A North Carolina mom and her boyfriend have been charged with manslaughter and child abuse in the deaths of her infant son and toddler daughter. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Rocky Mount police were treating the deaths of the 3-month-old boy and his 1-year-old sister as “suspicious” after they were called to “assist EMS” Saturday morning. …
A South Carolina police officer was shot and killed while responded to a call about a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning. The Cayce Police Department said the suspect took his own life after a seven-hour standoff, WLTX reported. Police identified the slain officer as Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr, 28, saying he had been with the …
A woman who vanished nearly six months ago and may have been working with police as a witness against her boyfriend still has not been found, the Journal-Standard reports. Melissa Trumpy, 37, a mother of three children, went missing in late October. The disappearance came shortly after she and her boyfriend at the time, 35-year-old …
A cosmetics company says it’s just trying to correct the record after becoming an unwitting participant in Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, TMZ reports. As opening statements were delivered earlier this week, Elaine Bredehoft, a lawyer for Heard, said that her client had Milani Conceal + Perfect All-in-One Correcting Kit with her at …
A California man whose three young children were murdered by his former girlfriend sued police and social workers this week alleging that they ignored repeated red flags and failed to do their jobs, CBS News reports. On Thursday, Erik Denton filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the Los Angeles Police Department and …
The murder trial of a self-published romance novelist accused of killing her husband has been paused because of a COVID-19 exposure in the courtroom. Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 71, was arrested in 2018 for the fatal shooting of her husband, 63-year-old chef Dan Brophy, at the Oregon Culinary Institute where he worked, as CrimeOnline has previously reported. …
North Carolina police and the state Department of Social Services are investigating the deaths of a 1-year-old girl and her baby brother in Rocky Mount on Saturday. The boy was 3 months old, WITN reported. According to WNCN, Rocky Mount police were called to the home at about 9:20 a.m. on an “assist EMS” call …
A Middle Tennessee grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old man on multiple child sex crimes, including rape and sexual battery. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said it had also rescued a 5-month-old child believed to have been sexually assaulted by the suspect, identified as Eli Jarrad McCord. The sheriff’s office said it launched an investigation …
A legendary South African rugby star was killed Friday night in Texas when the vehicle he was driving was hit by a 16-year-old fleeing police. Pedrie Wannenburg, 41, had a stellar career with the Vodacom Bulls, Springboks, and other teams before settling in Houston, where he coached the Rice University rugby team and promoted the …
An Iowa man was arrested early Friday morning after he allegedly crashed a vehicle with a missing 71-year-old man inside into the Mississippi River. Joshua Scott Peters, 36, has been charged with vehicular homicide, death or personal injuries, first-degree theft, and driving on a barred license, all related to the death of William Talbot, who …
A wealthy Florida teen arrested after car crash in January killed six people apparently recorded videos of himself speeding along highways and offering cash rewards to social media followers who guessed how fast he was going. Noah Galle, now 18, hit 151 mph on January 27 just before he rear-ended a Nissan Rogue SUV on …
A man suspected of shooting four people in Washington, D.C., on Friday was found dead in an apartment with numerous weapons and ammunition, WUSA-TV reports. “This was very much a sniper-type setup with a tripod, and this person, obviously, his intent was to kill and hurt members of our community,” D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief …
