Facebook Killer strikes as violence, suicides plague social media livestreams
Child Abuse
Here are the scariest examples of Instagram and Facebook Live gone horribly wrong
Murder
April 17, 2017
Texas killer who left cellphone at crime scene gets life in prison
Thirty-one year-old Darrion Dallas was sentenced to life in prison last week in the murder of 24-year-old Andre Davis. Dallas was the first of three men to be tried on murder charges in crime that took place in the early morning hours of October 2015. Similar charges have been filed against Kenneth Henderson, 30, and …
Murder
April 17, 2017
Boy finds mother shot dead in family townhouse
An 8-year-old boy woke up to find his mother dead of an apparent gunshot wound Friday morning. According to NBC Dallas Fort Worth, a neighbor in Arlington, Texas, called 911 to report that the boy came over after finding his mother unresponsive. The child was home Thursday night and reportedly didn’t hear or see anything out …
Murder
April 11, 2017
Prominent Chicago Judge murdered: Raymond Miles presided over Jennifer Hudson family killing case
Police are investigating the fatal shooting death of esteemed criminal court Judge Raymond Myles in front of his Chicago home on Monday morning. Investigators reportedly suspect that Myles, 66, and a 52-year-old woman were the victims of a botched robbery: Burglary appeared to be the motive, but Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Melissa Staples told The …
Drug Crime
April 11, 2017
Cops stumble into big pot operation, human remains, suicide
Officers checking on the welfare of a resident stumbled upon a possible homicide, an apparent suicide and a large-scale marijuana growing operation, authorities said.
Cold Cases
April 8, 2017
Emmett Till murder case may be re-opened, more than 60 years later
Two white men were acquitted of murdering the boy after an all-white jury deliberated for less than an hour
Murder
April 7, 2017
Urgent BOLO: Man wanted in ex-girlfriend’s Arkansas murder on the run
A man wanted for the murder of his ex-fiance is on the run, and may be hiding out in north Texas. According to Dallas News, Brian Keith Freeman is wanted for the March 23 murder of Lori Hannah, a 36-year-old mother, at her home in Ward, Arkansas. She had reportedly called off their engagement before …
Child Abuse
April 1, 2017
Birthday Cake Beatdown Update: Mom sentenced to 25 years in son’s death
The Hagerstown, Maryland, mother whose boyfriend beat her 9-year-old son to death for eating birthday cake without permission was sentenced to 25 years Friday morning. Oriana Garcia, 28, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree child abuse in February. In exchange, several charges—including second-degree murder—were taken off the table, according to WHAG. As Crime Online reported, Jacob Barajas, 25, handcuffed …
Child Abuse
March 10, 2017
UPDATE: 5-month-old thrown into playpen dies; ‘frustrated’ sitter charged with murder
A Florida woman who admitted to forcefully throwing an infant into his playpen is facing murder charges after the baby died from his injuries. Barbara Kendrick, 65, was originally charged with aggravated child abuse as Cooper Dubovik was hospitalized for a fractured skull. However, the charge was upgraded to murder following the 5-month-old’s death late …
Murder
March 10, 2017
Police: Woman charged with murder, set two sons’ beds on fire
A West Virginia woman has been jailed on murder charges for allegedly starting fires that killed her two young sons. Molly Jo Delgado, 29, was arrested on March 8 following a six-week investigation into the January 24 fire at her family’s Martinsburg home, according to a media release from the West Virginia State Fire Marshals …
