An Arizona mother is behind bars and her 2-year-old son is dead after what investigators believe was an intended murder-suicide. According to the New York Post, 26-year-old Alyssa Pettibone was arrested and jailed Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree murder with bond set at $750,000. Reports indicate Buckeye police officers responded to her home on Friday …
A young mother was shot dead in her Pennsylvania home with three small children inside nearby. Police were called to the home around 7 a.m. Saturday and found the victim, 24-year-old Samantha Stein, dead of unspecified causes, according to WHTM. With only weeks left in the year, Spring Grove authorities note this was the city’s …
New details about the extremist views of convicted killer Dylann Roof have emerged in the form of a letter he reportedly wrote in response to a reformed white supremacist interested in reaching out to him. The initial letter presented an olive branch to Roof, according to the New York Daily News, but was met with …
A Wisconsin man was sentenced this week on a child neglect conviction after severely beating his infant daughter, causing extensive physical injury and head trauma. According to Fox News, Oshkosh resident Richard A. Root will serve six months in jail followed by seven years of probation in exchange for a plea related to the crime …
Two men were found guilty this week by a Canadian jury and face life in prison for killing Laura Babcock more than five years ago. Though the 23-year-old Toronto woman’s remains were never found, prosecutors presented a convincing argument for the suspected manner of death. Jurors heard that one of the convicted men, 32-year-old Dellen …
One of the attorneys behind disgraced former NFL star O.J. Simpson’s successful double-murder defense is now trying to erase the lingering suspicion about his client’s guilt. More than two decades after he was acquitted of the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown and her acquaintance Ron Goldman, Simpson was released earlier this year after spending years …
A Florida woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect after authorities found her two children living in squalid conditions. According to the Associated Press, Volusia County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the residence in Pierson on Thursday to check on the welfare of 35-year-old Victoria Kanger and her two children, ages 14 and 5. …
A North Carolina man was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a 1-year-old boy who had just left a Christmas parade in Weldon. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, 22-year-old Malcolm “Macco” Artis was arrested Thursday in Lithia Springs, Georgia, and faces charges including first-degree murder. North Carolina authorities believe he was the gunman whose …
A Florida family made a terrifying discovery in the stateroom of a Carnival cruise ship recently. According to the Miami New Times, a 10-year-old boy and his parents sailed from Alabama to Mexico in October and did not find the camera hidden behind a wall-mounted television until the second day of the trip. The camera …
A Virginia man was arrested on suspicion of illegally causing his girlfriend’s abortion. According to the New York Daily News, Sikander Imran, a doctor, allegedly ground up a pill that caused his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Brook Fiske, to miscarry her pregnancy. The New York woman was reportedly more than four months pregnant when she traveled …
The number of sexual misconduct allegations against actor Dustin Hoffman continues to grow, with three women making new claims in an exclusive report by Variety this week. CrimeOnline previously reported that Hoffman had already been accused by three other women of behavior including sexual assault and propositioning for sex. One of the decades-old allegations involved …
A Russian man allegedly cut both of his wife’s hands off in an attack that resulted from his accusations that she was cheating on him. According to the New York Post, Dmitry and Mararita Grachyov have been married for five years and have two children together. Prior to the gruesome physical battery, officials believe he …
