Year: 2021

Chilling details of brain bleeds, liver lacerations revealed during preliminary hearing of slain tot’s babysitter

 Chilling details of brain bleeds, liver lacerations revealed during preliminary hearing of slain tot’s babysitter
Court

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, …

Murder
March 8, 2021

Stepfather bludgeons 10-year-old to death during brutal weekend beating: Police

A New York man is behind bars after police say he fatally beat a boy to death over the weekend. My Plainview reports that the incident happened in Harlem, at an apartment at the St. Nicholas Houses. Responding officers arrived at the residence on Saturday and found Ayden Wolfe, 10, unresponsive, with cuts, bruises, and …

Unsolved
March 7, 2021

Police find dead body inside burning dumpster near popular Nashville neighborhood

Nashville homicide detectives are investigating a body found burnt beyond recognition in a dumpster fire in the city’s historic Cannery Row. Police said firefighters first responded when a sanitation worker reported the dumpster on fire at about 4 a.m. on Thursday. They called police after extinguishing the blaze and finding the body inside. Employees of …

School Crimes
March 7, 2021

20-year-old college sophomore clinging to life after alleged alcohol-fueled hazing incident

A 20-year-old college sophomore is in critical condition after an alleged alcohol-involved fraternity hazing incident on Thursday at Bowling Green State University in northwestern Ohio, WTOL reports. Stone Foltz is reportedly on life support, an attorney speaking on behalf of his family told the station, while they work out details of donating his organs after …

Animal Crimes
March 7, 2021

Drug investigation finds alligator in ‘poorly secure tank in rancid water’

Oxnard Police knew what they might find when they conducted a search of Donny Askar’s waterfront home earlier this month, and it wasn’t just the drugs they were investigating. After taking the 44-year-old Askar into custody in Port Hueneme, they headed to his home in Oxnard’s Channel Islands neighborhood. Sure enough, along with heroin, methamphetamines, …