A suspect has been arrested in the murder of 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer. Shawn Laval Smith, 31, is accused of entering the high-end furniture store where Kupfer worked, then stabbing her to death. The murder happened a short time after Kupfer texted a friend that someone in the store was giving her a “bad vibe.” …
Authorities have charged a Wisconsin man for fatally shooting his 8-year-old daughter on Saturday. A woman reportedly called 911 claiming Michael Huddleston, 47, shot Tiana Huddleston at a Milwaukee home. The father drove the girl to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the 911 call, according to WDJT. While at …
The mother of a San Antonio boy who committed suicide in 2019 has sued a school district, claiming it didn’t take the proper steps to prevent bullying and racism. According to a lawsuit filed against the East Central Independent School District in San Antonio, Lakeshia Chaney says her 7-year-old son, Jeffery Taylor, killed himself four …
A pedestrian alerted police to a wanted man accused of killing an UCLA graduate student last week. Citing a law enforcement source, Fox News reports that a witness spotted Shawn Laval Smith sitting on a park bench in Pasadena on Wednesday and alerted authorities. The pedestrian presumably recognized Smith from photos and videos the Los …
On Tuesday, a South Carolina judge denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid to lower his $7 million bond. Judge Alison Lee denied Murdaugh’s request, finding he still posed a flight risk as well as a danger to himself and others. Following the ruling, Murdaugh’s legal team said the jailed attorney is unable to pay the hefty bond, …
A Kansas man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly killed his girlfriend’s friend, who apparently gave her a cover story on the night she went out without her boyfriend. Jose E. Escalante-Corchado, 24, has been charged with murder and numerous related offenses after he allegedly killed Mackenzie Hopkins, 24, and attempted to kill her …
On Wednesday, Ohio officials released a video that apparently shows elementary school staff forcing a student to eat food she had thrown in the garbage. WKYC obtained surveillance footage from December, which apparently shows Palm Elementary School principal Debra Pustulka and paraprofessional Monika Sommers-Fridenstine watching the student throw waffles in the trash during lunch. Sommers-Fridenstine allegedly …
Attorneys for Ghilsaine Maxwell have asked for a retrial after being convicted of sex trafficking earlier this month. The New York Post reports that attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein’s close confidant have requested a retrial, reportedly because one juror did not disclose during jury selection that they were a victim of childhood sex abuse. As CrimeOnline …
The father of missing New Hampshire girl, Harmony Montgomery, has been named a suspect in an unsolved killing. According to The Boston Globe, Adam Montgomery is a suspect in the murder of Darlin Guzman, who was killed in 2008, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Court documents indicate that Guzman was shot and killed in the parking lot …
A Tennessee woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly broke into a relative’s home and attacked two family members with an ax. Nevada Fortson, 25, was charged with resisting arrest, violating an order of protection, aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault, according to Carter County jail records. According to police, Fortson reportedly broke into the house …
San Diego investigators said Wednesday that a mother and her toddler son who died when they fell from a concourse at the city’s major league baseball stadium died from a murder-suicide. Police said the deaths of Raquel Wilkins, 40, and Denzel Browning-Wilkins, 2, were suspicious at the time. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wilkins and her …
