A child in Florida has escaped routine confinement after they reportedly set a mattress on fire in a room where they had been locked for 12 hours a day since March. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Pasco County firefighters and sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a burning mattress inside a residence in …
Two sisters in California are the victims of an apparent murder-suicide at the hands of their father, who allegedly stabbed the girls to death before taking his own life. Citing police sources, NBC 4 Los Angeles reports that two girls, both around the age of 9, were found dead with stab wounds at a home …
A Virginia woman is in custody on suspicion of fatally stabbing her own mother. Sophie Rumuly, 73, was found dead of an apparent homicide in her Spotsylvania County home on October 5. According to WHSV, Rumuly’s husband called called police after arriving home to find his wife unresponsive. The victim’s daughter, 57-year-old Lisa Anne Harmon, …
A source who has been in touch with convicted murderer Chris Watts has said that the confessed killer is uncomfortable about a new documentary that chronicles the brutal murders of his wife and two young daughters. “American Murder: The Family Next Door,” which premiered on Netflix on Wednesday, documents the shocking murders of Shanann Watts and …
Authorities in Texas discovered the body of an infant in a hotel room following a SWAT standoff a woman believed to be the child’s mother. As Click2Houston.com reports, police in Baytown responded to the Scottish Inn and Suites on Garth Road following an anonymous tip about a possible dead baby there. Responding officers reportedly found …
A new Netflix documentary about the murder of Shanann Watts and her two young daughters show the final texts between Shanann and her husband Chris Watts, hours before he killed her. According to a preview clip of “American Murder: The Family Next Door” obtained by People magazine, Shanann was planning a dinner for her family — …
“Members of the law enforcement task force responded to the report of human remains trained dogs ‘alerting’ on three separate properties in Chaffee County. To clarify, none of these properties are owned by members of the Morphew family.”
Authorities in Colorado are expected to issue a news release Tuesday about the investigation into the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew, who was reported missing on May 10. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office released a statement on their Facebook page Monday denying that any remains had been found in connection to the …
Updated 4:50 p.m. The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office has responded to reports that cadaver dogs detected the scent of human remains during a volunteer search for Suzanne Morphew, organized by her brother Andy Moorman. Moorman told multiple media outlets on Monday that the dogs had picked up the human scent at a property owned by …
A Chicago woman is in custody on Monday after allegedly stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Serenity Arrington died on Saturday after she was taken to a Chicago hospital with a stab wound or wounds to the throat. Police sources told the Chicago Sun-Tribune that the girl’s mother, 27-year-old Simone Austin, …
A source who works in a town where Suzanne Morphew’s husband reportedly stayed during the weekend she disappeared has said that investigators asked neighboring business for surveillance footage of the days that Barry Morphew is believed to have been in the area. As CrimeOnline previously reported, two people who worked for Barry’s independent landscaping business …
The baby’s 11-year-old brother tested positive for cocaine
