A South Carolina couple was arrested on Wednesday, days after their 4-year-old daughter reportedly died from being put in scalding hot water. On February 16, hospital staff contacted Richland County police about Hope Fields being treated for severe burns and a fractured femur. WJBF reported that Fields was on life support for two days before …
An Ohio woman who allegedly killed a 5-year-old boy in her care last week had her first court appearance on Thursday. Pammy Maye, 48, allegedly suffocated Darnell Taylor six hours before an AMBER Alert was issued on February 14. Maye, who was apprehended in Brooklyn, Ohio, on February 15, admitted to killing Taylor and leaving …
A suspect has been identified with the death of a woman found deceased due to “foul play” Thursday, school officials from the University of Georgia’s Athens campus said. Campus police Friday afternoon that a suspect has been taken into custody, in connection with the death of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley. “A suspect in the murder …
An Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to murder after leaving her 1-year-old daughter alone for nearly 10 days last year while she vacationed in Puerto Rico. According to NBC News, Kristel Candelario, 32, appeared at the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Cleveland Wednesday morning, where she pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and child endangerment. …
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Texas revealed the cause of death of Audrii Cunningham, According to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Audrii died from “homicidal violence” and blunt force trauma to the head. Her body has been transferred to Harris County. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 42-year-old Don Steven McDougal, who …
Police are questioning a ‘person of interest’ after the body of a woman with “visible injuries” was found at the intramural fields of the University of Georgia in Athens. UGA Police Chief Jeff Clark said, “The victim was not a student at the University of Georgia, but the victim was a student at another school.” …
Police have shut down the entrance to a landfill in Calumet County, Wisconsin, as they search for a 3-year-old boy who was reported missing on Tuesday. Elijah Vue was last seen at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, as CrimeOnline previously reported. An Amber Alert was issued, but no information about a possible abduction was provided. …
A Missouri community college teacher set the fire that killed her and her four children earlier this week. St. Louis County Police said Bernadine “Birdie” Pruessner, 39, allegedly set a mattress on fire in her Ferguson home and left a note in her minivan saying she intended to kill herself and the children. the St. …
A South African man who confessed to killing an Alaska Native woman and was captured on cellphone video torturing and killing another was found guilty Thursday in both killings. The Anchorage jury deliberated less than two hours before returning the unanimous guilty verdicts for Brian Steven Smith, 52, in the deaths of Kathleen Henry and …
A pair of girl’s pants led searchers to the body of missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in the Trinity River on Tuesday after she’d been missing for nearly a week. Tim Miller, the founder of Texas EquuSearch, told CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace that he spotted the pants along the bank of the river on Saturday. “Not the …
