A newly released photograph shows missing Texas school teacher on a sidewalk in New Orleans, apparently the day after she left her home and disappeared. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 48-year-old Michelle Reynolds told her husband she was going to get food on the afternoon of September 22 and never returned. Last Saturday, Reynolds’ husband, Michael …
Florida deputies have arrested a second person after a hotel employee kidnapped a co-worker’s toddler earlier this week. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Jan Hans Gasperik, 49, has been charged with child neglect and kidnapping, the same charges faced by Zita Gasperik, also 49, when she was arrested on Wednesday. The sheriff’s …
A Pennsylvania man already charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child after his 5-year-old daughter was found unresponsive has now been charged with murder in the girl’s death. An autopsy completed on Thursday found multiple internal injuries and signs of strangulation, leading to the upgraded charge. Gregory E. Woods Jr, 25, …
An Illinois woman who said she was mentally ill last year when she killed her 7-year-old daughter was sentenced on Thursday to 53 years in prison. On January 24, 2021, Galesburg police discovered Willow Banks’ body in an apartment’s upstairs bedroom. An autopsy revealed that the girl suffered multiple stab wounds, blunt force trauma to …
Questions are being raised about the impact of the new Netflix documentary, “Sins of Our Mother,” on Lori Vallow’s chances of a fair trial. Vallow’s attorneys point to media coverage surrounding the case making it impossible for that to happen. To that point, Vallow’s attorneys asked the judge to ban cameras from the courtroom, saying that …
A New York man has been charged with murder in Thursday’s stabbing death of an EMT who was randomly targeted. The New York Post reported that FDNY Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, 61, was getting food in Queens when Peter Zisopoulos, 34, knocked her over and stabbed her in the chest and neck with a steak knife. …
Missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery’s father, Adam Montgomery, was in a Manchester court Wednesday, where interviews were played for the judge, showing him lashing out at a detective who accused him of harming his child. During a pre-trial hearing in connection with a second-degree assault charge, an interrogation video and police body-cam videos were …
Recently-released footage shows Sherri Papini speaking to California cops after she was found safe — and before it was uncovered that her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax. In a video shown on “Good Morning America,” Papini, 39, is heard telling cops that she is not sure she wants to speak with them as she does …
Editor’s Note: This timeline has been updated. The timeline of Debbie Collier’s disappearance and mysterious death began when she left her Athens home on September 10; she was found dead the following day but so far, no arrests have been made. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Collier’s murder remains unsolved as investigators wait for her autopsy …
A Massachusetts woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing her former landlord and concealing his body in his home. Leonard Garber, 65, who was reported missing on Monday, was found dead the following day — wrapped in a curtain and underneath heavy items in the hallway of his Newton home. Xiu Fang Ke, 43, …
A 70-year-old Alabama woman was shot and killed Wednesday night when she answered a knock at the door of her Selma home. Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford told the Selma Times-Journal that the incident took place at about 10:30 p.m. “Some unknown subject or subjects knocked on the door of 70-year-old Mandy White, and when …
