Police and fire officials are investigating after a “suspicious” fire left one person dead in Chippewa Fall, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. Investigators did not release the identity of the victim but named Scott Vaningan, 58, as a suspect in both the fire and death, WEAU reported. Vaningan lived in the house that caught fire, police said, …
A Connecticut woman who was found dead with her three children on Wednesday allegedly strangled them before taking her own life. WVIT reported that Sonia Loja, 36, and her three children, Jonael Panjon, 5; Joselyn Panjon, 10; and Junior Panjon, 12; were found dead at their home in Danbury. Police said their causes of death …
Oregon police arrested a man last Thursday for murdering an 18-year-old girl who was found stabbed to death a week earlier. Kendra Hanks, 18, was reported missing on July 8, a day after she did not return home from work. Suspect Troy Phelps, 39, was accused of picking up Hanks in Roseburg before stabbing her …
A Tennessee man is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting and killing her former girlfriend’s new boyfriend on Sunday. WHBQ reported that the woman and her boyfriend, Timothy Pinkins, were in their Memphis apartment when they were woken up by the bedroom door being opened and a gloved hand reached in and turned on the …
The body of a Tennessee woman found dead in Fiji earlier this month was reportedly so badly beaten that her parents were forced to have her cremated so they could get her back to the U.S. According to Ronald Gordon, an attorney representing Christe Chen’s estate and her family, the slain bride’s body was too …
A Florida woman was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of a fellow Uber passenger over the weekend. An arrest warrant says that Natalia Harrell, 24, Gladys Yvette Borcela, 28, and five others piled into a Cadillac Escalade in downtown Miami at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday morning, WPLG …
Police in Oklahoma discovered the burned remains of a toddler early Wednesday morning after they received a tip about a possible child death. Seminole Police said they executed a search warrant and found the remains after getting the tip at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Further investigation led them to another location, the home of …
Memphis police have charged four people — three of them juveniles — in connection with the shooting death of a beloved pastor during a carjacking last week. Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church, was shot and killed in her driveway on July 18, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Three teens — a 15-, …
A man was arrested on Sunday for murdering a Florida woman who was found dead at her apartment a day earlier. Bursey Armstrong, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tasheka Young. Young was found dead at her Jacksonville home, and police immediately said they believe foul play was involved but …
A Maine teen has been identified as the murder suspect after police found a young girl dead in her Mount Vernon home earlier this month. According to Central Maine, officials identified 15-year-old Aidan Grant as the suspect in connection with the death of Brooke McLaughlin, 14. Court documents indicate that Grant’s Facebook page claimed he …
A Florida man is dead after his daughter’s boyfriend shot and killed him Saturday afternoon outside his home. Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home in Bradenton just before 2:30 p.m. and found a 67-year-old man lying face down in the front yard. He had been shot multiple times, they said, and was pronounced …
