A Detroit nurse who was abducted from the parking lot of the hospital where she worked early Saturday morning was found dead Sunday morning in the trunk of a vehicle in a northern suburb. Patrice Wilson, 29, had just finished her overnight shift at Detroit Medical Center Receiving Hospital and was getting into her car, …
A 25-year-old Indiana man was arrested Friday for neglect after a toddler found a loaded gun and fatally shot himself. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police said the boy was shot Friday night and taken to Riley Children’s Hospital in critical condition, but he later died from his injuries, WISH reported. Jahbar Scott was charged with neglect of …
A beloved community member whose family has historic roots in Fort Lauderdale is being remembered after she died in an apparent murder-suicide this week, WPLG-TV reports. On Thursday, Gwen Bass-Kemp was found dead inside a home she shared with Richard Kenneth McDonald. Both were 71. Investigators believe that McDonald shot Bass-Kemp, set the house on …
The lawyer for a New Mexico teen arrested after her newborn was allegedly found dead in a hospital trash can says the state is subjecting her to “barbaric” treatment, KRQE-TV reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors in Eddy County charged 19-year-old Alexee Trevizo with first-degree murder this week in connection with the death of a …
An Oklahoma man with an apparent fascination with Nazism will likely die behind bars for inflicting horrific abuse on a 3-year-old girl that included the use of a shock collar, restraints and cold showers, Fox 23 reports. This week, a Rogers County judge sentenced 27-year-old Gustus Pennington to six life sentences in prison after he …
A 13-year-old boy was arrested after he exchanged gunfire with police during a chase through a residential neighborhood in Lakeland. One officer was shot in the foot, and the teen was also taken to the hospital with a gunshot wounds to the leg and abdomen, where he is recovering while in police custody, WKMG reported. …
A Maryland kidnapping victim was found naked and with stab wounds on each of her fingers Friday night when state police pulled over a U-Haul truck reported to be “driving erratically and striking multiple parked vehicles.” Police arrested Dennis Bell, 62, charging him with 14 criminal counts, including first degree assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, fourth …
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the remains of a woman found dead on a coastal hunting club last December and arrested her husband for murder. Mindi Mebane Kassotis, 40, was living in Savannah at the time of her death with her husband, Nicholas James Kassotis, who also went by the name Nicholas Killian …
The suspect, Jonathan Jones, was found in Mexico earlier this week with the 17-year-old girl he allegedly kidnapped after skipping out on a court date. Police say there is a connection.
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace doesn’t mince words speaking about Joran van der Sloot, the sole suspect in the 2005 disappearance and presumed murder of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who was on a graduation trip to Aruba when she vanished. Van der Sloot, who is serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany …
A 13-year-old Michigan boy helped save his younger sister from a kidnapper this week when he shot the suspect with his slingshot after she broke free. Michigan State Police said the 8-year-old girl was mushroom hunting in her Alpena County backyard on Wednesday when “an unknown male appeared from the woods,” ABC News reported. The …
Community members from the Alabama city where Natalee Holloway grew up are reflecting once again on her disappearance as news broke this week that the prime suspect in her murder is expected to be extradited to the United States, WVTM-TV reports. Holloway vanished in 2005 while vacationing in Aruba days after graduating high school. Her …
