Year: 2023

Idaho College Murders: Roommate Who Didn’t Call Cops Needs to ‘Explain Herself,’ Victim’s Sister-in-Law says
Murder

A Reddit account believed to belong to the sister-in-law of Ethan Chapin, one of the victims of the University of Idaho murders in November, questioned why surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen didn’t call 911 after hearing “crying and screaming” on the night of the murders, UK tabloid the Daily Mail reports. The comments were made before Bryan Kohberger’s arrest affidavit was unsealed.

Missing
February 5, 2023

Duck Hunter Missing After Boat Sinks Near River Jetties

South Carolina crews spent another weekend unsuccessfully searching for a duck hunter lost when his boat sank on January 26. The North Myrtle Beach Rescue Squad announced on Saturday it was discontinuing its daily searches for Tyler Doyle, but the state Department of Natural Resources said it would continue, Myrtle Beach Online reported. “Our crews …

Missing
February 5, 2023

Missing Missouri Kids Found With Abductor Mom in Florida

Two children taken from their Missouri home nearly a year ago were found safe last week at a grocery store in Florida. The High Springs Police Department said it found the two children and their non-custodial mother when a routine vehicle tag check alerted that the owner of the vehicle was a fugitive. Kristi Nicole …

Wanted
February 5, 2023

NYC Manhunt: Off-Duty Officer Shot in Attempted Robbery Prompts Search for Gunman

A young NYPD officer is fighting for his life after being shot in an attempted armed robbery on Saturday night, prompting a city-wide manhunt for the gunman, the Staten Island Advance reports. The off-duty officer had reportedly arranged over social media to buy a vehicle and traveled to the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn …

Saraiah Acosta
Murder
February 5, 2023

Community Mourns California Teen Allegedly Murdered by On-Again, Off-Again Boyfriend

Loved ones of a California teen brutally murdered this week say they want her to be remembered for how she lived and not how she died, KXTV reports. “Everybody wanted to be around her because she was the one that danced and she lived life,” Angela Martinez told the television station about her niece, Saraiah …

Candice Elizabeth Johnson
Sex Crimes
February 5, 2023

Missouri School Nurse Allegedly Had Sex Multiple Times with Student in School Office: Police

A Missouri school nurse allegedly had sex with a student at least a dozen times in recent months, including some encounters inside the school, KAIT-TV reports. On Wednesday, police in Kennett arrested 26-year-old Candice Elizabeth Johnson in connection with the allegations. Two days earlier, law enforcement authorities were tipped off that Johnson, a school nurse …

Attempted Murder
February 4, 2023

Montana Man Charged With Shooting 2 Teens in the Head, Trying to Rape One of Them

A Montana man has been charged with attempted murder and attempted rape after a violent attack on two teens near the Crow Indian Reservation. Carl Chester Alden, 32, pleaded not guilty at an arraignment after the Thursday attack, KECI reported. He’s being held on a $1.5 million bond. Alden allegedly shot the two teens, aged …

Murder
February 4, 2023

Houston Man Found Shot to Death After Another Man Found Dead in His Home

A Texas man who was missing after another man was found dead in his home has now been found dead as well. Houston Police conducted a welfare check on James Gerald Martin III, 37, on January 27 after neighbors noted a vehicle left running for several hours in the garage, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Officer …

Missing
February 4, 2023

Human Remains Found 2 Miles From Missing Lyft Driver’s Last Known Location

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has taken the lead on the investigation of human remains found in Okeechobee County, just two miles from a missing Lyft driver’s last known location. On Thursday, police in North Carolina arrested a man who led them on a high-speed chase in the Lyft driver’s car, as CrimeOnline previously …