A Florida woman killed her 5-month-old son before unsuccessfully taking her own life on Wednesday morning, according to reports. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said workers found the infant’s body in a pickup truck parked on The Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island. WEAR reported that the baby’s mother is undergoing medical treatment for undisclosed injuries from …
Metro Nashville police took a phone call from Zohal Sakwall on January 31, and the story she told them was shocking. Sakwall, 40, told officers that she had put a plastic bag over her infant daughter’s head and suffocated her because of “the disruption to her life caused by having the child,” police said. Even …
Police in Washington announced on Wednesday that they’ve identified the person who raped and murdered a 12-year-old girl in 1985. Spokane police said Clayton Giese stabbed Marsi Belecz 29 times, raped her, and slit her throat 34 years earlier. The Spokesman-Review reported that Belecz ran away from home after buying herself a new dress. Her mother …
A Nevada teen found dead in a desert was raped, stabbed and suffocated by her own childhood friend, police allege. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Britney Ujlaky, 16, was last seen at around 4:30 p.m. on March 8, getting into a green Ford F-150 pickup truck in front of her high school with a tall unknown …
Prosecutors recently upgraded charges against an Arkansas couple whose 7-month-old daughter reportedly starved to death in September. In February, Crystal Morrow, 24, and Dustin Harley, 19, were arrested on manslaughter charges in connection with the death of their daughter, Kimberly Harley. The Texarkana Gazette reported that they were also criminally charged with child endangerment, as …
A Tennessee mother was arrested on first-degree charges on Monday, weeks after she allegedly called police and told them that she killed her 4-month-old daughter in 2010. Metro Nashville police claimed Zohal Sakwall, 40, originally lied about how her daughter died, destroyed evidence, and staged her baby’s death to make it look like an accident. …
Murder suspect Letecia Stauch is facing numerous additional charges after authorities found the remains of her stepson, Gannon Stauch, in Florida on Wednesday. According to El Paso County Deputy District Attorney, Michael Allen, Stauch stands accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon, who disappeared from his Colorado Springs home on January 27. Stauch was arrested …
Alaska State Troopers have arrested an 18-year-old man and charged him with kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old girl last week in a tiny fishing village on the Kanektok River in western Alaska. Ida “Girlie” Aguchak was reported missing on late Monday afternoon, March 16, and her body was found two hours later at the Quinhagak …
Three people in West Virginia were arrested on murder charges Friday after a 5-year-old boy reportedly died at a hospital on March 20 with suspicious injuries. According to WBOY, West Virginia State Police said hospital employees asked them to investigate after a boy was admitted with brain bleeding, various bruises, and a one-and-a-half-inch laceration on …
Police in Connecticut discovered three family members dead after someone at the resident placed a wordless call to 911. According to the New York Daily News, two young children — Gessell Moncado, 5, and Jesus Moncado, 4 — were found dead in the garage of an abandoned home in Norwalk along with a man believed …
Prosecutors announced last week they plan to seek the death penalty against a Pennsylvania woman accused of killing her two children and sexually assaulting the family dog. Lisa R. Snyder, 37, is facing murder charges in connection with the deaths of her children, Conner, 8, and Brinley, 4. She’s also facing charges of animal cruelty, …
A Texas man said he feared he would catch coronavirus behind bars. A judge decided to let him out of jail. The Houston Chronicle reports that David Cruz, 29, was in a Harris County jail facing murder charges in connection with the August 2019 murder of Christian Tristan. His attorneys filed a motion to reduce …
