Prosecutors said they are seeking the death penalty against the man who they alleged abducted and murdered Alabama teen Aniah Blanchard. Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes announced on Monday that they will be upgrading first degree-kidnapping suspect Ibraheem Yazeed’s charges to capital murder. Hughes revealed that the 19-year-old had been fatally shot, but declined …
Authorities in Arizona continue to search for a 6-year-old girl who remains unaccounted for since she, her brother, and cousin were swept away by flooded creek waters on Friday. Her brother and cousin have since been found dead. The Arizona Republic reported that Sunday’s search of the Roosevelt Lake area produced Willa Rawlings’ shoe. The …
Police in Maine are continuing to search for a missing Maine woman, and have expanded the investigation while also focusing on an area where the woman’s car was found abandoned. WGME reports that Anneliese Heinig, 37, of Falmouth, was last seen on November 26; and police found her 2008 Mercury Mariner abandoned near I-295 on …
A body that was found in Indiana in mid-September has been identified as a teen girl who was reported missing in Illinois, authorities announced on Sunday. According to the Times of Northwest Indiana, the Lake County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Office said Takaylah Tribitt, 14, was the girl utility workers found dead on September 16 in an …
A Pennsylvania woman is facing murder charges and several other felonies in connection with the deaths of two young children. Both were found hanging in the basement of their Berks County home in September. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lisa Rachelle Snyder, 36, was arrested Monday morning and charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, animal cruelty, …
An Ohio man was sentenced to prison late last month for multiple sex crimes that involved adult women and underage girls — including two 3-year-olds. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio announced on Monday that Matthew Jones, 44, will spend more than 22 years in prison after pleading guilty last December …
A Minnesota family of four is dead following an apparent murder-suicide. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that four family members were found dead in northern Minneapolis on Sunday: A mother, her two sons, and their father –– who police believe killed all three of them before turning the gun on himself. Multiple reports have identified Kjersten …
Authorities in Texas are investigating a home invasion on Sunday night which reportedly involved a homeowner and his disabled wife. According to KTRK, three men jumped the backyard fence of a Dickinson home and gained entry through an unlocked back door. Dickinson police detective Guadalupe Vasquez said the trio tied up the male homeowner, pistol-whipped …
At least three people were arrested over the weekend in connection with the deaths of nine family members who were shot down and killed in Mexico last month, El Universal reports. According to the federal attorney general’s office a team of security forces, which included armed soldiers, detained “various individuals” on Sunday in Bavispe, Mexico. …
One of the three men charged in connection with the murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers is on trial for the beloved physician’s brutal death. Day seven of the trial against Teresa’s husband, Mark Sievers, 51, started Monday inside a Lee County, Florida, courtroom. Sievers is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. If …
Two more women have reportedly come forward to accuse Scientologist actor Danny Masterson of rape. The Underground Bunker, a blog run by former Village Voice editor-in-chief Tony Ortega, broke the news Monday morning that the unidentified women have spoken to the Los Angeles Police Department about new allegations against the former star of “The Ranch” …
Alabama authorities are investigating a homicide after finding a young woman behind a high school in a suburban area outside of Birmingham. AL.com reports that the victim, who may have been in her early 20s, was found close to an athletic complex by Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook, which lies around six miles …
