Police in New York believe University of Rochester professor Heikki Rantakari is endangered after he vanished before a scheduled Saturday class at the University of Rochester. ABC News reports that police said 44-year-old Rantakari was last seen Friday night after arriving at an Airbnb near the school campus; he arrived in Rochester from Boston. The …
Accused husband killer Kouri Richins claims a letter she wrote in jail was part of a fiction book she plans to write, but prosecutors say the letter facilitated “witness tampering involving her brother, seeking to have her brother support a false factual narrative,” in connection with her husband’s death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Summit County …
A grand jury authorities indicted a Tennessee couple on murder and abuse charges for allegedly killing a 4-year-old girl, then reported her missing, allegedly weeks after her death. According to court records, a Shelby County grand jury 25-year-old Brittney Jackson and 21-year-old boyfriend Jaylon Hobson on first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, abuse of a corpse, …
A Georgia man was indicted on malice murder and other charges this week, following the disappearance and presumed death of Tiffany Foster. According to 11Alive News, Reginald Robertson was formally indicted by a Coweta County grand jury this week on charges that include murder, burglary, kidnapping, concealing the death of another, rape, theft by taking, …
A teen accused of shooting five people at a Colorado bar before fleeing the state has been captured in California, police say. According to The Messenger News, police arrested 17-year-old Keanna Rosenburgh in Barstow, California, on Thursday and charged her with eight counts of first-degree attempted murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police said Rosenburgh tried …
Chelsea Grimm, a California woman who vanished during a cross-country trip appeared disoriented at an Arizona hotel earlier this month, according to what a witness told police. A witness described 33-yer-old Grimm as “confused” at a hotel in Seligman, after she called her parents about abandoning her cross-country trip to a Connecticut wedding and returning …
A scheduled hearing for accused Indiana child killer Richard Allen was abruptly canceled Wednesday when the judge announced Allen’s attorneys had withdrawn from the case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the hearing was scheduled address leaked graphic crime scene photos and the defense’s claims Delphi murder victims, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, were murdered …
An audio confession has been released after Dutch national Joran van der Sloot admitted to killing 18-year-old Natalee Holloway in 2005. As CrimeOnline previously reported, van der Sloot, 36, received a 20-year sentence on exortion and wire fraud charges Wednesday at the Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. The 20-year sentence was offered …
A California woman is behind bars after police say she killed her 5-year-old daughter Saturday. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Law & Crime, police arrested 34-year-old Mina Nazari for the “willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously and with malice aforethought” murder of her daughter, Sana Akram. Nazari was arrested Saturday and faces felony charges of …
New details have emerged in connection to a missing Michigan wife, who was reported missing and endangered Wednesday. According to ABC 12, the search for 60-year-old Kelly McWhirter is now a criminal investigation after police found a “significant amount of blood” inside her Flushing residence. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said that “there was likely …
Eighteen years after her daughter’s disappearance, Natalee Holloway’s mother received news Wednesday that the tragic case has been resolved, following Dutch national Joran van der Sloot’s confession to murder. According to reports, van der Sloot told police he and Natalee kissed at the beach after meeting at a bar in Aruba in May 2005. When …
