p.m. when a passerby saw Angelyc Seely dragging a …
A baby boy was stabbed to death early Saturday evening in New Orleans’s Seventh Ward. New Orleans police said they were called to scene just before 6:30 p.m. on a report of a disturbance. They found the infant “with apparent stab wounds,” and he was declared dead on the scene. An adult woman was taken …
After four months on the run, the accused killer of a beloved New Orleans high school teacher has been arrested in Indiana. Liz Quackenbush, 39, was found stabbed to death on March 3 in the house she shared with her boyfriend, Preston Higgs, NOLA.com reported. New Orleans police obtained a warrant to arrest Higgs, but …
A Louisiana police officer was arrested last week for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl whose sexual assault he was investigating. According to Nola.com, New Orleans police officer Rodney Vicknair, 53, was the first cop to the respond after the teen reported being sexually assaulted by another person. Vicknair allegedly contacted the girl over the …
Authorities in Louisiana say a 28-year-old woman with a history of drunk driving arrests was sentenced to 20 years behind bars in connection with a vehicle crash that killed a father of seven last year. According to Fox News, Olivia Matte was driving along the Lake Pontchatrain Causeway on March 23, 2017, when she rear-ended …
