An Illinois college student who vanished late last month remains missing even after his girlfriend — who also disappeared — was found dead on Tuesday. CBS reported that Natally Brookson, 22, was found deceased in Lake Michigan. Brookson and her boyfriend, Daniel Sotelo, 26, who are both students at the University of Illinois – Chicago, …
On Wednesday, a Greenville County jury in South Carolina found a former winner of “Worst Cooks in America” guilty of homicide, in connection with the death of her young foster child. Ariel Robinson, 30, was found guilty of homicide by child abuse after she brutally beat 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Smith, a child she had planned …
A Connecticut man was convicted on Tuesday of murder and other charges related to the 2015 slaying of his wife. According to the Hartford Courant, Richard Dabate claimed a masked assailant broke into the Ellington home he shared with Connie Dabate and fatally shot her after demanding credit cards and PIN numbers. Richard said the …
The decomposing body of a missing woman was found inside a parked car in Texas this week, prompting authorities to ask for the public’s help with the case, Click 2 Houston reports. On Wednesday afternoon, someone contacted police to report a foul odor emanating from a parked vehicle near 4th Avenue and Martin Luther King …
A former Food Network contestant on trial for allegedly killing her foster daughter is expected to testify in her own defense. On Wednesday, 30-year-old Ariel Robinson said she plans to take the stand during the trial, which started Monday, according to Fox Carolina. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ariel was charged with homicide by child abuse …
The Alabama jail guard who killed herself after helping an inmate escape had been voted “employee of the year” and was set to receive the award next week, Newsweek reports. She had received the award four times previously, with Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton describing her as an “exemplary employee . . . [with] an …
An Alabama man, out on bond on child pornography charges in February, was arrested again Wednesday after he allegedly solicited a 12-year-old girl for sex via the internet. Lee County investigators said that they received a tip from another agency about Robert Joseph Stetina, 28, saying he was “attempting to solicit what he thought as …
A 13-year-old Oregon girl was found dead on Tuesday, a day after her mother reported her missing. According to The Oregonian, Milana Li’s body was found in a small stream at the Westside Regional Trail, less than a mile from where she was last seen on Monday. After Li reportedly vanished from her family’s apartment, …
A Kentucky woman pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to fatally stabbing her two children last week. Darryl Williams, who lives in Ohio, told WLEX that he petitioned the courts to get visitation and joint custody of his son and daughter, Deon and Skyler, whom he had not seen in almost two years. Williams claimed his …
Comedian Andy Dick was arrested Wednesday at a California campground for an alleged sexual assault. Orange County authorities said a man reported he was sexually assaulted by Dick. The alleged victim was taken to a hospital for an evaluation. CBS News reported that Dick had been living at a campground at O’Neill Regional Park with …
A Utah sheriff’s office has identified and named a suspect in double murder of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner at their campsite near Moab last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Schulte and Turner — also known as Crystal Beck — were last seen at a bar in Moab on August 13, 2021. A family member …
A Texas woman was charged last Wednesday for allegedly throwing his boyfriend’s mother’s ashes in a lake. On May 2, Ernest Smith, 38, called Fort Worth police to his home after he reportedly discovered his mother’s urn was missing. Smith also claimed he overheard a conversation between his girlfriend, Augustine Gladney, 40, and her daughter, …
