Hikers find body of young boy outside Las Vegas; police say it’s an ‘obvious homicide’
Unsolved
Police ask for help to identify the boy
Juveniles
May 23, 2021
Teacher’s aide accused of sex with 12-year-old student
A teacher’s aide at an Ohio middle school who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student has been fired and is facing multiple criminal charges, WBNS-TV reports. Prosecutors have charged 33-year-old Mandy Davis with rape, gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Davis is accused of engaging in sexual contact with a …
Mass shooting
May 23, 2021
Mass shooting at New Jersey house party leaves 2 people dead, 12 others injured
A mass shooting at a large house party in New Jersey late Saturday left two people dead and 12 others injured, WABC-TV reports. Police were called around 11:50 p.m. Saturday to a home in Fairfield Township that was hosting more than 100 people for a party. Details on what prompted the shooting have not yet …
Road Rage
May 22, 2021
‘Mommy my tummy hurts’: 6-year-old boy shot, killed in road-rage attack after mom ‘gives the finger’ to another driver
A 6-year-old boy is dead after he was shot in an apparent road-rage attack in California, prompting a police manhunt for the shooter who has yet to be found. The incident occurred around 8:10 a.m. Friday while the kindergartener, Aiden Leos, was sitting in a booster seat in the back of the family’s car en …
Murder
May 22, 2021
2 dead, 8 wounded in mass shooting at Minneapolis nightclub [VIDEO]
Gunfire erupted outside a Minneapolis nightclub overnight, leaving two people dead and eight others injured, WCCO-TV reports. The shooting occurred shortly before 2 a.m. in the city’s downtown, where police say two men are believed to have gotten into a verbal dispute outside the Monarch dance club. Preliminary investigation indicates that the men, who were out …
Murder
May 16, 2021
Arrest made after 4-year-old boy found dead in the street with multiple wounds, in a pool of blood
New details are emerging about the alleged murder of a young child in Texas over the weekend, KDFW-TV reports. On Saturday, a 4-year-old boy was found dead with multiple wounds lying in the middle of a street in the Mountain Creek neighborhood of Dallas, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Police have described the circumstances of the boy’s death as …
Family Crime
May 16, 2021
Her legs were found in a dumpster 17 years ago. Now her husband has been arrested for murder.
A California man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, whose legs were found in a dumpster 17 years ago but were not identified until now, KSWB-TV reports. Investigators say they cracked the case using the same DNA technology that has led to solving other cold cases around the country. In October 2003, a pair …
Unsolved
May 15, 2021
Family desperate for answers after land surveyors find missing executive’s body
The body of a man missing since this past fall was found this week near a college campus in Dallas, but questions remain about what happened to him, WFAA-TV reports. On Thursday afternoon, land surveyors for Paul Quinn College found the body of 55-year-old James Alan White, who also went by Alan White, in a wooded …
Family Crime
May 15, 2021
School principal killed in murder-suicide; suspect hid in home with two young children before taking his life
A Texas mother of two young children was shot and killed by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide this week, KTRK-TV reports. Investigators believe that 35-year-old Erica Allen was shot to death Wednesday by her husband, 40-year-old Nicholas Allen, outside the family’s home in League City, Texas, a Houston suburb. According to the report, Nicholas Allen …
Murder
May 9, 2021
Man allegedly shot and killed homeless person as ‘practice’ before killing ex-wife
A Washington State man allegedly shot and killed a homeless person as practice before he fatally shot his ex-wife, The Daily Chronicle reports. Nathan Beal, 36, has been detained on a $1 million bond since he was charged in September with premeditated murder for allegedly killing his former wife, Mary Schaffer, in August. But authorities allege …
Murder
May 9, 2021
Finances may have been motive for Suzanne Morphew’s presumed murder, sister says
“I am a woman who believes in great forgiveness,” Suzanne Morphew’s sister said, adding that she loves and is praying for Barry Morphew
Missing
May 8, 2021
UPDATE: Mystery van could hold key in Sophia Juarez abduction
Authorities are investigating whether a woman featured in a viral TikTok video is the same person who was kidnapped in Washington State 18 years ago, and a mystery van could possibly hold the answer. As CrimeOnline previously reported, on the evening of February 4, 2003, Sofia Juarez was abducted in Kennewick, Washington, while out walking. …
