Prosecutors at Robert Durst’s murder trial have insisted in court that the accused killer is concerned only with getting away with murder — not someone who suffers from mental illness. As the New York Post reports, Deputy DA John Lewin said in opening statements yesterday that Durst, who is accused of killing his close friend …
A Minnesota woman was jailed last week after she allegedly shot and killed her boyfriend after he allegedly assaulted her, KARE 11 reported. Stephanie Louise Clark, 29, knocked on a neighbor’s door in her apartment building on Thursday, crying and with her 5-year-old son in hand. “He’s dead,” she allegedly told the neighbor. “I shot …
A Connecticut woman faces murder and other charges related to a fatal fire in a Hartford apartment building early Sunday morning, the Hartford Courant reported. Police said Destiny Waite, 28, lit a bottle of hand sanitizer on fire and threw it at her girlfriend during a fight, sparking the 3-alarm blaze at the 5-story Charter …
The couple had only been married for four months
Police in central Florida arrested three people on Saturday and charged them in the deaths of a married couple killed 2 1/2 weeks ago, their bodies dumped into “a swampy area” behind their home. Acting on a tip, deputies found the bodies of Raymond Mark Cline, 33, and Crystal Ann Cline, 37, on Friday, the …
New details have been disclosed about how a Montana boy was tortured and killed by his own family, the Billings Gazette reports. James Hurley, 12, was found dead February 3 at his home in West Yellowstone, Montana, where authorities allege that he was beaten and left to die on the living room floor. His grandparents, James Sasser Jr., …
The couple had nine other children and a dog in the home, and hardly any food
A Florida man who attacked a random couple in 2016 has been declared clinically insane, according to a prosecution psychiatrist. ABC reports that Dr. Gregory C. Landrum found that 23-year-old Austin Harrouff suffered an “acute psychotic episode” when he attacked and killed two people, and injured their neighbor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, on August 15, …
A couple was arrested in Nevada on Saturday, after the woman’s 11-year-old son was reportedly found dead in the trunk of a car in Texas. Corey Trumbull, 31, was charged with capital murder, and both he and Stormy Johnson, 37, are facing tampering with evidence charges for the death of Johnson’s son, Logan Cline. One …
A law enforcement official has said that authorities will not be releasing any new information about the Faye Swetlik murder investigation until the case file is closed. Swetlik, 6, was found dead on February 13 in a wooded area in the Churchill Heights neighborhood of Cayce, South Carolina, where she lived and was last seen …
UPDATE Leticia “Tecia” Stauch appeared in court in El Paso County, Colorado, on Thursday afternoon. A judge informed her of the charges she was arrested on and ordered to remain in jail without bond. She’s due back in court on March 11. Original Story The stepmother of missing Colorado boy, Gannon Stauch, has arrived back …
A stepmother accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, has apparently been taken to a jail in Kansas. According to Saline County, Kansas, online jail records, authorities booked Letecia “Tecia” Stauch into the Saline County jail on Wednesday. Stauch’s status is listed as a “courtesy hold/in transit.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, Stauch was arrested …
