A 60-year-old man was convicted on Thursday by a Los Angeles County jury, almost 40 years after he raped, murdered, and kidnapped a young mother. KTLA reports that the jury found Neal Antoine Matthews guilty of first-degree murder and guilty of “murder during a rape, robbery, and kidnapping” The victim, Leslie Long, 20 at the time, …
A former girl’s soccer coach who confessed to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in his own bedroom will not spend a day behind bars. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Rebecca L. Noonan, 33, admitted to having sex with the underage teen in his bedroom while his mother wasn’t home. The 33-year-old was sentenced this week to supervised probation for …
A Waxahachie, Texas, man who sexually abused five children at his wife’s day care was sentenced to prison on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reports that Dennis Ray Avery, 58, victimized the five children—all younger than 6—at his wife’s home-based day care over a two-year period. After pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a …
The alleged mastermind is suspected of trying to “sell” footage of the assault to male acquaintances
Police in Florida have released video of two female daycare workers taunting and berating an autistic boy. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police are looking for Kaderrica Smith, 26, and Alexus Henderson, 20, who allegedly terrorized an 8 year-old boy at a Winter Haven daycare center. The alleged abuse was captured on video, and caused the …
A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper was sentenced to 10 days in jail for the 2014 drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man, as reported by WHO TV. The Kansas City Star reports that Judge Roger Prokes handed down the jail sentence to Anthony Piercy as “shock time.” In June, Piercy pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor boating violation, …
Two Utah men allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl while a third captured the assault on video because he thought it was amusing, KSTU-TV reports. Leclair Dodjim and Richard Djassera face numerous sex crimes charges in connection with the case. Police were notified of the allegations September 9, when the girl’s father contacted police and told …
Officers allegedly shot and killed a deaf man, despite neighbors begging them not to fire, as reported by KFOR. Oklahoma City Police Captain Bo Mathews says that Magdiel Sanchez, 35, ignored officers’ orders and advanced toward them while holding a metal pipe before one officer Tasered him and the other shot him Tuesday night, according to …
Police have arrested the mother of a Wisconsin teenager who was found dead in a pond and accused her of going on a huffing binge, WTMJ-TV reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged Pauline Sanders, 39, with five felony counts of bail jumping and a misdemeanor count of intentionally abusing a hazardous substance. According to authorities, Sanders’ …
A baby that was born prematurely during Hurricane Irma was found dead in his mother’s car last week, as reported by PalmBeachPost. The newborn was discovered four days after his birth, last Thursday. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) records allege that the child’s mother went to a West Palm …
The boy’s mother was seen on home surveillance video desperately searching for her family and a way to call for help — but her husband and sons were dead in the basement
“She just wanted some damn candy,” says the child’s father
