New York lawmakers recently filed legislation to stop defendants’ family members from profiting from their crimes amid reports that the suspected Long Island Serial Killer’s estranged wife was paid for an upcoming docuseries. Film crews reportedly followed Asa Ellerup to Rex Heuermann’s latest court appearance. A Peacock spokesperson told WCBS that Ellerup was not compensated …
The FBI continues to search for a 13-year-old California girl who hasn’t been seen in over a week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Raine Gonzales was last seen in Brawley on December 10, near I and 18th streets, in Imperial County. She was seen “leaving her apartment complex,” the FBI said, according to Patch. Police say …
Police say an NBA G-League Stockton Kings basketball player and his girlfriend are behind bars after allegedly kidnapping a Washington woman and killing her. According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), former Stockton Kings player Chance Comanche, 27, and his girlfriend, Sakari Harnden, 19, have been arrested on kidnapping charges and both are …
A Pennsylvania woman, her boyfriend, and another man have been arrested and charged with the murder of her 71-year-old mother. Melissa Beacom, 49; Matthew Bates, 18; and Robert Jack, 18, face charges of criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence, according to the Westmoreland County District …
A 9-month-old baby boy was orphaned in a three-vehicle car crash in Ohio earlier this month. Samantha Hammons, 55, has been charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide in the deaths of the boy’s parents, Jacob Hahn and Savannah Harding on December 9, WTOL reports. According to court documents, Hammons was under the influence …
Texas authorities are looking for a convicted child rapist who escaped from a state prison on Sunday. Robert Yancy Jr. was serving a life sentence without parole after he was convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child in May 2022. The jury in that case deliberated for less than two hours, according to the …
A Michigan jury deliberated for about an hour on Friday before returning a guilty verdict for a mother accused in the torture killing of her 15-year-old son. Shanda Vander Ark was found guilty of open murder and first degree child abuse in the death of Timothy Ferguson, WZZM reported. Timothy weighed 69 pounds when he …
A Georgia woman was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for the physical, mental, and emotional abuse of her three stepchildren. Nora Rodgers pleaded guilty on October 9 to nine counts of cruelty to children, the Newton County District Attorney’s Office said. A sentencing hearing was held on Tuesday, and Rodgers was also …
The family of an Illinois woman who was found dead in a walk-in freezer in 2017 received a $6.4 million settlement, according to records made public on Tuesday. Kenneka Jenkins, 19, was found dead in an unused, locked freezer at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont a day after she vanished. The Chicago Tribune reported …
A suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty but mentally ill last week to drowning his three young children, apparently because he was angry with his estranged wife. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said that Jason Karels, 36, will be sentenced to life without parole early next year, The Asssociated Press reported. Round Lake Beach police …
Similar processes led investigators to Bryan Kohberger as the suspect in the University of Idaho murders last years.
