A 96-year-old widow was murdered by hitmen in a plot orchestrated by a woman who was trying to fraudulently steal her California home, KTLA-TV reports. On Thursday, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Paul Brown announced that arrests had been made in connection with the killing, which occurred nearly two years ago. Violet Alberts was found dead …
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law was found dead in a Tesla submerged in a Texas pond last month. Now authorities say the incident is under “criminal” investigation, CNBC reports. On February 11, rescuers were called to a ranch in Johnson City and spent more than an hour trying to extricate 50-year-old Angela Chao from her vehicle. …
The daughter of the man accused of murdering a pregnant Pennsylvania woman in her home is speaking out following his arrest late Friday, WJET-TV reports. Shawn C. Cranston, 52, faces multiple charges in connection with the death of 23-year-old Rebekah Byler, who was six months pregnant at the time she was killed. As CrimeOnline previously …
A beloved social media influencer is fighting for her life in a Texas hospital after she was struck by a drunk driver in a crash that also killed her friend, Fox 4 reports. Camryn Herriage, 23, remains on a ventilator in the ICU following the February 11 wreck at an intersection along Beckley Avenue in …
Pennsylvania authorities have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a pregnant Amish woman, WJET-TV reports. On Saturday, the Pennsylvania State Police announced that 52-year-old Shawn Cranston had been taken into custody for the death of 23-year-old Rebekah Byler. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Byler was found unresponsive around 12:30 p.m. February 26 by …
Loved ones are mourning the loss of a mother of two who was murdered last month in Las Vegas by a man who had killed before, KLAS-TV reports. Around 5:15 p.m. on February 20, Las Vegas police were dispatched to a residence on Andorra Street for a report of an unresponsive woman. Officers arrived to …
A coroner has concluded that the death of an Alabama man in a frigid jail cell was the result of homicide by medical neglect, CBS 42 reports. Anthony “Tony” Mitchell, 33, died January 26, 2023, in the Walker County Jail after police arrested him earlier that month during a welfare check. This week, a lawyer …
Newly obtained video shows a Florida father telling his wife that he just shot and killed their son, WPLG-TV reports. The Ring camera footage shows 52-year-old David Contreras admitted to his wife on November 3, 2023, that he had fatally shot their 22-year-old son, Eric. “He’s not breathing. He’s dead,” Contreras told his wife outside …
The man accused of fatally strangling a 38-year-old mother in a New York City hotel room shared gruesome details about the brutal murder to investigators, and said the attacks on the victim and other women were caused by his failure to find love, the Arizona Republic reports. Raad Amansoori, 26, appeared in court Monday after …
Loved ones hope that new leads and developments in DNA technology will crack a 30-year-old Pacific Northwest cold case. On January 15, 1994, 11-year-old Mistie May Micheletti vanished from her bedroom in Vancouver, Washington, only to be found dead days later in a river. Her stepbrothers told police they saw a man in Mistie’s room …
More details are emerging about the man accused of murdering a Georgia nursing student, including a previous arrest in New York for endangering the welfare of a child, WSB-TV reports. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, allegedly attacked and killed 22-year-old Laken Riley while she was out for a jog on Thursday in Athens. Police do not …
A prominent Alabama judge was seriously wounded after he was shot Saturday afternoon, allegedly by his own son, WSFA-TV reports. Around 1 p.m. Saturday, deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the home of Circuit Judge Johnny Hardwick. When deputies arrived, they were told that Hardwick had been assaulted and shot by his …
