A tense hostage situation in Western North Carolina ended Saturday morning when Catawba County deputies shot and killed a man holding his adult son at gunpoint inside an SUV. A 911 call at about 6: 30 a.m. brought deputies to the scene in a small subdivision in the Mountain View community, about five miles south …
Police in suburban Atlanta are looking for a 17-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Yaron Kathuri was last seen around 8 a.m. that day in Douglasville, about 20 miles west of Atlanta, according to the Douglasville Police Department. A car he was known to drive was found at Arbor Place …
A Texas man and his wife have been charged with murder in the deaths of his mother and stepfather. Clayton Waters was reported missing on September 16 when he failed to show up for work, according to KLTV. The subsequent investigation determined that his wife, Karen Waters, was also missing. The Waterses’ remains were found …
Police in Stockton, California, have released a photo they say shows a “person of interest” in five shooting deaths they believe are related. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police haven’t confirmed the killings may be the work of a serial killer. Police Chief Stanley McFadden said the shootings have “some patterns and similarities” but that “we …
A 28-year-old Colorado man was arrested this week and accused of attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old girl after his parents recognized his car from photographs released by police during the investigation. The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced the charges against Diego James Gettler on Friday. According to Thornton Police, officers responded to STEM Launch …
A suspected serial killer returns to court on Monday in Texas to face a jury for the second time in the 2018 murder of 88-year-old Mary Brooks. The jury deadlocked last November at the first trial, but Billy Chemirmir, 49, has already been convicted of capital murder in the death of another elderly woman, 81-year-old …
A 52-year-old Georgia woman was arrested Friday and charged with killing a 78-year-old relative in the home they shared in Cobb County. Cobb County police said that Gretchen Lynn Fortney assaulted Martha Fortney at about 5 a.m. and strangled her, according to East Cobb News. According to the arrest warrant, the younger woman allegedly attacked …
An upstate New York college’s “Family Weekend” was marred by deadly gunfire Sunday morning at a hotel “packed” with family members visiting the campus with students. Investigators have not released the identities of the victim or two suspects, all males, in the shooting, but an emailed statement from Marist College confirmed that the victim was …
Update: The Amber Alert for 15-year-old Kryssy King has been canceled after the girl was found safe, Dryden Wire reported. Trevor Blackburn was taken into custody by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Superior Police Department. Original story: Wisconsin authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 15-year-old girl who hasn’t been …
The ex-boyfriend of a woman found dismembered and stuffed into suitcases last month has finally been taken into custody and is being questioned about the murder by police. Police had been looking for the former lover, who has not been named, since finding Dasia Johnson’s body in her Brooklyn apartment on September 21, as CrimeOnline …
Authorities on Friday found a woman’s body ablaze at a home on the Massachusetts peninsula of Cape Cod, where they later arrested her son for murder, WCVB-TV reports. Around 9:30 p.m. Friday, emergency crews responded to a home in the town of Truro after they received a welfare check request and a report of a …
An official ruling about the death of a 14-year-old girl who committed suicide is raising awareness about the potential dangers of social media on youth, the BBC reports. On Friday, Northern District of Greater London Coroner Andrew Walker issued a formal ruling that found Molly Russell’s death five years ago was “an act of self-harm …
