Officials wanted Florida shooting suspect committed in 2016, but ‘recommendation was never acted upon’
Mass shooting
A commitment under the law would have made it more difficult if not impossible for Nikolas Cruz to obtain a gun legally.
March 18, 2018
Elderly woman kept in urine-drenched clothes hours, left in hospital hallway for SIX DAYS
A 93-year-old woman was left for six days in urine-soaked clothing while she waited for medical treatment at a British hospital, the Daily Mail reports. The woman, Enid Stevens, a former nurse herself, was reportedly admitted to St. James Hospital in Leeds because she had fractured her spine. Stevens had to wait for six hours …
Child Abuse
March 18, 2018
‘Dad’ throws teething baby from car for crying too much: Police
A Florida man allegedly threw his infant son out of a car because he would not stop crying, causing the child to land on his head, the Sun News reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged Jacob Lowman, 22, of Conway, Florida, with unlawful neglect of a child. The baby’s mother, Juliana Biggerstaff, 20, also faces the same …
Family Crime
March 18, 2018
Husband going through messy divorce kills mom of three, drives to police station and turns himself in: Cops
A Michigan man who reportedly shot and killed his wife on March 12 promptly drove to the police station after the incident and turned himself in. FOX News reports that Shaun Wheeler, 39, walked into a Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and admitted that he shot and killed his 41-year-old wife, Cory Ehlers, inside their Rochester Hills residence off …
child endangerment
March 18, 2018
FOUND: AMBER Alert teen Amy Yu located in Mexico with older, married ‘boyfriend’ after two weeks on the run
Authorities have tracked down the Pennsylvania high school student missing with a 45-year-old family friend in Mexico, and the teen girl is on her way to being reunited with her family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Amy Yu, 15, of Allentown, disappeared on March 5 after Kevin Esterly allegedly signed her out of Lehigh Valley Academy Charter School, …
Celebrity Justice
March 17, 2018
Aaron Hernandez lawyer says disgraced NFL star wasn’t in his right mind when he committed suicide in prison
This weekend, Oxygen is airing a two-part documentary about the troubled life of Aaron Hernandez, an NFL rising star who was convicted of murder and took his own life in prison nearly a year ago — just after he was found not guilty at his second murder trial. “Aaron Hernandez Uncovered” focuses heavily on the …
Violent Crime
March 17, 2018
GRAPHIC video reportedly shows deputies laugh as naked inmate dies following 46-hour chair restraint
Authorities have released jail surveillance footage that allegedly reveals guards laughing as they watched an inmate die on the floor of his cell after an extended period of constraint. According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, a naked Andrew Holland had been bound to a chair for 46 hours when he fell to the floor …
Animal Crimes
March 17, 2018
Goat heads and chicken blood: At least a dozen take part in gruesome animal sacrifice, cops say
An array of animal cruelty charges are in the works after police in Texas announced the arrest of between 12 and 14 people they claim took part in an animal sacrifice as part of a ritual in the garage of a San Antonio residence this week. According to Fox News, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office …
Child Abuse
March 17, 2018
Bus driver sexually assaults multiple special-needs students over 10-year span: Cops
A California school bus driver faces criminal charges stemming from accusations that he maintained inappropriate relationships with multiple students over the past decade. According to KSBW, 58-year-old Bill Harvey is expected to be charged with counts including rape, kidnapping and stalking. He had been employed by the Salinas Union High School District, Monterey County’s largest, …
Murder
March 17, 2018
She was strangled: New details about murdered Binghamton student and suspect who fled country
New information has surfaced about the Binghamton University student found dead at her New York home earlier this month as well as the man police believe strangled her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, shortly after authorities found 20-year-old Haley Anderson’s body, investigators focused on a person of interest they said previously dated the victim and fled …
Child Abuse
March 17, 2018
Thousands of child pornography videos, some involving torture, found in trailer home
Texas authorities have discovered thousands of videos of sex abuse against kids, including some that depict torture, in what a sheriff says is the “worst case” of child pornography he has ever seen, KPRC-TV reports. Police in Coldspring, Texas, found more than 3,000 disturbing videos in a trailer home involving children between 5 and 12 …
Trials
March 17, 2018
Tex McIver: Doctor claims slain wife refused to see attorney husband before she died
The trial of prominent Atlanta attorney Tex McIver will continue on Monday, after an emotional first week in which numerous medical professionals testified, including a doctor who said the victim didn’t want to see the suspect, her husband, before emergency surgery after she was shot. During opening statements on Monday, Prosecutor Seleta Griffin explained to jurors …