A Florida judge dashed the hopes of defense attorneys who filed to have the confession of their client — a father accused of killing his wife, three children, and family dog — thrown out before the trial began. Anthony Todt has been charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of Megan Todt and …
A hearing for a Texas woman accused of killing her best friend and kidnapping her baby is underway in Travis County. According to court documents, the hearing is in connection with capital murder charges against Magen Fieramusca, who stands accused of killing her friend, Heidi Broussard, in 2019, then kidnapping her newborn daughter. Fieramusca, 36, …
A Louisiana man has been jailed after two 12-year-old girls reported he had been sexually abusing them for years. Juan Rivera, 43, has been charged with two counts of first degree rape, according to jail records. WBRZ reported that arrest documents say one of the girls said the abuse began when she was 6-years-old. The …
A baby boy in Indiana reportedly died last year because his car seat straps were too tight, leading to his mother being criminally charged on Friday. According to WANE, Megan Ford’s son weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces during a wellness check which occurred days before his death on May 26, 2021. On the day in …
Pamela Smart will not be getting out of prison. For the third time, the convicted murderer requested a hearing for a sentence reduction, and for the third time, the request has been denied. Smart’s request was rejected in a 5-0 vote by a New Hampshire state council. Even though Smart denied plotting to kill her …
One of three California men from “wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families” is up for parole almost 46 years after he kidnapped Chowchilla children and helped bury them alive, the San Fransico Examiner reports. In one of the biggest kidnappings in the nation’s history, Frederick Newhall Woods and two other men hijacked a school bus …
An Indiana man has been charged with killing his wife who reportedly filed for separation this month; her body was found early Saturday partially submerged in a creek. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Indiana State Police arrested 39-year-old Andrew Wilhoite, saying he struck Nikki Wilhoite in the head with a blunt object, then drove her to a …
Arizona police are searching for a woman after a deceased newborn was reportedly discovered in a fast food restaurant bathroom on Sunday. The Phoenix Fire Department pronounced the baby boy dead after responding to a call at a Phoenix McDonald’s. According to the Arizona Republic, surveillance footage shows a woman exiting the bathroom before the …
A Michigan woman and her 9-month-old son died last week in a hospital’s garage in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning. According to WDIV, Kellye Weathersby-Canty was with her infant son, Kanaan, when she dropped off her mother at Harper Hospital in Detroit on March 23. Weathersby-Canty’s mother finished her doctor’s appointment but was …
The family of a 14-year-old boy who fell from an amusement park ride in Orlando this month is pushing to have the ride shut down indefinitely after his father learned about his son’s death on social media. The incident happened earlier this month on the ICON Park’s Free Fall, which has been described as the world’s largest …
Savannah Hardin lied. She ate a candy bar given to her by a classmate. Hardin was not allowed to eat chocolate due to a medical condition, made worse by consuming caffeine. When Joyce Hardin Garrard found out, the Alabama grandmother made the 9-year-old run. Eyewitnesses told police that Garrard made the little girl run for …
A jury convicted a West Virginia woman on Monday of killing her mother and sister in 2017 and staging the crime scene to suggest a murder-suicide. Prosecutors said Megan Hargan, 39, was angry at her mother, Pamela Hargan, 63, because she did not give her $400,000 to purchase a home, and she believed her mother …
