Late Night Tip Leads Western Australia Cops to 4-Year-Old Cleo Smith
Missing
36-year-old man is in custody
Missing
November 2, 2021
Police Find Missing Pennsylvania Woman’s Car at County Park
A 57-year-old Pennsylvania woman reported missing on Monday had not been found by Tuesday evening, investigators said, although they had located her car. Jennifer Herr was last seen leaving him home in Manheim Township driving a dark gray 2012 Toyota Prius sedan, PennLive.com reported. That vehicle was found Tuesday at the Lancaster County Central Park …
Missing
November 2, 2021
Cleo Smith: Missing Aussie Girl Found ALIVE More Than 2 Weeks After Disappearing From Family Camp Site
A 4-year-old girl who disappeared from her family’s Australian vacation camp site 18 days ago was found alive Wednesday morning in a locked house 45 miles from where she disappeared. Cleo Smith’s family last saw her in their tent at about 1:30 a.m. on October 16 when she asked for water, as CrimeOnline previously reported. …
Murder
November 1, 2021
Robert Durst Indicted for 1982 Murder of His Wife
A New York grand jury on Monday indicted real estate heir Robert Durst in the murder of his wife nearly 30 years ago. Kathleen McCormack Durst was 29 when she was last seen in early 1982. While Durst, now 78, was questioned about her disappearance, he was never charged. But last month in California, after …
Domestic Abuse
November 1, 2021
Florida Sheriff: Brian Laundrie ‘By All Accounts Probably Committed Suicide’
Brian Laundrie “probably committed suicide” after fleeing his parents’ Florida home during the search for his missing girlfriend, who was later found strangled to death in a remote Wyoming campsite, a sheriff involved in the search said Friday during a country club law enforcement panel discussion. Laundrie’s remains were found in the 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve …
Missing
October 31, 2021
17-Year-old Boy With Autism Missing in South Bend
Police in northern Indiana are looking for a missing 17-year-old boy with autism. Guilliermo Trancoso is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 6 inches with curly hair. He was last seen Sunday afternoon wearing a blue and yellow Tommy Hilfiger coat and Star Wars pajaa pants. Anyone with information should call South Bend police at (574) …
Child sex crimes
October 31, 2021
Utah Sex Offender Answers Door Nude, Invites Trick-or-Treaters Inside
A convicted Utah sex offender was nude when he opened the door of his Provo home for trick-or-treaters Saturday night and beckoned them inside. Provo Police said at least five children older than 14 and three under 14 saw 48-year-old Steven Kelley Little naked, and one of them shot video and gave it to investigators, …
Murder
October 31, 2021
Texas Man Slashes Dad’s Throat During Argument
An East Texas man was arrested this week after he allegedly attacked his father with a knife, stabbing him and slashing his throat. Blake Foxworth, 30, called 911 Thursday and said he had stabbed his father, identified as 53-year-old George Foxworth, during an argument at the home they shared in Nacodoches. Nacodoches County deputies who …
Shooting
October 31, 2021
Deadly Shootings Haunt Texas Halloween Parties
Separate shootings at Halloween house parties in Houston left two people dead early Sunday morning. As CrimeOnline previously reported, an 18-year-old woman was killed shortly before 1 a.m. in north Houston. Three minors were wounded in the shooting, which broke out behind the house and in the street, apparently from a fight, Houston police said. …
School Crimes
October 31, 2021
Florida ‘Teacher of the Year’ Arrested for Child Abuse
A Florida teacher who was just named teacher of the year at her school has now been arrested for child abuse after she allegedly struck a student over comment made on an Instagram post about the award. Caroline Melanie Lee, 60, was arrested on Friday after she asked to speak with the student in her …
Juveniles
October 31, 2021
Washington State Dad Jailed for Allegedly Killing Toddler
A Washington state man has been arrested and charged kidnapping and killing his 2-year-old child. Vancouver Police said they responded just before 1 a.m. Sunday from a woman who said that the father of her toddler had picked up the child sometime Saturday evening and then called her, threatening to harm the child., The Columbian …
Prison
October 31, 2021
Texas Cop Killer on Death Row Found Dead in Prison Bunk
A Texas man convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of an Austin police officer in 2012 was found dead Saturday in his bunk. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said a corrections officer doing security rounds found Brandon Daniel, 33, unresponsive Saturday morning. Prison staff initiated life-saving measures until EMS personnel arrived, …
