A South Carolina woman who allegedly claimed she suffered a medical emergency as her 18-month-old grandson died in a hot car, was charged in connection with his death after police said they found inconsistencies with her story. Police announced on August 29 that they’ve arrested Janet Nix, 64, and charged her with homicide by child abuse …
A Texas girl who died Tuesday morning in a car crash was reportedly killed minutes after posing for a picture commemorating her first day of fourth grade. State troopers confirmed that Payton Lynn Crustner, 9, had the bottom part of her seatbelt on but was ejected from the vehicle during a two-car collision on Farm-to-Market Road 225 in …
A New York man walked into a Manhattan police precinct this week and reportedly confessed to chopping his girlfriend’s head off — four years ago. The New York Post reports that Ricky Gonzalez, 34, went to a precinct in TriBeCa and allegedly told officers there that he had killed and dismembered his girlfriend in 2014. …
A Florida woman was arrested after authorities found her passed out drunk in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a 5-year-old girl in tow. According to an arrest report obtained by WFLA, 20-year-old Sarah Nisse was discovered after the little girl answered a phone call from her father. Officials said the dad and daughter …
Heather Locklear is facing new legal troubles stemming from her June 24 arrest, when officials say she became combative towards emergency personnel responding to a disturbance at her California home. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the saga unfolded after a family member contacted authorities when the troubled actress allegedly became irrational and irritable after drinking alcohol. …
An Alaska woman is behind bars after police say her second child died in a similar way her other child previously died. She’s now facing charges in connection to the deaths of both children. Anchorage Daily News reports Stephany E. LaFountain, 23, faced indictment on Wednesday for the 2017 death of her 13-month-old daughter and the …
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and ALINA HARTOUNIAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A blown tire on a semitrailer may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger bus along Interstate 40 in New Mexico near the Arizona border, according to authorities. At least seven people were killed, and many of the 49 …
Authorities in California say a middle school teacher arrested on suspicion of a road rage incident and robbery earlier this year also kept a loaded handgun in his classroom at the San Jose school where he taught. According to the Mercury News, 35-year-old Charles Ha So was recently identified as a suspect in the February …
Authorities in Virginia say a former police chief was arrested on suspicion of abduction and rape in connection with two separate incidents involving the same alleged victim. According to Fox News, 46-year-old Kevin Matthew Buckland had been appointed the head of the Rich Creek Police Department in 2003. Three years later, he was fired following …
An administrator at Ripon College called the student org’s account ‘false and propagated’ in a recent email to CrimeOnline
A discarded cigarette reportedly helped police in Illinois identify a suspect in the 2009 stabbing death of a young mother whose body was found in her home. According to The News-Gazette, Michael Henslick, 30, was charged with the November 2, 2009, murder of Holly Cassano, 22, whose body was discovered by her mother in their home in …
A partially dressed Texas woman wearing broken shackles, caught on camera Friday morning while frantically ringing doorbells, was apparently escaping sexual assault from a man who later shot himself in the head. ABC reports that the mystery woman’s reported boyfriend, identified as 49-year-old Dennis Ray Collins, allegedly killed himself on Wednesday afternoon inside a Montgomery …
