Suspect caught living above grocery store when his feet fall through ceiling, cops say
Weird Crime
Police said the man was living above the deli area and was stealing food
Missing
October 19, 2020
Hiker found after missing two weeks in Zion National Park hit her head, had no food for 12 days, family says
A California woman who went missing in Zion National Park earlier this month and was found alive on Sunday had become injured while hiking in the Utah park, her daughter said. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Holly Suzanne Courtier, 38, was found safely on Sunday, nearly two weeks after she was last seen on October 6. …
Missing
October 19, 2020
URGENT: Missing 6-year-old girl & grandmother haven’t been seen in days
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* Chicago police are searching for a woman and her granddaughter after they vanished from the Brighton Park neighborhood on Saturday. ABC 7 reports that Sarah Navas Sallas, 6, and her grandmother, Nexy Castillo-Gonzalez, 46, were last seen late Saturday night, close …
Child Abuse
October 19, 2020
Infant boy taken off life support after dad’s shaking & squeezing leaves him 75 percent brain dead: Reports
An Oregon teen appeared in court Thursday amid allegations that he shook his 8-month-old son to the point he was left virtually brain dead. Isiah Hill, 19, was charged with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal mistreatment for allegedly dropping, squeezing, and shaking Milo Hill. The father initially claimed he had fallen over the dog while …
Podcast
October 19, 2020
[Monday Crime Stories] BREAKING NEWS in Jonelle Matthews search: 12-year-old girl goes missing after school pageant
Jonelle Matthews, 12, disappears from her family home in Greeley, Colorado, after a school concert. Footprints are found outside the home. Nothing is disturbed inside, but Jonelle is gone. Decades later, her body is found in 2019, but police are no closer to solving the crime. Now there’s been an arrest. Who killed Jonelle Matthews? …
Family Crime
October 19, 2020
A man sent a friend a mysterious box for ‘safekeeping.’ When the friend opened it, the man and his 3-year-old son were likely already dead.
A Maryland father was found dead with his 3-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide late last week. As the Baltimore Sun reports, police were called to a home in Bel Air, Maryland, around 6 p.m. on Thursday, where responding officers eventually found Jason Douglas DeWitt and his 3-year-old son, Grayson DeWitt, dead of apparent gunshot …
Murder
October 19, 2020
Jonelle Matthews: Former governor candidate shot 12-yr-old girl in the head, watched children walk from school [DA]
On Friday, the Weld County Coroner’s Office in Colorado released an unredacted autopsy report, following the indictment of a former Idaho governor candidate for the murder and kidnapping of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jonelle Matthews disappeared on December 20, 1984, after attending a Christmas concert at Franklin Middle School in Greeley, Colorado. …
Homicide
October 19, 2020
Child rapist who sexually assaulted 3 nieces is found dead in prison cell. His cellmate is eyed as the suspect: Report
A convicted child molester who was serving a life sentence at a California prison died Wednesday in what officials are reportedly investigating as a homicide. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that officers at Mule Creek State Prison found Deandre Austin, 46, unresponsive in his cell while responding to a …
Famous Murder Cases
October 19, 2020
‘They’re horrified’: Laci Peterson’s family reacts to killer hubby Scott Peterson’s murder conviction re-examination
Family members of slain California mom Laci Peterson are horrified that her killer husband, Scott Peterson, may get a re-examination of his murder conviction, which could possibly lead to a new trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the California Supreme court has been ordered to re-examine Scott Peterson’s murder convictions of Laci and their unborn son, …
Family Crime
October 19, 2020
AMBER ALERT: Two boys believed kidnapped in Mississippi are in ‘extreme danger’
Authorities have issued an AMBER Alert for two boys, believed to be brothers, who went missing while in Mississippi on Friday. AL.com reports that Kaiden Wall, 6, and Kolden Wall, 2, were last seen early evening Friday in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Police believe the boys, who live in Alabama, were kidnapped by their non-custodial mother, 33-year-old …
Murder
October 18, 2020
Florida couple dead in ‘gruesome’ murder-suicide: Cops
Zachary Winton had threatened to kill Sabrina Dumdei in September, police say.
Child Abuse
October 18, 2020
Estranged dad, under investigation for child abuse, kills wife and daughter, then himself
A Tennessee mom and her 17-year-old daughter were found dead on Saturday alongside her estranged husband, who apparently shot himself after killing them. According to the Bristol Tennessee Police Department, Michael Robinson, 47, was under investigation for child abuse, the Bristol Herald Courier said. Bristol police found the bodies of Kristina Robinson, 36, her daughter, …
