Jury selection will continue on Tuesday at the murder trail for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd. As Fox 26 reports, on Monday two additional jurors were selected, for a total of nine seated. Chauvin’s defense attorney Eric Nelson has asked Judge Peter Cahill to consider postponing the murder …
A body found in an alley a few blocks from Chicago’s Garfield Park has been identified as Melissa D. Grilli, 34, from the southwest suburb of Romeoville, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Chicago police received an anonymous call at about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. “The victim was found tied up from her legs, …
*This is a developing story and will be updated when additional information is released.* An Ohio teen is behind bars after police say he murdered a 17-year-old girl on Friday. The Portage County Sheriff’s Office said on Saturday that Zachary David Blosser, 18, was arrested for the death of Kaylee Freitag, ABC 5 reports. The …
Jury selection continues on Monday in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, after seven jurors were seated last week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the jury selection hid the mid-way point on Friday; as 12 jurors and two alternates will be selected, for a total of 14. On Thursday, Judge Peter Cahill reinstated a third-degree murder count …
An Indianapolis police SWAT team has arrested the suspect in a shooting on the city’s east side that left four people dead — including a child — and another in critical condition. Malik Halfacre, 25, reportedly fled the scene of the Saturday night shooting with a 6-month-old baby, who was found safe early Sunday morning. …
Suspect Malik Halfacre reportedly fled with 6-month-old Malia Halfacre, who was found safe hours later.
Florida sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man they say killed his grandfather and cut off his ears, Fox 35 reports. Kolby Parker, 30, initially told Lake County Sheriff’s deputies that he and his grandfather were smoking marijuana together Saturday night when they got into an argument and the older man came at him with a …
An elderly Asian man died this week after being attacked in Oakland, prompting police to investigate whether the perpetrator saw a crime of opportunity or was racially motivated, KPIX reports. While 75-year-old Pak Ho was on his morning walk Tuesday, 26-year-old Teaunte Bailey allegedly kicked the septuagenarian’s cane away, shoved him to the ground and stole …
A police officer is accused of the kidnap and murder of a 33-year-old marketing executive in London after she disappeared while walking home, a case that has put a renewed spotlight on violence against women, the New York Times reports. Sarah Everard vanished the evening of March 3 as she was walking home from a …
An upstate New York woman found dead in the trunk of a car in Queens this week died from a blow to the head that fractured her skull and caused a brain injury, the New York Daily News reports. Destini Smothers, 26, had been missing since November when she came to New York to attend …
A Missouri man suspected of killing and decapitating his mother last year has been found dead in Arkansas, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office says The Sheriff’s Office named Aaron Goodwin, 38, the sole suspect in the death of 63-year-old Connie Goodwin, who was found dead in her southwestern Missouri home on October 28, as CrimeOnline …
Jury selection will resume Friday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, now charged with three counts in the killing of George Floyd. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Judge Peter Cahill reinstated a third-degree murder charge against Chauvin, who is also charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of …
