Year: 2020

Evelyn Boswell: Boyfriend of deceased Tennessee tot’s grandmother charged with child abuse, domestic violence

 Evelyn Boswell
Child Abuse

The boyfriend of deceased Tennessee toddler Evelyn Boswell’s grandmother is behind bars again. According to CBS Knoxville, William McCloud was arrested Sunday and charged with child abuse and neglect, domestic assault and protection order violation. Court documents indicate that McCloud went to an ex-girlfriend’s house on Saturday for dinner. The woman said he appeared to be on …

Missing
May 25, 2020

‘We’re in the dark’: Missing Suzanne Morphew’s family waits and worries two weeks after Colorado mom’s mysterious disappearance [EXCLUSIVE]

A relative of missing Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew says Suzanne’s family members have very little information to go on, as investigators concluded a three-day search of a residential property not far from Suzanne’s Maysville home on Sunday without finding any evidence connected to the case. “Investigators searched several locations on the property; however, they were …

Alejandro Ripley
Murder
May 25, 2020

‘He never made a sound’: Witness says she saw autistic boy fall into canal. Days later, his mother is arrested for felony murder. [Update]

A Good Samaritan spotted a Florida woman moments before her son fell into a canal; she said nothing seemed unusual between mother and son. The child’s mother would later find another canal to push the child into, where he drowned, according to police. As CrimeOnline previously reported, security footage captured 47-year-old Patricia Ripley pushing her son, …

Murder for hire
May 24, 2020

Georgia businessman would have paid thousands to have his wife ‘assassinated’ [Cops]

A coastal Georgia town was rocked this week by a shocking crime when the owner of a freight transportation company was arrested in an alleged scheme “to have a family member assassinated,” WSAV reported. Port Wentworth Police Lt. Dale Sylvester told the station that they received a tip last week saying that Mark Clayton Davis, …

Missing
May 24, 2020

UPDATE: Missing Tulsa toddlers were seen with their biological mother on Friday

The biological mother of two Oklahoma toddlers last seen on Friday has now been taken into custody, NewsOn6 reports on Sunday. Tulsa police said the mother has been uncooperative in the investigation into the disappearance of Miracle Crook, 2, and Tony Crook, 1. Authorities posted on social media earlier that the children were last seen …

Child Abuse
May 24, 2020

Mom, stepdad charged after 7-year-old boy dies from ‘severe abuse’

A mother has been charged with murder and a stepfather with endangering children after a 7-year-old Ohio boy died at his home, ABC 6 reports. Columbus police officers responded to a call about a drowned child at about 8 p.m. Saturday night, the station said, and found Fabian Maldonado-Cortez unresponsive. He was taken to Nationwide …

Family Crime
May 24, 2020

7-year old girl found dead in garage, father in custody

A California father was arrested Saturday in connection with the death of his young daughter, KOVR-TV reports. Around 4:45 a.m. Saturday, police in Stockton were dispatched to a home to check on the welfare of 7-year-old Billie Williams. Officers found the girl unresponsive in the garage and she was pronounced dead, the Record reports. Her …

Murder
May 23, 2020

Florida woman charged with man’s death after she claims he fell on a knife

A Florida woman has been charged with negligent homicide after medics responding to a call about a cardiac arrest Friday night found a 19-year-old man dead on the floor. Lillian Patterson, 19, initially told police that Xavier Collins had stumbled out of the bedroom and collapsed, unresponsive, on the floor. A detective and a medical …

Family Crime
May 23, 2020

Cult mom Lori Vallow’s friend: Chad Daybell’s teachings ‘lead to people dying’

Cult mom Lori Vallow’s friend confirmed reporting from February that Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell asked her to tell police missing son JJ Vallow was with her — and that it was Daybell who made the phone call. “It was two days before Thanksgiving,” Melanie Gibb told East Idaho News’s Nate Eaton in an …