A Connecticut woman reported missing earlier in the day was found dead Saturday afternoon in the basement of a home in Willimantic. The woman’s family contacted police at about 2 p.m. and said she had been missing and unaccounted for since mid-morning. They said they believed she was in Willimantic in eastern Connecticut. Police went …
Jurors quickly convicted a Chicago mother of first-degree murder for helping her son and his girlfriend kill another man, hide his corpse and burglarize his home, WGN News reports. On Friday, the DuPage County state attorney’s office announced that it took a jury about 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case against 43-year-old …
Police arrested a man Friday after a six-hour standoff at a San Diego hotel room and found a 31-year-old woman dead inside. The San Diego Police Department said that Owerrie Davon Bacon Jr., 28, has been charged with murder, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and assaulting a police service dog with a deadly …
Disturbing new details have come to light about a pregnant Los Angeles model found dead in her apartment last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police on September 12 were called to perform a welfare check on 31-year-old Maleesa Mooney and came upon her body while searching her apartment on South Figueroa Street. A newly released autopsy report …
A 13-year-old Florida honors student has been charged as an adult for the murder of his mother earlier this month as she slept next to his newborn half-sister. Derek Rosa was not in court on Friday to face the first degree murder charge in the October 12 stabbing death of Irina Garcia, 39. His father …
On Wednesday, authorities arrested an Oklahoma man in connection with last month’s murder of his wife. On September 20, Makayla Fay Meave-Byers was found shot twice in the head and wrapped in carpet in a drainage ditch in Pottawatomie County. Meave-Byers vanished five days before her body was found. Investigators believe her husband, Frank Byers, killed …
An 80-year-old West Virginia man has been indicted by a grand jury for the death of a 10-year-old who hasn’t been since 2000. On Wednesday, a special grand jury in Raleigh County indicted Larry Webb on first-degree murder in connection with the presumed death of Natasha “Alex” Carter, over 20 years after her disappearance. Natasha …
On Thursday, authorities reportedly discovered the body of a man who allegedly killed a Maryland judge who awarded child custody to his estranged wife. According to the Herald-Mail, Pedro Argote, 49, was found deceased in a wooded area near Williamsport, about a mile from where his car was located on Saturday. Last Thursday, Argote reportedly …
Accused husband killer Kouri Richins claims a letter she wrote in jail was part of a fiction book she plans to write, but prosecutors say the letter facilitated “witness tampering involving her brother, seeking to have her brother support a false factual narrative,” in connection with her husband’s death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Summit County …
There has been a deluge of people stating factually that Joran van der Sloot is a “pathological liar” and they “don’t believe a word he says.” If you fall into this category, give me five minutes to explain why I believe him. Since 2005, I have believed that van der Sloot drugged Natalee Holloway, killed …
A murder warrant was issued Wednesday for a Massachusetts man suspected of fatally shooting his wife earlier this week. Investigators had already been searching for 33-year-old Air Force veteran Aaron Pennington after his wife, Breanne Pennington, was found shot dead inside the couple’s Gardner home on Sunday, as CrimeOnline reported. Police were alerted to the …
On Tuesday, the trial began for a Wisconsin woman who allegedly killed her disabled friend in 2018 by poisoning her with eye drops. According to WTMJ, prosecutors said greed motivated Jessy Kurczewski, 39, to kill Lynn Hernan, 61, as she stole nearly $290,000 from her over time. While the defense claimed Hernan was depressed, self-medicating …
