“In this company’s history, no public person has ever walked in a service elevator unless they were accompanied by security,” the hotel mogul said in a recent interview, before backpedaling
A Seminole, Oklahoma, couple was found guilty of killing their 9-year-old foster son—despite the fact that his body was never found. The Ada News reported that James Rex Clark, 67, and Rebecca Faith Clark, 61, were convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder-child abuse and four counts of child abuse by injury, in connection with the death of Levi …
The new information contradicts an earlier narrative that police believed a hotel security guard prompted Stephen Paddock to stop shooting, and raises new questions about why police waited before entering the hotel room
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Authorities apprehended a 19-year-old student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station. University officials issued an alert saying the suspect was taken into custody Monday night and that the campus lockdown order had been lifted. In an earlier statement, the university identified the …
A Savannah, Georgia, mother who was found guilty but mentally ill of drowning her two youngest daughters will spend the rest of her life in prison. The Savannah Morning News reported that Chatham County Superior Court Judge James Bass Jr. sentenced Jokeera Viola Morgan, 28, Friday to two consecutive life sentences for the malice murders of her two …
A Wales, England, fitness instructor is facing murder charges for allegedly killing his 18-month-old daughter that he officially adopted with his husband two weeks earlier. BBC reported that Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, is accused of “violently shaking” his 18-month-old daughter, Elsie Scully-Hicks, until she sustained serious head injuries. The baby is said to have suffered months …
A Kansas City, Missouri, man who fatally shot a father then shot and paralyzed the dad’s 10-year-old son will spend the rest of his life behind bars. KCTV reported that a Jackson County judge sentenced Dontae Jefferson to life without parole for the first-degree murder of Ka’Vyea Curry, 34. The judge also ordered that life sentences …
An Oregon man is facing felony charges after he was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman found Friday in or near a burning trailer, KTVZ reported. According to The Oregonian, emergency crews were called to the fire in Josephine County where they found the camper in flames and the dead body of an unnamed …
Prosecutors have dismissed a capital murder charge against a Texas father who had been accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter after the man’s son admitted to causing the girl’s death, the Star-Telegram reports. Anthony Sanders, 33, had been charged with suffocating his daughter, Ellie Sanders, while at the family’s home in December 2015. Police had …
Authorities have revealed the contents of a note Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock left behind in his Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino hotel. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators found a piece of paper with numbers written on it in the hotel room where Paddock opened fire on thousands of concertgoers at the Route 91 …
An Idaho man allegedly beat, strangled and stabbed his parents to death and then tried to hide their bodies in a shed. William Taylor, 48, faces two counts of first-degree murder as well as two counts of failure to notify of a death in connection with the killings, KTVB-TV reports. The charges come after authorities …
Las Vegas mass shooting suspect Stephen Paddock was forceful and aggressive in his demands for hotel rooms overlooking Chicago’s Lalapalooza music festival in August. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Paddock booked two rooms at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago on the weekend of Lollapalooza. TMZ has since reported that Paddock was determined to secure a room …
