‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow’s niece admits she hasn’t seen the missing children for several months — even though she followed them to Idaho and moved next door
Family Crime
“It didn’t seem strange to me,” Melani Pawlowski said
Juveniles
May 11, 2020
Where are the children? As ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow stays silent in jail, Nancy Grace weighs in on the fate of missing children Tylee and JJ
“If they are alive, they are tucked away with people in this cult,” Nancy Grace says in the latest episode of “Crime Stories”
Juveniles
May 8, 2020
‘We’re not calling it a murder-suicide’: Police don’t know why Evansville mother took her own life, also killing her 5-year-old daughter — but maybe not intentionally
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff has shared new details about the scene in the Indiana home where Kimbra and Dahni Shanafelt were found ded
Missing
May 8, 2020
[UPDATE: Found safe] MISSING: ‘Endangered’ pregnant woman vanishes in middle of night, cops say
UPDATE: Police said Friday afternoon that Brittany Marroquin-Perez “has been located safe.” Original story: Police in Missouri asked for the public’s help in locating an endangered pregnant woman who vanished early Friday. In a Facebook post, the Joplin Police Department said Brittany Marroquin-Perez (Simpson) was last seen at 3:34 a.m. Additional details regarding her disappearance …
Family Crime
May 8, 2020
BREAKING: Coroner reveals cause of death for mom, young daughter found in Indiana home
UPDATED 12: 34 p.m. The mysterious deaths of an Indiana mother and her 5-year-old daughter were the result of a suicide and a homicide, a coroner has determined, but there is no evidence at this time that the homicide was intentional. The Vanderburgh County Coroner released a statement revealing the findings of autopsies conducted on …
Missing
May 7, 2020
MISSING: Grandmother ‘turned her back for a minute’ and little boy was gone. Frantic 2nd day of searching continues.
Nova Scotia authorities are searching for a 3-year-old who has not been seen since Wednesday after he reportedly wandered off while under his grandmother’s care. CBC reports that Dylan Ehler was visiting his grandparents in a neighborhood near Queen and Elizabeth streets in Truro, Nova Scotia, when he vanished. The child’s grandfather, Norman Brown, told …
Missing
May 7, 2020
MISSING: Massive search underway for toddler boy who wandered off from home **FOUND SAFE**
A search is underway for a 2-year-old boy who was last seen near Salina, Oklahoma. ABC 8 reports that Jesse Dale Young disappeared from his family’s home around four miles Salina, off of E Road 480, on Wednesday at around 11 a.m. According to his mother, Carlie, he was wearing a pull-up diaper and a …
Family Crime
May 6, 2020
SEE IT: ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow’s mother claims she spoke to missing grandson JJ AFTER his last known sighting [VIDEO]
For the first time, relatives of Lori Vallow have come forward to defend the Idaho mother jailed on felony child desertion charges. Authorities say that Vallow’s children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow, have not been seen since September. Tylee was last seen in images taken during a family trip to Yellowstone National …
Missing
May 5, 2020
Foul odor leads cops to woman’s rotting body in broken refrigerator at boyfriend’s apartment building: Report
A Pennsylvania man was criminally charged after his missing girlfriend’s body was reportedly discovered in his apartment building on Monday. KDKA reported that residents at a McKees Rocks apartment building informed police of a foul odor. An investigation led them to the second floor, where they reportedly discovered Kristy Jefferson’s badly decomposed body in a …
Missing
May 5, 2020
Missing high schooler found dead in river 3 months after sending Snapchat post about ‘bad news’: Police
A body discovered in a river Saturday is that of an Iowa teen who vanished in January after leaving his job. The Des Moines Police Department revealed Monday that a kayaker discovered Abdullahi Sharif’s body in the Des Moines River at Prospect Park. Sharif, 18, was reportedly submerged near the river’s north bank, prompting the …
Missing
May 5, 2020
BREAKING: Police reveal how missing North Carolina women likely died, confirm vehicle belonged to Paige Escalera
Wilmington Police Department confirmed on Tuesday that a vehicle found in a wooded area in Wilmington belonged to one of two women reported missing two weeks prior. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police discovered two bodies on Monday, inside a grey 2013 Dodge Dart, off of Independence Blvd. and River Road The vehicle matched the description …
Missing
May 4, 2020
North Carolina police find 2 bodies in car missing women were last seen driving: Report
UPDATE: Police reveal how missing North Carolina women likely died, confirm vehicle belonged to Paige Escalera North Carolina police said Monday they had found two bodies inside a grey 2013 Dodge Dart matching the description of a vehicle belonging to one of two recently engaged women who haven’t been seen since April 15. In a Facebook …
