An Iowa man has been charged in the disappearance and presumed death of a woman who vanished nearly six months ago. The father of 30-year-old Rachel Reuter reported her missing to the Urbandale Police Department on June 16, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. The department worked with state investigators, and their probe eventually led …
Police said initial findings suggest the victim was not pregnant when she died, contradicting claims from her family
Police said Sunday that four members of a Colorado Springs family were found dead inside their home in what appears to be a murder-suicide. As CrimeOnline previously reported, little after 10 a.m. on Friday, El Paso County deputies arrived at a residence in the 1300 block of Pleier Drive in Gleneagle, after someone called asking …
A North Carolina woman is facing murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting her live-in ex-boyfriend on Sunday, shortly after police responded to a domestic call at their residence. Garner police said in a statement that Peggy Yarborough, 59, called 911 reporting that she shot Delquan Douglas, 32. Three 911 calls were made the night of …
A Washington man was arrested on Friday for allegedly killing his juvenile daughter’s adult boyfriend, whose remains were discovered late last month. Spokane police said in a statement that John Eisenman, 60, is believed to have fatally beaten and stabbed Andrew Sorensen, 19, in November 2020, after learning his daughter was allegedly sold into a …
A Virginia father who failed to protect his 4-year-old boy from a 2018 fatal beating has been found guilty of numerous charges that could land him in prison for years. According to The Virginian-Pilot, a Norfolk jury found Hank Larkin Smith Jr. guilty last week of homicide and three felony child abuse counts. Smith’s stepson, …
The mother of a murdered 8-year-old boy appeared in court on Monday to face charges connected to the death of her son Kendrick Lee, who investigators believe was killed by her boyfriend. As previously reported, Kendrick’s mother Gloria Williams, 35, appeared in court on Monday to face charges of injury to a child by omission …
A New York grand jury on Monday indicted real estate heir Robert Durst in the murder of his wife nearly 30 years ago. Kathleen McCormack Durst was 29 when she was last seen in early 1982. While Durst, now 78, was questioned about her disappearance, he was never charged. But last month in California, after …
Brian Laundrie “probably committed suicide” after fleeing his parents’ Florida home during the search for his missing girlfriend, who was later found strangled to death in a remote Wyoming campsite, a sheriff involved in the search said Friday during a country club law enforcement panel discussion. Laundrie’s remains were found in the 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve …
A second suspect was arrested last week in connection with the murder of a New Jersey man who was killed during an attempted robbery, authorities announced on Monday. The Middlesex Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that Devon Melchor, 26, was apprehended as he boarded an international flight in Florida. On October 27, Melchor, along …
An ex-caseworker claims the slain girl was placed with her foster mother, even though there was a documented history of abuse
The father and stepmother of Roman Lopez, a California boy found deceased in 2020, are now facing murder charges in connection with the child’s death. Jordan Piper, 36, and Lindsay Piper, 38, were arrested in February in Calaveras County and charged with “child abuse likely to cause great bodily injury or death.” The pair recently …
