Authorities in Tennessee have issued an Amber Alert for a missing teen they believe may be with her 18-year-old boyfriend against her will. The Knoxville Police Department said 16-year-old Holly Piper was last seen at the Cook Out fast food restaurant on Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville at about 3 a.m. on Monday. She is believed …
Central Ohio Crime Stoppers offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of an Ohio woman who hasn’t been seen in nearly three years. According to the FBI, 33-year-old Sacoya Cooper was last seen on August 31, 2021, while leaving her partner’s home in North Linden. She is believed to have driven off …
ALEX MURDAUGH TAKES THE STAND NOW
An inmate in South Carolina’s Ridgeland Correctional Institute is being charged with making the bomb threat that temporarily halted Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial earlier this month. The Colleton County courthouse was evacuated on February 8 after courthouse personnel received the bomb threat, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The trial was halted until about 2:30 p.m. while …
The three shootings left another member of the news crew and the child’s mother in critical condition.
Washington state officials have identified a human foot that washed ashore more than a year ago as belonging to a 68-year-old woman who disappeared in 2018. The Seattle Times reported that Clallam County officials crowdfunded the $7,500 to pay for DNA testing on the remains found inside a size 8 New Balance sneaker that washed …
Paul Murdaugh’s girlfriend has not only alleged that the murdered 22-year-old was abusive but that he also had a problem with alcohol prior to the deadly 2019 boat crash. Morgan Doughty, 23, recalled an instance in which Paul kicked her before grabbing her by the throat and punching her. “He got on top of me, …
Alex Murdaugh could take the stand in his own defense on Thursday. New reports speculated on whether the accused killer will take the stand. The defense attorneys laid the groundwork, asking the judge about the range of questions Murdaugh could be asked on cross-examine, and whether Murdaugh would be able to take his Fifth Amendment …
Update: A 4-year-old Mississippi boy missing since Friday has been found safe, the Daily Leader said Thursday. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation cancelled an endangered child alert issued for Kenney DeAngelo Evans but did not provide any information about where or how he was found or whetherhe was with a 58-year-old woman investigators had said …
A Washington boy was “successfully” recovered in Missouri on February 17, after vanishing eight months ago, officials said. According to the FBI’s Seattle Office, 8-year-old Breadson John, of Vancouver, was found safe in Jasper, Missouri. Officials haven’t released details on why he was in another state or who he was staying with. As CrimeOnline previously …
At the onset of Monday’s proceedings, Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers asked the court to bar prosecutors from asking their client about his alleged financial crimes if he testified in his own defense. The defense argued that Alex retains his Fifth Amendment right to shield himself from self-incrimination even if he takes the stand at his double …
A 15-year-old girl was found dead from an apparent head injury in her metropolitan Atlanta apartment on Tuesday, and investigators say three teen suspects are responsible. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Peachtree City Police said that girl’s mother found her at about 6 a.m. in her bed at the Greens at Braelinn apartments. The victim has …
