Year: 2022

After Moving Into Her Own Apartment for the First Time, Woman With Down Syndrome Is Fatally Strangled, Found Wrapped in Blanket With Bag Over Head
Murder

Virginia prosecutors said Wednesday that the man who murdered his intellectually-disabled neighbor last month did so in an “extremely violent” manner. According to WRC, the father and stepmother of Melia Jones, 23, found her strangled at her Alexandria apartment on December 7. Prosecutors said Jones — who has Down syndrome — was wrapped in a …

Court
January 21, 2022

Disgraced Attorney Alex Murdaugh Hit With 27 More Charges in Latest Indictments

A South Carolina grand jury issued four more indictments against legal scion Alex Murdaugh, who remains jailed on a slew of charges for financial fraud. On Friday, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a statement that the indictments, all filed this month, consist of 27 new charges against Murdaugh, 53, whose law license …

Murder
January 21, 2022

‘They Failed and She’s Dead’: Nancy Grace Says Moab Police in Denial About Mishandling Traffic Stop Before Gabby Petito’s Murder

CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace has responded to the report stating that police in Moab, Utah, made “unintentional errors” after the pulled over Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito in response to a 911 call. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Moab police stopped Petito’s van, which Laundrie was driving, on August 12 after at least one witness called 911 …

Mark Gooch and Sasha Krause
Court
January 21, 2022

Airman Who Senselessly Kidnapped & Murdered Beloved Mennonite Teacher Learns Fate

An Arizona man who killed a school teacher was sentenced Wednesday for kidnapping and murder. Mark Gooch will spend life in prison for the murder of Sasha Krause, 27, a Mennonite teacher who was found deceased in 2020. Gooch also received an additional five years behind bars for kidnapping, which will run consecutively with the …

Murder
January 21, 2022

HEAR IT: 911 Call That Led Police to Capture Brianna Kupfer’s Killer

Police in Pasadena, California, have released the 911 call placed by a witness who believed they recognized the suspect in the murder of a UCLA grad student, who had been on the loose for a week after allegedly killing Brianna Kupfer at her place of work. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kupfer, 24, was working alone …

Murder
January 20, 2022

Detroit Mom Found Dead and Dismembered a Month After She Vanished

A 33-year-old Detroit mother of four was found shot to death and dismembered in her own home this week — nearly a month after she was reported missing. Police arrested Latima Warren’s boyfriend, 44-year-old Rondell Lamar Watters, and charged him with open murder. He was at the home, with an infant child, when police executed …

Manslaughter
January 20, 2022

Toddler Dies From Being Shaken So Hard Her Corneas Detached: Report

A Michigan man has been charged with the death of a 1-year-old girl who died while he was babysitting her. Police said Layla Connors was left in the care of 28-year-old Dennis Wayne Justus, a friend of the girl’s mother, on December 17 while the mother was at work, WJBK reported. Thirty minutes later, Melissa …

Murder
January 20, 2022

Update: Texas Teen Killed Sister, Her Friend, Then Himself in Double Murder-Suicide, Cops Say

Three teens found dead in a rural Texas home on Tuesday were victims of a double murder and suicide, according to Harris County deputies, who also named the three teenagers. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office identified the teens as siblings Hayden Burns, 15, and Haley Burns, 17, and Hayley’s friend, 17-year-old Kadience Cadena, KHOU reported. …