Nearly two years after a 10-year-old boy died in a horrific waterslide accident in Kansas City, the park is closing down the tallest waterslide in the world. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of a Kansas City lawmaker, died in August 2016 on the Verruckt waterslide at the Schlitterbahn waterpark when a raft …
An Idaho woman and her two daughters are under investigation for conspiracy to commit theft and murder after a coroner determined that the woman’s husband may have been killed, despite her claims that he likely drowned while on a boating trip. KXLY reports that Laurcene ‘Lori” Isenberg reported her husband, 68-year-old Larry Isenberg, missing on February 13 …
A Missouri circuit court ordered Johnson & Johnson on Thursday to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women and their families after they made claims that asbestos in the company’s talcum powder products, including its baby powder, led them to develop ovarian cancer, The New York Times reports. A St. Louis jury awarded the women, who …
Police and family members are asking for the public’s help in the desperate search for a 22-year-old PhD student at the University of Southern California. ABC 7 reports that Bo John Jones disappeared after leaving his Los Angeles apartment late Sunday afternoon, presumably for walk in nearby MacArthur Park. Jones reportedly took his cell phone with …
Atlanta police are searching for the suspect who they say robbed four people and shot one in the upscale Brookhaven area of Atlanta on early Sunday, following a wedding reception. According to Atlanta PD, as a group left a wedding reception at the Capital Country Club in Brookhaven on July 8, a male approached them …
A Texas murder-for-hire case added another suspect recently more than a month after 19-year-old Nicolas Shaughnessy and his wife Jaclyn Edison were arrested on suspicion of solicitation to commit capital murder. According to People, Johnny Roman Leon III was arrested in Austin this week on suspicion of one count of soliciting to commit capital murder. …
Another suspect has been arrested in connection with the violent rape and murder of a teen boy last month. According to People, the 20-year-old girlfriend of one of the two brothers already in custody surrendered to authorities this week on an arrest warrant. Lewis County, Washington, Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer said Emma L. Brown is expected …
An Ohio woman who solicited a hitman to kill her stepdaughters’ mother spend five years behind bars for the failed murder-for-hire plot. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Tara Arbogast, formerly known as Tara Lambert, ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. Arbogast, 35, was caught on camera in July 2015 offering a hitman a $125 downpayment …
A Louisiana woman was arrested on Wednesday after a month-long investigation into the death of her husband, who authorities say she killed. NOLA.com reports that Shantel Wagner, 35, called 911 at around 11:25 p.m. on June 17 to report that her husband, Troy Smith, 44, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Sergeant, shot himself in the head. Wagner reportedly claimed her …
An Arkansas teen is facing capital murder charges after last month’s smothering death of his infant daughter—who he reportedly tried to shock with an extension cord after she lost consciousness. Police were reportedly called to a Van Buren home on June 12 following reports of an unresponsive baby. The 2-month-old at the home was transported to …
The 12 Thai schoolboys rescued from a cave this week were reportedly given a “small sedative” before they embarked on a rescue mission that continues to grab international headlines. Australian newspaper Adelaide Now reported that Dr. Richard Harris entered the cave to assess the boys’ condition before administering the sedative. Moreover, Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha confirmed …
A sadistic serial killer who may have murdered over 100 victims charmed his way onto a TV dating game show — right in the middle of his killing spree. Rodney Alcala was Bachelor Number One on a 1978 episode of “The Dating Game,” a campy game show in which three men compete for the attention …
