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

Family slaughter suspect grabbed 8-year-old girl by the hair, neck and ‘spoke in riddles’ before cops shot him dead: Report

 Family slaughter suspect grabbed 8-year-old girl by the hair, neck and ‘spoke in riddles’ before cops shot him dead: Report
Family Crime

Relatives of the 8-year-old girl who was the target of a crazed killer have provided details about the grisly family slaying that claimed the girl’s mother and infant sister, along with the killer’s parents. As CrimeOnline previously reported,  Mark Gregory Gago was shot and killed by responding deputies Saturday night in Woodburn, Oregon, when they found Gago …

Patient who became pregnant at Arizona nursing facility is ‘alert,’ not comatose: REPORT
Sex Crimes
January 19, 2019

Patient who became pregnant at Arizona nursing facility is ‘alert,’ not comatose: REPORT

A new report about a patient who became pregnant while reportedly in a persistent vegetative state at a Arizona nursing home has contradicted weeks of previous reporting on the 29-year-old woman’s condition. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the woman gave birth on December 29 at Hacienda HealthCare, where she has been a patient since she was …

Ex-boyfriend’s stalking, violent harassment allegedly led to teen girls’s suicide attempt, after school ignored TEN reports: ‘They need to know my 13 reasons why’
Bullies
January 18, 2019

Ex-boyfriend’s stalking, violent harassment allegedly led to teen girls’s suicide attempt, after school ignored TEN reports: ‘They need to know my 13 reasons why’

A teen girl in Michigan was so distraught by ongoing sexual harassment and stalking from an ex-boyfriend that she tried to take her own life, a lawsuit alleges. The Detroit Free Press obtained court documents accusing a Michigan school district of ignoring complaints about the alleged stalking and harassment of a now-17-year-old student who was …

After Arizona tragedy, non-verbal, immobile woman, 23, allegedly raped, impregnated in Florida health facility, family claims
Sex Crimes
January 18, 2019

After Arizona tragedy, non-verbal, immobile woman, 23, allegedly raped, impregnated in Florida health facility, family claims

The family of a 23-year-old woman with severe disabilities at a Florida healthcare facility have alleged that she was raped and impregnated before suffering a miscarriage. ABC News reports that the family of the patient has filed a lawsuit against  National Mentor Healthcare LLC, which operates that Pensacola Cluster facility where the woman was a …

Source claims family of pregnant woman in vegetative state visited her at Arizona facility days before she gave birth; questions why they didn’t notice pregnancy
Sex Crimes
January 17, 2019

Source claims family of pregnant woman in vegetative state visited her at Arizona facility days before she gave birth; questions why they didn’t notice pregnancy

A person who claims to have intimate knowledge of the patient in a persistent vegetative state who gave birth at an Arizona nursing facility last month has given a cryptic interview, insinuating that the public is still unaware of key details related to the patient, who clearly had to have been raped in order to …

New development in missing Kelsey Berreth murder investigation: Authorities to search landfill near Colorado Springs
Family Crime
January 17, 2019

New development in missing Kelsey Berreth murder investigation: Authorities to search landfill near Colorado Springs

The investigation into the disappearance and presumed murder of Kelsey Berreth is reportedly focused on a landfill in Fountain, Colorado, about 40 miles from Berreth’s home in Woodland Park. ABC News reports that a spokesperson for Midway Landfill said that investigators had been in contact about a search of the landfill, believed to be related …

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Consumer
January 15, 2019

WARNING PARENTS: 3 children die playing inside unplugged freezer

Three young children died in Florida this weekend after they became trapped in a chest freezer that was unplugged near their home. The New York Post reports that the three children, ages 1, 4, and 6, were playing in the front yard of their residence in north Florida, where the chest freezer had recently been …