A 12-year-old Texas boy is facing murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting his caretaker on Saturday. KTRK reported that paramedics found Sharon Hawkins, 50, dead on the bedroom floor of her Houston apartment. She was reportedly shot several times and her death was ruled a homicide. Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen said Hawkins, …
Investigators are searching an outdoor location in Germany in connection the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, weeks after a German-born felon was named the prime suspect in her suspected murder. Citing Newswire and German news outlets, the New York Post reports that officials with the Federal Criminal Police Office are searching a field in Hanover Tuesday …
A Connecticut man accused of killing his entire family in a rented Florida townhouse is now claiming he’s innocent. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Anthony Todt, who’s accused of killing his wife, children, and dog, sent his father a 27-page letter from jail. Todt is currently housed at the Osceola County Jail without bond on …
A Georgia woman was kidnapped early Monday morning and left dead 20 miles away in Alabama, while the suspects led police on an 80 mile chase across eastern Alabama until they crashed north of Montgomery. Tameka Skinner, 39, was found shot to death near Seale, Alabama, at about 11:30 a.m., the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported, some …
A Minnesota man is facing murder charges for allegedly fatally beating and stabbing his mother, an appointed city councilwoman, at their shared home Thursday. Big Lake Councilwoman Rose Johnson, 62, was reportedly found dead at her home, where she resided with her husband and her son, Eric Jordahl, 20. Jordahl’s father told a 911 dispatcher …
A Kansas toddler found dead earlier this month suffered excruciating abuse before her death, according to a newly-released affidavit. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Howard Jansen III, identified as the father of 3-year-old Olivia Jansen, has been arrested for first-degree murder, aggravated endangering a child and criminal desecration of a body. Police also arrested his girlfriend, …
Witnesses reportedly told cops that the suspect confessed to choking his pregnant girlfriend and stabbing her in the temple
A Pennsylvania man is in custody after allegedly fatally shooting his wife and his mother-in-law at their shared home Saturday. Citing authorities, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Frederick Clea, 57, told police he was arguing with his wife, Latiya Clea, 41, when he could not find a loaded magazine for his firearm and trashed a …
A French woman was found murdered and dismembered last week, and her American-born husband was taken into custody on suspicion of killing her — just as he was about to board a flight out of France. Citing French news outlets, the New York Post reports that police in the south of France found the dismembered …
A South Carolina man has been arrested in Alabama and charged with unlawful imprisonment for forcing his 17-year-old nephew to drive him there, and he faces a murder charge back home after police found the body of his wife buried in a shallow grave. Dionicia Nava Abarca, 42, was arrested in Baldwin County, Alabama, according …
A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty earlier this month to killing his wife died of an apparent suicide in jail, Fox 9 reported. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 28-year-old Joshua Fury confessed earlier this year to snapping the neck of his wife, Maria, 28, suffocating her, and burying her under their Maple Grove home on April …
The remains of an Arizona State University professor missing since March have been found in a desert landfill, and two Louisiana teens have been arrested for his murder, ABC15 reported Friday. Junseok Chae, the associate dean for research at ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, was reported missing on March 25 when he failed …
