Barry Morphew’s Arms Covered In Possible Fingernail Cuts After Suzanne Morphew’s Disappearance; Someone May Have Burned Journal in Fireplace
Family Crime
Suzanne’s Wallet Full Of Cash, Credit Cards, And ID Found In Car
Crime Stories
August 23, 2021
‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’: Sex-Starved Mom Murders 2 Tots to ‘Catch a Man’
Susan Smith spends nine days pleading for help in locating her two sons. She claims that on the night her sons disappeared, a black male approached her at a stoplight, forced her out of her red Mazda Protégé, stole her car, and drove away with her two sons still inside the vehicle. As the investigation …
August 23, 2021
‘Something’s Weird’: Investigators Stumped by Mysterious Deaths of Parents, Toddler and Dog Found on California Hiking Trail
“This one is just so freaky and strange, and it’s really, really sad. They had so much going for them.”
Court
August 23, 2021
Trial Set for Dad Who Allegedly Bludgeoned Tot Girl to Death With Hammer, Said She Had ‘Microchip’ in Her Head
Jury selection began this week in connection with a Texas man accused of killing his toddler daughter. It’s been two years since the untimely death of 2-year-old Savannah Roque. Her father, 26-year-old Yovahnis Roque, has been behind bars since February 2019, on murder charges in connection to the child’s death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Roque …
Manslaughter
August 23, 2021
Florida Woman Allegedly Kills Special Needs Daughter Inside Hospital Room, Rips Her Liver Open [UPDATE]
Additional details have emerged in connection with the death of a special needs Florida girl who passed away last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jessica Bortle, 34, is behind bars facing a manslaughter charge after her daughter, 14-year-old Jasmine Singletary, died. Jasmine was born with a neuromuscular disorder. On July 8, she was taken to …
Murder
August 23, 2021
Boyfriend Shoots Ex Dead Who ‘Left him Abruptly,’ Then Turns Gun on Her 9-year-old Son: Police
A murder trial for a Kentucky man accused of killing his former girlfriend and her son begins on Monday. Joshua Ward, 47, is accused of killing 31-year-old Kelli Kramer and her son, Aiden, 9, in 2018. Police said Kramer and the suspect were in a relationship from December 2016 to May 2017, when things ended …
Child sex crimes
August 23, 2021
Teacher’s Aide Commits Suicide After She’s Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen Student at School for Special Needs Children
A Pennsylvania teacher’s aide accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student arranged a meeting with the boy on Sunday and then shot and killed herself when officers arrived for a well-being check. Jennilynne M. Derolf, 38, was arraigned in Bucks County on July 15 on charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse on a person less …
Child Abuse
August 23, 2021
Mercedes Lain: Baby Girl’s Father Has Previous Conviction for Allowing Sexual Abuse of 12-Year-Old Daughter
The father of a baby girl found dead last week after her parents left her with a baby sitter has a previous conviction for child neglect in which he allowed a man to sexually abuse a 12-year-old daughter. Kenneth Lain and Tiffany Coburn, the parents of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain, have been charged with child neglect …
Missing
August 23, 2021
UPDATE: Missing California Teen Found Safe
A 14-year-old girl who disappeared after texting her mother for permission to go to a convenience store has been found safe. Destiny Isabella Mercado’s mother, Angelica Pelayo-Hicklin, and her stepmother, Corina Villanueva, told KTLA late Sunday the girl had been found, and the San Fernando Police Department confirmed. Police said Mercado was locatedin the Santa …
August 23, 2021
MISSING: Teen Girl Disappears Over the Weekend, Hasn’t Returned Home
Maine State Police continue to search for a teen girl who disappeared on Saturday. Patience Yurchick, 13, was last seen at her grandmother’s house in Orland early Saturday morning. According to CBS 5, she left with her cellphone and was last seen wearing grey jogger pants and a black hooded sweatshirt. Her family said she …
Murder
August 23, 2021
Family Searches for Answers After Couple Shot Dead in Utah Mountains
Investigators appear no closer to finding a suspect in the shooting deaths of a lesbian couple in the Utah mountains near Moab last week, but family members have revealed more information about women’s last days and the discovery of their bodies. Kylen Schulte, 24, and Crystal Turner, 38, also known as Crystal Beck, were last …
Kidnapping
August 22, 2021
Portland Firefighter Allegedly Abducts Man To ‘Teach a Lesson’ for Reportedly Stealing From His Marijuana Dispensary
A Portland firefighter is facing kidnapping charges after he and two accomplices allegedly kidnapped a man he learned had burglarized his marijuana dispensary in order to teach him a lesson. Douglas L. Bourland, 46, is a 14-year veteran of Portland Fire & Rescue, the Oregonian reported, but was on leave from his job at the …