The head of a New York crime family was fatally shot in a gangland-style murder in front of his Staten Island home. The New York Post reports that Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, believed to be the boss of the Gambino crime family, was shot and killed Wednesday night in front of his mansion in the Staten …
A California man behind bars for the death of a little girl found inside a duffel bag was convicted in 2005 of beating a starving a 3-year-old boy. According to court documents obtained by NBC 7, 38- year-old Emiel Lamar Hunt was arrested in San Diego after officers found his young son bruised, malnourished, and …
Authorities in Wisconsin say a man has been arrested on suspicion of dumping a litter of puppies in the trash shortly after they were born last month. According to Fox News, 56-year-old Robert Wild is accused of ditching the animals in a trash receptacle on February 28. Authorities initially became involved in response to a …
Authorities in Florida say a 47-year-old woman shot her boyfriend at their home in Brevard County this week during an argument about the latter’s loud snoring. According to the New York Post, police say Lorie Morin initially claimed the shooting was an accident, an assertion backed up at first by the victim. As the Brevard …
One of the women who appeared in Lifetime’s “Surviving R. Kelly” earlier this year alleged that R. Kelly had confessed to impregnating a 15-year-old Aaliyah Haughton and having a sexual relationship with the teen singer’s mother. In an interview with Vlad TV, Lisa Van Allen accused Kelly, now 52, of revealing that he married Aaliyah …
Rod Covlin was found guilty in a Manhattan courthouse for the murder of his wife Shele Danishefsky — nearly ten years after she was found dead. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Danishefsky was found by her 9-year-old daughter in their Upper West Side apartment on New Year’s Eve in 2009. Danishefsky was a multimillionaire with assets upward of …
A Florida father was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly going to his son’s school with a loaded gun and threatening to kill staff. According to ABC News, Christopher Freeman, 27, arrived at Bear Lakes Middle School in West Palm Beach in a wheelchair, and told faculty he would kill them if they didn’t let him speak with …
A giggle nearly derailed a plea deal for a Tennessee man who admitted to putting his testicles in a container of salsa that was delivered to a customer who tipped 89 cents. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Howard Matthew Webb, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor assault/offensive touching. He originally faced felony adulteration of food, liquids or pharmaceuticals. …
A Florida high school was reportedly placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after a 17-year-old student fatally shot herself in the school auditorium. WESH reported that a Lake Mary High School student took her own life five minutes after asking to use the bathroom at 7:45 a.m. A teacher reportedly heard a single gunshot, prompting an …
Aaron Hernandez is a convicted murdered once again after a Massachusetts court reversed a decision to vacate the former NFL’s conviction after his 2017 prison-cell suicide. Deadspin reports that a Massachusetts court has reinstated Hernandez’s 2015 murder conviction for the death of Odin Lloyd, after determining that the legal principle that vacated the conviction was …
When Trinity Love Jones was found partially stuffed in a duffel bag along a Los Angeles hiking trail, the 9-year-old girl had not even been reported missing. Her mother and her mom’s boyfriend are now suspected in the child’s death. How do you protect your children from predators? Join Nancy Grace and a team of …
A British woman who vanished while backpacking in Guatemala was reportedly found dead Monday on the mountainside with head injuries. Citing the National Institute of Forensic Sciences of Guatemala, the BBC reported that Catherine Shaw, 23, was found naked, face-down, and with visible injuries to her body. The institute said Shaw’s body was discovered four to …
