A St. Louis-area father has been convicted of abusing and murdering his disabled 9-year-old son nearly two decades ago, NBC 5 reports. On Friday, jurors found Dawan Ferguson guilty of first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death after his son Christian vanished in June 2003. Christian had a metabolic disorder called citrullinemia, in which …
A Texas woman accused of murdering her boyfriend’s apparent love interest and then fleeing to Central America is back in the United States, ABC 13 reports. The television station on Saturday published a video of 34-year-old Kaitlin Armstrong being escorted by law enforcement at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. A handcuffed Armstrong was led …
The bodies of a mother and three children have been recovered from a Minnesota lake in what authorities say is a “possible triple murder-suicide” following the death of a man earlier in the day, ABC 5 reports. As CrimeOnline reported previously, crews found the body of the first child around 7:30 p.m. Friday and the …
Prosecutors have charged a Hollywood producer with murdering two women who overdosed on drugs and were later dumped at Los Angeles-area hospitals, the Los Angeles Times reports. As CrimeOnline reported previously, Christy Giles, a 24-year-old model, was abandoned on the sidewalk at Southern California Hospital in Culver City on November 13 and died soon after. …
An 80-year-old west Georgia man has been charged with killing his wife after he called 911 to say he’d shot her and planned to shoot himself. Carroll County deputies and a Georgia State Patrol trooper arrived at the Villa Rica home Thursday afternoon and found Donald Staley outside his home, according to the Carroll County …
On Thursday, a Louisiana man was indicted for murdering his pregnant girlfriend and her 2-year-old son in March. According to The Advocate, Brynnen Murphy, 20, told Baton Rouge police that Kaylen Johnson, 24, picked him up on March 5, and her son, Kaden Johnson, was in the back seat. After driving for a bit, the pair …
Fugitive yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong, who was captured this week in Costa Rica, was reportedly attending yoga surfing classes and trying to set up a new life when she was apprehended. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Armstrong was apprehended in Costa Rica overnight. She will be extradited to the U.S. — where she will face first-degree …
A Texas man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her friend was arrested in Mississippi Thursday morning after a police chase. Kentrell Brumfield faces murder and aggravated assault charges in the shootings of Lioneicia Malveaux, his former girlfriend, and her friend Brittani Simmons at Malveaux’s apartment, KHOU reported. According to court documents Brumfield was …
Florida police arrested a 19-year-old man, charging him with the shooting death last week of another 19-year-old he was afraid was going to out him as gay. Daytona Beach police said Telan Mann was found dead on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds on June 23, WESH reported. Jakari Webb has been charged with first …
A 20-year-old mother pushing her 3-month-old baby in a stroller was shot dead by a black-clad gunman Wednesday night on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Police officials said they were looking into whether gunman might have had a relationship with the woman, who has not yet been named, or if he might even have been the …
A 20-year-old Nashville man will be charged with first degree murder after his 5-week-old son died from critical injuries inflicted on the infant. Joshua R. Lane and the child’s mother took the boy to Centennial Medical Center on Sunday, when doctors stabilized him and transferred him to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, WKRN reported. Doctors there determined …
A North Carolina firefighter’s wife has been charged with his murder. Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a “self-inflicted” gunshot wound on Saturday and found Mishael “MJ” James Auman suffering from a gunshot wound, WXII reported. Auman was taken to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries. After an investigation, deputies …
