A South Carolina prison guard testified Tuesday that a man on trial for killing his five children in 2014 said that he murdered his 8-year-old daughter after she witnessed him strangle one of her younger brothers to death. Lieutenant Travis Pressley claimed that Timothy Jones admitted to choking his son for playing with electrical outlets. …
A gang member who pleaded guilty for his role in last summer’s machete killing of a 15-year-old New York boy cried in court as he saw what he did to the teen when he sought refuge in a bodega. From WPIX, Kevin Alvarez, 19, broke down on the witness stand after viewing surveillance footage shot …
The mother of five children who were allegedly killed by her ex-husband in 2014 reportedly broke down in tears in a South Carolina court Monday while reading a letter she wrote to her slain daughter. From The State, Amber Kyzer became overcome with emotion while reading a letter she wrote to Merah, 8, regarding her …
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A New Jersey man who was convicted in February of murdering his high school classmate is seeking a new trial due to a dismissed juror’s “LMAO” Facebook post. Liam McAtasney, 21, was found guilty of murder, robbery, desecration of human remains, conspiracy to desecrate human remains, tampering with evidence, and hindering apprehension for the November …
Close to 100 people in Texas have been charged with federal marriage fraud and related charges, which allegedly aimed to allow Vietnamese citizens to secure residency in the U.S., official said. Dallas News reports that 96 defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in April, on 206 charges, including marriage fraud, mail fraud, immigration …
Social services workers assigned to the case of now-deceased boy, A.J. Freund, were apparently overloaded with cases during the time they made visits to the child’s home. It’s an ongoing problem with the Illinois Department of Family and Children Services, according to recent information revealed to a federal judge. Chicago Tribune reports that a lawyer …
Tiger Woods and his girlfriend are at the center of a civil lawsuit after their Florida restaurant reportedly overserved a bartender who died in a drunk driving-related accident. From TMZ, the parents of Nicholas Immesberger, 24, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Woods, 43, and Erica Herman for their son’s December 2018 death. They allege …
Noah Adams will be allowed to use ‘alternative treatments’ as he undergoes chemo
Update, May 9: An Etsy spokesperson provided CrimeOnline with the following statement regarding a lawsuit filed by a California mother for the strangulation death of her toddler son: “Deacon’s death was a great tragedy and our hearts are with his mother and family. While we understand the desire to take action, Etsy is a platform …
‘His last words were water—he asked for water.’
A Florida judge placed a 3-year-old boy battling leukemia with his maternal grandparents amid allegations that his parents stopped his chemotherapy treatments and took him to Kentucky. Hillsborough County police accused Joshua McAdams, 27, and Taylor Bland-Ball, 22, of seeking natural remedies for their son’s acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Last Monday, authorities in Florida issued an …
