On Tuesday, a judge denied a bond reduction in the case of a Tennessee woman who allegedly suffocated her 7-month-old daughter in March. Soniemy Benitez Melendez, 18, was arrested on March 30, two days after Blount County police responded to her home amid reports of an unresponsive child who was later pronounced dead. Melendez admitted …
An 11-year-old Texas girl found dead on Saturday was wrapped in a trash bag and stuffed into a laundry basket shoved beneath her bed. Maria Gonzalez stayed home Saturday morning when her father, Carmelo Gonzalez, went to work shortly before 10 a.m., as CrimeOnline reported. The father said he got a message from Maria not …
Prosecutors said in court filings on Monday that Idaho college murders suspect Bryan Kohberger’s defense was misreading the state’s grand jury statue or providing reasons to challenge it that are outside the statue entirely ahead of a hearing on the motion scheduled for Friday. The prosecution responded point by point to the defense’s latest motion …
San Francisco police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old woman, found dead in a duffle bag at Golden Gate Park Sunday evening. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified her as Kelly Koike, who was homeless and suffered from mental illness, her mother told KGO. “I know deep deep down in her, without …
A Texas father returning home from work on Saturday found his 11-year-old daughter dead and under her bed. Carmelo Gonzalez called 911 just after 3 p.m. and said his daughter, Maria Gonzalez, wasn’t breathing. Paramedics tried unsuccessfully to revive her, and she was pronounced dead, KPRC reported. “The medical examiner concluded that the cause of …
An Ohio teen faces decades in prison for killing her boyfriend and another man after she slammed her vehicle into a building at a speed topping 100 miles per hour last year. Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty Monday of murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, and numerous other charges in connection with the deaths of 20-year-old …
A North Carolina man has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting and killing the driver of a truck who struck and killed his teenage son early Monday. The Person County Sheriff’s Department said that 41-year-old Chad Woods was arrested at his home in Timberlake after they found 39-year-old Jeffrey McKay’s pickup truck at Woods’ …
Jodi Arias, who killed her ex-boyfriend in Arizona in 2008, reportedly is serving her life sentence as a prison library aide. Arias drove to Travis Alexander’s Mesa home and stabbed him, leaving behind her DNA. Authorities found Alexander, 30, dead in his shower with his throat slit, a gunshot wound to his head, and stabs …
A Florida man has been arrested following the murder of his young son’s mother, whose body was found shot multiple times in the back of her own car last month, Fox 13 reports. Phillip Stapleton, 32, is charged with principal to murder in the first-degree and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with the …
The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who reportedly shot his teacher in January pleaded guilty to felony neglect on Tuesday. The Richneck Elementary student reportedly shot Abigail Zwerner, 25, with his mother’s gun on January 6 as Zwerner taught 20 other students. The boy’s mother, Deja Taylor, claimed the handgun had a trigger lock …
While many questions remain unanswered, new details are emerging in the murder of mom-of-5, Rachel Morin. We are learning that Morin stopped in a tanning salon she frequented before hitting the gym with new boyfriend, Richard Tobin. Tobin reportedly dropped Morin at home before she drove herself to one of two ‘Ma and Pa’ trailheads. …
Georgia police said they are preparing for President Donald Trump’s indictment. On Monday, the state grand jury indicted Trump and 18 others — including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani — of racketeering and RICO violations for allegedly attempting to overturn 2020 election results. Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat told WSB-TV that Trump will …
