Year: 2024

Black Swan Murder Trial: Expert Suggests Former Ballerina Accused of Murder May Be Domestic Violence Victim

 Ashley Benefield
Murder

During the Ashley Benefield murder trial Monday in Manatee County, Florida, a domestic violence expert suggested potential signs of abuse in the couple’s relationship before she killed her husband. The Bradenton Herald reports that Bruce Ferris, a licensed mental health counselor and domestic violence consultant, testified as one of the defense’s final witnesses. Benefield’s attorney, …

Murder
July 30, 2024

Accused Child Killer Richard Allen Back in Court, Hearings Could Shape Fate of Delphi Murder Trial

Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen is returning to court this week for several motions, which have the potential to shape the trial’s outcome, depending on the judge’s rulings. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen is facing four counts of murder for the deaths of Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German, who vanished while hiking along …

Hot Car
July 30, 2024

Vermont Tot Left in Hot Car, Marking 16th Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke in US This Year

A Vermont toddler is dead after reporting being left inside a vehicle last week in Milton. According to the Milton Independent, the incident happened Wednesday in a business parking lot on Centre Drive. First responders rushed the child, identified only as an 18-month-old, to the University of Vermont Medical Center, where the child was pronounced …

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AMBER Alert
July 30, 2024

UPDATE: AMBER Alert Teen Found Safe, 30-Year-Old Suspect in Custody

UPDATE:  A missing Arkansas teen has been found safe nearly a week after she reportedly vanished with a 30-year-old man she met online. State police deactivated an AMBER Alert for Autumn Lyon, 16, on Tuesday, a day after suspect Adrian Garces, 30, was apprehended in Grand Prairie, Texas. He is awaiting extradition to Arkansas, according …

Murder
July 30, 2024

Woman Found Dead in North Carolina Lake Died From Gunshot to the Back

A North Carolina woman found dead in a Chatham County lake nearly a year ago had a gunshot wound to the back. The North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office said in a report released Monday that the gunshot was the likely cause of death for 34-year-old Hadeel Ghadhanfer Hikmat, and the manner was homicide, according to …

Murder
July 30, 2024

Detroit Mom Sentence in Death of 3-Year-Old Son, Found Decomposing in Freezer

A Detroit mother was sentenced to 35 to 60 years in prison on Monday after she pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old son in 2022. Wayne County Circuit Judge Tracy Green said that Azuradee, 33, was also a victim — of childhood abuse, lack of mental health treatment, and a government that should have taken …

Murder
July 30, 2024

Teen Found Shot to Death on NC Park Picnic Table

Police in North Carolina are investigating after a 19-year-old woman was found shot to death on a picnic table at a Greensboro park. Jakala Marie Goode was pronounced dead at the scene, the Greensboro Police Department said. Officers were called to the scene at about 7:30 p.m. by a caller who reported hearing what they …

Animal Crimes
July 29, 2024

3-Year-Old Boy to Have Organs Donated After Vicious Dog Attack

A 3-year-old Minnesota boy will be taken off life support Monday, more than a week after dogs reportedly attacked him and his mother in a backyard. According to the Minnesota Star-Tribune, Covil Allen and his mother were attacked at a Brooklyn Park home on July 19. Officers who responded to the scene fatally shot one …

Celebrity Justice
July 29, 2024

‘General Hospital’ Star Haley Pullos Released from Jail After DUI Scandal

“General Hospital” star Haley Pullos has completed her three-month jail sentence for her 2023 DUI, but was immediately placed on probation and ordered to complete community service. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the 25-year-old previously pleaded no contest to charges from the hit-and-run, which happened after a wrong-way crash on a Los Angeles freeway. The crash …