A 5-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Chicago Saturday morning, and police are questioning a 27-year-old woman they say is a relative. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the little girl as Serenity Arrington, who, police said, had multiple stab wounds, CBS Chicago reports. Neighbors tried to help her before the arrival of …
A 20-year-old former North Carolina convict was arrested Friday in Winston-Salem after an investigation into two incidents involving a man forcing his way into women’s apartments and, in one case, raping her. Tavon Demaris Taylor has been charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree forcible rape, first-degree sex offense, kidnapping, assault by strangulation, felonious breaking and entering …
Mourners gathered together in South Carolina on Saturday to remember the life of Gannon Stauch, a young boy killed in Colorado earlier this year and found months later in Florida. At the gathering, held at the Beach Church in Myrtle Beach, mourners delivered heartfelt messages about the 11-year-old, including his best friend, who said Gannon …
A California man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his young daughter six years ago, the Press-Enterprise reports. Police on Thursday arrested 33-year-old Ernesto Landeros Jr. on suspicion of murder in the second degree and assault on a child under 8 years of age causing death. Landeros’ daughter, Destiny Marquez, …
Authorities have evidence that missing British tot Madeleine McCann may be dead, Seven News reports. In an interview with the Portuguese television network RTP, cited by the New York Post, a German prosecutor said there is “material” evidence that McCann is no longer alive. According to the report, prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters was asked by …
A new syndicated series from CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace debuts next month, focusing on how new technologies — DNA profiling, genetic genealogy, and familial searches — are helping bring closure to cold cases. “Bloodline Detectives” debuts on October 2. Its second episode, “Murder in the Snow,” takes on the 1984 murder of Wisconsin teenager Traci Hammerberg, …
A Florida man has been charged with commercial sex trafficking after he allegedly paid a 16-year-old girl repeatedly to let him sexually abuse her. Gregory Thomas Garcia, 34, faces a sentence of 10 years to life if convicted, the US Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, said. The newspaper said that a Homeland Security Investigations …
A 15-year-old Mississippi boy is being held on a $2 million bond, charged with the rape, beating, and stabbing of a 91-year-old woman with dementia, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. Tydarius Wade has been charged as an adult with rape, burglary, breaking and entering, and attempted murder in the brutal attack against the woman, who was …
A 26-year-old parolee is back in jail in Georgia after he shot and killed an ex-girlfriend, wounded her 4-year-old child and grandmother, and shot another woman while trying to rob a Waffle House. Karl Anthony Jordan allegedly shot the ex-girlfriend Wednesday night in Hampton, Georgia. She reportedly died in the hospital on Thursday, the Atlanta …
A New Hampshire man has been charged with murder in the death of his wife’s lover, and she has been charged with tampering with evidence after he allegedly ordered her to saw off the dead man’s head. The arrest affidavit for Britany Barron, 31, and Armando Barron, 30, tells a macabre tale of jealousy, deception, …
Authorities arrested a man in connection with the unsolved murder of a Florida teen: her own stepfather, Fox News reports. Dilcia Mejia had recently turned 16 years old in September 2004 when her throat was slashed. At the time, DNA testing was not available in the case. But with advancements in technology a decade-and-a-half later, investigators …
A South Dakota family is calling the state’s attorney general a “coward” after he struck and killed a man with his vehicle, an incident relatives fear might be covered up, the Daily Mail reports. Earlier this month, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg hit 55-year-old Joe Boever while driving in a rural part of the …
