On Monday, an Oklahoma prison inmate who is serving multiple life sentences for sex-related crimes allegedly murdered his cellmate — a convicted child killer. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said in a statement that Lawton Correctional Facility staff found inmate Riley Walker, 29, deceased in his cell. Walker’s cellmate, Aaron Stone, 43, allegedly confessed to …
An Idaho judge on Wednesday delayed the start of Chad Daybell’s murder trial and extended his wife Lori Vallow’s mental health treatment for another 180 days. Both Vallow and Daybell have been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and other charges in the deaths of 7- year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, …
Authorities have recovered a knife allegedly used to slash the tires of Alex Murdaugh’s black SUV before he was shot Saturday while investigating a flat . FITSNews reports that the knife has been traced back to Murdaugh himself, citing “multiple sources familiar with the investigation.” Murdaugh was reportedly shot in the head Saturday afternoon by …
Madeleine McCann disappeared during a family vacation from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Her parents left the 3-year-old and her two brothers sleeping as they had dinner at a nearby restaurant. The main suspect in her disappearance is 44-year-old Christian Brueckner. He’s currently in a prison for the rape of a tourist. Brueckner …
A family of four was reportedly found fatally shot in their Ohio home on Tuesday in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide. Avon Lake police said in a statement that they were responding to a welfare check when they discovered the bodies of husband and wife, Jeffrey and Heidi Hull, 50 and 46, and …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace wonders why South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh was airlifted and rushed to the hospital over a superficial wound, and why his spokesperson immediately announced that the wound was not self-inflicted. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Alex Murdaugh resigned from his law firm and plans to enter rehab after suffering a minor gunshot …
A Florida man accused of murdering a woman who was found Monday allegedly told police he was having a sexual relationship with the victim — at the same time he dated her mother. An arrest report stated that Eric Westergard, 45, told detectives that he had been having an affair with Perrin Damron, 23, for …
A Missouri woman is behind bars after police say she slit a 6-year-old boy’s throat, who miraculously survived the ordeal. Natalia L. Jacquemin, 46, is facing charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. She was arrested and charged on August 28 in connection with the child’s injury. The incident reportedly happened on August 27, …
On Tuesday, two archaeologists hired by authorities testified during Paul and Ruben’ Flores preliminary hearing in San Luis Obispo County. Archaeologists Philip Hanes and Cindy Arrington, who said they were contacted by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office to help search Ruben Flores’ home, testified that they found four different aberrations in disturbed soil …
A former Georgia prosecutor was booked into jail on Wednesday for using her position to protect the father and son accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery last year. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, 49, who was charged with violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement …
The search for a missing 2-year-old Minnesota girl with autism ended Tuesday afternoon when the toddler’s body was found near Rosland Park in Edina. The body of Iklas Abdullahi Ahmed was found in the water not far from where she went missing while on an outing with her family, KTSP reported. Ahmed was last seen …
A New York woman is behind bars after police say she intentionally killed her newborn son. According to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, 30-year-old Andee Wright, of Tonawanda, was arraigned in an Erie County Court on September 7, on two counts of second-degree murder. The charges stem from the death of Wright’s newborn son. …
