A pregnant mother of two was found shot to death in her South Carolina home Monday morning. The Sumter Police Department said family members called police shortly before 8 a.m. after finding the body of 25-year-old Keyirra Tatyana Walker. Investigators say they believe the murder was carried out in the early hours Monday morning “by …
A Tennessee man was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for the murders of his 4-month-old son and the child’s mother. Shelby County District Court Judge Chris Craft issued the life sentence for Enoch Turner, 25, in connection with the 2019 killings of Heather Cook, 32, and her infant son, Bentley Cook, WREG reports. According …
A Mississippi man, wanted for the triple slaying of his mother and two sisters over the weekend, was shot to death in a shootout with Arizona police on Monday. Ridgeland, Mississippi, Police Chief Brian Myers said that Ida Thomas Welch, 76; Vicky Renee Welch, 56; and Crystal Lynn Welch, 52, were found shot to death …
A 41-year-old Mississippi man has been sentenced to death row following a first-degree murder conviction for the fatal beating of his 2-year-old stepson. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Biloxi jury deliberated for two hours Friday before determining that Joseph David Heard should face the death penalty for the killing of Hayden Lee Bataille. Court documents …
Houston Police have arrested the suspect they say shot an area attorney outside a McDonald’s fast food restaurant after the lawyer intervened in a dispute with staff. Anthony Martin Landry, 58, was charged with murder in the shooting death of Jeffrey Limmer, 46, KPRC reported. Investigators say Landry shot Limmer on May 4 when Limmer …
The man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a Georgia law student and then setting her apartment on fire more than two decades ago will remain behind bars as his case proceeds, according to Fox 5. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police in Athens on Thursday announced they had made a break in the case involving …
Police in Colorado said they believe they have solved a nearly 50-year-old cold case involving a babysitter who was brutally murdered, Fox 21 reports. On Wednesday, the Colorado Springs Police Department announced it had found the person likely responsible for the death of 14-year-old Maria Honzell, who was found deceased with stab wounds on February …
Surveillance footage captured a disturbing scene in a Houston neighborhood earlier this month as a driver appeared to target a man walking to get his mail with her car. Karon Fisher, 20, then backed over the victim — 64-year-old Steven Anderson — and continued to back the car out of the video frame, the video, …
The parents of a Florida teen arrested for his involvement in the murder of a 15-year-old girl are accused of threatening the mom and dad of another defendant in the case, the Cape Coral Breeze reports. On Friday, police in Cape Coral, near Ft. Myers, arrested 39-year-old Christopher D. Horne and 36-year-old Shanice Stewart on …
An Alabama education official has been arrested in connection with the torture and murder of three people more than a decade ago in Georgia, Fox 5 reports. On Wednesday, 45-year-old Keante Harris, an assistant principal at McAdory Middle School in McCalla, Alabama, surrendered himself to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Harris was taken into custody …
A Florida woman is behind bars after police say she beat her adopted boy to death after throwing him into a swimming pool earlier this monthy. According to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Patricia Saintizaire, 36, is facing charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and tampering with a witness. The …
A suspect has been identified in the shooting death of a Houston lawyer who intervened in a dispute between a McDonald’s customer and staff. The irate customer has been named by Houston police as 57-year-old Anthony Martin Landry. He has been charged with murder. Investigators say Landry shot 46-year-old Jeffrey Limmer on Saturday when Limmer …
