A fugitive murder suspect was moved to a different Texas jail on Tuesday, days after she was captured in Costa Rica while on the run for fatally shooting her boyfriend’s love interest. According to the Texas Chronicle, Armstrong, 34, claimed when she was arrested last week that bandages and bruises on her face were due …
A Hollywood producer facing murder charges in connection with the drug overdose death of a Los Angeles model has been charged with sexual assault in a different case, and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón fears that there are more victims out there. On Tuesday, Gascón announced during a press conference that David Pearce …
A teenager accused of killing and molesting an Indiana girl will stand trial in front of a judge instead of a jury, according to the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Anthony Hutchens, who was 14 at the time, reportedly told police that “a shadowy man” made him strangle and kill his …
Alleged killer Kaitlin Armstrong, accused of murdering an elite gravel cyclist last month in Austin, was captured with her her sister’s passport in her possession in Costa Rica, police say. According to Harris County online jail records, Armstrong is charged with murder in connection with the death of professional cyclist, Anna “Mo” Wilson. She was …
Fire crews responding to a car fire Saturday night on a bike path in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase found a body inside the trunk. Police said car had been doused with an accelerant, probably gasoline, making it “clearly an intentional act,” WTFX reported. The man in the trunk had been shot once in the head, and …
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 …
