Month: March 2020

Gannon Stauch: Stepmom says bloody board was not her fault. She’s now facing child abuse, murder charges [EXCLUSIVE PART 3]

 Gannon Stauch
Murder

The stepmother of missing 11-year-old Colorado boy, Gannon Stauch, was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of first-degree murder and several related charges. Prior to her arrest, CrimeOnline spoke to Leticia “Tecia” Stauch as part of our investigation into Gannon’s disappearance. Stauch claimed Gannon left by foot from their Lorson Ranch neighborhood for a friend’s house …

Kidnapping
March 2, 2020

Boy kidnapped by babysitter in the 1960s reunites with mom 55 years later: Report

A man who was 5-years-old when his babysitter reportedly kidnapped him recently reunited with his mother after 55 years apart. According to WLKY, Jerry Barnett and Anna-Mary Barnett reunited on Friday in Radcliff, Kentucky. The mother and son managed to find each other four years after Jerry Barnett’s son took a DNA test for a …

Search for missing 5-year-old Dulce Alavez moves to woods near Ohio casino
Juveniles
March 2, 2020

Search for missing 5-year-old Dulce Alavez moves to woods near Ohio casino

Authorities in Ohio have searched a wooded area near a casino after receiving letters suggesting they could find clues there connected to the disappearance of 5-year-old Dulce Alavez in September. Dulce vanished from a park in Bridgeton, New Jersey, on September 16, and extensive searches of the area have not produced any significant leads into …

Gannon Stauch
Murder
March 2, 2020

BREAKING: Gannon Stauch stepmother arrested on suspicion of MURDER

Authorities have arrested the stepmother of Gannon Stauch, an 11-year-old Colorado boy who has been missing for over a month. Letecia “Tecia” Stauch has been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to 9News. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is scheduled to hold a press conference today with additional information. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Stauch …

Christopher Puente
Sex Crimes
March 2, 2020

‘Daddy!’: 3-year-old screams for father as felon pulls her into McDonald’s bathroom, sexually assaults her: Police

An undocumented man living in Chicago is accused of sexually assaulting a little girl inside a McDonald’s bathroom. CBS 21 reports that Christopher Puente, 34, is charged with one count of predatory criminal sexual assault. According to Cook County prosecutors, the man confessed to grabbing the girl because he was “thinking dirty.” Prosecutors said the little …

Christine Martin
Missing
March 2, 2020

MISSING: Police search for little girl last seen over two weeks ago

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.  Florida authorities are searching for a 2-year-old girl last seen in February. CBS5 reports that Christine Martin disappeared on February 15 from Waldo, Florida, area. She was last seen with Robert Martin, 46, and Jennifer Goode, 26. According to the police, …

AMBER Alert
March 1, 2020

AMBER Alert: SUV stolen with 4-year-old and 5-year-old in back seat

Police in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch are looking for two children who were in the back seat of a vehicle stolen Sunday afternoon. Authorities issued an AMBER Alert for 4-year-old Princess Scarlett and 5-year-old Preston Scarlett, who were in a a burgundy 2017 GMC Terrain with Texas license plate HFL1525. The SUV’s front …

March 1, 2020

Barnard student accused of stabbing her mother to death

Did Malika Jones kill her mother intentionally or was it self-defense? That’s the question that authorities and those who know Jones have been wrestling with since mid-February. Jones, 22, was arrested and charged with murder Feb. 16 after her mother, Inell Jones, 57, was found dead with a stab wound inside their home in Rahway, …

Candace Walton
Murder
March 1, 2020

Teen thought to have died in house fire is found driving mother’s stolen car. She’s now charged with murder & arson: Police

A Georgia teenager was presumed dead after two bodies were recovered from a house fire this week, but authorities later discovered her alive and now believe she started the blaze, the Telegraph reports. Candace Walton, 16, has been charged with arson and murder in connection with the death of her 21-year-old brother, Gerald Walton. The body of an …