Murder

Man ‘punched, drowned, burned, and murdered’ 5-year-old daughter, who he thought was controlled by witchcraft

 Adam Mason
Murder

An Oklahoma father is accused of brutally beating and murdering his 5-year-old daughter because he believed she was under the control of witchcraft, KTUL-TV reports. Federal prosecutors have charged 29-year-old Adam Raymond Mason of Bristow, Oklahoma, with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his daughter earlier this week. Investigators allege that Mason “punched, drowned, …

Murder
August 28, 2020

Georgia high school footballer shot dead while sleeping in his apartment

A south Georgia high school football player died early Friday after he was shot through the walls of his apartment while he was sleeping. Cenquez Jermaine Perry, 17, was reportedly hit several times by gunshots fired through the outside walls of the building, WTXI said, citing the Quitman Police Department. Quitman police requested assistance from …

Murder
August 28, 2020

Mom stabs 6-year-old daughter to death, then stabs herself

A six-year-old girl stabbed to death last week by her mother, who then stabbed herself, has been identified by family members as Atarah, News4Jax reports. Deputies responded to a 911 call from someone in the house on August 19 and found the girl and an adult woman, both with multiple stab wounds, as CrimeOnline previously …

Evelyn Boswell
Murder
August 28, 2020

Evelyn Boswell: Alleged killer mom of Tennessee tot pleads ‘not guilty’

Megan Boswell, the mother of deceased Tennessee toddler, Evelyn Boswell, claimed her innocence during a Friday morning arraignment. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boswell has been charged with 19 offenses, including felony murder. She’s also been charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, failure to report a death, …

Charles Wall and Laura Anderson
Murder
August 27, 2020

Father & stepdaughter GUNNED DOWN IN ROAD RAGE rampage: Reports

A South Carolina man and his stepdaughter are dead after a brutal road rage incident on Monday. A third victim is in critical condition, fighting for his life. At around 5 p.m. Monday, Charles “Nick” Wall and his stepdaughter, Laura Anderson, were shot and killed near the driveway of a new home Anderson recently purchased …

Sarah Yaser Said and Amina Yaser Said
Murder
August 27, 2020

‘They’re becoming too American’: Ex-wife of captured ‘honor killings’ father, who killed daughters for dating non-Muslim boys, speaks out

Patricia Owens may have been able to save her teen daughters, but she moved back home with their abusive father and within a week, the girls were dead. Since then, she’s been living a “nightmare” and hoping for justice. As CrimeOnline previously reported, FBI agents arrested Yaser Abdel Said, 63, without incident in Justin, Texas, …

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Family Crime
August 27, 2020

DEVELOPING: 5-year-old girl found dead, burned; father in custody

An Oklahoma man has been arrested after his daughter was found dead of an apparent murder. As KOTV-DT reports, an unidentified 5-year-old girl was found dead, apparently with her body burned, in Gypsy on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities have not yet publicly identified the girl or commented on a cause of death. According to the report, …

William and Danielle Beyer
Murder
August 25, 2020

Update: ‘Dad’ refuses to admit guilt after police find his 2 children stabbed repeatedly with ‘sharp force’ to their necks [Reports]

A Wisconsin man behind bars for murder pleaded not guilty in court this week and claims he never harmed his two young children. Matthew Beyer, 36, entered a not guilty plea Monday in an Appleton courtroom, to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, AP reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 5-year-old William Beyer and 3-year-old Danielle Beyer …