A crime writer who titled one of his novels The Guilty Secret had allegedly been harboring a terrible secret of his own, as fiction blended with reality in a 22-year-old murder case. As reported by China Daily, 53-year-old author Liu Yongbiao was arrested Friday at his home in Nanling County, Anhui province, China for allegedly …
Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner has asked a Manhattan federal court judge to delay his September 8 sentencing date, when he will learn his fate after being convicted for sexting a minor. The New York Post reported that Weiner’s attorney Arlo Devlin-Brown sent a letter to Manhattan federal Judge Denise Cote requesting the date be …
A 26-year-old man and his teen half-sister who was reportedly infatuated with him, were sentenced to prison on Thursday for taking pictures of themselves engaged in “horrible” sexual acts with children. Matthew Thatcher, 26, and his half-sister Emily Thomson, 18, of Neath, England, were convicted of targeting three children, luring them in, and sexually assaulting …
UPDATE: A Maryland man was arrested on Saturday for the brutal killings of three children, all under the age of 1o, in what local police are calling “one of the most difficult scenes” they’ve worked. ORIGINAL STORY: Three girls under the age of 10 were found dead Friday morning in a Prince George, Maryland, home. …
By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities on Friday said they have confirmed the identity of a man suspected of killing six women and children while using numerous names in multiple states. The announcement came seven months after law enforcement officials said a man who died in a California prison in 2010 after …
Natalee Hollway’s father has provided more information about how he discovered human remains in Aruba that may belong to his daughter. And CrimeOnline has spoken to the tipster who said the discovery never would have happened without him. Earlier this week, Dave Holloway and private investigator T.J. Ward made the bombshell announcement on the Today …
Authorities investigating the February death of two Delphi, Indiana, girls stated that they may have the DNA of the suspect who murdered the two children. Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, were found murdered on February 14, in an isolated area close to the Monon High Bridge. For the past six months, authorities have …
Police in Montana are asking the public’s help in locating a missing and endangered teen. NBC Montana reports that Marilyn Pickett, 15, went missing from Missoula under suspicious circumstances on August 16. She is believed to be in the company of a 24-year-old man, Jackson Wiles. The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory …
A California man and his girlfriend are facing felony charges after prosecutors said that a 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after the couple abused him. KTLA reports that on Tuesday, Murietta police and emergency personnel were called to a home at 24001 Verdun Lane, in response to a child in medical distress. According to police, …
By MARINA VILLENEUVE, Associated Press A lawsuit claims that Poland Spring Water is deceiving consumers with evergreen labels that say their bottle contains “100 percent natural spring water” that hails from Maine. The class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Connecticut claims that parent company Nestle Waters North America is bottling common groundwater that doesn’t …
By JOSEPH WILSON and ALEX OLLER, Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police intensified a manhunt Friday for suspects behind two deadly vehicle attacks on civilians, shooting and killing five people wearing fake bomb belts who attacked a seaside resort and arresting four others believed linked to the carnage wrought on a Barcelona promenade. Spanish …
A young woman who allegedly left her newborn baby girl naked in a pile of dirt and ants made her first court appearance Wednesday, where she reportedly told a judge she did want to see her daughter and did not want to be a mother. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sidney Woytasczyk, 21, gave birth late last …
