A father in Washington state was allegedly beaten to death by twin brothers in front of his young son, prompting a manhunt for the suspects, KOMO-TV reports. Police this week arrested 32-year-old Alexander VanDuren (pictured right) in connection with the murder of 36-year-old Sean Shea outside a Super 8 motel in Lacey, Washington. VanDuren’s twin …
An Ohio man was arrested in Texas this week for the murder of his 2-month-old daughter in May. John Powers, 24, fled to Texas after the death of Kiera Powers while she was in her care. He was arrested in Gainesville, Texas, after a Butler County grand jury indicted him on murder and endangering a …
The husband of a Pennsylvania woman who vanished in October was arrested last week for her murder and dismemberment. Bucks County prosecutors reportedly made a deal with Stephen Capaldi, 57, so he would reveal the whereabouts of his wife’s remains. According to the PhillyVoice, Elizabeth Capaldi, 55, was reported missing two days after she was …
A Nevada woman who killed a 5-year-old boy while babysitting was sentenced to life in prison Thursday with the possibility of parole after 20 years. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Laurren Jeanette Courtney previously took an agreement with prosecutors after murdering 5-year-old Ryan James Peralto in his home, on March 11, 2021. She was scheduled to …
California police have arrested the brother of a pregnant woman whose was found stabbed and lit on fire on Tuesday. N-Kya Logan, 26, was 36-weeks pregnant with a boy. Fresno police discovered her body off a dirt road after receiving a report of a dead woman who was apparently lit on fire, according to KSEE. …
A former University of California, Irvine student apparently threw his mother off a campus building before jumping to his own death in what investigators say is a murder-suicide. Irvine Police said they responded to assist campus police just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday. They found the bodies of Thao Thai Nguyen, 77, and her son, …
A man was arrested at a California airport earlier this month in connection with September’s slaying of a Highway Patrol captain’s estranged husband. According to KOVR, Thomas O’Donnell, 60, is accused of fatally shooting Michael Harding, 53, who was reported missing on September 20 and found dead six days later at a Burkesville, Kentucky, residence. …
A Georgia grand jury has indicted Leilani Simon on 19 charges related to the death of her toddler son, whose remains were found in a Chatham County landfill two weeks ago. The eight page indictment charges Simon with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, concealing the death of another, and 14 counts of making …
A 5-year-old girl in Florida is recovering from a gunshot wound after her parents died in a murder-suicide Tuesday night. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco told reporters the shooting took place shortly after the mother arrived home from work, paid the babysitter, and walked her outside. “As [the babysitter] starts backing out, she sees an …
A Louisiana couple was arrested on Monday in connection with Sunday’s death of the woman’s 1-year-old daughter. Keaura Dillon’s baby was pronounced dead at a LaPlace home after St. John Parish police responded to reports of a juvenile not breathing. Medical crews and police noted that she had bruises on her face and body, according …
The mother of a Mississippi teen will witness the execution of a man convicted of the 2000 killing and rape of her 16-year-old daughter, Leesa Gray. Abc 24 reports that a federal judge declined to block Mississippi’s death sentence for Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., 58, who’s scheduled to die today by the Mississippi Department of …
Austin Lee Edwards killed a 15-year-old California girl’s mother and grandparents and shot himself with his service weapon after driving across the country from Virginia.
