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

‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow’s brother Alex Cox shot at Tammy Daybell days before her sudden death; child murders were planned for nearly a year: Prosecutors
Family Crime

The indictment outlining newly filed murder charges against Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell show that prosecutors believe Vallow’s brother Alex Cox was involved in not only the deaths of his niece and nephew, but Chad’s wife Tammy Daybell. As previously reported, Vallow and Daybell are now charged with murder and additonal counts in the deaths …

jessica edwards
Family Crime
May 25, 2021

Husband says he killed his wife during argument over guinea pigs. Then he left her on the floor for hours before hiding body in the woods [Arrest Affidavit]

A Connecticut man charged in his wife’s death reportedly admitted to kneeling on his wife until she died, before driving her body to a forest area and dumping it there. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police found the body of 30-year-old Jessica Edwards in a wooded area in East Hartford on Friday. Edwards’ family reported the …

Murder
May 25, 2021

Police responding to home invasion call find dead body wrapped in tarp behind the couch

Authorities in Texas are investigating a grisly discovery inside a southwest Houston home. According to KTRK, a woman called police at about 3 a.m. Tuesday, saying that she felt uncomfortable entering her home because it looked as though it was burglarized. Officers from the Missouri Police Department responded to the home, where they found a …

Family Crime
May 24, 2021

‘I fear for my life’: Police confirm 4-year-old was killed by father the same day mom was denied a restraining order

Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, have confirmed that a father and son found dead late last week died in a murder-suicide. As CBS Miami reports, police confirmed that John Stacey and his 4-year-old son Greyson Kessler were found dead from gunshot wounds in Stacey’s home on Friday night. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Greyson’s mother Alison …

Juveniles
May 21, 2021

6-year-old dead after he is shot on California freeway; suspect at large

Authorities in California are searching for a suspect in a violent road rage incident that took the life of a 6-year-old boy. According to KTLA, the boy and his mother were on the 55 Freeway in Orange Friday morning when a suspect shot at the car, striking the chid, who was a in a car …

Celebrity Justice
May 19, 2021

SEE IT: ‘That 70’s Show’ star Danny Masterson takes smiling selfie outside courthouse; alleged rape victim says he threatened her with a gun

Actor Danny Masterson appeared at Los Angeles Superior Court this week for a preliminary hearing to determine if a trial on multiple rape charges will go forward. As the Associated Press reports, three of Masterson’s accusers have or will present testimony at the hearing, detailing the rape allegations, which go back two decades. Before heading …