*This is a developing story and will be updated when additional information is known.* Aransas Pass police in Texas say a mother and her young son haven’t been seen or heard from since December 31. The daughter of Jennifer Villarreal, 45, told police she last spoke to her mother over the phone on New Year’s …
Update: Police announced they had located missing 6-year-old boy Amari “Gabriel” Christiansen. Police said that Amari played with other children after getting off the school bus. Amari told officers that he went to hide under a mobile home and fell asleep. He woke up and came out of hiding when he was hungry, and a …
The uncle of missing New Hampshire girl, Harmony Montgomery, says social workers ignored evidence, leaving the child in the hands of an abusive father. Harmony’s great-uncle, Kevin Montgomery, told NewsNation he gave New Hampshire social services “plenty of evidence and they ignored it,” concerning alleged abuse by the child’s father, Adam Montgomery. “There were just …
Three family members are dead after a suspected murder-suicide in Washington state on Tuesday, and a 12-year-old child who was at the residence managed to escape and call 911. According to the Seattle Times, two adults and a 10-year-old child were found fatally shot at a home in Auburn on Tuesday evening. A 12-year-old child, …
Tennessee police have asked for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old girl who reportedly vanished on Thursday afternoon. According to WHBQ, the Memphis Police Department issued an alert for Amaya Whitefield. Police said Whitefield disappeared from the 1500 block of South Wellington Street after she was told she was not allowed to go outside. …
Three Georgia men who were found guilty of killing Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 were sentenced on Friday to life in prison, with only one of them getting the possibility of parole. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, 64 and 34, were sentenced to life without parole for felony murder, plus 20 years for …
The grandmother shared a heart-wrenching video of Victoria doting on her newborn son
Police in North Pole, Alaska, reopened an investigation into a newborn’s death after the child’s father was arrested for allegedly kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and killing another child in Alabama. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 37-year-old Jeremy Williams is accused of killing and raping Kamarie Holland, 5, of Georgia, in December 2021. At the time, Russell County …
On the two-year anniversary of an Alabama woman Paighton H0uston’s death, a lawsuit was filed against several businesses and individuals. According to the lawsuit, the family of Paighton Houston has filed suit against the Tin Roof Acquisition Company, the City of Birmingham, and suspect Fred Hampton for wrongful death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police said …
A juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial reportedly answered negatively to a query on the juror questionnaire asking if he, a friend, or family member had ever been a victim of sexual abuse, harassment, or assault, Fox News reports. The juror, identified only as Scott David, later told reporters he had revealed his own childhood sexual assault during deliberations and helped persuade other members of the panel to convict Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Prosecutors have asked Judge Allison Nathan to hold a hearing on Scotty David’s comments, while defense attorneys asked for the convictions to be thrown out. Nathan has set a briefing schedule for the issue.
Two Mississippi men have been charged with kidnapping and rape in relation to a missing toddler who disappeared on December 30 and was found 15 miles away the next day. Keldrick J. Magee, 33, has been charged with four counts of rape, one count of sexual battery, and one count of kidnapping, WDAM reported. Kim …
A 61-year-old North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 4-year-old girl 35 years ago in South Carolina. The Lexington County, South Carolina, Sheriff’s Department said that Wake Forest Police had arrested Thomas McDowell at his home north of Raleigh on Thursday. Jessica “Jessie” Gutierrez was abducted from her …
