FRENCH FRY FELONY: St. Louis Woman Charged After Shooting McDonald’s Worker During Fry Discount Dispute
Murder
January 22, 2022
NYPD Officers Gunned Down, Leaving One Dead and Another Critically Wounded
Two police officers in New York City were gunned down Friday night, leaving one officer dead and the other in critical condition, WABC-TV reports. The shooting comes the same week that two other NYPD officers were shot, one on Staten Island and another in the Bronx, according to WNBC-TV. In Friday’s attack, authorities identified the …
Murder
January 21, 2022
Boyfriend Stabs Phoenix Mom to Death, Dumps Her Body in the Desert
Investigators in Arizona say they’ve found the body of a Phoenix mom last seen on Saturday night with her boyfriend. Arrest documents for Jorge Lara, 28, say that family members of 37-year-old Irene Luevano told police she called them Sunday morning and asked them to call police because Lara had stabbed her in the neck, …
Murder
January 21, 2022
Disabled Vet, Adult Daughter Found Dead in Alabama Home; Cops Looking for Her Boyfriend
A 75-year-old Alabama man and his adult daughter were found dead in their home on Wednesday, and authorities say the woman’s boyfriend is a suspect in their deaths. Chester “Chuck” Tarwater Jr’s 12-year-old grandson found him unresponsive at about 3:20 p.m. The boy grabbed his grandmother — who suffers from dementia — and went to …
Crime Stories
January 21, 2022
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Cult Mom Lori Vallow/Hubby Chad Daybell Scheming Revealed
As Lori Vallow’s brother, Adam Cox, opens up about their familial relationships, the lengths that Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell were willing to go, are being revealed. This included text message and email revelations that Chad Daybell said his wife Tammy, would be killed in a car crash. Also new in this case, a judge …
Fraud
January 21, 2022
Pastor & Wife Kept 8 Disabled Adults in Locked Basement While Controlling Their Benefits: Police
A Georgia pastor and his wife have been arrested after police reportedly found eight people with various intellectual and physical disabilities being kept in a basement against their will. On January 13, EMS workers and Griffin firefighters responded to Curtis and Sophia Bankston’s home amid reports of someone suffering a seizure. A firefighter had to …
Manslaughter
January 21, 2022
Kentucky Daughter Charged With Neglect, Leading to Death of Her 92-Year-Old Mother
A Kentucky woman was arrested on Friday and charged in the death of her mother two months ago. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office said that they were called to the Georgetown Community Hospital on November 13, 2021, by personnel who suspected neglect of an elderly woman, identified as Opal Webb, 92. Webb was being treated …
Murder
January 21, 2022
Son Who Murdered Mom With Samurai Sword Had ‘Cult’-Like Obsession With Conspiracy Videos: Reports
Bond was set on Friday for an Alabama man accused of carrying out Sunday’s sword attack that killed his mother and seriously injured his brother and uncle. WALA reported that Damien Washam’s bond was set at $750,000 for the murder of his mother, Helen Washam, 61, who he killed with a samurai sword during a …
Famous Murder Cases
January 21, 2022
Brian Laundrie Confessed to Killing Gabby Petito in Notebook Found With His Body: FBI
The months long investigation into Gabby Petito’s murder revealed no evidence that anyone “other than Brian Laundrie (was) directly involved in the tragic death of Gabby Petito,” the FBI’s Denver field office announced Friday. Special Agent in Charge Michael Schneider said in a statement that Petito’s family met with agents at the Tampa field office …
Missing
January 21, 2022
Brian Laundrie’s Parents Will Not be Charged in Connection to Gabby Petito’s Murder: Report
Brian Laundrie’s parents had been trying to get possession of a notebook found with his body — the same notebook that FBI now says included a confession about Gabby Petito’s murder
Missing
January 21, 2022
Body Found in Michigan River, Believed That of College Student Missing Since October
A body believed to be that of a Michigan college student missing for nearly three months was found Friday in the Red Cedar River in Lansing. Brendan Santo, 18, was last seen just before midnight on October 29, leaving a Michigan State University residence hall where he had been visiting friends, as CrimeOnline previously reported. …
