Bond was set on Friday for an Alabama man accused of carrying out Sunday’s sword attack that killed his mother and seriously injured his brother and uncle. WALA reported that Damien Washam’s bond was set at $750,000 for the murder of his mother, Helen Washam, 61, who he killed with a samurai sword during a …
Brian Laundrie’s parents had been trying to get possession of a notebook found with his body — the same notebook that FBI now says included a confession about Gabby Petito’s murder
Virginia prosecutors said Wednesday that the man who murdered his intellectually-disabled neighbor last month did so in an “extremely violent” manner. According to WRC, the father and stepmother of Melia Jones, 23, found her strangled at her Alexandria apartment on December 7. Prosecutors said Jones — who has Down syndrome — was wrapped in a …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace has responded to the report stating that police in Moab, Utah, made “unintentional errors” after the pulled over Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito in response to a 911 call. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Moab police stopped Petito’s van, which Laundrie was driving, on August 12 after at least one witness called 911 …
Police in Pasadena, California, have released the 911 call placed by a witness who believed they recognized the suspect in the murder of a UCLA grad student, who had been on the loose for a week after allegedly killing Brianna Kupfer at her place of work. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kupfer, 24, was working alone …
A 33-year-old Detroit mother of four was found shot to death and dismembered in her own home this week — nearly a month after she was reported missing. Police arrested Latima Warren’s boyfriend, 44-year-old Rondell Lamar Watters, and charged him with open murder. He was at the home, with an infant child, when police executed …
Three teens found dead in a rural Texas home on Tuesday were victims of a double murder and suicide, according to Harris County deputies, who also named the three teenagers. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office identified the teens as siblings Hayden Burns, 15, and Haley Burns, 17, and Hayley’s friend, 17-year-old Kadience Cadena, KHOU reported. …
A pedestrian alerted police to a wanted man accused of killing an UCLA graduate student last week. Citing a law enforcement source, Fox News reports that a witness spotted Shawn Laval Smith sitting on a park bench in Pasadena on Wednesday and alerted authorities. The pedestrian presumably recognized Smith from photos and videos the Los …
A Kansas man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly killed his girlfriend’s friend, who apparently gave her a cover story on the night she went out without her boyfriend. Jose E. Escalante-Corchado, 24, has been charged with murder and numerous related offenses after he allegedly killed Mackenzie Hopkins, 24, and attempted to kill her …
Attorneys for Ghilsaine Maxwell have asked for a retrial after being convicted of sex trafficking earlier this month. The New York Post reports that attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein’s close confidant have requested a retrial, reportedly because one juror did not disclose during jury selection that they were a victim of childhood sex abuse. As CrimeOnline …
San Diego investigators said Wednesday that a mother and her toddler son who died when they fell from a concourse at the city’s major league baseball stadium died from a murder-suicide. Police said the deaths of Raquel Wilkins, 40, and Denzel Browning-Wilkins, 2, were suspicious at the time. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wilkins and her …
No arrests have been made in the slaying of a 16-year-old California girl who was reportedly shot in the neck and dumped on the side of a highway. According to KABC, Tioni Theus was found dead near 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles on January 8 after drivers spotted her body and contacted authorities. Additional …
