A Pennsylvania couple has been charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of children after investigators found the family living in “horrid” conditions. Although Dana Elizabeth Ann Rause, 31, and Richard Kevin Rause Jr, 38, face the same six charges, the mother was given a bail five times that of her husband, at $250,000, …
The caretaker of a 3-year-old girl who died after she was found “unresponsive in the bathtub with no water” early Friday morning has now been charged with “the violent abuse” of her own two children. Philadelphia Police said the bruised toddler was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead about an hour after she was …
Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a suspect who fled a traffic stop at a high rate of speed after a woman in the car indicated she was being held against her will. According to WBRE, troopers stopped the car in Berks County just before midnight on February 10 for multiple traffic violations and took …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of his ex-girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter after he reportedly admitted to police that he raped and killed her, then hid her body in a freezer. Jason Shackelford, 39, may face additional charges, pending the results of an autopsy and the continuing investigation, according to …
A missing Pennsylvania mother was found dead on Wednesday in a wooded area behind a warehouse, two weeks after she disappeared. Jennifer Brown, 43, was reported missing when she failed to meet her son at a Limerick Township bus stop on January 4, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Her car was found at her home, and …
A 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman has been charged with the murder and dismemberment of her parents, who hadn’t been heard from in more than a week. Police conducted a wellness check on the couple’s Abington Township home Tuesday night and found 73-year-old Reid and 72-year-old Miriam Beck dead inside, according to KYW. Both died from a …
A 43-year-old Pennsylvania mother hasn’t been seen since Tuesday afternoon, and law enforcement is “very concerned” about her welfare. Jennifer Brown was supposed to meet her son at the bus stop in Limerick Township on Wednesday but didn’t show up, WPVI reports. “It’s literally like we’re living in a movie that we watch on TV, …
A Pennsylvania police chief was killed Monday in a shootout with a suspect who was wanted for a probation violation. The suspect was later shot and killed in another shootout with police in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, KDKA reported. Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire was pronounced dead at the scene of the first shooting. Another officer …
A Pennyslvania woman has been charged with traveling to New Jersey before Christmas to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband’s current wife. The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office says that Marilyn Zhou, 56, says that its Special Investigations Unit learned that Zhou was seeking a hitman for a murder for hire and arranged for her …
Christopher Colbert called his father after the shooting and told him his wife Tamara had shot herself.
Investigators in Pennsylvania’s capital are looking for a person of interest in the murder of a woman found dead last week in a city park along the Susquehanna River. Police have not released the name of the woman, who died of “traumatic injuries” and was found shortly before noon on December 22 in Harrisburg’s Sunken …
A set of Pennsylvania triplets has been found safe after their father shot and killed their mother and later killed himself. Authorities said the 39-year-old mother was found dead in northwestern Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood on Sunday night, WTXF reported. Hours later, they released an alert about the triplets, who were missing. The mother, …
