A body found in a ditch in rural Kentucky has been identified as a 21-year-old Murray State University student from Virginia, according to Kentucky State Police. Sarah Townsend died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Lexington Herald-Reader reported. Julius Sotomayor, 22, has been arrested and charged with killing Townsend, state police said. A motorist found Townsend’s …
Two teenage boys charged in a fatal assault on a middle school student in 2019 won’t spend time in jail, a California judge ruled Friday. Riverside County Superior Judge Roger A. Luebs instead ordered the boys to serve 150 hours of community service and “participate in various programs specifically tailored toward their rehabilitative needs” in …
US Virgin Islands police say they only have Ryan Bane’s word that Sarm Heslop went back to his catamaran after dinner the night she disappeared.
A New York woman has pleaded guilty to killing a bicyclist after evidence showed she was speeding, drunk, and had cocaine in her system, the East Hampton Star reports. Lisa Rooney, 32, (pictured right) faces up to 25 years in prison in connection with the death of 28-year-old John James Usma-Quintero (pictured left). On October 30, 2019, …
An Oklahoma County inmate was shot and killed Saturday after jnmates took a detention officer hostage. Oklahoma City police officers shot and killed the inmate according to police spokeswoman Sgt Megan Morgan. Morgan said the officer who was held hostage has been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of injuries he suffered, and jail …
Reality TV star Deshayla “Shay” Harris was one of two people killed Friday night in a series of shootings in Virginia Beach. Harris was on the winning East Coast team in the final season of Oxygen’s “Bad Girls Club” in 2017, where she earned the nickname “The Firecracker Fashionista,” according to the New York Post. …
Thursday’s storms wreaked havoc over parts of Alabama, and Dena Cook’s home was no exception. While she and her husband sheltered in a closet, a tornado ripped off the roof of the house. But when the storm was over, Cook found that a cross in her backyard — draped with a purple cloth for lent …
A Minnesota family is desperately seeking to recover a beloved family heirloom that was accidentally sold an an estate sale last October. Tyler Redden told KSTP that his grandmother, Rae Elizabeth Kellgreen painstakingly cross-stitched a map of the United States, working tirelessly in 1989 and 1990. “Anyone who does cross stitch knows you start in …
A nurse and a correctional officer were killed this week during a failed escape attempt from Iowa’s Anamosa State Penitentiary. Nurse Lorena Schulte, 50, and Officer Robert McFarland, 46, both died of blunt force trauma when they attacked with hammers by inmates Michael Dutcher, 28, and Thomas Woodard, 39. Dutcher and Woodard also briefly kidnapped …
Police in Michigan are looking for a 17-year-old girl last seen late Monday afternoon in northwestern Detroit. Abigail Cox is desribed as 5 feet 3 inches and 140 pounds. She was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and camouflage cargo pants, WDIV reports. Police did not release any information about the circumstances of her disappearance. …
An alleged gunman accused of killing 10 people at a King Soopers store in Colorado apparently laughed while he opened fire on random victims. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold identified the suspected shooter at the King Soopers store as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, from Arvada. Ten people, including a Boulder …
Heslop’s boat captain boyfriend set sail from Frank Bay earlier this week, prompting a scramble to find him.
