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 …
A Minnesota man was charged on Monday with killing his wife in August by poisoning her. Connor Bowman, a medical resident at the Mayo Clinic, allegedly gave Betty Bowman, 32, liquid colchicine, a medication used to treat gout. The Post Bulletin reported that Betty Bowman, who did not have gout, died three days after she …
Jury selection began on Monday for the trial of a Colorado man who allegedly killed his 11-year-old son in 2020 by forcing him to drink excessive amounts of water. KXRM reported that Ryan Sabin made his son, Zachary Sabin, drink 64 ounces of water daily due to his bedwetting. On the day he died, Ryan …
Investigators are “just short” of naming a suspect in the Saturday morning murder of a Detroit synagogue leader and political activist and are confident the slaying was “not motivated by antisemitism.” “Right now, the evidence has not taken us there,” Detroit Police Chief James White said at a news conference on Monday, the Detroit Free …
Massachusetts police are searching for an “armed and dangerous” man who allegedly shot his wife in the face over the weekend, killing her. Investigators said they found 33-year-old Aaron Pennington’s white BMW late Monday afternoon, hidden in a wooded area of Gardner near the town line with Ashburnham, WCVB reported. Police issued a shelter-in-place order …
A woman accused of plotting the murder of her Microsoft executive ex-husband has been extradited back to Florida, where she could be sentenced to death if convicted, WJXT-TV reports. Shanna Lee Gardner faces charges of first-degree murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of 33-year-old …
On Monday, a jury convicted a man of fatally shooting a Connecticut couple on a walking trail last year. Logan Clegg, 27, was arrested in Vermont about six months after Djeswende and Steven Reid, 66 and 67, were found dead near their Concord home in April 2022. The Concord Monitor reported that Clegg had a …
Detroit Police Chief James White says that “no evidence has surfaced” suggested the murder of a beloved synagogue leader on Saturday was a hate crime, but investigators also have not revealed any clues to indicate it wasn’t. Samantha Woll, the 40-year-old president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, was found dead in her Lafayette Park neighborhood …
