A 17-year-old South Carolina boy has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of his 4-year-old half-sister, who was found dead in a plastic bin behind the home where they both lived. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the …
Six of 13 children rescue from their parents’ California “house of horrors” in 2018 have filed suit against the county and private foster care agency that took care of them after, claiming they suffered “severe abuse and neglect” for years …
Delia Owens’ “Where the Crawdad’s Sing,” a fictional story about a murder in North Carolina, has sold more than 12 million copies and has spent 166 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. However, Owens is linked to another …
A Michigan woman is suing a man for $10,000 claiming he stood her up on a date, thus intentionally inflicting “emotional distress” because the planned date fell on her late mother’s birthday. In 2020. At a recent court appearance, held …
A Massachusetts woman who vanished Saturday was found dead and police say her boyfriend, who was considered a suspect, is also dead after an officer-related scuffle. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mary Anderson’s family said she was last seen at around 10:20 …
A Michigan mother whose three children died after she crashed her SUV into an icy pond while driving impaired is now facing potential prison time in connection with the deaths, the Holland Sentinel reports. Leticia Marie Gonzales, 30, was charged …
A man allegedly broke into his former girlfriend’s apartment in Texas, shot and killed the woman’s current boyfriend and then kidnapped her, KHOU-TV reports. The victim was eventually able to escape several hours later and ran to a police station …
Starbucks is planning to close at least 16 coffee shops around the country because of safety concerns, The Seattle Times reports. CEO Howard Schultz has said the stores are “not unprofitable” but have been subject to a recent uptick in …
An Arizona teen is still missing after disappearing from her family home almost a week ago. According to Stephanie McQuilliam, her 16-year-old daughter, Aleyah McQuilliam, was last seen on July 14 in Peoria, at around 12:14 p.m. She left without …
Authorities are said to be sitting on a “mountain of evidence” against Alex Murdaugh to support the murder charges against him in connection with the deaths of his wife and son, PEOPLE reports. A law enforcement source who reportedly has …
The husband of a slain Tennessee pharmacist found dead in Fiji has reportedly refused to submit his DNA in connection with her death. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Christi Chen Dawson was reportedly excited about her honeymoon to Fiji with her husband, …
Disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to charges he shot his wife and youngest son to death last year and was denied bond. Murdaugh, already charged with more than 80 counts of financial fraud relating …
A Minnesota couple who fled the country following their son’s 2015 death has returned to the U.S. and will face charges, despite thinking their attorneys would take care of everything. According to Star Tribune, 45-year-old Timothy D. Johnson appeared in …
A New York man and a toddler were killed Sunday night when another man intentionally drove into a group of people walking along a Montana roadway then got out of his vehicle and opened fire with a shotgun. The Glacier …
A Georgia man accused of tying up a woman and then shooting her to death earlier this month surrendered to police on Tuesday, just hours after they publicly identified him as a suspect. Kevin Barge, 44, has been charged with …
A 23-year-old woman was arrested last week after she allegedly tried to abduct a newborn baby from the infant’s mother while disguised as a nurse. Jesenea Miron has been charged with kidnapping and is being held on a $1 million …
The wealthy socialite accused of shoving a diminutive 87-year-old voice coach to the street in Manhattan rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have cut her maximum time in jail by 10 years. Lauren Pazienza is accused of pushing Barbara …
Police looking for a missing toddler and her parents in Maine have released surveillance photos of the last confirmed sightings of the trio: July 2 at a Walmart in Mexico, Maine, and at a camp store a few days earlier. …
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Authorities in south Alabama are looking for a 15-year-old boy who has been missing since Friday evening. Michael Steven Sanders was last seen at about 9:30 p.m. in Clayhatchee, about 20 miles west of Dothan, the Trussville Tribune reported. Clayhatchee …
Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old student at California Polytechnic State University, disappears after attending a campus party. She is still missing more than 20 years later, but now the man accused of her murder stands trial. Paul Flores is charged with …
Nancy Grace says evidence will show that the “devil and his minion,” referring to two suspects on trial in California for Kristin Smart’s death, hid her body after she was murdered, following a school party. Paul Flores, who attended school …
An Indiana pizza delivery man rescued four children and a teen from a burning home earlier this month and is now being honored for the heroic feat, which left him with severe injuries and hefty medical bills, USA Today reports. …
Murder charges have been dropped against a New York City bodega worker who said he stabbed a violent customer in self-defense early this month at the Hamilton Heights Grocery on Broadway and West 139th Street As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jose …
The murder trial in connection with the presumed death of Califonia student Kristin Smart was inexplicably postponed due to a health issue. According to NBC 6, no other explanation was given but the trial is expected to continue on Thursday. …
A married father of three was gunned down early Tuesday on the set of “Law & Order: Organized Crime’’ in New York City in a real-life shooting that has shocked fellow crew members and neighborhood residents, ABC New York reports. …
Anguish has been a daily part of Gerry McClerkin’s life for more than five years, ever since her granddaughter Karena went missing on October 11, 2016. But McClerkin may now get some answers about what happened to Karena McClerkin after …
An Oregon woman is facing charges after witnesses on a Southwest flight say they saw her abusing an infant girl. The incident happened last Tuesday on a flight headed from Oregon to Las Vegas. Police said they received a call …
A 16-year-old Florida girl has been charged with manslaughter after she allegedly put a pillow over her toddler sister’s head to keep her quiet while her mother worked in the next room. The girl is being charged as a juvenile …
An 18-year-old Ohio man has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman said the victim was taken to Southern Ohio Medical Center for treatment but transferred to Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe …
Christi Chen Dawson was reportedly excited about her honeymoon to Fiji with her husband, Bradley Robert Dawson. Now, Bradley is sitting in a jail cell in the South Pacific, accused of killing his wife, Fox 13 reports. Authorities allege that …
A former swim coach was arrested in Atlanta last week on charges that he sexually assaulted multiple underage swimmers on his team. Jon Michael Beber faces three counts of sexual assault on a child in Boulder County, Colorado, where he …
A 20-year-old man carried three legally purchased weapons and more than a 100 rounds of ammunition into a suburban Indiana mall on Sunday, waited in a restroom for more than an hour, then stepped out shooting. Jonathan Douglas Sapirman killed …
Murder charges were filed against South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh in the deaths of his wife and son. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found fatally shot at their family’s 1,770-acre lodge in Colleton County. Alex Murdaugh claims that he was …
A California man on trial alongside his son for Kristin Smart’s murder is accused of calling her names and helping his son move and hide her body, prosecutors said Monday at the Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas. Paul Flores, …
An Alabama teen facing murder charges for the 2019 murder of his adopted parents also tried to poison his stepmother with peanut butter, according to recently-released court documents. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mason Sisk, who was 14 at the time, …
A Texas police officer whose swift actions likely prevented a mass shooting earlier this year is speaking out about the ordeal, the Houston Chronicle reports. The newspaper recently interviewed Houston Sgt. Kendrick Simpo about the incident on February 5 at …
The Houma Police Department in Louisiana provided an update on a 2-year-old boy who was found dead last week in a trashcan near a Houma home. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Houma police released still images last week from surveillance video …
A new television show is shining a spotlight on a terrifying crime called “phrogging,” where strangers secretly live in other people’s homes, the New York Post reports. The television series, called “Phrogging: Hider in My House,” premieres Monday on Lifetime. …
A man in Clearwater, Florida, is accused of bludgeoning his mother with a hammer and stabbing her repeatedly after plotting the killing for a year, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Logan Lopez, 24, is facing a first-degree murder charge in …
Massachusetts police are searching for a 23-year-old woman who hasn’t been seen since Saturday. Boston 25 News reports that Mary Anderson’s family said she was last seen at around 10:20 p.m. in Hudson, New Hampshire. They told Harvard police it’s …
A Pennsylvania man who shot and killed his ex-wife early Friday morning told investigators he thought he was shooting her boyfriend. Jose Bencosme, 55, fired several shots point-blank into a vehicle outside Lineage Logistics at about 4 a.m., striking 44-year-old …
A Florida man and woman allegedly paid underage girls to have sex with them and in some cases recorded the encounters, WPTV reports. Marc Phillip Dinkels, 33, of Vero Beach, and Taylor Kathleen Brandt, 19, of Palm Bay, were arrested …
Salvador Ramos had been nicknamed “school shooter” for his online gaming antics as a teen, but he had struggled since early childhood with a stutter and was bullied because of it and his family’s economic status.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin released the videos “to be transparent.”
A man with a rifle entered a suburban Indianapolis mall and opened fire late Sunday afternoon, killing three people and wounding two others before a witness shot and killed him. Johnson County Coroner Michael Pruitt said early Monday that the …
Update: 8:42 p.m.: Four people are dead and two wounded after a shooting at a suburban Indianapolis mall on Sunday. Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said the shooter is among the dead and was killed by an armed witness who …
Police are looking for a Virginia man who told a family member he’d just stabbed his wife and then fled the scene. Fairfax County Police Lt. Dan Spital said Sunday afternoon they found the body of a woman in her …
A teenage girl found dead, beaten beyond recognition, in a New Jersey cemetery 40 years ago is unknown no more, and her alleged killer has been charged with her death. “Princess Doe,” as the community of Blairstown dubbed the girl …
