Detroit police have arrested a 31-year-old woman for the hit-and-run murder of Tiffany Watson-Vance, a pregnant, 41-year-old mother of five, whose death earlier this week was captured on video. Shedrica Odessa Smith pleaded not guilty at her arraignment, WJBK said. The incident took place early Monday morning when two groups of people gathered near Watson-Vance’s …
An Indiana man has been charged with killing his wife after her body was found early Saturday partially submerged in a creek. Indiana State Police arrested 39-year-old Andrew Wilhoite, saying he struck Nikki Wilhoite in the head with a blunt object, then drove her to a nearby creek, and dumped her body, WISH reported. Nikki …
A Washington state police officer was shot multiple times and then run over by a car Friday afternoon as he investigated a man for “suspicious activity.” Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene in a Starbucks parking lot. He had been with the Everett Police Department since 2017, when he …
Loved ones are mourning the loss of a New Jersey woman who was shot to death by her own sister in an apparent argument over money, NJ.com reports. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, dispatchers in Bergen County received a 911 call about the incident. The call initially reported a stabbing, but when police officers arrived at …
Two police departments have launched internal investigations after they were tipped early this week about a heavily armed pregnant woman on her way from Florida to New Jersey — a trip that ended with her 21-year-old sister shot to death. Tony Miranda contacted Jacksonville, Florida, police on Monday, telling them that his fiancee had stolen …
Attorneys representing accused killer Barry Morphew have filed a motion to dismiss the murder case against him. Barry Morphew is facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder, in the disappearance and presumed death of his wife Suzanne Morphew. Suzanne was last seen in May 2020, and her body has never been found. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
A Louisiana man who allegedly shot a high schooler and the teen’s stepsister in March 2021 was fatally shot in the head on Wednesday while on the way to court. Defense attorney John Fuller told Nola.com that Hollis Carter, 21, (not pictured) was killed in Gentilly as he and his mother were stopped at a …
The parents of a young woman who is accused of killing her elderly vocal coach may have helped keep her hidden from authorities, according to a new report. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lauren Pazienza is facing multiple charges, including first-degree manslaughter, in the death of a retired vocal coach, 87-year-old Barbara Gustern. Pazienza reportedly shoved …
A Rhode Island man was arrested on Tuesday after his ex-girlfriend’s body was reportedly discovered in a refrigerator. Providence police reportedly found Sherbert Maddox, 40, deceased while responding to an Elmwood apartment on Tuesday. Police believe Maddox’s ex-boyfriend, Nathan Cooper, 53, shot Maddox with a stolen .38-caliber Smith & Wesson which was seized along with …
A woman is facing murder charges in the deaths of two Pennsylvania state troopers and a pedestrian who were killed earlier this week. Fox News reports that Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, is facing 18 charges in the deaths of 29-year-old Branden T. Sisca and 33-year-old Martin F. Mack III — both Pennsylvania state troopers — …
An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to capital murder after a little girl’s family agree to allow him to take a plea deal. On Thursday, Christopher Wayne Madison, 36, appeared before Circuit Judge Jeremy Taylor in Dekalb County, Alabama, and entered a plea of guilty to capital murder, in connection with the death 2019 of …
One of the teens allegedly sent Snapchat messages detailing the crime.
