Chris Agee

Chris Agee is an American journalist with more than 15 years of experience in a variety of newsroom settings. After covering crime and other beats for newspapers and radio stations across the U.S., he served as managing editor at Western Journalism until 2017. During that time, the news outlet grew to become one of the 100 most visited websites in the nation. He has also been a regular guest and guest host on several syndicated radio programs. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife and son.
[UPDATE] Missing detective found dead of self-inflicted gunshot, department’s second suicide this week: Cops
Suicide
June 6, 2019

[UPDATE] Missing detective found dead of self-inflicted gunshot, department’s second suicide this week: Cops

A New York City Police Department detective is believed to have killed himself, according to updates from investigators following news that Joseph Calabrese’s body had been found. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a search began for the 57-year-old after he was reported missing early Thursday morning. Bloodhounds joined dozens of police officers in searching an area …

‘You hear the thump’: Woman drops phone while recording fight with her husband; it records her fatal 7-story fall, cops say
Domestic Abuse
June 5, 2019

‘You hear the thump’: Woman drops phone while recording fight with her husband; it records her fatal 7-story fall, cops say

Authorities in Missouri say an Illinois woman’s body was found on a parking garage ramp in downtown St. Louis after falling seven stories. According to NBC News, 27-year-old Allissa Martin was reportedly arguing with her husband, 30-year-old Bradley Stephen Jenkins, prior to the deadly fall. Jenkins was arrested at the scene and is expected to …

Dad shoots his adult son repeatedly, stabs him to death after ‘father-son’ chat with dying man: Cops
Family Crime
June 4, 2019

Dad shoots his adult son repeatedly, stabs him to death after ‘father-son’ chat with dying man: Cops

Authorities in Texas say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his adult son following a consistently acrimonious relationship. According to the New York Post, 68-year-old Sherman Shirley Fricks is accused of shooting his son, 27-year-old Sherman Palmer Fricks, multiple times with a .380 caliber handgun during an altercation at the suspect’s …

‘It makes me feel sick’: Victim’s mother says Kim Kardashian’s effort to prove killer’s innocence is causing ‘immense pain’
Famous Murder Cases
June 2, 2019

‘It makes me feel sick’: Victim’s mother says Kim Kardashian’s effort to prove killer’s innocence is causing ‘immense pain’

Socialite Kim Kardashian has made it her mission in recent years to assist incarcerated individuals. But the mother of a boy killed in 1983 says the recent activism is bringing up difficult emotions from that tragedy. According to the Page Six, Mary Ann Hughes saw images of Kardashian and death-row inmate Kevin Cooper hugging for …