On Monday, an Oklahoma prison inmate who is serving multiple life sentences for sex-related crimes allegedly murdered his cellmate — a convicted child killer. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said in a statement that Lawton Correctional Facility staff found inmate Riley Walker, 29, deceased in his cell. Walker’s cellmate, Aaron Stone, 43, allegedly confessed to …
A family of four was reportedly found fatally shot in their Ohio home on Tuesday in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide. Avon Lake police said in a statement that they were responding to a welfare check when they discovered the bodies of husband and wife, Jeffrey and Heidi Hull, 50 and 46, and …
A Florida man accused of murdering a woman who was found Monday allegedly told police he was having a sexual relationship with the victim — at the same time he dated her mother. An arrest report stated that Eric Westergard, 45, told detectives that he had been having an affair with Perrin Damron, 23, for …
A New York woman is behind bars after police say she intentionally killed her newborn son. According to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, 30-year-old Andee Wright, of Tonawanda, was arraigned in an Erie County Court on September 7, on two counts of second-degree murder. The charges stem from the death of Wright’s newborn son. …
A Florida mother is facing several felony charges, including murder, after allegedly drowning her toddler child because she reportedly thought COVID would kill her entire family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened in Miami-Dade County at a home close to Northwest 99th Street and 30th Avenue on August 23. At around 9 p.m., police …
Alex Murdaugh’s law firm, PMPED, said Monday that it had pushed out the prominent South Carolina lawyer the day before he called 911 and said he had been shot in the head. The firm said it had learned Murdaugh misappropriated millions of dollars from the law firm and told him of the allegations on Friday, …
A 20-year-old Colorado man faces a first degree murder charge for what police called a “brutal attack” on his girlfriend Sunday morning. Aurora police said they were called to a City Center Station apartment at 8 a.m. on a report of an injured person, the Sentinel reported. Upon arrival, officers “located a 20-year-old woman suffering …
Authorities found the body of a missing Florida mother in a canal on Monday and have charged a family friend with her murder. Perrin Damron, 23, was reported missing when she didn’t meet up with a friend on Saturday as planned, as CrimeOnline previously reported. She was last seen at 6 p.m. Friday, when the …
It’s been more than 10 years since the untimely death of Heidi Firkus, and now, her husband has been indicted for her murder in Minnesota. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 38-year-old Nicholas James Firkus was arrested in May and charged with second-degree intentional murder in the death of his wife, Heidi Firkus, who was fatally shot …
A Texas murder suspect who was released from jail last year is back behind bars after allegedly stabbing a potential witness. In December 2020, 280th Criminal District Court Judge Chris Morton reduced Felicia Washington’s bail from $100,00 to $50,000. Washington was behind bars in Harris County for allegedly killing victim Ramona Jones in October 2020. …
A Michigan father in the midst of bitter divorce and custody proceedings shot his toddler son to death last week and then turned the gun on himself. Derek Thabo, 32, had also threatened to kill his wife and all her family — including a child from another marriage — according to a protective order filed …
A 35-year-old New Jersey mother of five is dead after arguing with a man who pulled out a gun and shot her. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yoland Ciccone said Shakir Tyler, 42, has been charged with first degree murder for the death of Tayeesha Webb in Edison, New Jersey 101.5 reported. He also faces a charge …
