Suspected serial killer charged with murdering girl snatched from market in 1988
Cold Cases
The accused killer moved the girl’s scooter from outside the market, then grabbed her when she went to retrieve it
Murder
December 21, 2020
Middle school teacher faces capital murder charge in 11-year-old boy’s shooting death
Joshua Burks was initially charged with reckless manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Troy Ellis last May, but this month a grand jury upgraded the charges.
Murder
December 21, 2020
DEVELOPING: Fort Bragg soldier kills pregnant wife, leaves one child in home unharmed [Police]
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* Authorities in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are investigating a murder-suicide after a Fort Bragg soldier allegedly shot his wife, then turned the gun on himself. WRAL reports that the soldier, identified as Keith Lewis, 31, shot his pregnant wife, Sarah Lewis, 34, …
Murder
December 21, 2020
Husband kills entire family, including two young children, after posting marriage trouble on Facebook: Police
A Kentucky family is dead after a man complained on Facebook about marriage issues while claiming love for his two sons. ABC 3 reports that police responded to a home at 195 Smith Lane in Mayfield on Sunday morning and found two children, one woman, and one man inside the residence. All four were dead …
Murder
December 21, 2020
VIDEO: Slain woman captures the moments before her own murder [Report]
The case of a Michigan man who allegedly fatally shot his girlfriend last year was passed on to a higher court earlier this month. According to Macomb Daily, Judge Matthew Sabaugh of the 37th District Court in Warren ordered Kevin Dixon, 19, to stand trial in Macomb County Circuit Court for premeditated murder and possession …
Arson
December 21, 2020
BREAKING: Fire that killed 3 residents of foreclosed apartment building may have been intentionally set
“I watched two guys die right in front of me because I saw the smoke surround them and suffocate them. They couldn’t get past the metal door.”
Murder
December 21, 2020
Brothers arrested for teen girl’s 2006 death, after killing her because they thought she was pregnant: Police
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of a Florida girl, who was found deceased in 2006. Bradenton Herald reports that the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office arrested Ralph Williams, 36, and Tyjuan Williams, 32, for the murder of Amber Woods, who was 16 when she disappeared. The suspects’ half-brother, Jamaine Brown, was …
Murder
December 20, 2020
Body of North Carolina mom found 3 1/2 weeks after she went missing
Investigators in North Carolina have found the body of a 26-year-old mom who was last seen at her home on November 25, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Apex police began investigating Emily Montgomery’s disappearance on November 27 and charged her boyfriend, 29-year-old Jose Carlos Jacome-Granizo, with her murder on December 2. Investigators did not …
Murder
December 20, 2020
Tucson dad kills 10-year-old son, then himself
A 40-year-old Arizona man apparently shot and killed his 10-year-old son on Saturday before turning the gun on himself. Tucson police responded to the home on the east side of the city at about 12 a.m. after another man called to say he was on his way to check on a man and a boy …
Kidnapping
December 20, 2020
Body found in burned-out car in rural Arkansas; 4 arrested
Four people have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder charges relating to human remains found in a burned out car this week in rural north Arkansas, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office said. A 911 reported the burned vehicle”with what looked like a body inside” just south of Mountain Home at about 10 a.m., …
Arson
December 19, 2020
Suspect arrested and charged in deadly March subway fire in New York
New York police have arrested a man they say deliberately set a deadly fire on a subway train that killed a train operator and injured several others, ABC7 reported. Garrett Goble, 36, died after helping several passengers to safety, as CrimeOnline previously reported. He was found unconscious on the tracks and pronounced dead at a …
Murder
December 19, 2020
Arizona man, teen boy dead in apparent murder-suicide
Arizona police found a 40-year-old man and a teenage boy dead of gunshot wounds on Saturday and say they believe the man shot the boy and then himself, KOLD reports. Tucson police responded at about 12 a.m. to a call from another man who said he was on his way to check on a man …
