As Scott Purk’s home burns to the ground, he makes a comment to the police as if to say, “This is not the worst thing to happen to me.” He reveals that three decades ago his wife, 8-months pregnant, committed suicide by hanging. That comment causes police to take a second look at everything that’s …
The younger sister of a California woman who was found alive in Zion National Park has shared more details about Holly Suzanne Courtier’s mysterious 12-day disappearance. Courtier was reported missing on October 8 and found alive on October 18 after a hiker spotted her and contacted authorities. On October 6, she had arrived via shuttle …
A Missouri woman was arrested earlier this month for allegedly supplying a 13-year-old girl with methamphetamine and sexually assaulting her. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Samantha Jessa, 22, was charged with statutory sodomy on October 12. Authorities claimed Jessa gave the girl drugs and sodomized her between January 1 and August 31. Jessa was …
An Indiana man is dead after authorities shot him nearly almost a month ago, following a brutal domestic dispute that left a 10-year-old boy murdered. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened at around 7 a.m. on October 10, at a residence at 294 East Maple Street Wabash. When officers arrived, a man who lived in the …
Police in Texas recently arrested 21 suspects during a two-day anti-human trafficking operation. On Saturday, the city of Beaumont described the 21 men as “sex buyers” who solicited minors and adults. KFSM reported that some of the 21 suspects have been released on bond. The Beaumont Police Department and Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office collaborated …
A New York man who’s a person of interest in his young wife’s death apparently has a past criminal history of domestic abuse, according to court records. Although George McDonald, 24, has not been charged in connection with 19-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzie” Garrow’s murder, he has been behind bars for nearly a month for violating a …
An infant girl died in Virginia on Monday after the family’s German Shepherd reportedly attacked her in her sleep. Hampton Police Sgt. Amanda Moreland told the Virginian-Pilot that the 2-month-old girl was co-sleeping with her parents early Monday morning when the parents “awoke to motion on the bed that wasn’t normal to an infant.” According …
Police in Philadelphia are asking for the public’s help in the search for a little boy who vanished there on Sunday. As Fox 29 News reports, 1o-year-old Corey Young was last seen on Sunday on the 2800 block of West Jefferson Street. It is not clear from the report if Corey disappeared from his home …
A Nevada man accused of throwing his baby over a balcony, setting an apartment on fire, and killing the family dog has been identified, according to officials. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the father, identified as Clarence Martin Jr., allegedly threw his 2-month-old daughter from a 2nd-floor apartment home in Las Vegas on Saturday. The incident …
A Veterans Administration police officer in Oregon has been charged with invasion of privacy after he admitted that he installed “cameras in the room of a 14-year-old female for sexual purposes,” the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. Robert Wayne Roady, 48, was arrested Thursday evening after sheriff’s detectives took a report that hidden cameras had …
A Tennessee man has been charged with beating his 14-year-old stepbrother to death while their mother watched and did nothing to stop it, NewsChannel5 Nashville reports. Rebacca Greenwood, 52, and David Matheny, 33, initially told officers that Sayeed Neilson, who had autism, fell in the shower on Thursday night and that they helped in get …
The six-bedroom, seven-bath luxury home were Jennifer Farber Dulos and Fotis Dulos raised their children before her disappearance and his suicide will hit the market shortly, for $1.75 million, the Hartford Courant reports. Fotis Dulos built the home for the couple and as a showcase for the company he set up with the help of …
