After his defense rested without calling a single witness, Donthe Lucas was found guilty by a Colorado jury in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend in February 2013, the Denver Channel reports. Kelsie Schelling, then 21, vanished on February 4, 2013, after meeting up with Lucas, the likely father of her unborn child, at a …
Authorities in Missouri are looking for a 1-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted on Thursday. KMOV reported that Royalty Miller’s mother called Grenale Henderson, 35, on Friday morning and asked for her daughter back. Henderson allegedly told her she would never see her daughter again — and threatened to shoot at police who approached him. …
A 12-year-old North Carolina girl reported missing last Friday was found safe in Florida with 15-year-old Jacksonville boy who had also been reported missing by his family, WXII reports. According to her mother, Ashlan Earley went for a walk just before dark Friday and never returned, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Davidson County authorities began a …
On Monday, Republican legislators in the New York State Assembly started drafting a resolution intended to begin impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo. According to Syracuse.com, Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said he and his fellow Republicans cannot make the Democratic-majority Assembly address the measure. On Sunday, State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, …
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl who was found dead the day after her family reported her missing. As the Detroit Free Press reports, Leah Conner of Avoca went for a walk Saturday morning at about 11:30 a.m. and did not return. Her family reported her missing late Saturday afternoon. Police …
An Alabama woman who allegedly shot and killed her ex-husband says that she acted in self-defense. News 5 reports that Andrea Smith shot and killed her ex-husband, Kaleb Hamilton, at the Plantation Apartments in Mobile last month. The pair divorced but had recently gotten back together, family members said. According to prosecutors, Smith and Hamilton …
On Monday, a Kentucky judge ruled criminal charges be permanently dropped against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, who allegedly shot at police officers during last March’s raid that resulted in Taylor’s death. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Jefferson Circuit Judge Olu Stevens determined that charges of assault and attempted murder of a police officer against Kenneth Walker …
An Ohio couple facing 31 charges in the death of a 6-year-old boy. 29-year-old mom, Brittany Gosney, and her live-in boyfriend 42-year-old James Hamilton reported James Hutchison missing early one Sunday morning, but by afternoon, the couple admitted the boy died as mommy tried to abandon him and two other siblings. The boy tried to …
Juror selection was delayed until Tuesday after questions were raised on Monday regarding third-degree charges against the former Minnesota police officer accused of killing George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sent jurors home after Derek Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, said he plans to ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals’ …
The suspects in the presumed murder of a 6-year-old Ohio boy will appear in court on Monday afternoon for their arraignment on dozens of charges. As previously reported, James Hutchinson’s mother Britney Gosney, 29, is facing 16 criminal counts including murder, involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, gross abuse of a corpse, and child endangerment. Her boyfriend, 42-year-old …
For two years, medical evidence in connection with a California toddler’s death has been kept under wraps. Last week, those disturbing details were made public during a preliminary hearing at the Tuolumne Superior Court. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nicole Sparks, 23, the mother of 2-year-old Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood, turned herself in to the Waterford authorities in January, …
A grand jury has returned a third indictment in connection with a Texas woman accused of cutting an infant out of her friend’s womb, who was eight months pregnant at the time. Law & Crime reports that Taylor Rene Parker (pictured right), 28, also known as Taylor Waycasey and Taylor Morton, was indicted by a Bowie County, …
