A family from Virginia reportedly became violently ill while on a vacation to the Dominican Republic, after eating at the same hotel where members of a graduation trip were also sickened. Amy Burbach Jensen of Fairfax told the New York Post that her family of eight traveled to the Dominican Republic for a vacation on …
The family of a Staten Island woman who died mysteriously while vacationing in the Dominican Republic earlier this month says that officials there claimed the woman had a history of heart attacks, when in fact she did not. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Leyla Cox, 53, died on June 10 while on vacation in Punta Cana …
The family of 15-year-old, Riley Crossman, assumes she walked to school just like every other day. Panic sets in when they get the call that she never arrived. After her body is found in the woods of West Virginia, police arrest a man who was let into her home. Nancy’s Expert Panel Weighs In: Karen …
One of the five gang members convicted for last year’s mistaken-identity murder of a 15-year-old New York boy allegedly attacked a corrections officer on Tuesday. Sources told WPIX that Jose Muniz—who is facing life in prison for the June 20 slaying of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz—dislocated the shoulder of a Manhattan Detention Center corrections officer. The officer …
A New York woman will go to prison after admitting to dumping her newborn son in a motel toilet shortly after giving birth to him last year, resulting in his hospitalization for two weeks. The Times Herald-Record reported that Teresa Rose Smith, 23, was sentenced to 10 years for a November 1 incident at a …
Although he lived in a small one-bedroom home in Los Angeles with his wife and children, a stepfather said he had no idea his wife kept her 11-year-old son locked away in a closet for three years. NBC Los Angeles reports that during the preliminary hearing of a murder trial in connection with the death …
A Michigan mother has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges following accusations that she and her then-husband kept their children locked in a room a police officer described as a “dungeon.” The Lansing State Journal reports that Sarah Conde, 29, entered into a plea deal on Tuesday, admitting to having refused dental care for her …
Washington police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked the same victim he previously raped. Authorities believe he is still in the same area, hiding out. KIRO 7 reports that 35-year-old Francisco Carranza-Ramirez was released from jail last Thursday and on Sunday, returned to the victim’s home in White Center and beat her, according …
An ex-schoolteacher whose murder of a lover’s wife drew comparisons to the 1987 movie “Fatal Attraction” was released from a New York prison Monday after serving 27 years behind bars. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed to CNN that Carolyn Warmus, 55, will be on parole for life following her …
Newly released court documents offer some troubling details surrounding allegations that a sheriff’s deputy engaged in a sexual relationship with a juvenile male victim. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Shauna Bishop, a 45-year-old Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputy, was arrested on suspicion that she molested the 16-year-old boy. Investigators noted in initial statements that the suspect …
Five years after a Georgia man left his toddler son inside a hot car for eight hours, he’s still hoping to be released from prison one day and awaiting his court date after filing an appeal. AJD reports that Justin Ross Harris still insists that his son Cooper’s death was an accident. Harris said he …
Authorities in Arizona say a man was arrested on suspicion of brutally killing his roommate’s pet dog. According to KPHO, 21-year-old Jose Vega Meza is accused of cutting the animal’s head off before attempting to hide its mutilated remains from the dog’s owner. Police reports allege Vega Meza’s roommate saw him attempting to load a …
