Blind killer on death row dies by electric chair decades after burning ex-girlfriend alive
Prison
Reporters claimed they spotted ‘steam or smoke’ coming off the side of Lee Hall’s head during his execution
Robbery
December 9, 2019
SEE IT: Bystanders ATTACK Arizona man trying to steal wheelchair with woman STILL IN IT
An Arizona man was arrested on Saturday after cameras appear to have caught him forcing a woman out of her wheelchair and attempting to steal it. The Phoenix Police Department announced in a Facebook post that they arrested Austin Shurbutt, 26, after publicizing surveillance footage that allegedly showed him assaulting and trying to rob a …
Podcast
December 9, 2019
Monday Crime Stories: Gorgeous 25-year-old goes to seance, vanishes. Parents beg for help
Where is Stephanie?
Murder
December 9, 2019
Mother has second thoughts about baby, slams newborn’s head into crib, killing him
A Minnesota jury found a woman guilty of murder last week, after an autopsy indicated her infant son died from skull fractures. Star Tribune reports that 26-year-old Shy Ann Hentges was found guilty of second-degree murder, in connection with the death of her 2-month-old son, Eli Arispe Hentges. She remains behind bars on a $500,000 …
Murder
December 9, 2019
BREAKING: City of Pensacola, site of terror shooting, now under cyberattack: Report
The city of Pensacola, Florida, where four people died in a mass shooting on Friday, is now experiencing a cyberattack. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a Saudi national who was training to be a pilot, allegedly shot three people at the Naval Air Station Pensacola before he was killed by police gunfire. As …
Violent Crime
December 9, 2019
Former tenant chokes, tries to kill 83-year-old landlord: Police
Police in California arrested a man on Friday who they said attacked and choked his elderly former landlord before leading them on a high-speed chase. Officers responded to an assault call at a Riverside County residence at around 4 a.m. on Friday. There, an 83-year-old man claimed his former tenant and an acquaintance, Paul Stephen …
Sex Crimes
December 9, 2019
Child predator compares himself to Ted Bundy, rapes several children at home daycare. Victims were as young as 6
A Utah man who compared himself to Ted Bundy pleaded guilty in court Friday to sodomizing and raping numerous children at a Salt Lake City daycare. CBS 2 reports that 36-year-old Theodore J. Heaps admitted to sexually assaulting children at his mother’s home daycare between 1998 and 2000, after a girl came forward last year …
Murder
December 9, 2019
MISSING: Colorado woman leaves to go hiking, doesn’t return
A young woman in Colorado is missing after she left to go hiking in Boulder this weekend. The Denver Channel reports that Alana Chen, 24, has not been seen since Saturday, when she reportedly drove from her home in Louisville to Boulder to go hiking on Saturday afternoon. Chen did not return from the hike, …
Violent Crime
December 9, 2019
Boyfriend carves name in girlfriend’s forehead with knife, breaks her jaw in three places: Police
A Texas man is behind bars after a brutal assault left his girlfriend with numerous injuries and his name carved on her forehead. KSAT 12 reports that Jackub Jackson Hildreth, 19, is facing felony aggravated assault charges after he allegedly beat 22-year-old Catalina Mireles on Thursday. The victim stayed in the hospital for days, with …
Murder
December 8, 2019
Murder charges for married man living double life after girlfriend dies during ‘bondage photo shoot’ in desert?
Nevada authorities say they are likely to file murder charges against a Pennsylvania man they believe killed his girlfriend and left her nude body on a remote road in the desert, KDKA reported. John Chapman, 39, is in jail in Pennsylvania charged with kidnapping, criminal use of a communication faciltiies, and obstructing administration of the …
Murder
December 8, 2019
Arkansas cop ‘executed’ in police department parking lot, chief says
An Arkansas police officer was shot and killed, apparently in ambush, behind the Fayetteville Police Department Saturday night, police said. Officer Stephen Carr, 27, was shot point-blank in the head while sitting in his patrol car shortly after 9:30 p.m., police said. Officers inside the station heard shots, and Corporal Seay Floyd and Officer Natalie …
December 8, 2019
SEE IT: San Diego man practiced mass shooting in videos posted online
San Diego police arrested a man this week after a brief investigation sparked by a call about “very distressing YouTube videos threatening firearm violence linked to San Diego.” The tipster said that an online chat user had “gone off the deep end,” warning that “he will open fire on federal agents or police,” NBC San …