A Florida man who was acquitted of murdering a child years ago is now accused of repeatedly torturing a 2-year-old girl by burning her, shocking her with a dog collar and throwing bottles at her while wearing a werewolf mask, the Pensacola News Journal reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities announced this week they had …
A man suspected of killing five people in rural Tennessee and injuring a sixth person was apprehended Saturday night after a massive manhunt, the Tennessean reports. Police shot the suspect, 25-year-old Michael Cummins, who was later hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Law enforcement officers were not injured during the encounter. Cummins’ arrest followed a large-scale manhunt …
A Texas woman was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend who had been the subject of a restraining order days earlier, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. According to the report, Emily (Susan) Law, 46, was discovered dead Monday inside her own home in Watauga, Texas, a Fort Worth suburb. Law’s son, Kae Law, 25, reportedly called …
The unsolved disappearance of a Virginia teenager four years ago has left family members desperate for answers and investigators puzzled — as a key witness who may be able to help refuses to cooperate, WTTG-TV reports. On December 5, 2015, Katelin Akens was supposed to board a flight from Reagan National Airport in Virginia to …
A Michigan mother convicted of murdering two of her children and then storing them in a freezer for years has continued her violence in prison, the Detroit Free Press reports. Authorities say Mitchelle Blair flung a Pringles can containing feces and urine at prison guards as they were attempting to take her food from a …
George Zimmerman, the Florida man who killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, has been banned from multiple dating apps, ABC News reports. Tinder has removed Zimmerman’s profile because of safety reasons, according to a statement from the company. “We take the safety of our users very seriously and acted appropriately once the profile was discovered,” a …
New details have emerged in the colossal divorce between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Mackenzie Bezos, the DailyMail reports. According to recently obtained court filings, Mackenzie Bezos could get at least $1 billion more than was initially expected in the divorce settlement. Records also state that the pair continue to live in …
A small Wisconsin community is in shock after two children and a man were found dead inside a home on Friday, WTMJ-TV reports. Police responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at a house late Thursday night in Seymour, Wisconsin, a city about 20 miles west of Green Bay. Officers tried to make contact …
A former NFL player and his girlfriend are accused of murdering the woman’s 5-year-old daughter, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Authorities allege that 28-year-old Cierre Wood and 25-year-old Amy Taylor abused the girl, La’Rayah Davis, before she died earlier this week at a Las Vegas-area hospital. Wood played football for the University of Notre Dame …
An Arizona man who suspected his wife was cheating on him is accused of murdering her, their two children and a family friend — all because he says God told him to, ABC15 reports. Austin Smith was arrested Thursday while driving away from an apartment complex where emergency crews responded to a report of a …
Five people have been criminally charged after an Indiana woman was allegedly tortured and killed last month, the Journal & Courier reports. The body of the victim, 30-year-old Nicole Bowen of West Lafayette, was discovered March 30 in a hunting cabin near the Iroquois River. Newton County Prosecutor Jeff Drinski has not released specific details …
Two Arizona boys allegedly killed by their grandmother on Thursday, apparently lost their mother to suicide years prior, leaving the suspect as their sole provider. KOLD-TV reports that police arrested 55-year-old Dorothy Flood on Friday, one day after authorities found two 8-year-old boys with fatal gunshot wounds in a home off of 2400 block of West …
