Investigators say Robert Wagner’s initial statement doesn’t ‘add up to what we found’ – but renewed investigation may end unless new witnesses come forward
Cold Cases
“When the tips all dry up, then I guess we move on to the next case.”
Murder
February 5, 2018
Two young children found stabbed to death in apartment: Report
Two children were found stabbed to death in a home in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Monday. Fox 25 Boston reports that police and EMT responded to a 911 call concerning a residence on Prospect Street and found two children dead of stab wounds in a third floor apartment. Plymouth County DA Timothy Cruz did not identify …
Missing
February 5, 2018
Deceased male found in pond, near area where college student Blake Smith’s car was found
Authorities found the body of a male in a pond on Mon., around seven miles away from a missing college student’s car was found in Louisville, Tennessee. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Blake Ryan Smith, a Crown College student originally from Trussville, Ala., disappeared on Sun. afternoon after finishing up his work shift at a construction site just …
School Crimes
February 5, 2018
Dental students took selfie with severed heads: Report
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Graduate dental school students and a top University of Connecticut orthodontics professor took a selfie with two severed heads used for medical research at a training workshop at Yale University last year — an episode Yale officials called “disturbing” and “inexcusable.” The selfie was taken in June …
Child Abuse
February 5, 2018
‘House of Horrors’ siblings to get college scholarships after suffering unthinkable neglect and torture while held captive in their own home
The City of Perris, California, and the Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation have unveiled a scholarship program aimed at providing the 13 siblings allegedly subjected to unthinkable torture with a college education. In a statement, the foundation announced the creation of the “Perris Bright Futures Fund,” an account intended to help the Perris siblings rebuild their lives and pay for …
Cold Cases
February 5, 2018
Natalee Holloway’s mom sues over TV series about daughter
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the producers of what she contends was a fake television documentary about the case. Beth Holloway said in a federal lawsuit filed …
Missing
February 5, 2018
‘I miss their voices’: Jailed father of missing Skelton brothers speaks out for first time in six years
A Michigan father who claimed he gave his three sons to a family more than seven years ago said in a jailhouse interview that he regrets his decision and misses his boys. Speaking with WDIV from an Ionia County prison, John Skelton cried as he recounted how he gave his sons, Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, …
Celebrity Justice
February 5, 2018
‘We’re trying to figure out what happened’: LA Homicide chief on Natalie Wood death investigation, Robert Wagner’s role
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department gave a press conference Monday to discuss the latest developments in the Natalie Wood death investigation. Homicide Bureau Lieutenant John Corina confirmed in the news conference that Wood’s 1981 drowning “remains a suspicious circumstances death” and explained how detectives had obtained new witness accounts they discussed in a CBS …
Child Abuse
February 5, 2018
Parents convince young boy he’s dying from brain cancer to collect donations: Police
A Florida couple allegedly led their 13-year-old son to believe he was dying in order to solicit charitable donations from the local community for spurious medical expenses. The New York Post reports that Ginny Irovando Long, 34, and her husband, Robert Edward Long, 47, were charged with one count of child abuse and nine counts …
Celebrity Justice
February 5, 2018
Monday Crime Stories: Why actor Robert Wagner is now a ‘person of interest” in Natalie Wood’s death
For the first time since Natalie Wood’s body was pulled from the cool Pacific waters off Catalina Island in 1981, investigators have publicly identified a “person of interest” in the superstar actress’s death. A Los Angeles Sheriff’s detective says her husband, actor Robert Wagner, is a person of interest in the wake of new evidence …
Sex Crimes
February 5, 2018
Pedophile Olympic sports doctor Larry Nassar sentenced to 40 to 125 years in prison for molesting young athletes
By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — The former sports doctor whose serial sexual abuse of girls and young women upended the gymnastics world was sentenced Monday to a third prison term of 40 to 125 years for molesting young athletes at an elite Michigan training center. Larry Nassar listened to dozens of victims …
Celebrity Justice
February 5, 2018
Robert Wagner drank whiskey instead of searching for Natalie Wood: Report
More incriminating testimony has come to light after Robert Wagner was identified as a person of interest in his wife Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning death. Wood drowned after falling from a yacht in Catalina in November 1981. She was accompanied by her then-husband Wagner and actor Christopher Walken on the night of her drowning; yacht …