A 13-year-old Alabama boy who was found dead at an extended stay hotel in March died from malnutrition and dehydration, complicated by neglect. Shelby County Coroner Linda Evans contacted Birmingham police on June 6 and told them that she had classified Aston Starkey’s death a homicide, AL.com reported. Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded to Extended …
A north Georgia sheriff’s deputy was fired from his job Tuesday when he was arrested on federal child exploitation and pornography charges. Steven Bunte was arrested at his home in Gordon County by federal investigators. Cherokee County officials said he’d been employed by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office for five years, assigned to the Adult …
Florida investigators have released hundreds of pages relating to their investigation into the disappearance and murder of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, who was reported missing on February 26, the day after her birthday. Soto’s body was found in a wooded area in Osceola County, near where her mother’s boyfriend was seen with a flat tire on …
A Florida man was shot and killed on Sunday when Fort Myers police officers saw him climbing out a window carrying a large knife and “what appeared to be a dismembered body part.” Police said they were called to the scene at about 11:30 p.m. about a woman and two small children hiding in a …
An Arizona father has been arrested on child abuse charges for allegedly giving his 12- and 13-year-old sons “laughing gas” — nitrous oxide — repeatedly while they were out “4-wheeling” during a visit. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said it took the report on June 4 from the children’s mother, who told them her 16-year-old …
A Florida sheriff’s department credited tips from the public leading to the arrest of a man who shot and killed his friend while pistol whipping him over a missing pool pump. Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said deputies were called to the scene of the shooting at a home in St. Cloud on Saturday and …
A missing North Carolina woman was found dead Tuesday in an abandoned mobile home in Chester. Donna Coley, 56, was reported missing on May 31. She was last seen at about 3:30 a.m. the day before. Her vehicle was found abandoned just outside the city. The Chester County Sheriff’s Office said it had arrested 70-year-old …
Three people were shot Tuesday afternoon in a downtown Atlanta mall food court before an off-duty police officer shot the suspect and ended the gunfire. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said that the 34-year-old suspect came into the food court in Peachtree Center on Peachtree Street and got into an argument with another man, WAGA …
One person is dead from a gunshot wound after a wild chase involving a transit bus from downtown Atlanta into the northern suburbs. Atlanta police said they responded to the initial report of a dispute on a Gwinnett County Transit bus on Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, WSB reported. But when they approached the scene, the …
Miles Bryant declined to testify on his own behalf on Tuesday. Closing arguments are set for Wednesday.
An Ohio woman took a last minute plea deal in the stabbing death of a teen girl last year that could see her avoid jail time. The trial of Bryanna Barozzini, 20, for the murder of Halia Culbertson, 17, in March 2023 was set to begin this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, witnesses said that …
A North Carolina woman is in critical condition after she was raped last week by a suspect who has been charged multiple times in the past with sex crimes. The suspect, Robert Voorhees, has been allowed to plead guilty to non-sex crime charges for nearly 20 years, however, thus avoiding having to register as a …
