On Thursday, Massachusetts authorities named a person of interest in the unsolved 2000 abduction and slaying of a 16-year-old girl. According to the Boston Globe, Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said new information led them to investigate Francis Sumner Sr. in connection with Molly Bish’s murder. Early declined to say what information led them …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace and numerous expert guests are joining in at CrimeCon 202,1 at the Fairmont in Austin this weekend. On Saturday, Grace will take the stage at 2 p.m. CDT, in the Congressional Ballroom on the third floor, to present “Evil at our Elbows: Monsters Blending in.” Our favorite legal analyst will delve into …
The body of a young boy found murdered near a Nevada trailhead last week remains unidentified, and Las Vegas police have released another “digitally enhanced” photograph in hopes of learning the boy’s identity. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police thought they had that part of the mystery solved over the weekend when a “panicked mother” called, …
A Utah man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday for the beating death of his wife during a family cruise to Alaska in 2017. Kenneth Manzanares, 43, pleaded guilty in February 2020 to the second-degree murder of Kristy Manzanares, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Kenneth, Kristy, their three daughters, and several members of Kristy’s …
A Texas mom has been charged with shooting her 5-year-old son while trying to shoot a loose dog belonging to a neighbor. The incident happened Saturday afternoon, Houston police said, according to KTRK. The boy was hospitalized in stable condition. Angela Mia Vargas, 24, was charged with deadly conduct with a firearm. Neighbors told KTRK …
Arrest warrants were recently issued for the adoptive parents of a disabled 15-year-old Washington boy who reportedly died in November weighing 65 pounds. Late last month, KOIN obtained probable cause documents charging Felicia Adams and Jesse Franks with second-degree murder and homicide by abuse in the death of Karreon Walker-Franks. However, authorities have been unable …
Six-year-old Houston boy Samuel Olson was dead on May 10, more than two weeks before his father reported him missing, according to court documents filed in the case on Thursday. Charging documents against 29-year-old Theresa Balboa, the girlfriend of Sam Olson’s father, say that Balboa called her roommate on that date and told him the …
A California woman has been charged with murder in the death of her teenage stepson, and the boy’s father has been charged with felony child abuse, police say. Officers were called to a home just after noon on Tuesday about a person needing CPR, the Pomona Police Department said. First responders found a 16-year-old boy …
Last month’s altercation between Casey Anthony and a woman at a Florida bar stemmed from a police sergeant both of them had dated, according to recently-released body cam footage. The reported incident involving Anthony and patron Thelma Moya occurred on May 23 at O’Shea’s Irish Pub in West Palm Beach. Anthony told responding officers that …
Bodycam footage apparently shows Tuesday’s shootout between Florida police and a 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl which left the girl seriously wounded. The reported incident occurred at a home in Enterprise, an unincorporated community in Volusia County. According to WFLA, the video shows the two children shooting at police officers, who eventually shot the …
Authorities in Florida are asking for the public’s help in the search for a teen girl who has been missing for three months. As Fox 35 Orlando reports, 16-year-old Chloie Mercado has been missing from her home in New Smyrna Beach since March 6. Law enforcement sources reportedly said they believe Chloie may be in …
A Salt Lake City school board member has been arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor after an investigation found images of child pornography, including some with children as young as 5 years old. Joél-Léhi Organista faces eight counts of sexual exploitation, Fox 13 reports. Officials said Oganista reportedly admitted that he downloaded, …
