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9-year-old boy accused of murdering mother previously threatened to stab 8-year-old girl to death; victim feared she was ‘raising the next serial killer’

 9-year-old boy accused of murdering mother previously threatened to stab 8-year-old girl to death; victim feared she was ‘raising the next serial killer’
Juveniles

The 9-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his adoptive mother this week had previously threatened to commit violent acts, and the woman he is now accused of killing reportedly feared he was not getting the help he needed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Pauline Randol was fatally shot at her home in Fawn River Township, Michigan, on …

Judgement in sex abuse lawsuit VACATED after R. Kelly’s lawyers claim he can’t read
Celebrity Justice
May 9, 2019

Judgement in sex abuse lawsuit VACATED after R. Kelly’s lawyers claim he can’t read

An Illinois judge who issued a default judgment against R. Kelly in a sex abuse lawsuit has withdrawn her ruling, allowing him another chance to challenge the suit in court. On Wednesday, Cook County Judge Moira Johnson reinstated the civil lawsuit against Kelly, 52, after his new lawyers, Raed Shalabi and Zaid Abdallah, claimed the …

33 years later, husband arrested for staging newlywed bride’s 1985 murder
Cold Cases
May 9, 2019

33 years later, husband arrested for staging newlywed bride’s 1985 murder

A Maryland man was charged last week for the 1985 murder of his wife, who was stabbed to death in what authorities long believed was a home burglary gone wrong. From the Baltimore Sun, Karen Norton, 23, had come home from work at JCPenney at 6:45 p.m. on December 17, 1985, when she was fatally …

Second-grader charged with murdering his mother
Family Crime
May 9, 2019

Second-grader charged with murdering his mother

A 9-year-old boy in Michigan is suspected of fatally shooting his own mother. WWMT obtained court records showing that Pauline Randol was fatally shot with a rifle at her home in Fawn River Township on Monday. Her 9-year-old son, reportedly a second grader at Congress Elementary School in Sturgis, is facing multiple counts in relation …

Burglar makes herself at home, pets family dog and washes dirty dishes: Cops
Burglary
May 8, 2019

Burglar makes herself at home, pets family dog and washes dirty dishes: Cops

Authorities in Ohio say a woman broke into a house in Vinton County on Monday morning and performed some odd jobs around the house before going on her way. According to the New York Post, Cheyenne Ewing was arrested on suspicion of entering the residence in Hamden at about 9 a.m. and making herself at …

Cops arrest suspect days after caged puppy found drowned in pond
Animal Crimes
May 8, 2019

Cops arrest suspect days after caged puppy found drowned in pond

A New Jersey woman was criminally charged Tuesday, days after she allegedly drowned a 10-week-old golden retriever puppy by placing it in a cage and dumping it into a pond. Tonya Fea, 47, is facing two counts of animal cruelty for the death of a female golden retriever puppy who was found dead in Greenwood …

Wife finds video of husband raping her 5-year-old son, police say
Sex Crimes
May 8, 2019

Wife finds video of husband raping her 5-year-old son, police say

A Tennessee man was arrested this week after his wife reportedly discovered a video showing him raping her 5-year-old son, who is his stepson. According to WSMV, the boy’s mother called police on Sunday, claiming she found footage from March 22 which appeared to depict her husband, John Calvillo, 20, committing sex acts on her …

Mother of Colorado school shooting suspect: ‘We just need a little time right now’
Juveniles
May 8, 2019

Mother of Colorado school shooting suspect: ‘We just need a little time right now’

The mother of the 18-year-old student accused of gunning down several people at a Colorado school on Tuesday, killing one, told a reporter she had no idea what prompted her son to commit the violent act. The New York Post reports that it reached Stephanie Erickson, the mother of shooting suspect Devon Erickson, by phone …