A judge in southern California will review a death investigation previously ruled a suicide after a civil jury found the victim’s brother-in-law was responsible for her death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adam Shacknai was ordered to pay over $5 million in damages to Rebecca Zahau’s family following a civil trial that found him legally responsible …
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday that DNA analysis has identified the body found near the site of a fatal SUV plunge is Ciera Hart, known as Sierra Hart. The sheriff’s press release confirmed that Ciera’s legal name had never been changed to Sierra. Initially authorities believed she was 12 years old, but …
Another woman has come forward to accuse R. Kelly or trying to “groom” her as part of an alleged sex cult — and she also claims he knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease. According to the Washington Post, an unidentified woman claims that Kelly held her against her will in 2017, plying her with …
A woman accused of killing her husband was caught on video at a bar talking with another of her suspected murder victims — a lookalike woman authorities believe the suspect may have killed so that she could steal her victim’s identity and go on the run. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities are searching for double …
The woman who killed a friend connected to the investigation of Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance says she knows what happened to the 18-year-old who vanished while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Emily Heistand, 23, has reportedly admitted to killing John Ludwick in self-defense last month after he allegedly tried to kidnap her …
Investigators have located the vehicle belonging to a missing southern California family, with the bodies of a father and daughter inside. Earlier, the body of an adult female was found in the same river in Leggett, California. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release on Monday that search and rescue divers had …
A second victim is critically injured
A 911 dispatcher suspended after a teen boy died following a botched emergency call will return to work. The New York Daily News reports that Cincinnati dispatcher Amber Smith is expected to return to work on Wednesday, less than a week after she was suspended for her role in failed 911 call attempt that appears to …
Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of infant remains found along the PATH train tracks in New Jersey. According to the New York Daily News, a Port Authority employee found a suitcase containing the remains of a ten-month-old bay along the tracks near the Jersey City-Journal Square station on Wednesday afternoon. Police have not revealed the …
Jennifer and Sarah Hart cultivated an image of an idyllic family life with their adopted black children. Was it all a lie?
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office has announced the results of toxicology tests performed on four of the five deceased victims of the Hart family’s fatal SUV plunge on March 26. According to the sheriff’s statement, Jennifer Hart, who was being the wheel of the SUV, had a blood-alcohol level of .102 BAC at the time …
A family of four is feared dead after their SUV went off a highway into a swollen river during a spell of severe storms in Northern California last week. According to the Mercury News, authorities have concluded that a Honda Pilot SUV seen plunging into the Eel River outside Leggit, California, on Friday belongs the …
