The teen accused of fatally shooting a New York girl who was walking home from school on Friday was using a so-called “ghost gun,” WABC-TV reports. The weapon is an untraceable firearm that can be built at home using kits and materials purchased online. As CrimeOnline reported previously, authorities allege that 17-year-old Jeremiah Ryan fired …
A 10-year-old Utah girl who killed herself last year was told by peers and teachers that she smelled and should shower, according to the findings of a new investigation, CNN reports. As CrimeOnline reported previously, Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor committed suicide in November. At the time, her mother, Brittany Tichenor-Cox, had alleged that her daughter was being bullied …
A Florida man is accused of murdering his wife inside their apartment, where authorities also found an infant with a garbage bag over its head, WFTS-TV reports. On Friday, police were called to an apartment complex in Pinellas Park, near Tampa, after a man was seen with blood on his clothing in the breezeway of …
Authorities have arrested a 17-year-old boy for fatally shooting a teen while she was walking home from school on Friday in New York, WABC-TV reports. Jeremiah Ryan, 17, was charged on Saturday in connection with the shooting that killed 16-year-old Angellyh Yambo and left two other teens hospitalized. Investigators believe that Yambo and the other victims …
A judge has sanctioned prosecutors in the criminal case against Barry Morphew, the Colorado man accused of murdering his wife, but the court declined to toss the charges as the defense wanted, KUSA-TV reports. Morphew is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, 49, who went missing …
A 16-year-old girl was killed Friday afternoon when she and two other teens were caught in gunfire near a school in the Bronx, leaving the teen’s mother heartbroken and community members fearful about public safety, WABC-TV reports. The teen who died, Angellyh Yambo, was an accomplished student and diligent teen who had a bright future, …
The owner of a Georgia gun range was found shot to death Friday night along with his wife and their grandson in what authorities say appears to be a violent triple murder and robbery, WXIA-TV reports. Investigators believe the killings occurred between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Lock, Stock and Barrel gun …
A beloved 83-year-old American nun has been kidnapped by an unidentified group of gunmen in Africa, prompting concern from her friends and loved ones about her safety. Earlier this week, the Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a news release stating that Sister Suellen Tennyson had been abducted Monday night from a convent in Yalgo in …
The man accused of kidnapping and murdering 18-year-old Naomi Irion will stay behind bars as the criminal case against him proceeds. On Friday, a judge ruled that 41-year-old Troy Driver must remain in jail without the opportunity for bail. The decision came the same day that Driver was formally charged with numerous crimes, including first-degree …
In a bizarre jailhouse interview, a Virginia man candidly explained how he murdered his father, cousin and girlfriend, whose house he also burned down, WTKR-TV reports. Cola Beale IV, 30, spoke with the television station and other media outlets this week wearing an orange jumpsuit and seated behind a security wall inside the Virginia Beach …
Two women whose bodies were dumped at different Los Angeles-area hospitals last year died after overdosing on a fatal cocktail of drugs, including cocaine, according to People. As CrimeOnline reported previously, Christy Giles (pictured), a 24-year-old model originally from Alabama, was abandoned on the sidewalk at Southern California Hospital in Culver City on November 13, …
At least six people are dead and nine others were injured in a mass shooting overnight in Sacramento, California, KXTV reports. The shooting occurred early Sunday morning, according to the Sacramento Bee. Video posted to Twitter reportedly shows a partial recording of the shooting, with crowds of people running through a street and sounds of gunfire …
