Authorities in Louisiana say a postal carrier was fatally shot while on the job in a Shreveport community this weekend. According to UPI, police were able to identify a suspect after 52-year-old Antonio Williams was shot late Saturday morning. Reports indicate 32-year-old Michael Gentry has been arrested and booked into Shreveport City Jail, where he …
A friend of the Connecticut woman who vanished last month said she had been “afraid for her life” since filing for divorce in 2017. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jennifer Dulos’ estranged husband, Fotis, 51, and his girlfriend, 44-year-old Michelle Troconis, have been arrested on suspicion of hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence in connection with …
Story contributed by Kim Leigh Martin, Co-founder and President of 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Missing Pieces Network. Utah police are desperately searching for a college student who disappeared on Monday and hasn’t been heard from since. Mackenzie Lueck, a 23-year-old student at University of Utah, was last heard from by family around 1:00 a.m. on Monday …
A woman who was locked alone inside a cold and dark plane earlier this month says she is suffering from anxiety and night terrors, CTV News reports. On June 9, Tiffani Adams returned to Toronto after visiting a friend in Quebec for her birthday, an experience she said was “one of the best weekends I’ve …
The lawyer for a man accused of tampering with evidence in connection with the disappearance of Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos, says that woman wrote her own “Gone Girl” style novel before disappearing. New York Post reports that Norm Pattis, a lawyer for Jennifer’s estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, stated Jennifer wrote a 500-page manuscript years ago …
The trial of a Florida man charged with dismembering his own father’s dead body has been found guilty and sentenced to 15 years behind bars. According to Fox News, 50-year-old James “Jimmy” Scandirito was convicted on Friday for abusing a dead body. He was not, however, convicted of murdering 74-year-old James “Skip” Scandirito. The case …
In response to continued reports of deaths and illnesses among travelers to the Dominican Republic, one Punta Cana resort is implementing some new measures aimed at ensuring guest safety. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, the Hard Rock Resort & Casino is among the area hotels included in the string of guest deaths making headlines in …
Court records in Florida indicate a wheelchair-bound man facing criminal charges of burglary only made matters worse when he allegedly defecated and attempted to throw his own waste at the presiding judge. According to the Associated Press, 33-year-old Dorleans Philidor was seated near Judge Lisa Walsh during trial on Friday at a Miami-Dade circuit court. …
Authorities in South Carolina say a toddler is dead after retrieving a firearm from his grandmother’s pocketbook and firing it at his own head. According to ABC News, 2-year-old Kayden Stuber was at a home in Greenville County where his grandmother and aunt were babysitting while his parents worked. A spokesperson from the county coroner’s …
A Buffalo Wild Wings location in California was closed this week after a live rat reportedly fell from the restaurant’s ceiling and onto a table being used by customers. Alisha Norman told KTRK that she was watching the U.S. Women’s Soccer game at a Westchester Buffalo Wild Wings on Thursday when she heard a noise …
Reports suggest a California man accused of killing a young police officer this week during an hours-long standoff at his residence was watching the incident play out via surveillance cameras installed across the property. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 26-year-old Tara O’Sullivan was still in training with the Sacramento Police Department when she was fatally shot …
A Massachusetts woman who stored the rotting corpses of three newborns in her filthy home was acquitted of murder, as her defense argued that she was fearful of an abusive boyfriend, MassLive.com reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Superior Court Judge Janet Kenton-Walker found 35-year-old Erika Murray not guilty of second-degree murder and child endangerment, but …
