A 12-year-old boy who had been reported missing Tuesday night was found dead the next day in a wooded area behind his family’s Atlanta home. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, the unidentified boy’s family reported him missing late Tuesday when he did not return home after going to a friend’s house earlier that day. According …
Just after authorities in Utah turned over the results of Tammy Daybell’s autopsy to investigators in Idaho, a family friend has shared new information about the circumstances of Tammy’s death — and conflicting accounts between family members. Julie Rowe, once a close friend of Chad Daybell’s, appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “Crime Stories with Nancy …
Authorities in South Carolina have discovered a body during the search for a missing pregnant woman who disappeared late last week. As WNCN reports, a body was found in a suitcase Monday amid the search for missing Brittany Simone Smith, 28, who was reported missing on Thursday. Smith, who is reportedly visibly pregnant, was last …
A Kansas girl who died while trying to escape from her family’s stolen vehicle has been identified. According to police, 13-year-old Briana Ibarra died on February 6 after she got caught in her seatbelt while trying to escape a carjacker who allegedly stole her family’s vehicle and fled. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brianna was sitting …
After the death of an 8-year-old boy whose mother had repeatedly expressed concerns about her son’s well-being in his father’s care, Child Protective Services in Suffolk County, New York, will undergo systemic changes with the aim of preventing further tragedies like the death of Thomas Valva. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Thomas Valva died of hypothermia …
An elderly Georgia man has been charged with murder after Houston County sheriff’s deputies found his wife dead inside the recreational vehicle where they lived, the Macon Telegraph reports. A neighbor phoned 911 around 9:30 a.m., and deputies responded to a rural area south of Perry, Georgia, where they found Debora Seidenfaden, 60, dead inside …
Police are searching for the suspect of a fatal shooting that took the life of a Yale graduate student. According to the New Haven Independent, 26-year-old Kevin Jiang was fatally shot in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday night. Emergency responders reportedly found him lying in the road near his Prius, …
A Minnesota woman reported missing early Saturday morning was found dead nearly 36 hours later, and her husband has been arrested for her murder. Little Falls Police said Jonathan Greyblood, 30, reported Jeanine Greyblood, 37, missing on Saturday, saying she was last seen at about 1:30 a.m. walking away from a home near the Pine …
A 13-year-old girl was killed Saturday when she tried to get out of a stolen vehicle and ended up being dragged for several miles, KWCH reports. Kevin Palmer, 34, was arrested and charged with felony murder in the incident, which took place around noon. Wichita police said the girl, who has not been named, was …
Indigenous communities are working together to address what they say has become a growing problem: violence against American Indian women, girls, and non-binary persons, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reports. Advocates say not enough is being done to track the issue and hold offenders responsible. The murder rate of Indigenous women is more than 10 times beyond the national …
An Ohio man is in jail Saturday, charged with fatally shooting two of his girlfriend’s children and critically wounding a third, the Toledo Police Department said. Ahmir Phillips, 5, and Gabriel Phillips, 1, were pronounced dead at the hospital. Four-year-old Ashtan Phillips underwent surgery and was still in critical condition on Saturday, when police said …
An Atlanta area home daycare operator has been charged with murder after a 4-month-old baby was found dead in her care earlier this week, 11Alive reports. Amanda Harris Hickey, 45, initially reported the incident herself on Wednesday, according to the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), saying the child had been sleeping in …
