An Illinois woman who savagely murdered a pregnant teen and helped cut her infant out of her womb will spend decades behind bars, a Cook County judge ruled. According to the Associate Press, Clarisa Figueroa, 51, appeared for sentencing Tuesday, following the 2019 strangulation death of pregnant Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19. She received 50 years behind …
A young Missouri boy shot and killed himself after getting his hands on a loaded, unsecured gun . The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department was initially called Tuesday night for a “sound of shots,” but the call was upgraded to a shooting, KMBC reported. By the time they arrived, a family member had already taken …
Bryan Kohberger’s defense team has until end of the day Wednesday to file a notice that it intends to present an alibi for their client, but the stipulations Idaho law gives for that declaration leave open many questions. Kohberger is accused of stabbing to death four University of Idaho students on the night of November …
Los Angeles police are investigating an apparent homicide after a woman’s body was found in garbage can that had been zip tied shut in a residential neighborhood. A homeowner found the garbage can lying on its side Tuesday morning and picked it up, AOL reported. He called the police non-emergency line because it was heavier …
A high speed chase from Pittsburgh into Ohio Tuesday night ended with the recovery of a missing Pennysylvania girl and the arrest of the man she was with. The 14-year-old girl was last seen in New Castle at about 8:30 p.m. and was reported as missing and endangered. She was reported to be with John …
Texas police are investigating after three dogs attacked a toddler at his babysitter’s home, killing him. Investigators were called to the Duncanville home at about 11 a.m. on Monday and found the 1-year-old boy unconscious. He was rused to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, where he died, WFAA reported. Police said there were other children …
Scott Peterson appeared in a California courtroom on Tuesday as he tries to overturn his convictions for killing his wife and unborn son. Lawyers for the LA Innocence Project, which is representing Peterson, 51, sought to have details sealed regarding the ongoing case. However, the hearing only lasted a few minutes because both sides agreed …
Oklahoma’s chief medical examiner on Tuesday positively identified two bodies found in Texas County over the weekend as Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, two women who disappeared while traveling from Kansas to Oklahoma on March 30 to pick up Butler’s children. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation made the announcement in a Facebook post that …
More than a month after her son’s disappearance during night out drinking in Nashville sparked a desperate two week search for him, a Missouri mother says he texted her that night and said his drink “didn’t taste good.” Michelle Whiteid didn’t say what time that text exchange happened, nor did she say whether she’d shared …
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UPDATE An AMBER Alert for two Alabama children has been canceled, according. Both were found safe and uninjured in Selma. No additional information is available at this time. Initial Coverage Alabama police say a 5-year-old Montgomery boy is missing and a 13-year-old girl may have taken him. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Kaiden …
A lawyer for the family of a Pennsylvania woman whose 2011 death was ruled a suicide announced on Tuesday that an official will testify that her body was moved postmortem. Crime Online staff listened in on Tuesday’s hearing, in which Joseph Podraza made the revelation to Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Linda Carpenter. Podraza claimed …
