When Sophia Putney-Wilcox’s former boyfriend, Adam Shigwadja, broke into her family’s home in February 2013, it marked a turning point from verbal abuse to something far more serious. “He held a knife to my throat and was trying to get me to go outside,” Putney-Wilcox told MLive. “I was in my underwear and a T-shirt.” …
A trial has been scheduled in the prosecution of two California parents accused of torturing, waterboarding, molesting and endangering their children, the Mercury News reports. Authorities allege that Jonathan Allen and Ina Rogers, both 30 years old, physically abused their 10 kids in horrific ways that left unspeakable scars. Allen is accused of waterboarding, burning, …
The families of an American woman and her Australian boyfriend who were murdered in Canada say they fear the killings were egregiously violent. The Charlotte Observer reports that Canadian authorities have told family members of Chynna Deese that an open casket would not be possible, leading them to conclude that the deaths were particularly brutal. …
Authorities are investigating a third body discovered on the same stretch of highway in Canada where an American woman and her Australian boyfriend were found murdered, 7 News reports. On Monday, the bodies of 24-year-old Chynna Deese and her 23-year-old boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, were found along the Alaska Highway in British Columbia. A third body …
A man in Oklahoma is accused of raping a young girl in a McDonald’s bathroom, KFOR-TV reports. Police on Tuesday arrested 37-year-old Joshua Kabatra on allegations of first-degree rape and lewd acts with a child. “Who would ever suspect someone would sneak into the bathroom, a child’s, in a play area and commit this type …
New Mexico authorities are investigating whether Jeffrey Epstein, the New York financier accused of sex trafficking minor girls, victimized anyone at his ranch south of Santa Fe. According to Fox News, Epstein’s expansive compound in New Mexico has come under scrutiny by the state attorney general’s office. Epstein was indicted on new charges last week …
A forthcoming book is revealing new details about the crimes of David and Louise Turpin, the California parents who tortured, shackled and starved their children, the New York Post reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police arrested the couple in January 2018 after one of the kids escaped the family’s home and called 911 on a …
Belinda Temple was a pregnant mother and teacher who was found shot to death in her Texas home 20 years ago. Who wanted her dead? Her husband, who was having an affair and allegedly wanted to make room for his mistress? A student who was angry with her? A still-unknown perpetrator who may have broken into the …
A Texas girl was allegedly forced to live with her grandmother’s decomposing corpse for years, prompting authorities to criminally charge the girl’s mother, the Seguin Gazette reports. Police on Wednesday arrested Delissa Crayton, 47, in Seguin, Texas, about 36 miles northeast of San Antonio. Authorities allege that Crayton’s mother, Jacqueline Louise Crayton, fell in a …
A Montana man accused of beheading a casino winner allegedly talked about eating the victim’s brain and may have an “obsession with zombies,” the Billings Gazette reports. Donald Ray Cherry, 32, is charged with killing Myron Wesley Knight, 41, after Knight won $120 from a casino in October 2017. Cherry’s co-defendant, Jeffrey Glen Haverty, pleaded …
A vehicle belonging to a missing California mother has been found on a bridge hundreds of miles away from where she lived, FOX 40 reports. Tiffany Clark, 38, was reported missing on Monday after her daughter, Michaela Haight, 18, said she last saw her mom Saturday night. Haight had tried calling Clark the following day, …
A young boy who died after a fire broke out in a Houston-area apartment was alone at the time, and now his babysitter is facing a criminal charge, KTRK-TV reports. Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Kiara Jones, 19, on a second-degree felony charge of child abandonment in connection with the death of 3-year-old …
