Ellen Killoran

Ellen is a seasoned journalist and former media & entertainment reporter with a taste for true crime. Formerly a senior editor at IBTimes, her work has appeared in Forbes, Rolling Stone, Maxim, NYMag, Indiewire, and more. She co-produced the HBO documentary "Youth Knows No Pain" and appeared in a documentary series that aired alongside the Lifetime movie "Manson's Lost Girls." Tips: ekilloran@crimeonline.com

‘How do you not produce the kids? ‘Cult’ mom’ Lori Vallow’s first born son demands answers about missing siblings in explosive new interview
Family Crime

Lori Vallow’s adult son will appear on a special “Dateline” episode that explores the disappearance of his siblings Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow. As People magazine reports, the “Dateline” episode “What Happened to the Children?” will explore the bizarre disappearances of Lori Vallow’s teenage daughter and her adopted son JJ, who is reportedly …

Bombshell! ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow set to walk free?
Juveniles
April 30, 2020

Bombshell! ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow set to walk free?

The mother of two long-missing children is due back in court on Friday. As East Idaho News reports, Lori Vallow is scheduled to appear at the Madison County Courthouse in Idaho for a bond reduction hearing. Vallow is in custody on child desertion charges after refusing to cooperate with the investigation into the disappearances of …

Juveniles
April 29, 2020

URGENT: Missing 9-year-old girl is in danger

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a missing person alert for a 9-year-old girl who the agency believes was abducted by her biological father. According to WKRN, TBI has issued an Engandered Child Alert for 9-year-old Danica Ashley Ingle and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office named Daniel Ingle, her non-custodial father, as a kidnapping …

Family Crime
April 28, 2020

4-year-old child with special needs drowns in bathtub; death is under investigation: Report

Authorities in Texas are investigating the drowning death of a 4-year-old child with special needs. KPRC reports that police responded to a call from a residence in Tomball early Tuesday morning where they performed CPR on an unresponsive 4-year-old child. The boy’s mother, 27, reportedly told police that she had been bathing the 4-year-old and …

Juveniles
April 28, 2020

14-year-old Ohio girl has been missing for days; police ask for help

Police in Ohio are alerting the public about a missing teenager who has not been seen in nearly two days. As WEWS-TV reports, 14-year-old Brooklyn Bass of Salem was last seen Sunday night at about 8:30 p.m. Authorities have released very few details about her disappearance, and it is not known exactly where she was …

Juveniles
April 27, 2020

After teen is convicted of killing foster mom, siblings file lawsuit alleging abuse, starvation, and slavery in ‘house of horrors’: Report

Six years after a 16-year-old murdered his foster mother, three of his former foster siblings have filed a lawsuit against their suviving foster father and the agencies that they allege failed to protect them from abuse. As HawaiiNewsNow (HNN) reports, three of the late Jolyn Kipapa’s former foster children have filed a lawsuit claiming that …

Juveniles
April 24, 2020

BREAKING: Missing 3-year-old boy found dead in pond

The search for a 3-year-old boy in Texas ended in tragedy when deputies found the little boy’s body in a pond. According to KBMT, the unidentified 3-year-old boy was reported missing from the Kirbyville home where his parents were house sitting at about 11 a.m. on Thursday. The boy’s parents reportedly told police that they …