Authorities arrested an Illinois man Tuesday for allegedly murdering a 14-year-old girl who was found fatally shot in Indiana last year. Lake County, Indiana, police told the Chicago Sun-Times that Deon Simmons, 35, is charged in connection with Takaylah Tribitt’s death. Simmons is awaiting extradition to Lake County, where he is expected to face murder …
An investigation is underway in California after a snowplow driver reportedly discovered the murdered bodies of a man and woman on Monday. The Mono County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the bodies were found off the shoulder of Highway 395, roughly 10 miles north of Bridgeport. The East Bay Times reported that a …
Over 1,000 advocates are apparently urging President Trump to spare the life of a woman on death row, convicted of murdering a woman and carving her baby from her womb. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 43-year-old Lisa Montgomery, an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute, Indiana, is scheduled to be put to death by legal injection …
A former neonatal nurse appeared in court Thursday morning, where the names of eight deceased infants were released publicly for the first time. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lucy Letby was -rearrested earlier this week in connection with the murders and attempted murders of infants she cared for while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital …
A Nevada woman accused of killing her two young daughters appeared in court Tuesday, for her first appearance since the children’s death. Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested Amanda Sharp-Jefferson, 26, on two counts of open murder on Friday, for the deaths of her daughters, Rose, 1, and 2-month-old Lily. The …
A nurse who previously posted bail for the murders and attempted murders of 17 babies has been re-arrested for the deaths of eight additional infants. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lucy Letby was initially arrested in 2018 for the deaths of numerous infants at Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester, England. Letby was accused of killing …
A Utah man was charged Monday with stabbing his wife to death nearly two weeks earlier. John Erickson, 41, was charged with murdering Utahna Erickson, 41, at their Salt Lake County home on October 28. Responding officers observed blood all over the home and discovered Utahna Erickson’s body in a master bedroom, according to The …
A Washington man facing a murder conviction took his own life Monday, according to reports. The Washington Post reports that 78-year-old Terrence Miller was arrested in April 2019 for the 1972 death of Jody Loomis, 20. Loomis was on her way to visit her horse at a stable in south Snohomish County when she was …
A central Florida man shot his girlfriend to death Sunday morning and wounded another woman who was trying to protect the girlfriend before police tracked him down using drones and dogs. Christopher Michael Pequeen, 33, has been charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, shooting into a building, tampering with physical evidence, aggravated …
Tim Anderson wasn’t expecting to come across a body Sunday morning when he took his dog, Rufus, out for his regular walk. But that’s what happened. Anderson spotted a plastic storage container floating a few feet from shore on a retention pond in southeast Jacksonville, Florida, and when he investigated, he found it contained a …
Investigators have found the remains of a missing New York woman they believe was murdered. As the New York Post reports, Vermont State Police have identified human remains found in August 2019 as belonging to Jessica Hildenbrandt, of Ballston Spa, New York, who fell out of contact with family in July of the same year. …
A New Hampshire man admitted that he told his 12-year-old daughter that her mother didn’t “need to live” if she kept insulting him. A week later, the woman was beaten and stabbed to death. The Concord Monitor reports that Emerson Figueiredo, 43, pleaded guilty last week to the death of his wife, Nathalia Da Paixao, …
