Attorneys for a Texas woman who allegedly fled to Costa Rica after fatally shooting her boyfriend’s love interest in May have asked the court to suppress various pieces of evidence for her upcoming murder trial. During a pre-trial hearing which began last Wednesday, Kaitlin Armstrong’s legal team claimed Austin police and detective Richard Spitler used …
The grandmother of missing Georgia tot Quinton Simon, 1, apparently thinks the child died accidentally, according to a conversation she had with the child’s father. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Quinton’s mother, Leilani Simon, reported him missing on October 5; she said her current boyfriend saw the child at about 6 a.m. in the family’s Savannah …
A New York detective took the stand Monday at the Suffolk Superior Court and said the father and stepmother of deceased 8-year-old Thomas Valva were caught on text messages discussing punishments and beating two children with belts. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 43-year-old Michael Valva is currently on trial for the murder of Thomas, who froze …
On Wednesday, a Wisconsin jury convicted Darrell Brooks Jr. of killing six people and injuring 60 more last year by driving his car through a parade. Brooks, who represented himself in court, stood trial for the carrying out the mass slaying in November at a parade in Waukesha. He faced 77 counts — including first-degree …
Indiana State Police are searching for a Georgia mother whose 5-year-old son was found dead off a rural backroad earlier this year, stuffed into a hardshell suitcase with the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign painted on it. Police spokesman Sgt. Carey Huls identified the boy as Cairo Ammar Jordan and his mother as …
A woman who once met convicted California killer Paul Flores reportedly claimed that he told her years ago that he killed California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart, in the summer of 1996. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a jury convicted Flores, who attended Cal Poly in 1996 with 19-year-old Smart, of murder earlier this month. …
A Pennsylvania man faces multiple charges in the alleged child abuse of his 6-year-old daughter, including leaving her in a hole in the backyard overnight. A criminal complaint against 50-year-old John Edward Kraft says that Greene County Children and Youth Services met with the girl initially on September 21, when they found severe bruising all …
Update: A missing 6-year-old girl from Pennsylvania and her mother were located in Virginia Thursday morning, and the mother was arrested. WGAL reported that Venessa Gutshall, 37, abducted Zoe Moss during a court-ordered supervised visit on Tuesday and fled with the girl in a gray Volkswagen Jetta. Police in McLean, Virginia, spotted a stolen Virginia …
The mother of a Georgia toddler missing for three weeks and presumed dead has been on probation in another county since April. Chatham County police have named Leilani Simon, 23, the sole suspect in the disappearance and death of 20-month-old Quinton Simon on October 5, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Authorities, including the FBI, have been …
The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation into a post on the social media site Reddit claiming to be from a juror in the trial of Darrell Brooks, charged with intentionally driving through the Waukesha Christmas Parade last year, killing six and injuring dozens more.
Three Tennesseans have been arrested after allegedly holding a man hostage at a Murfreesboro hotel before torturing him and robbing him of thousands of dollars. Murfreesboro Police said that Jessica Mortensen, 25; Harry Kiningham, 41; and Joshua Frazier, 37, were each charged with kidnapping, robbery, and extortion, WKRN reported. Police spokesman Larry Flowers said that …
