Authorities may have a break in the grisly case of a woman whose dismembered body was found scattered around a Brooklyn park earlier this month. The New York Daily News reports that investigators have arrested and interrogated a man they suspect murdered and mutilated 26-year-old Brandy Odom three weeks ago. The suspect is reportedly a …
NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — A man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy was arrested Saturday outside a remote cabin, ending an intense manhunt in its fourth day in the woods of central Maine. A law enforcement team used the slain deputy’s handcuffs to arrest 29-year-old John Williams in a symbolic gesture, Sheriff Dale Lancaster said. …
Authorities in New York say they are looking for a suspect caught on surveillance footage throwing a tantrum and damaging property at a Popeye’s Chicken restaurant on Staten Island. According to the New York Post, the woman became irate after learning that a value meal she ordered did not come with a drink. She reportedly …
An Illinois man is facing 135 criminal counts in connection with his alleged role in a fatal shooting aboard a charter bus earlier this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police initially identified 22-year-old Raheem King as a suspect who had been among the “adult-themed” party bus passengers when he opened fire with a rifle he …
A semi trailer traveling through Washington state this week was stopped by police who found a large quantity of narcotics on board, including roughly 126 pounds of methamphetamine. According to The Olympian, the truck was also transporting products destined for Starbucks locations in Spokane when it was pulled over along Interstate 5 a short distance …
The stepmother of a 5-year-old missing Kansas boy Lucas Hernandez officially lost custody of her toddler daughter on Friday. The Wichita Eagle reports that Sedgwick County Juvenile Court Judge Kevin Smith revoked the parental rights of 26-year-old Emily Glass after evidence showed that her 1-year-old daughter is a “child in need of care.” Under Kansas state law, …
A Kansas man is facing a possible death sentence if convicted of capital murder charges connected to his pregnant girlfriend’s death earlier this year. Prosecutors accuse 26-year-old Devonte Dominique Wash of killing 23-year-old Ashley Harlan and their unborn child in January. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Harlan was killed on the day she was to learn …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators hunting down the so-called Golden State Killer used information from genetic websites last year that led to the wrong man, court records obtained Friday by The Associated Press showed. An Oregon police officer working at the request of California investigators persuaded a judge in March 2017 to order a 73-year-old …
Prosecutors have criminally charged a Canadian woman in connection with the death of her 2-year-old daughter, the National Post reports. Audrey Gagnon, of Quebec City, faces a second-degree murder charge for allegedly stabbing the girl, Rosalie, to death. The mother also faces a charge of committing an indignity to a body after disposing her daughter’s …
After a six-year investigation into the death of an Indiana teenager who passed away in 2012, the Howard County Medical Examiner determined the teen died accidentally. In turn, no charges are warranted in the case. The Howard County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that in light of information uncovered through investigations, a further autopsy review …
LONDON (AP) — Alfie Evans, a sick British toddler whose parents won support from the pope during a protracted legal battle to take him to the Vatican children’s hospital for treatment, died early Saturday, five days after he was taken off life support. The parents, Kate James and Tom Evans, announced their 23-month-old son’s death …
A total of four young children are expected to face criminal charges after school officials determined they had compiled a “hit list” featuring enemies at two Ohio schools they allegedly targeted for a violent attack. According to WJW, a 10-year-old girl at Franklin Elementary School also brought a large knife with her in a backpack …
