A North Carolina man who was found dead last week was initially mistaken for a law enforcement dummy or Halloween decoration, according to reports. A worker at a China Grove property called police on October 10 upon finding Robert Owens’ body. A day earlier, a groundskeeper spotted Owens, 34, but did not contact authorities because …
A California woman is behind bars after police say she killed her 5-year-old daughter Saturday. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Law & Crime, police arrested 34-year-old Mina Nazari for the “willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously and with malice aforethought” murder of her daughter, Sana Akram. Nazari was arrested Saturday and faces felony charges of …
The mother of slain Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway says that her killer’s apology means nothing to her. Speaking with NBC News, Beth Holloway said Joran van der Sloot — who is serving a sentence in Peru for the murder of another woman — lacks the ability for remorse. “He doesn’t have that in his existence,” …
New details have emerged in connection to a missing Michigan wife, who was reported missing and endangered Wednesday. According to ABC 12, the search for 60-year-old Kelly McWhirter is now a criminal investigation after police found a “significant amount of blood” inside her Flushing residence. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said that “there was likely …
Police in east Alabama are looking for a 10-year-old boy they believe could be in danger. Curtis Francis was last seen in Eufaula on Wednesday and was wearing a black and grey Reebok jacket, blue jeans, and grey and white Rebokk high-top shoes, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. He has black hair and brown …
New witnesses, two of whom provided sworn affidavits, are linking Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann to the murders of Karen Vergata and Shannan Gilbert. Attorney John Ray represents to estate of Gilbert, whose disappearance in 2010 ultimately led to the discovery of the Gilgo 4 and other remains on Long Island, He held …
Dutch national Joran van der Sloot admitted killing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in 2005 in an interview with his attorney, part of the plea deal he reached with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to charges that he extorted money from Holloway’s mother. Beth Holloway told reporters after the hearing that van der Sloot admitted killing …
An Missouri woman was arrested this week on charges of murder and plotting with her mother to kill her stepfather. Ashley Nicole Jones, 29, reportedly admitted to police that she had bought ethylene glycol — a substance found in such products as antifreeze, hydraulic break fluid, solvents, paints, films, and cosmetics — from the internet, according to The …
A 7-year-old boy was one of the victims in a double murder suicide in suburban Atlanta on Monday. DeKalb County Police said they found the boy, a 49-year-old woman, and a 51-year-old man dead just after 3 p.m., WANF said. Police have not released the names of the victims and suspect, who investigators believe was …
An Alabama woman has been charged with abuse of a corpse after her newborn daughter was found in a plastic bag in a dumpster at a convenience store in Decatur. Decatur police said they were contacted on Monday about Cindy Nicole Crow, 36, who was believed to have recently given birth but no baby was …
The Kansas Department for Children and Families confirmed on Tuesday that they investigated a 5-year-old girl’s family five times in the weeks leading up to her rape and murder this month. DCF reportedly visited Zoey Felix’s home multiple times in September, with investigators unsuccessfully attempting to make contact on seven instances. The agency also got …
An Alabama judge accepted Joran van der Sloot’s plea deal, meaning today, after almost two decades, the Dutch national admitted that he killed Alabama teen Natalee Holloway. In his proffer, a document in which the defendant offers information about a crime, he reportedly told the court that Holloway rejected his sexual advances, so he hit …
