Authorities in Texas say a husband and wife are facing decades behind bars for holding an immigrant girl hostage for 16 years while forcing her to serve as a domestic slave. According to the New York Post, Mohamed Toure and Denise Cros-Toure were convicted of several felony counts including forced labor on Thursday prior to …
A Florida woman was convicted Thursday of stabbing her boyfriend to death after their breakup in November 2016. Melanie Eam, 22, was found guilty of the second-degree murder of her on-again, off-again boyfriend, James Barry. Prosecutors said Eam stabbed Barry seven times with a butcher knife at his Palm Beach County home before fleeing to Maryland, …
Twenty-four hours after news broke that missing Jayme Closs had been found alive, her aunt shared the first photo of Jayme on social media. In the photo, Jayme smiles as she hugs her aunt Jennifer Smith and dog Molly. Nothing makes me happier right now than seeing this photo. Seeing this reunion, seeing that smile! …
In the hours after 13-year-old Jayme Closs was found months after she disappeared and her parents were found dead, investigators have worked to put together the pieces of a tragic mystery that has captivated the nation since October. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 21-year-old Jake Patterson has been arrested on suspicion of killing James and Denise …
Authorities in Ohio say a woman doubled down on drug possession by showing up to a court appearance with a backpack filled with narcotics. According to KTLA, 31-year-old Elizabeth Darlene Wilson was facing criminal charges including two counts of aggravated possession of drugs and one count of possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to …
A Washington man who admitted to killing two women and lighting the home he murdered them in on fire learned his fate in court this week. Matthew Ryan Leupold was sentenced to nearly 61 years on Thursday for the January 2017 slayings of Theresa Greenhalgh, 31, and Mary Buras, 22. The News Tribune reported that Leupold …
Police in Phoenix have released the 911 call made by staff at an Arizona health care facility after a woman who had been in a vegetative state for more than a decade — perhaps most of her life — went into labor and gave birth, before anyone at the facility noticed the 29-year-old woman was …
A 12-year-old Oregon boy was taken into custody early Thursday, days after an elderly woman reportedly was found dead in her home. The Oregonian reported that the tween, who wasn’t publicly identified due to his age, is being held at the Serbu Juvenile Justice Center on suspicion of murder and first-degree burglary in connection with …
Barron County authorities shared additional details on Friday afternoon in connection with the disappearance of 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, Jayme Closs, who was found alive in Gordon on Thursday. According to Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, the man accused of abducting Jayme and killing her parents was identified earlier today as 21-year-old Jake Patterson, of Gordon. Fitzgerald …
Prosecutors reportedly said that charges could be reduced against the Illinois man accused of killing and dismembering his 2-year-old son in 2015 after he cried while having an allergic reaction to milk. The family of Kyrian Knox told WBBM Wednesday that the state’s attorney’s office informed them that they may reduce murder charges against Kamel Harris, …
The Pennsylvania man standing trial for murdering a Temple University student has admitted to moving the woman’s body to his grandmother’s home but still denies killing her. WPVI reported that Joshua Hupperterz, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday to abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the August 2017 slaying of Jenna Burleigh, 22. Burleigh’s body …
A new development in the disturbing case of a patient becoming pregnant and giving birth while in a vegetative state sheds some light on why staff at the Arizona nursing facility did not realize the 29-year-old woman was pregnant. Fox 10 has obtained court documents showing that the patient, who had been in a vegetative …
