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

‘I want to make love to you so bad’: 60-year-old man accused of repeatedly raping 11-year-old girl, sending vile Snapchat messages
Family Crime

A 60-year-old Idaho man is accused of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl, as well as sending her shockingly inappropriate messages via Snapchat. KUTV obtained court documents showing that 60-year-old Dennis Skiby of Heber is facing multiple counts of rape and sodomy after police discovered evidence that he repeatedly assaulted and inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl …

Missing
September 18, 2020

Man found dead 30 miles from missing Jake Cefolia’s abandoned car has been identified

A man found dead of an apparent suicide in Illinois earlier this month is not the missing United Airlines executive last seen in Elmhurst in August. CrimeOnline has obtained an incident report of an apparent suicide in St. Mary’s Park on September 7. Though we have chosen not to disclose the decedent’s identity, CrimeOnline can …

Family Crime
September 18, 2020

Two years after remains found, wife of missing Disney technician busted for murder

The wife of a man found dead in 2018 has been charged with his murder, following years of false claims that Michael Shaver had abandoned his family. As WKMG-TV reports, Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Laurie Shaver, 37, has been arrested for the suspected murder of her husband Michael Shaver, who has not been …

Mughshots of Kimberly Maurer and Scott Schollenberger Jr
Family Crime
September 17, 2020

Boy found dead in feces-strewn dungeon room was fed scraps from siblings’ plates; parents did not report his death: Prosecutor

A Pennsylvania District Attorney has revealed more details about the brutal torture and death of a 12-year-old boy, while vowing to bring his killers to justice. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Maxwell Schollenberger was found dead on May 26 in a bedroom in his Annville Township home, where he lived with his father, his stepmother, and …

Juveniles
September 17, 2020

BREAKING: Murder charges after toddler tossed from moving car on Arkansas highway [Police]

A 30-year-old woman has been arrested two days after a toddler was seen being thrown from a moving car, and died while first responders were waiting for paramedics. KATV reports that Whitney Turner-Tyson was arrested on Tuesday night, though authorities did not confirm this until late the next day. The report indicates that the Saline …

Murder
September 16, 2020

Sheriff’s deputy claims girlfriend died of suicide, but chat room messages reveal he bragged ‘I just sent a 9 millie in this f**** hippie’

A sheriff’s deputy in Texas has been charged with murder after initially reporting that his girlfriend fatally shot herself with his weapon. As NBC 5 News reports, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jay Allen Rotter called police in Denton on August 26 to say that his girlfriend, 46-year-old Leslie Lynn Hartman, had shot herself in …

Family Crime
September 16, 2020

Child found dead on Arkansas highway may have been dropped from a moving car

Arkansas State Police are investigating the deaths of three children who were found dead on highways in separate instances on Tuesday. As Fox 16 News reports. two children were fatally struck by a tractor-trailer before dawn on Tuesday on Highway 67, which is south of the Jackson-Craighead County Line. According to the Magnolia Reporter, the …