Authorities in New York say a witness found a body hanging from a tree in a children’s playground this week. According to the New York Post, the Bronx resident made the discovery at the local playground at about 7:35 a.m. on Friday. Law enforcement and emergency personnel responded to French Charley’s Playground near the intersection …
Authorities in Ohio say a missing California teen has been found three days after she was reported missing earlier this month — and the man she was allegedly found with is now facing criminal charges. According to WJW, the 14-year-old girl was last seen on April 15 in Santa Maria, California, where she reportedly vanished …
Attorneys for R. Kelly are trying to overturn a default judgment in favor of a woman who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Chicago judge ruled against Kelly in a lawsuit brought by Heather Williams, one of the four alleged victims named in Kelly’s criminal …
An accused gang member believed to have fatally stabbed a New York City boy in the neck last summer has rejected a plea deal Thursday that could’ve spared him from spending the rest of his life behind bars. According to News12, Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, 24, one of 14 men charged in the June 20 slaying of …
The family of a 5-year-old Minnesota boy who was thrown from the third-floor balcony at the Minneapolis Mall of America earlier this month, is no longer in critical condition. ABC reports that the family’s lawyer, Stephen Tillitt, read a statement written by the family of young boy, Landen, who has been unconscious for two weeks …
A Georgia man who sexually abused a North Carolina girl and held her captive for more than a year will not spend a day in prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Michael Wysolovski, 33, was sentenced to 10 years, with eight months of that time to be spent in jail and the remainder to be spent …
Two Illinois Department of Family Children Services employees were relieved from their duties on Friday, while officials continue to investigate the workers’ past interactions with slain boy A.J. Freund and his family. According to DCFS, the agency is “conducting a comprehensive review of our work” with the family of the 5-year-old boy, who was found dead …
The man accused of killing a four-month-old baby after learning he was not the biological father was deported from the United States five times, most recently in 2016. The New York Post reports that the man identified in a previous CrimeOnline report as Jose Avila-Agurcia, gave a fake name to police when he was arrested, …
A Florida mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly battering her 9-year-old son during an argument over homework. Martha Ciguenas, 44, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated child abuse for an April 4 incident involving her son. Ciguenas is accused of striking the boy in the head with a glass candle holder and metal …
Andrew “AJ” Freund, a 5-year-old Illinois boy found dead and buried in a shallow grave on Wednesday, died from numerous blunt force injuries to his head, according to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office. McHenry County Interim Coroner David Devane, who released the boy’s official cause of death results on Thursday afternoon, noted that A.J. had …
An arrest has been made in the double murder of a justice advocate and a former professional hockey player in upscale Orange County, California. ABC 7 reports that Jamon Buggs, 44, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Wendi Miller and Darren Partch last weekend. The suspect was reportedly already in custody on burglary charges when …
Police in Pakistan have identified three suspects who they believe abducted and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy who is visiting the country from the United States. DAWN reported that the victim is a Pakistani-American dual national who came to Pakistan a year-and-a-half ago to study. The main suspect is reportedly a 12th-grade student who attends the …
