A Kentucky man was arrested Monday for allegedly kissing a 5-year-old girl on the mouth while on a cruise aboard the Carnival Sunrise. Ernest Richard Bishop, Jr., 51, was taken into custody Monday when the ship returned to port in Miami, WPLG reported. The victim’s father said he saw Bishop kiss his daughter while the …
California officials said on Monday that bones discovered last week belong to an animal, not a woman who has been missing since January. Amador County Sheriff Captain Jarret Benov told KUTV that a forensic anthropologist quickly concluded the bones found in Pioneer last Wednesday were not from a human. Benov said they were not in …
New interrogation videos show Keith Papini’s shock at finding out his wife’s kidnapping was actually a hoax. Keith Papini described himself to investigators as “the idiot husband that stayed around the whole time.” The 39-year-old mom was reported missing on November 2, and told investigators when she was found 22 days later that a pair …
A New York detective testified Tuesday during Michael Valva’s murder trial that injuries found on the defendant’s slain autistic son during an autopsy changed the course of the investigation. According to Detective Michael Ronca with the Suffolk police, an autopsy performed after 8-year-old Thomas’ death revealed injuries to his forehead and face. Newsday reports Ronca …
UPDATE @ 3:30 p.m. (EST): Another police officer likely fatally shot Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Blane Lane in the chest as they served an arrest warrant, according to Sheriff Grady Judd. Judd said the officers confronted the suspect, who escalated the matter when they brandished a BB gun which resembled a handgun. Judd speculated that …
An Illinois woman has been officially charged with murder, following the death of her 3-year-old nephew who was pushed off of Navy Pier in Chicago last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened at around 1 p.m. on September 19, close to the 700 block of East Grand Avenue. Security footage reportedly captured the …
Texas police have issued an arrest warrant in Monday’s shooting death of a woman who was reportedly last seen being forced into a car at gunpoint. KTRK reported that the victim’s body was discovered in an SUV at a concrete barrier storage yard in Houston. Earlier that day, someone reportedly called 911 about a man …
A New York father killed while visiting his son during Marist College’s family weekend event has been identified as a father of three and an accountant from Long Island. As CrimeOnline previously reported, two men with reported gang ties have been arrested for the shooting, which happened Sunday at Poughkeepsie’s Courtyard by Marriott. They’ve been …
A jury found Brooke Skylar Richardson not guilty of murder, involuntary manslaughter, and child endangerment in her 2019 trial.
California police are searching for a family that was said to have been kidnapped Monday by an “armed and dangerous” person at their family business. According to NBC News, the incident happened in Mercer County after an unknown individual walked into the business off of 800 Block of South Highway 59, and took a family …
A 21-year-old Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed early Tuesday mornin while serving a warrant. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said four deputies had gone to serve the suspect with a failure to appear warrant. The deputies entered the mobile home, he said, and shots were fired, striking one of the deputies. The deputy …
A manhunt is on in Texas for the ex-boyfriend of a woman found shot to death in her abandoned SUV Monday afternoon. Neither Houston Police, where the body was found, nor Pasadena Police, where the incident began, have named the victim or the suspect, who was identified to investigators in Pasadena, KHOU reported. Witnesses reported …
