Neighbors, teacher warned authorities about abuse and neglect of 6-year-old girl. Then she was found dead
Family Crime
Police found the little girl “bleeding from the nose, turning different colors”
Shooting
August 15, 2020
Former NFL Pro Bowler Chip Banks in serious condition after Atlanta shooting
Former Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl linebacker Chip Banks is in serious condition following a shooting in Atlanta, the Associated Press said Saturday. Atlanta police spokeswoman Marla Rooker told the AP that Banks was one of three men with gunshot wounds found by officers responding to reports of a shooting at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday. …
Murder
August 15, 2020
‘Shockingly violent’ machete attack leaves beloved mom dead; husband, children and family friend injured
Colorado police have arrested a man they say killed a woman and wounded four other people in a violent machete attack this week, CBS Denver reported. Police say Lonny Lynn McNair, 48, killed 51-year-old Bonnie Skinner and badly injured her husband Vincent, daughters Paige and Abigayle, and family friend Daniel Smeal in an attack that …
Violent Crime
August 15, 2020
Italia Lomelli-Graham: 5-year-old girl shot dead while playing inside her own home, mourners push for justice as shooter remains elusive
A 5-year-old girl playing inside her South Carolina home was shot dead on August 6, leaving family members devastated and pushing for justice. The Post and Courier reports that Italia Lomelli-Graham was in the hallway of her family’s home off of Langley Drive in Summerville when a bullet sliced through a brick wall and hit …
Missing
August 15, 2020
Beautiful pastor’s wife, missing 2 weeks, originally planned to fly from Kansas to Alabama
A Kansas pastor’s wife who disappeared earlier this month while driving to visit family in Alabama originally planned to make the trip by airplane, Overland Park police say, but changed her mind and set off for Birmingham by car, AL.com reported. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Marilane Carter, 36, was last seen leaving her home at …
Murder
August 15, 2020
Nancy Grace: Accused killer of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant will face death penalty
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace, speaking with Tucker Carlson on his Fox News show, predicted that the man charged with murdering 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant in his front yard would face the death penalty. Darius Nathaniel Sessoms, 25, was charged with first degree murder the day after the shooting on Sunday that left many in the small community …
Prison
August 15, 2020
Former stripper who threatened to have his white supremacist gang kill his roommate sentenced to 200 months in prison
A white supremacist stripper was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on Thursday for obstruction of justice and possessing a weapon in jail, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas announced. Collin Garrett Hayden was found guilty of the obstruction charge in March. He pleaded guilty to the weapons charge before …
Murder
August 15, 2020
Cannon Hinnant: Dad says there had been no ‘bad blood’ with neighbor who randomly shot 5-year-old point blank range in the head
A North Carolina father says he has no idea why his neighbor of eight years shot North Carolina boy, Cannon Hinnant, in the head over the weekend. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the U.S. Marshals Service Carolinas Regional Task Force arrested Darius Nathaniel Sessoms, 25, on Monday. He’s been charged with murder in connection with the death of 5-year-old …
Murder
August 15, 2020
Nancy Grace says teen set on fire, stabbed is an ‘example of lawlessness taking over our country’
The brutal murder of New York City teen Winston Ortiz suggests violent crime may be increasing around the country, CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace told Fox News. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 18-year-old Winston Ortiz was stabbed multiple times and then set on fire in an apartment building on Wednesday. Authorities have charged 22-year-old Adones Betances with murder and manslaughter in …
Missing
August 15, 2020
‘You’re a warrior’: Mourners gather to remember murdered soldier Vanessa Guillen
Mourners this week gathered to say goodbye to U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, who was allegedly murdered by a fellow soldier earlier this year in a case that has prompted outcry over the mistreatment of women in the armed forces, the New York Times reports. On Friday, a custom-made coffin on a horse-drawn carriage circled the track at César E. …
Cold Cases
August 14, 2020
Alabama man charged in 1999 cold case murders of his mother and sister
A 42-year-old Alabama man was arrested this week for the murders of his mother and sister 21 years ago, AL.com reported. Joe Daniel Stallions is being held without bond in Coosa County for the shotgun deaths of Bobbi Ingram, 38, and his sister, Jodi Stallions, 17, on January 12, 1999. Both were shot in the …
Murder
August 14, 2020
Georgia state trooper fired, charged with murder in traffic stop shooting
A Georgia State Patrol trooper has been fired and charged with murder in the August 7 shooting death of a 60-year-old man who tried to flee a traffic stop, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Jacob Gordon Thompson, 27, has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the incident and booked into …