Officials announced Monday that a prominent New York judge is retiring because she has an advanced form of Alzheimer’s disease. Kings County Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya Simpson, 54, agreed to formally retire on October 31. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a press release that they were investigating Simpson due to claims she …
A Pennsylvania man reportedly killed both mothers of his children — one of whom was pregnant — in two separate shootings last month. Davone Anderson, 25, allegedly fatally shot Sydney Parmelee, 23, and Kaylee Lyons, 23, at Lyons’ home in Carlisle. Investigators reportedly believe Anderson killed Parmelee on July 5 because he thought she was …
The victim’s 10-year-old daughter put her hands over her ears when the killer attacked her mother
A professional poker player whose charred body was found in a Michigan park last month was bound and sexually assaulted before she was burned alive, according to authorities. Cell phone records suggest Susie Zhao, 33, met Jeffery Morris, 60, at the Sherwood Motel in Waterford Township on July 12. Morris — a convicted sex offender …
A Georgia teen arrested over the weekend for murder could possibly be involved in the death of 18-year-old Slade Petty, a recent high school graduate found stabbed to death last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, William Slade Petty, a 2020 graduate of North Gwinnett High School, was stabbed numerous times outside his apartment on McGinnis Ferry …
An Alabama woman was given a life sentence in prison, following the 2016 murder of her 4-year-old daughter. NBC 3 reports that Stephanie Diane Smith, also known as Stephanie Diane Cooper, pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder in an Athens, Alabama, courtroom, which spared her from receiving the death penalty. The guilty plea means she could …
A New York man is behind bars after police say he raped a young girl in the backseat of his car on Monday. NBC New York reports that authorities arrested 32-year-old Rafael Martinez after he pulled his car over during a 4-mile cab ride and sexually assaulted the girl, who was trying to get from …
A 3-year-old Wisconsin girl and her pup are safe after spending nearly 24 hours alone in the woods. According to the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department, Abigail Ladwig was located safely on August 10, after she wandered barefoot away from her Sawyer County home with her cocker spaniel mix, Peanut, at around 6:45 p.m. Sunday evening. …
The family of Elijah McClain filed a civil lawsuit against the officers and paramedics involved in his August 2019 death. The federal lawsuit claims McClain’s constitutional rights were violated when Aurora police put him in a chokehold before paramedics injected him with 500mg of ketamine. It also stated that law enforcement subjected McClain to the …
The explosion also killed a woman who sources say was pregnant
Infamous grandmother Lois Riess, who’s already serving a life sentence for killing her look-alike in Florida, has pleaded guilty to murder for the second time. During a Tuesday pre-trial hearing held in a Dodge County high school auditorium in Minnesota, due to COVID-19 concerns, Riess pleaded guilty plea to first-degree and second-degree murder in connection …
It’s a mystery that began with a barefoot 2-year-old boy wandering alone outside an apartment complex in Miramar, Florida. His mother, Leila Cavett, is still missing. The 21-year-old was last seen July 25, 2020, in Hollywood, Florida. Her white Chevy Silverado 3500 pickup truck has been found but so far nothing is leading police to …
