Seven members of a Minnesota family found dead in their home over the weekend died of carbon monoxide poisoning, investigators said. The Moorhead Police Department announced Wednesday that the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office had found lethal levels of carbon monoxide in the victims, who included three children. A relative found the bodies Saturday afternoon …
A Florida woman was arrested last week after her four children were found living in deplorable conditions — which also entailed her young daughter being kept in a closet for nearly a month, police said. Jacksonville police responded to Alexandra Ebey’s home on December 14, after a neighbor reported that she had not seen Ebey’s …
A 23-year-old Kansas man has been arrested after his parents were found shot to death Tuesday in their home. Dawson J. Mitchell was named a person of interest in the deaths of Melissa Mitchell, 48, and Leonard Zimmerman, 53, but he has not yet been charged in relation to the murders. He has been charged …
Authorities have made two arrests in the shooting death of an armed security guard working with a California television news crew last month. Kevin Nishita was working with a KRON4 crew in Oakland on November 24 when he was shot during an attempted robbery. He died three days later, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Oakland Police …
We are on verdict watch in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. The wealthy socialite is accused of being a central player in Jeffrey Epstein’s decades of sexual abuse of minors. Defense attorneys say Maxwell is a scapegoat taking the fall for a man’s misdeeds. Four victims testified in this case, however, Maxwell did …
“Crime Stories” host Nancy Grace said she expects jurors will reach a verdict in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial within the next two days, as she does not expect them to deliberate on Christmas Eve. Grace told “Fox & Friends” that jurors requesting a transcript of two of the accusers’ testimony suggest they are …
Investigators in Colorado say new DNA testing in the JonBenét Ramsey murder case may finally lead them to the killer. On Monday, the Boulder Police Department announced that “nearly 1,000 DNA samples” have been analyzed as of December 2021. “CBI has updated over 750 reference samples with the latest DNA technology,” Boulder police said. “The …
The family of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died last week said she tried a dangerous game that trended on social media. WPVI reported that Nyla Anderson’s December 12 death was linked to the “Blackout Challenge,” a trend popularized on TikTok which encourages participants to hold their breath until losing consciousness. The girl was reportedly …
Authorities in Massachusetts are investigating the sudden deaths of both parents of actress Alicia Witt. According to the Telegram & Gazette, Witt reached out to a relative in Massachusetts when she became concerned about being unable to reach her parents, who lived in the Tatnuck neighborhood of Worcester, where Witt grew up. The relative performing …
Police say a man arrested Tuesday is a person of interest in the tragic shooting deaths of an Illinois father and his two young sons. According to police, U.S. Marshals arrested 24-year-old Alize Smith on Tuesday, on unrelated charges. He’s now considered a person of interest in connection with the deaths of a father and …
A former CNN senior producer sexually abused a 9-year-old girl, then tried to bribe a family member for their silence, federal prosecutors alleged in a motion on Monday. The FBI arrested John Griffin, 44, on December 10, amid accusations that he was grooming underage girls for sex. CNN said it learned on Griffin’s arrest the same …
An Illinois man found dead over the weekend had plans to start a new life with his children before a “senseless tragedy” occurred, according to his family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, three victims were found inside their Belvidere home in the 600 block of Union Avenue on Sunday, dead from apparent gunshot wounds. They were …
