Prosecutor Drops, Refiles Murder Case Against Pamela Hupp, Accused of Killing Her Friend for Insurance Money
Murder
The case inspired an NBC miniseries last year that starred Renee Zellweiger.
Shooting
October 29, 2023
Gunman Opens Fire When He’s Barred Entry to Chicago House Party, 15 Shot
At least 15 people were shot, two of them critically, as a Halloween house party in southwest Chicago came to an end in the early hours Sunday. Police said the gunman fled the scene but was captured nearby and taken into custody, WBBM reported. A handgun was recovered, they said. A witness told WBBM that …
child endangerment
October 29, 2023
Long Island Man Points Gun at 6-Year-Old Retrieving Bag of Candy Mistakenly Left on His Porch
A Long Island man has been charged with menacing and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly pointed a gun at a 6-year-old boy retrieving a bag of candy mistakenly left on his doorstep. Manhasset police said the incident happened Saturday evening when a mother tood her daughter, two sons, and a nephew …
Celebrity
October 29, 2023
Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing on ‘Friends,’ Found Dead in His Hot Tub
An autopsy to determine his cause of death may take weeks, but no foul play is suspected.
Murder
October 29, 2023
Woman Found Dead in Basement of Connecticut Home; Police Chief Says It’s ‘Deeply Troubling’
A Connecticut woman reported missing earlier in the day was found dead Saturday afternoon in the basement of a home in Willimantic. The woman’s family contacted police at about 2 p.m. and said she had been missing and unaccounted for since mid-morning. They said they believed she was in Willimantic in eastern Connecticut. Police went …
October 29, 2023
Former Ohio Social Worker Accused of Sex with Teen Shows Up to Victim’s House with Gun
A former Ohio social worker accused of having sex repeatedly with a 13-year-old allegedly showed up to the victim’s home with a gun this week and threatened to kill the boy’s mother and herself, WBNS-TV reports. Now, 24-year-old Payton Shires is back behind bars and faces additional charges stemming from the incident. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
Murder
October 29, 2023
Chicago Mom Convicted of Murder After Helping Son Kill and Rob Another Man
Jurors quickly convicted a Chicago mother of first-degree murder for helping her son and his girlfriend kill another man, hide his corpse and burglarize his home, WGN News reports. On Friday, the DuPage County state attorney’s office announced that it took a jury about 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case against 43-year-old …
Mass shooting
October 29, 2023
9 Shot, 1 Fatally in Indianapolis Mass Shooting
Nine people were shot, including one fatally, at a large party in Indianapolis early Sunday morning, WISH-TV reports. Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched around midnight to the 5100 block of East 65th Street, where they encountered a chaotic scene with shots still being fired and partygoers fleeing for safety. At least …
Mass shooting
October 28, 2023
Maine Massacre: County Sheriff Sent Out Statewide Alert About Robert Card’s Threats Last Month
A Maine county sheriff says he sent an awareness alert to all law enforcement agencies in the state in September after the Army Reserve tipped his department about Robert Card’s threats against his base and fellow soldiers, but deputies were unable to find him. Card, 40, was found dead Friday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, …
Attempted Murder
October 28, 2023
NY Mom Suspected of Munchausen’s By Proxy; Charged With Poisoning Daughter With Unnecessary Meds
A New York mother has been charged with with poisoning her 4-year-old daughter with “life-threatening levels” of seizure meds. Authorities say they believe Tajahnae Brown, 23, suffers from Munchausen’s syndrone by proxy, in which someone induces or invents illness in someone in their care for attention. Prosecutors say Brown made 190 trips to medical providers …
Court
October 28, 2023
Bryan Kohberger: Judge Nixes Attempt to Dismiss Grand Jury Indictment, Will Review DNA Evidence in Private Before Ruling
The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho murder trial issued orders this week regarding DNA evidence at trial and rejected a defense motion to toss the grand jury indictment. The DNA orders concerned the defense attempt to include documentation surrounding the use of investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) in discovery. Judge John C. Judge said that at …
Murder
October 28, 2023
Pregnant LA Model Maleesa Mooney Found Dead, Bound and Gagged Inside Refrigerator
Disturbing new details have come to light about a pregnant Los Angeles model found dead in her apartment last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police on September 12 were called to perform a welfare check on 31-year-old Maleesa Mooney and came upon her body while searching her apartment on South Figueroa Street. A newly released autopsy report …