Authorities in Alabama have arrested an 18-year-old man accused of gunning down a cherished sheriff, Fox News reports. Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams Sr., known locally as “Big John,” was fatally shot Saturday evening after responding to a call at a convenience store about 25 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama. Williams, a U.S. Marine Corps …
Authorities in upstate New York believe a teenage boy murdered his parents, lived with their bodies for weeks and then set the family home on fire. According to the Buffalo News, William J. Larson Jr., 17, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two additional counts of first-degree manslaughter. Firefighters responded to …
A 13-year-old boy was arrested Friday and an assault-style rifle was seized from his home after he threatened to shoot people at a Los Angeles-area middle school, CNN reports. Peers told teachers and administrators at Ánimo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School they heard the boy threaten to shoot fellow students and staff, according to Los …
A 70-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with the brutal murder of a Virginia woman decades ago, Mlive.com reports. Authorities in Hamilton, Michigan, detained Dennis Lee Bowman on suspicion of killing Kathleen O’Brien Doyle in 1980 in Norfolk, Virginia. Investigators from local, state, and federal agencies descended on Bowman’s rural Michigan property, where they …
Police are searching for a missing teenage girl who authorities believe left home with a packed bag but not her cell phone, FOX News reports. Emma Roberts, 16, was last seen leaving her high school in Salem, Wisconsin, on Wednesday after classes ended. Investigators believe someone gave Roberts a ride to her home from the …
A Pennsylvania man who helped kill and bury three men on a farm will spend the rest of his life behind bars or be put to death, USA TODAY reports. A jury on Friday convicted Sean Kratz, 22, of murder and manslaughter after deliberating for almost 18 hours. According to the report, Kratz had rejected …
A man accused of murdering a woman and dumping her body in a suitcase says her death wasn’t intentional and occurred in the midst of “violent sex.” According to the New Zealand Herald, authorities allege the man, whose identity has not been released, strangled 21-year-old Grace Millane to death in December 2018 in Auckland, New …
Authorities investigating the deadly shooting at a southern California high school this week say the weapon used in the tragedy may be a “ghost gun,” NBC News reports. Two students died and three others were injured as a result of the attack on Thursday morning at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California. The shooter …
A Philadelphia teen is accused of beating a military veteran and prominent animal rescuer inside his home this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Prosecutors have charged 14-year-old Ajahnae Smaugh with murder, tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice, among other alleged crimes. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities say Smaugh used a blunt weapon to kill 59-year-old Albert Chernoff …
New details cast doubt on the official account of the Mormon killings in Mexico, with evidence indicating that some victims were shot at point-blank range, the New York Post reports. Nine women and children of a Mormon family were gunned down Monday as they were traveling in a convoy of sport utility vehicles in the …
A Queens man is accused of stabbing his new wife to death and then hanging himself, the second domestic murder-suicide in New York City this week, WABC-TV reports. Donne Dojoy, 27, was found dead at her Ozone Park home on Friday night, according to police. Dojoy’s husband, 33-year-old Dineshwar Budhidat, had messaged the woman’s sister …
The 1999 cold case murder was finally solved after two decades
