Tennessee mom charged with shooting death of 5-year-old daughter
Murder
Robin Howington tried to blame her toddler son for the shooting
Murder
July 9, 2020
MANHUNT: Suspect on the run after fatally shooting pregnant woman carrying his unborn baby at George Floyd Memorial site [Prosecutors]
Doctors were able to deliver the slain woman’s baby, who remains in critical condition
Juveniles
July 9, 2020
13-year-old boy shoots and kills 9-year-old brother during game of ‘cops and robbers’
A 13-year-old boy in Pennsylvania has been charged as an adult in the shooting death of his 9-year-old brother, according to the Chambersburg Public Opinion. Brayden Leroy Wright told police he and his brother were in the living room of their Waynesboro home early Wednesday morning when he decided he wanted to play “cops and …
Celebrity Justice
July 9, 2020
Jeffrey Epstein gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell on suicide watch, given paper sheets and clothes in Brooklyn jail following sex trafficking bust
Accused Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is being closely monitored while in custody in New York City, with jail officials taking extra precautions to ensure Maxwell, 58, lives to see her day in court. Last August, Epstein took his own life in his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Center while awaiting trial on federal sex …
Court
July 9, 2020
‘Takes a heck of lot of oxygen to talk,’ Derek Chauvin tells George Floyd as he repeatedly says he can’t breathe: Transcripts
As George Floyd struggled to breathe, repeatedly telling the three Minneapolis police officers pinning him down that he was claustrophobic and felt like he was about to die, one officer chided him that he was using “a heck of a lot of oxygen” to talk, body cam transcripts reveal. Derek Chauvin, the fired officer charged …
Police
July 9, 2020
Breonna Taylor: Investigator PRAISES cop for ‘passive’ approach to deadly raid in newly-released police interview [Report]
Previously-unheard audio of interviews about the police raid that led to Breonna Taylor’s death provides additional insight into what happened the night the young woman was fatally shot by police while she was asleep at home. NBC News obtained audio of interviews with Louisville Metro police Seargent Jonathan Mattingly and Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, 28. …
Murder
July 9, 2020
Husband bludgeons wife with hammer, smothers her infant child after learning the baby wasn’t his: Docs
A Virginia man was arrested Wednesday, a day after he allegedly attacked his wife with a hammer and smothered her 5-month-old daughter at their shared home. The Gloucester Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday that Dennis Chambers, 60, was arrested in New Kent County. On Tuesday afternoon, officers responded to a Gloucester home and …
Suicide
July 9, 2020
10-year-old Baraboo girl died from suicide, preliminary autopsy results say
Preliminary autopsy results say that Kodie Dutcher, the 10-year-old girl who went missing from her Wisconsin home on Monday, died from “pharmacologic suicide,” the Baraboo Police Department said Thursday. The autopsy, conducted Wednesday, revealed no signs of foul play or abuse, police said. Toxicology results will be back in about two weeks, and the full …
National
July 9, 2020
‘We have a problem at Fort Hood’: Expert says murders of soldiers Vanessa Guillen and Gregory Morales are linked
Fort Hood soldier Gregory Morales was found dead on June 19, and within weeks of the discovery, a work crew found the remains of Fort Hood soldier, Vanessa Guillen, several miles away. Are the deaths connected? While the military pushed back on the notion, some experts feel the soldiers’ deaths are linked. Around 10 months …
July 9, 2020
Missing ‘Glee’ actress Naya Rivera presumed dead after vanishing in lake, sheriff says
Authorities searching for missing actress Naya Rivera have said they do not expect to find the 33-year-old “Glee” star alive. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Rivera went missing on Lake Piru in Ventura County Wednesday evening during an outing with her 4-year-old son. A fellow boater at the lake spotted the boy alone and asleep in …
Juveniles
July 9, 2020
URGENT MISSING: Police ask for public’s help in search for 2-year-old boy who vanished this week
Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for a 2-year-old boy who was last seen on Tuesday in Philadelphia. According to WPVI, police said that King Hill, 2, was just seen Tuesday morning, shortly before 10 a.m. at the intersection of 31st and Page streets. Doomsday death & deception: Nancy Grace investigates “Cult Mom” Lori Vallow. Inside …
Murder
July 8, 2020
Suspect tries to flee disguised as his sister; missing man’s body found under his floorboards
An Alaska man was indicted last last month for the murder of a man who had been missing for five years — and whose body was found beneath the floorboards of the man now charged with his death, the Alaska Department of Public Safety says. Jay Osmond Gardner, 55, had long been a suspect in …