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

Jussie Smollett allegedly bought illegal drugs from the same brothers involved in possible hoax attack: Court documents

 Jussie Smollett allegedly bought illegal drugs from the same brothers involved in possible hoax attack: Court documents
Celebrity Justice

“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett allegedly solicited and paid for illegal drugs on several occasions in 2018, as shown in newly released court documents. As USA Today reports, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and Chicago Police Department released Smollett’s case file on Thursday in response to a judge’s order. A review of Smollett’s phone records reportedly …

BREAKING: Uncle of missing Utah girl charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping as police reveal grisly evidence found in the search for 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley
Family Crime
May 29, 2019

BREAKING: Uncle of missing Utah girl charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping as police reveal grisly evidence found in the search for 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley

The suspect in the disappearance of 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley has been charged with her murder. Logan City Police Chief Gary Jensen announced the new charges in a press conference Tuesday, live-streamed by KUTV. Alex Whipple is now facing charges of murder, kidnapping, abuse or desecration of a human body, and obstruction of justice, the police …

8 Years? Husband charged with murder after new bride vanishes at sea will walk free in less than a decade — while HIS parents have custody of dead woman’s child
Family Crime
May 29, 2019

8 Years? Husband charged with murder after new bride vanishes at sea will walk free in less than a decade — while HIS parents have custody of dead woman’s child

The man who confessed to manslaughter in connection to the disappearance of his wife on what was supposed to be a honeymoon sailing trip was sentenced to 8 years in prison on Tuesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Isabella Hellman vanished in May 2017 on a sailing trip with her husband of three months, Lewis Bennett, …

Missing
May 24, 2019

BREAKING: Patrick Frazee pleads NOT GUILTY to murdering Kelsey Berreth

The Colorado father accused of killing the mother of his child has pleaded not guilty to murder. KOAA reports that Patrick Frazee, arrested for the murder of Kelsey Berreth earlier this year, pleaded not guilty in Teller County Court on Friday morning, in a hearing that was delayed several weeks after his attorneys waited for …