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 …
An Alabama woman is facing murder charges for an alleged altercation last week that resulted in the death of a pregnant woman’s unborn child. On January 24, Dothan police were called to the home of Iveonna Turner’s ex-boyfriend, with whom she shares a 2-month-old daughter. Witnesses told officers that they saw Turner, 20, kick and …
A Kansas woman is facing charges after she allegedly planned with and supported ISIS in carrying out violent attacks. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, was charged in May 2019 with giving material support to ISIS and conspiring to give the terrorist organization material support. She was arrested in Syria and taken …
The convicted pedophile worked as a handyman at the Praia da Luz resort in the spring of 2007, when Maddie vanished from her hotel room
An Australian woman was reportedly found dead in an acid-filled bath on Sunday, leading to the arrest of her boyfriend. The Daily Telegraph reported that New South Wales police responding to a domestic violence incident discovered the body of Aminah Hayat, 19, in the bathroom of her Sydney apartment. Hayat was said to be found …
The Colorado judge presiding over case against Barry Morphew for the the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, released a trove of evidence last week that had been presented during a preliminary hearing. The evidence included copies of texts in which Suzanne Morphew shares some of her deepest thoughts and feelings about her marriage and …
A Texas couple was arrested this week and charged with manslaughter in the death of their two-month-old daughter last summer. An autopsy said the baby girl, identified as Athena Brigida-Kay Canales in an obituary, died from “mixed drug toxicity,” KAMC reported. An arrest warrant says that Lubbock County deputies responded to the home and found …
A 9-year-old child shot a 7-year-old child in a car outside a Georgia Chipotle restaurant on Sunday while an adult was inside picking up food. The Snellville Police Department said the gun was “left inside the car” with the children. They released no further information except to say that the wounded child was “conscious and …
A former Miss USA pageant winner died Sunday when she jumped to her death from a Manhattan high rise, police said. Cheslie Kryst, who won the contest in 2019, jumped from a common area on the building’s 29th floor shortly after 7 a.m. Kryst, 30, lived on the ninth floor of the 60-story apartment building, …
