Savannah Leckie, autistic teen found dead on mother’s property, suffered horrific abuse before presumed murder
Child Abuse
When the desperate teen cut herself, her mother allegedly rubbed alcohol and salt on the wounds
Family Crime
August 23, 2017
‘I don’t feel like he’s innocent’: Teen dad in jail after baby suffers ‘abusive head trauma’ while in his care
Police arrested a Florida man on Monday after one of his twin babies sustained head trauma while in his care. News4Jax reports that Brendan Rehmer, 19, of Neptune Beach, was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse after a physician confirmed his infant daughter sustained head trauma from either excessive shaking or slamming the the baby’s …
Missing
August 23, 2017
‘They were up against the whole Aruban government’: Nancy Grace speaks out on Natalee Holloway death investigation, possible remains found [VIDEO]
CrimeOnline‘s Nancy Grace has weighed in on the latest development in the 12-year-old case of missing Natalee Holloway, who disappeared while on a graduation trip with friends in Aruba in 2005. Just ahead of the premiere of an Oxygen docuseries dedicated to her disappearance, Natalee’s father Dave Holloway and private investigator T.J. Ward announced that …
Court
August 23, 2017
‘Slender Man’ stabbing: Victim’s family calls plea deal with teen attacker ‘what is best’
The family of a Wisconsin girl who survived a stabbing said the plea deal made with one of her attackers provides “closure.” On Monday, Anissa Weier, 15, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree homicide as a party to a crime with use of a deadly weapon in the May 2014 attack on Payton Leutner, then 12. Under the …
Violent Crime
August 23, 2017
Eviction Gone Wrong: Landlord allegedly breaks into rental home, kills tenant
A Florida man is behind bars on murder charges after he allegedly shot a tenant during an altercation over eviction proceedings. Miami Herald reports that Ryan Wilder, 32, of Winter Springs, served Kenneth Palicki, 47, eviction papers on August 18 at around 1:30 p.m. Palicki lived with his girlfriend, Colleen Lyons, 25, at 162 North Indies Drive in …
Child Abuse
August 23, 2017
Married police officers arrested for abusing adopted children
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested two police officers after they allegedly abused their adopted children. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Tracy Jones, 47, a Jacksonville, Fla. police officer and Rosemary Jones, 36, a Poulan, Ga. police officer, were arrested in Sylvester, Ga. on Tuesday, on child cruelty-related charges. Both suspects are facing two felony cruelty to …
Missing
August 23, 2017
New video details plans to locate Natalee Holloway remains; Joran van der Sloot’s friend changes story
New clips from the Oxygen docuseries The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway shows the efforts of her father, a private investigator, and a tipster who befriended a friend of the prime suspect to uncover clues about Holloway’s presumed murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a man by the name of Gabriel met John Ludwick in Florida, and …
August 23, 2017
Police: DNA of headless torso matches Swedish journalist, her arms and legs ‘deliberately cut off’ and her body weighted down to sink
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine earlier this month, Danish police said Wednesday. Wall, 30, was last seen alive on Aug. 10 on Danish inventor Peter Madsen’s …
Murder
August 22, 2017
Elderly victims viciously attacked, killed in random home invasion identified; $9K REWARD offered for information
The quadruple murder of a pair of elderly couples has rocked rural Halifax County, North Carolina. James Whitley (pictured left), 76, and his 67-year-old wife Peggy Whitley (pictured right) were visiting James Harris, 88, and wife Janice Harris at their home on Fishing Creek Road Monday night when they were killed. Halifax County sheriff Wes …
Murder
August 22, 2017
Woman’s boyfriend beats toddler son into vegetative state; ‘Mom’ covers baby’s bruises with makeup
A Palmdale, California, couple was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the beating death of the woman’s toddler son. A judge sentenced Brandon Jerel Williams, 27, to 25 years to life after being convicted of first-degree murder, torture, and assault on a child causing death. The victim’s mother, Rosie Lee Wilson, 23, was sentenced to 15 years …
August 22, 2017
Fallen Heroes: Navy divers find remains during search of USS John S McCain
By ANNABELLE LIANG, Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Navy divers searching a flooded compartment of the USS John S. McCain found remains of some of the 10 sailors missing in a collision between the warship and an oil tanker, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said Tuesday as he promised a full investigation. Adm. Scott Swift also …
child endangerment
August 22, 2017
Teen high on opiates crashes into home at 107 MPH, killing two sisters: Police
Police alleged that an Indiana teenager was speeding and on opiates when she caused a wreck that killed two sisters. People reported that Alia Sierra, 17, is being charged as an adult on 10 felony counts, including reckless homicide, causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance in the blood, and criminal …
