Police in Stockton, California, have released a photo they say shows a “person of interest” in five shooting deaths they believe are related. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police haven’t confirmed the killings may be the work of a serial killer. Police Chief Stanley McFadden said the shootings have “some patterns and similarities” but that “we …
A 28-year-old Colorado man was arrested this week and accused of attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old girl after his parents recognized his car from photographs released by police during the investigation. The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced the charges against Diego James Gettler on Friday. According to Thornton Police, officers responded to STEM Launch …
A suspected serial killer returns to court on Monday in Texas to face a jury for the second time in the 2018 murder of 88-year-old Mary Brooks. The jury deadlocked last November at the first trial, but Billy Chemirmir, 49, has already been convicted of capital murder in the death of another elderly woman, 81-year-old …
A 52-year-old Georgia woman was arrested Friday and charged with killing a 78-year-old relative in the home they shared in Cobb County. Cobb County police said that Gretchen Lynn Fortney assaulted Martha Fortney at about 5 a.m. and strangled her, according to East Cobb News. According to the arrest warrant, the younger woman allegedly attacked …
An upstate New York college’s “Family Weekend” was marred by deadly gunfire Sunday morning at a hotel “packed” with family members visiting the campus with students. Investigators have not released the identities of the victim or two suspects, all males, in the shooting, but an emailed statement from Marist College confirmed that the victim was …
Update: The Amber Alert for 15-year-old Kryssy King has been canceled after the girl was found safe, Dryden Wire reported. Trevor Blackburn was taken into custody by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Superior Police Department. Original story: Wisconsin authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 15-year-old girl who hasn’t been …
The ex-boyfriend of a woman found dismembered and stuffed into suitcases last month has finally been taken into custody and is being questioned about the murder by police. Police had been looking for the former lover, who has not been named, since finding Dasia Johnson’s body in her Brooklyn apartment on September 21, as CrimeOnline …
Authorities on Friday found a woman’s body ablaze at a home on the Massachusetts peninsula of Cape Cod, where they later arrested her son for murder, WCVB-TV reports. Around 9:30 p.m. Friday, emergency crews responded to a home in the town of Truro after they received a welfare check request and a report of a …
The Nevada man accused of murdering a 4-year-old boy and hiding his body in a freezer is facing additional child abuse charges, this time concerning the boy’s sister, KLAS-TV reports. Prosecutors allege that 36-year-old Brandon Toseland killed his girlfriend’s son, Mason Dominguez, in December 2021 by hitting or kicking him, causing him to hit an …
A photograph released by investigators looking into the mysterious death of Georgia mom Debbie Collier shows her rented van traveling in North Georgia on her way toward the Family Dollar store where she was next seen on surveillance video. The still image showing Collier’s Chrysler Pacifica was captured by a traffic camera at Tallulah Falls …
A 3-year-old Chicago boy died early Saturday morning, hours after a bullet from the gun of a road rager struck him as he was riding in the backseat of his mother’s vehicle. Police Commander Brian Spreyne said at a news conference on Saturay that Mateo Zastro was clearly shot in a “road rage incident,” although …
A former security systems designer for the National Security Agency was arrested this week for violating the Espionage Act by allegedly trying to sell secret and top secret documents to someone he believe to work for a foreign country. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 30, worked for the NSA from June 6 to July 1 and afterward …
