A Minnesota family of four is dead following an apparent murder-suicide. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that four family members were found dead in northern Minneapolis on Sunday: A mother, her two sons, and their father –– who police believe killed all three of them before turning the gun on himself. Multiple reports have identified Kjersten …
A trio of suspected burglars who allegedly went on a robbery spree had a 2-year-old child in the car with them as they tried to evade police. KTVT reports that Dallas police responded to calls of thefts at Melrose Family Fashions and a Dollar General store. Officers were able to identify the suspects’ vehicle, and …
Confessed family annihilator Chris Watts has been ordered to pay $6 million to the family of his late wife Shanann Watts, who was murdered along with her two daughter Bella and Celeste in August 2018. The Denver Post reports that Watts agreed to the terms of a civil lawsuit brought by Shannan’s parents Frank and …
A father accused of abusing his son, who became suicidal, allegedly forced a gun into his hands and told him to shoot himself. Court documents obtained by Baltimore ABC affiliate WJMAR allege that Maryland father Anthony Lewis, 46, put a gun into his suicidal son’s hands and said “Just do it.” The 14-year-old boy reportedly …
A Pennsylvania family is dead after a young woman reportedly murdered her parents before taking her own life. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that police arrived to a home in Springfield Township to find Robert McIntyre and Sheila Dolan, both 71, dead with stab wounds to their neck and head trauma. Their daughter, 27-year-old Julia McIntyre …
A 5-year-old boy is dead after he was shot inside a Los Angeles-area home. KTLA reports that the unidentified boy was shot Wednesday afternoon in the Leimert Park area of south Los Angeles. He was reportedly transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead. A spokesperson with the Los Angeles Police Department told the news …
A Texas couple was sentenced to prison on Friday, months after police found their 2-year-old daughter’s partial remains in an acid-filled container. Monica Dominguez, 38, and her husband, Gerardo Zavala Loredo, 32, were arrested in February when police searching their apartment found Rebecka Zavala’s body in a five-gallon container hidden in their bedroom closet. Dominguez …
Authorities have located a body in the search for a missing Missouri woman whose husband is suspected of her murder. Citing police sources, the Riverfront Times reports that Jennifer Rothwell’s husband Beau Rothwell led St. Louis County police to his wife’s body, reportedly found in a wooded area of Lincoln County. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
Five members of a San Diego family are dead — including three young children — after an apparent murder-suicide sparked by a rancorous divorce. San Diego police said an estranged husband shot and killed his wife and three of their children Saturday morning and wounded a fourth child, who is listed in critical condition after …
The husband of a missing St. Louis woman has been charged with murder in connection with her disappearance, following earlier charges of tampering with evidence. As NBC News reports, Jennifer Rothwell, 28, has not been since November 12 when she left her home to go to work, but never showed up. On Wednesday Rothwell’s husband …
An incestuous British couple who strangled their two sons and tried to kill their four surviving children in May was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. The BBC reported that Sarah Barrass, 35, strangled Tristan Barrass, 13, with her gown cord and her half-brother, Brandon Machin, 39, used his hands to strangle Blake Barrass, 14, …
The grieving mother says that while her husband has repeatedly apologized, he hasn’t explicitly asked for her forgiveness. “We’ll work on that,” she says.
