Authorities in Iowa announced Tuesday that they have arrested four people for the death of a man who was found burning in a ditch Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said in a statement that Steven Vogel, 31, was charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in Michael Willams’ death. Days earlier, …
As investigators narrow in on a prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Nancy Grace has shared her expert view on the case against a career criminal — and what it means for missing Maddie, who disappeared over 13 years ago while on a family vacation at a resort in Portugal. As CrimeOnline …
St Petersburg police say they’re dealing with an arson and a homicide after finding a body in the trunk of a burning car behind a Florida golf course Monday morning. The police department said the body was burnt beyond recognition, and they’re “unable to determine race or sex at this time.” The weren’t even able …
Police in Struthers, Ohio have released more details about a residential shooting that killed a 4-year-old boy and injured four adults. In a press conference late Monday morning, Struthers Police Chief Tim Roddy confirmed that authorities do not have a suspect in custody and are working to track down the alleged gunman, who is believed …
The shooting survivors told police they did not know the suspect
Armed robbers shot dead an Indiana mother and critically wounded the father last week while the couple’s 6-year-old son watched from the back seat of his dad’s truck, WISH reports. Wilma and Jonathan Hochstetler’s son retrieved his father’s cell phone after the brutal attack early Thursday morning so he could call 911. The couple, from …
A 68-year-old Arizona grandmother was beaten to death after visiting her daughter and grandchildren on Thursday in what police say was an “unprovoked attack.” Jay Hungerford, 30, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Joan Sirhan, 68, the Apache Junction Police Department said, according to YourValley.net. “Ms. Sirhan had reportedly just visited …
Dakota Briscoe has been charged with shooting his friends to death and burning their bodies beyond recognition before stealing a car at gunpoint and fleeing.
Texas sheriff’s deputies responded to a desperate 911 call in Liberty County early Saturday evening and found a woman in chains inside the house and another woman dead inside a burning car outside, KPRC reports. A suspect identified as Jose Marin Soriano, 59, is on the run, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office said. Both victims …
An Arkansas woman arrested after a young child was thrown from a moving vehicle and died has a history of traffic and alcohol violations, according to court records, KATV reports. On Tuesday, 30-year-old Whitney Turner-Tyson of Little Rock was arrested for capital murder after a child was found with severe injuries on an interstate in Benton, Arkansas. The …
A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering his ex-wife on a cruise nearly 15 years ago, a crime that prosecutors said he almost got away with, the Associated Press reports. Lonnie Loren Kocontes, 62, was sentenced on Friday to life without the possibility of parole in connection with the …
A body found Thursday in a rural Virginia field has been positively identified as Andy Banks, a North Carolina man who disappeared last week while trying to sell his 2011 Range Rover on Craigslist, the Raleigh Police Department reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Banks vanished on September 12 from Raleigh, after arranging to meet someone …
