New details have emerged in connection with a Tennessee girl who has been missing since 2019. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Daphne Westbrook, 17, of Chattanooga, disappeared in October 2019, along with her two dogs, Fern and Strawberry. According to police, Daphne’s father, John Oliver Westbrook, is accused of kidnapping his daughter after she went on a …
Police looking for two young boys who disappeared from California City in December conducted a search at the home of their adoptive grandparents in Bakersfield on Friday, 23ABC reports. Orson and Orrin West, ages 3 and 4, were last seen on December 21, 2020, their adoptive parents said, as CrimeOnline previously reported. 23ABC said that …
A 7th member was added to the jury Friday to hear the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last year while Floyd begged for life. Floyd’s death was videotaped by bystanders, and the video’s release prompted nationwide protests and calls for …
An upstate New York woman found dead in the trunk of a car in Queens this week died from a blow to the head that fractured her skull and caused a brain injury, the New York Daily News reports. Destini Smothers, 26, had been missing since November when she came to New York to attend …
A British court heard this week how an accused child abuser controlled every facet of his three children’s lives — allegedly to the point that he had his daughter sign a contract vowing to never gain weight. According to prosecutors, Rachid Khadla, 56, regularly weighed his now-adult daughter, Amira, 23, and his two sons, Hicham, 18, …
A Wisconsin woman was sentenced Friday for her role in the death of a 7-year-old boy, Ethan Hauschultz. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Timothy Hauschultz, Tina McKeever-Hauschultz, and their teen son, Damian, took part in punishing the little boy, which included forcing him to hold a heavy log for hours at a time. According to police, …
A Missouri man suspected of killing and decapitating his mother last year has been found dead in Arkansas, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office says The Sheriff’s Office named Aaron Goodwin, 38, the sole suspect in the death of 63-year-old Connie Goodwin, who was found dead in her southwestern Missouri home on October 28, as CrimeOnline …
Authorities are searching for a British flight attendant who vanished in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday or early Monday, leaving no sign of how she disappeared. According to the Virgin Islands Daily News and the New York Post, Sarm Heslop was aboard the Siren Song catamaran, moored in the Virgin Islands, when she disappeared …
Kroger said on Thursday that a small number of people who expected to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at one of their Virginia locations actually got empty syringes instead. The reported incident occurred at the Little Clinic in a Kroger in Chesterfield County. The company initially told WWBT that the shots were saline, but later said …
A Texas mom turns into a linebacker to take out a pervy peeping tom. Phyllis Pena returns home from an early morning shopping trip to find a man crouched by her home, looking into her daughter’s room. The cops are called and the Peeping Tom tries to slip away. Our hero mom makes an …
The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, agreed on Friday to pay the family of George Floyd $27 million as part of a pre-trial settlement in a wrongful death case. The Star Tribune reported that City Council members unanimously voted to approve the record payout. Mayor Jacob Frey’s office reportedly also said he will approve the measure. …
Washington authorities in Seattle announced that they made an arrest in connection with a 23-year cold case. The Seattle Times reports that “Baby Boy Doe” was found inside a trash can at a Lake City convenience store on November 20, 1997. Although the baby was found deceased, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that …
