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 …
A Detroit man has been ordered held on a $5,000 bond after he was charged with setting his 26-year-old girlfriend — pregnant with twins — on fire last week. The girlfriend, six-and-a-half months pregnant, remains hospitalized in critical condition with 3rd degree burns on more than half of her body, officials said, and it’s not …
A Tennessee woman is facing charges after police say she lied about her son’s death while she kept him hidden in a motel room for weeks. According to Clarksville Now, 39-year-old Vanessa Blanchard was arrested Wednesday and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and false impression. The incident began on October 29, …
