Oklahoma sheriff’s deputies were at the site of the former home of the BTK serial killer in Kansas on Tuesday looking for possible leads on unsolved cases that could be related to the convicted killer. Dennis Rader was sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences in 2005 after terrorizing Wichita and his home in the suburb …
Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke was arrested Monday morning for soliciting sex at a park in Farmingville. Burke ran the department from 2005 until 2012, when he was convicted of beating up a suspect in custody and covering it up, and oversaw the investigation into the Gilgo Beach killings during that same time. …
A Louisiana man was arrested on Monday after police allegedly found him driving a missing woman’s car with her body inside. On Sunday, Calcasieu Parish police responded to a missing person report involving Sheila Ortega, 72. The following day, cops discovered her body in her SUV which was parked outside a mall, according to KFDM. …
A Seattle man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his 21-year-old stepdaughter 107 times as she protected her mother from his attack. the incident took place earlier this month, KING reported. Police were called to the home in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood early in the morning on August 7. …
The grandmother of missing North Carolina girl, Madalina Cojocari, says the child’s stepfather, Chris Palmiter, sold her into sex trafficking for millions. “Chris Palmiter is the instrument,” Madalina’s grandmother, Rodica Cojocari, told WCNC while standing outside of the Mecklenburg County courthouse Thursday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police arrested Madalina’s mother and Rodica’s daughter, Diana Cojocari, …
On Tuesday, a Kentucky grand jury indicted a woman for murdering her 17-month-old daughter, who reportedly died in July after she was sexually abused. Erica Lawson, 21, was initially arrested on manslaughter charges following the July 30 death of her daughter, Elena. WBIR reported that Middlesboro police said they were using DNA to identify additional …
Lucy Letby prided herself on caring for infants. The neonatal nurse cared for the most vulnerable of patients: newborns. Then, the hospital noticed that more infants died in the span of a month than would typically die in a year. An investigation reveals that Letby had been the sole nurse working at the time of …
A former Tennessee math teacher, previously recognized as “teacher of the month,” has been charged in connection with inappropriate sexual contact with a student. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, 28-year-old Casey McGrath was taken into custody on August 18 and charged with aggravated statutory rape. The arrest comes after Hamilton County Schools suspended …
A 15-year-old Tennessee boy, who vanished a day before his grandmother was reportedly found murdered by her boyfriend, was also found dead on Monday. WMC reported that Memphis police found Anneria Turman fatally shot in a wooded area on August 16, a day after Turman’s grandson, Syquavius Hoyett, had disappeared. It is unclear where Hoyett’s …
A North Carolina woman is facing several criminal charges after allegedly making friends and family believe she was murdered. According to NBC 4, Margaret Frances “Maggie” Elizabeth Sweeney, 37, was reported missing on August 18, based on information that insinuated that she was in danger or had been killed. The following day, police found Sweeney …
California police are searching for a 19-year-old woman last seen Sunday in Los Angeles County, following a reported shooting at a park in Whittier. According to KTLA 5, Andrea Vasquez was last seen sitting in a car with a male when someone armed fired at their vehicle at Penn Park, which is around 20 miles …
An Ohio woman was found dead in Tennessee over the weekend after she was believed to have been kidnapped. Cincinnati police said they responded to a report of shots fired late Friday night and “found evidence of a shooting and a possible kidnapping.” Investigators said the victim, later identified as 36-year-old Kaitlyn Ashley Lynch, “might …
