An elderly Tennessee woman is dead after being mauled by six German shepherds, and now authorities could criminally charge the dogs’ owner in connection with the incident, WTVF-TV reports. The dogs attacked Jill Peterson Tuesday evening behind her home as she was cleaning out a drainage ditch in Pall Mall, Tennessee, a rural community between …
Authorities released the name of a toddler who passed away after an 11-year-old Maryland girl is accused of assaulting him while babysitting, NBC Washington reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the girl’s mother was babysitting the victim, Paxton Davis, but left the home to run an errand and left the 1-year-old boy alone with her daughter. …
Two Kentucky men are accused of using a dog shock collar to punish a young child as part of a “lesson,” the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. Authorities allege that 42-year-old Theodore Sampson put a dog shock collar on a 4-year-old boy, all with the support and encouragement of the boy’s father, 35-year-old Luke Sampson. Theodore and …
The lawyer for a Florida woman accused of murdering her 3-year-old son decades ago says authorities have no evidence to prove the charges, KSNV-TV reports. Amy Fleming was arrested earlier this month in Florida in connection with the presumed death of her son, Francillon Pierre, who vanished in North Las Vegas in 1986. Pierre has …
A Louisiana family is asking for the public’s help to find a 35-year-old mother who has been missing for nearly two months. WAFB-TV reports that Nahendra Davis, of Baker, Louisiana, vanished Dec. 27 — her birthday — after she dropped off her two children at her mother’s house. While Davis has not been seen since, her …
A judge has dismissed criminal charges against the owner of a Kansas water park where a 10-year-old boy was killed three years ago, accusing prosecutors of botching the case, the Kansas City Star reports. On Friday, Wyandotte County Judge Robert Burns ruled that the Kansas Attorney General’s office had “irreparably tainted” grand jury proceedings with …
A Texas couple allegedly tried to dissolve their 2-year-old daughter’s body in a bucket of acid after she drowned while bathing unsupervised, the Laredo Morning Times reports. Prosecutors have charged Gerardo Zavala-Loredo, 32, and Monica Yvonne Dominguez, 37, with abuse of a human corpse and evidence tampering in connection with the case. Both are felonies …
“My KKK friends will burn your family.” That was one of several racially charged threats a Florida woman allegedly made against a black sheriff’s deputy earlier this month when she was arrested for drunk driving, WFTS-TV reports. Deputy Brandon King’s body camera was rolling and recorded the statements after he pulled over 53-year-old Julie Edwards …
Two California brothers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a teen girl who had been reported missing, KABC-TV reports. Authorities on Friday charged 18-year-old Owen Skyler Shover on suspicion of murdering 16-year-old Aranda Briones. Shover’s 21-year-old brother, Gary Anthony Shover, is charged with suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. Briones was last …
A New Jersey mother is accused of murdering her infant son, WPVI-TV reports. Nakira M. Griner, 24, reported the boy missing to police around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, claiming that he had been abducted in their small town of Bridgeton. Authorities quickly began a frantic search for the 23-month-old child, Daniel Griner Jr. But around …
A prominent Georgia businessman was murdered outside a CVS on Thursday in what authorities say appears to have been an attempted carjacking or robbery, WSB-TV reports. Jack Hough, 73, was sitting in his car around 7:45 p.m. Thursday waiting for his wife, who was inside the Gainesville store. A man approached Hough’s Mercedes and a struggle …
A woman is wanted in North Carolina for allegedly ramming her car into someone and then flaunting the crime on social media, WRAL-TV reports. Authorities have reportedly issued warrants for Courtnay Danielle Lawrence, 22, on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run, failing to give aid and driving without a license. Lawrence …
