Authorities in Rhode Island say a woman from Milford, Mass., was arrested last week on suspicion of driving a car into a body of water, submerging it with her three children still inside. According to Fox News, 30-year-old Amanda Nappi is accused of traveling to a reservoir just north of Newport at about 3 p.m. …
The remains of a Chinese scholar who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in central Illinois in 2017 may never be recovered, the Associated Press reports. That’s according to a court filing unsealed Friday in the case of Brendt Christensen, who was convicted earlier this week of kidnapping and killing Yingying Zhang in 2017. Lawyers for …
A lawyer for a New Hampshire woman accused of pushing her golden retriever into a lake and letting it drown says the dog’s death was an accident and that his client is suffering from unwarranted public scorn and harassment, the Union Leader reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police arrested 66-year-old Nancy Bucciarelli in Merrimack, New …
Police in Philadelphia are asking the public’s help finding a missing 13-year-old girl who has not been seen since Thursday. According to ABC 6, police said Kymirah Bennett was last seen on Thursday morning at the 2300 block of South 25th Street at around 10 a.m. Kymirah is described in the report as 5 feet …
New details are emerging about the suspect arrested in connection with the death of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, 31-year-old Ayoola Ajayi is accused of murdering the University of Utah student and burning her remains — along with various items belonging to her — in a fire on his property in Salt …
Luis Alvarez, a former NYPD detective who crusaded for funding for fellow 9/11 first responders, died Saturday at the age of 53. Mattew McCauley, Alvarez’ lawyer and former NYPD colleague, announced his death on Facebook. Alvarez died from complications of colorectal cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2016 and was attributed to the months …
Officials in California say four children between the ages of 2 and 13 contracted E. coli after coming into contact with animals at a petting zoo. A 2-year-old boy has since died as a result. While an ongoing investigation will seek to determine the source or sources, initial reports indicate all of the infected patients …
Texas authorities said more charges are expected in connection with the death of 4-year-old Houston girl, Maleah Davis, but they’re urging the public to be patient as the investigation continues. “You look at social media. They want people arrested; they don’t understand that that’s not the way investigations go,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said. …
Authorities in Manchester, England, say they recently took a 93-year-old woman into custody — but not for any crime she was accused of having committed. Instead, Josie Birds’ family says she’d long wanted to experience an arrest and local cops were willing to help her cross the item off her bucket list. Her granddaughter, Pam …
Authorities in Oklahoma say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of leaving her young child inside of a hot vehicle as she went inside a nearby liquor store to do some shopping. According to KFOR, Owasso police officers were dispatched to the location in the 8700 block of Owasso Expressway on Wednesday evening after …
Authorities in New York say a man has been arrested on suspicion of playing a role in the death of a 1-year-old boy last year. According to WNBC, the young victim, Darwin Gonzalez-Santana, was reportedly able to access a deadly drug cocktail of fentanyl and heroin in December while at an apartment in the Bronx. …
Jurors on Friday convicted “Ivy League Killer” Thomas Gilbert, Jr. of murdering his father over cuts to his weekly allowance, a result that all hinged on a can of Coke, the New York Post reports. The conviction came after deliberations spanned for more than two days. Jurors were not persuaded by an insanity defense that …
