A Texas teen was arrested on Monday on murder charges for allegedly shooting his mother’s fiancé on New Year’s Day, resulting in the man’s death days later. KSET reported that an altercation occurred after Austin Markowski’s half-brother tore up the new wood flooring in their mother’s bedroom. Markowski, 17, claimed he was showering when his …
A Colorado judge has ruled that Barry Morphew be tried for his wife’s alleged murder in a neighboring county, due to overwhelming public and media interest in the disappearance and presumed death of Suzanne Morphew. The Denver Post reports that Morphew’s murder trial will now take place in Fremont County after a judge determined that …
An Indiana woman has been identified after police found her deceased in her car this week. According to the Fort Wayne Police Department, Maria Del Scorro Maldonado Ambriz, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene on January 29 from gunshot wounds. Newsweek reports that the incident happened near Fairfax Ave and Standish Drive at around …
A mother of a 3-year-old girl is facing attempted murder charges after she reportedly dropped the small child into a bear pit at a zoo. Translating from local news sources, the New York Post and East2West News report that the unidentified mother and child were seen on surveillance video at a zoo in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, …
A University of Indiana student has been arrested following allegations of rape by a fellow student last month. According to a probable cause affidavit, Samuel Elliott, 18, is accused of raping a female student during a dorm party at the college on December 2. The victim told police she was raped inside a bathroom while …
Suspect Jeremy Main sought to stay married to his wife months after allegedly killing their daughter
A California woman died after falling from a party bus during a joint celebration marking her upcoming 30th birthday. According to CBS Los Angeles, Heather Garcia was celebrating her cousin’s and her own birthday, which was to be this Monday, in Los Angeles early Saturday when she died in a bizarre accident. Garcia, along with friends …
A rancher finds Gabriel Quintanilla beaten, in a field outside McAllen, Texas. The 42-year-old dies of blunt force trauma to the head. An investigation uncovers a warrant for Quintanilla on charges of continuous sexual assault of a child and assault, family violence. This is after Quintanilla’s 9-year-old daughter accuses him of inappropriately touching her. Police …
Update, 4:17 p.m. (EST): A judge has rejected a plea deal that would have spared two of Amaud Arbery’s convicted killers from standing trial on federal charges related to the slain man’s civil rights. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said the proposed plea deal did not consider the wishes …
Two police detectives in Bridgeport, Connecticut, have been placed on administrative leave over the handling of two recent deaths of women who were found deceased on the same day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lauren Smith-Fields, a student and Tik-Tok infuencer, was found dead on December 12 at her Bridgeport home after meeting for a date …
Former Miss USA winner Cheslie Kryst has died after taking her own life, according to reports. Kryst, 30, who worked as a lawyer and a correspondent for the television show, “Extra,” jumped 29 floors to her death at a luxury apartment building off of West 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The …
A British couple will spend years behind bars for abusing their infant daughter and trying to pass the blame onto paramedics. According to The Guardian, Naomi Johnson, 24, and Benjamin O’Shea, 26, will spend the next 15 years combined behind bars for causing and allowing severe harm to their 8-week-old daughter, Amina-Faye Johnson. Amina passed …
