Utah College Teen Found Naked, Buried in Coal at Alleged Kidnapper’s House: Update
Kidnapping
Missing teen alerted parents with cryptic text
Family Crime
December 20, 2021
Father Was Alive with Teen Daughters’ Bodies in Home for up to Five Days; Girls Had Cut Off Contact With Their Mother, Saying She Would ‘Burn in Hell’: Report
The mother claims she contacted CPS with concerns about her daughters’ well-being. Authorities do not yet know how the teens and their father died.
Murder
December 20, 2021
DNA Requested for ‘Worst Cooks in America’ Winner, Accused of Beating Little Girl to Death Days Before Adoption
A South Carolina woman and Season 20 winner of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America” has been requested to submit her DNA in connection with the death of a young girl she planned to adopt. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ariel …
Murder
December 20, 2021
Wife Says Husband May Have Killed Newborn Daughter While Sleepwalking: Reports
An Arkansas man is behind bars in connection with his newborn’s death, but his wife says he may have been sleepwalking when tragedy struck. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Charles Dugan was booked into Washington County Detention Center on Thursday, …
Juveniles
December 20, 2021
‘Grinch’ on the Run After Stealing Salvation Army Van Containing $6,000 Worth of Toys: Cops
New Mexico authorities are searching for a man who allegedly stole a van full of toys from the Salvation Army on Tuesday. The Farmington Police Department said in a statement that Anthony Crespin, 37, is believed to have stolen a …
Not a crime
December 20, 2021
SEE IT! COPS Pull People Over, Hand Out $100 BILLS for Christmas!
– WECO Radio in Wartburg, Tennessee, sponsored the event as officers pulled over random cars and offered drivers $100 cash for Christmas.
– The incident happened on December 17 while police surprised drivers with cash instead of a ticket.
Murder
December 20, 2021
Colorado Man Nabbed in San Francisco Murder of Teen Girl in Park, 43 Years Later
A Colorado man has been arrested after investigators linked him to an unsolved murder from over 40 years ago. Police arrested 76-year-old Mark Personette in connection with the death of Marissa Harvey. Her remains were found in 1978, in the …
AMBER Alert
December 19, 2021
FOUND: Texas Teen Believed Abducted Near Dallas
Update December 20: An AMBER Alert for a missing 14-year-old girl was cancelled on Monday after authorities said the girl was found. Fairview Police said Monday afternoon that Hayley Giandoni and a 13-year-old runaway were found in Balch Springs, KTVT …
Theft
December 19, 2021
At Least 9 Arrested for Stealing From Kentucky Tornado Victims
Kentucky authorities on Friday stopped a “caravan of suspects” leaving storm ravaged parts of of Graves and Calloway Counties with damaged vehicles, copper, and other personal property belonging to victims of the deadly tornadoes that slammed the state earlier this …
Missing
December 19, 2021
UPDATE: Utah Man Arrested After Missing College Student Found Safe
A Utah man is in custody charged with obstruction of justice after a missing college student was found alive Saturday night. Madelyn Allen, 19, was reported missing from Snow College in Ephraim on Monday night, sparking a search that eventually …
Murder
December 19, 2021
Mom’s Boyfriend Charged With Capital Murder in Death of Toddler Daughter
An Alabama man was charged this week with capital murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 18-month-old daughter. Tuscaloosa County deputies were called to DCH Regional Medical Center early Friday after the toddler, who had reportedly stopped breathing, was brought …
Murder
December 19, 2021
Christmas Party Tragedy: Georgia Man Runs Over Brother-in-Law With Pickup Truck
A Georgia man is dead after his brother-in-law struck and killed him in his pickup truck when the two fought at a Christmas party. Gwinnett County police said they were searching for 34-year-old Ernesto Pelayo, who has been charged with …
Violent Crime
December 19, 2021
‘Beyond comprehension’: Man Breaks into Ex-wife’s Home, Repeatedly Stabs 13-year-old Girl
A man in North Carolina allegedly broke into his former wife’s house and began stabbing the woman’s 13-year-old daughter before police fatally shot him, the Charlotte Observer reports.The incident occurred on Saturday night in the Ballantyne neighborhood of Charlotte. According to …
December 19, 2021
Emory University Tells Fraternity It Can’t Hang Christmas Wreath On Door
Juveniles
December 19, 2021
15-Month-Old Toddler Dies from Fentanyl Overdose
A Wisconsin mother has been criminally charged in connection with the death of her 15-month-old son after investigators found sippy cups containing fentanyl, WITI-TV reports.Prosecutors in Milwaukee on Friday charged 24-year-old Tateyani Harris with first-degree reckless homicide and child neglect …
Murder
December 18, 2021
Suspect Charged With Killing, Eating Man’s Flesh To ‘Cure His Brain’
An Idaho man already facing first degree murder charges has now been charged with cannibalism. James David Russell, 39, was charged with the September 10 death of David Flaget, 70, after Bonner County Sheriff’s deputies found him upside down in …
Murder
December 18, 2021
Toddler Dies After Daycare Provider Slams Him Into Coffee Table by His Legs: Indictment
A New York daycare provided has been indicted on murder charges in the death of a toddler in her care in 2019. Jessica Sims — who had already been charged with manslaughter in the case, as CrimeOnline previously reported — …
Assault
December 18, 2021
Houston Cop Allegedly Kicks Down Ex-Girlfriend’s Door, Beats Her With His Gun
A former Houston police officer was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly beating his ex-girlfriend and threatening her while she was holding their 1-year-old son. Ray Irvin, 41, was “relieved of duty” on December 2, less than two weeks after the …
Child sex crimes
December 18, 2021
Colorado Man Faces 41 Counts of Child Sexual Abuse; Ex-Wife, Girlfriend Also Arrested
Three people in Colorado face charges in a string of child sexual abuse allegations dating back 20 years, including many that were reported to authorities but apparently not comprehensively investigated. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department arrested Allan Richard Long, 51, …
Child sex crimes
December 18, 2021
Suspect Molests 11-Year-Old Girl on Her Way To School [Cops]
A 49-year-old California man was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl on her way to school. Santa Rosa police said they were called just after 7:30 a.m. on Friday and found the victim at a …
December 18, 2021
‘That was my baby’: Texas Mom Grieves Loss Of Teen Daughter Found Dead Along Road
A Texas mother is mourning the loss of her teen daughter, whose body was found Wednesday along a road in Dallas with multiple gunshot wounds, KDFW-TV reports. “I am torn up inside because that was my baby,” the mother, Jessica …
December 18, 2021
‘Big’ Trouble: Third Woman Accuses ‘Sex And the City’ Actor Chris Noth Of Sexual Assault
A spokesperson for Noth told the Daily Beast that the actor “denies this as ever happening and has no idea who this woman is.”
National
December 17, 2021
Missing Indiana Couple Shows Up in Florida With Stolen Van and Unknown Baby
An Indiana couple reported missing last week turned up in Central Florida in a stolen van with a so far unidentified baby. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office found Lincoln and Amanda Germana at DeLeon Springs State Park after Johnson County, …
Court
December 17, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell Will Not Take Stand, Says Feds Have ‘Not Proven Its Case’: Court
Defense attorneys rested their case on Friday without the testimony of Ghislaine Maxwell — who told a New York federal judge that prosecutors have not proven she committed sex trafficking. The defense rested its case a day after presenting evidence …
Podcast
December 17, 2021
Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: Gannon Stauch – Not Missing, Murdered
Gannon Stauch, 11, was reported missing by his stepmother, Letecia Stauch, in January 2020. Two months later, the boy’s body is found 1,400 miles away from his Colorado home, under a bridge in Pace, Florida. We now know Gannon Stauch …
Unsolved
December 17, 2021
‘Kendrick Johnson Was Murdered’: Actress Jenifer Lewis Urges Congress to Investigate Death of Teen Found in Gym Mat
Actor Jennifer Lewis has urged Congress to investigate the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, who was found dead in a rolled-up mat at his Georgia high school’s gymnasium. Lewis, 64, narrated “Finding Kendrick Johnson,” a recently-released documentary that explored the …
Crime Stories
December 17, 2021
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Teen Football Player Viciously Attacked by Teammates Over Relationship With Girl
Cole Hagan, 16, ends up hospitalized with two skull fractures and a broken clavicle after being lured into a fight. During a weekend party, Hagan was told by two football teammates that his truck had been damaged. As he went …
Serial Killers
December 17, 2021
‘Shopping Cart Killer’: 4 More Victims Found Dead, Linked to Serial Killer Who Disposes of Bodies with Shopping Cart [Police]
“He preys on the weak, he preys on the vulnerable, and he does unspeakable things with his victims.”
Unsolved
December 17, 2021
DEVELOPING: 13-year-old Girl Shot Dead at Fitness Center Parking Lot
Texas authorities are trying to determine who shot a 13-year-old in Fort Worth and left her in a parking lot to die. Officers arrived at the LA Fitness at Altamesa Boulevard and McCart Avenue in Fort Worth at around 9 …
Celebrity
December 17, 2021
Actress Zoe Lister-Jones Says ‘Sexual Predator’ Chris Noth Was Drunk on ‘Law & Order’ Set, Sexually Harassed Promoter
Actress Zoe Lister-Jones has accused “Sex and the City” actor Chris Noth of being sexually inappropriate toward another woman and being drunk on set while filming “Law and Order.” In an Instagram post, Lister-Jones said she was in her 20s …
December 17, 2021
Tot Boy Found All Alone Walking Baltimore Streets AFTER MIDNIGHT, STILL UNCLAIMED
Maryland authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a young boy found wandering alone at the Royal Farms Arena. According to the Baltimore Police Department, the boy was found a little after midnight on December 16. “Central District …
Juveniles
December 17, 2021
High School Student Chokes, Rapes 15-year-old Girl on School Campus: Police
A Georgia teen was arrested last week after allegedly raping a fellow high school student on at least two occasions. The suspect, identified as 16-year-old Malachi Mpata, was arrested on December 7 and charged with rape and sodomy, according to …
Juveniles
December 17, 2021
Students Arrested In TikTok School Shooting Threats
Students in Ohio have been arrested for allegedly making statements threatening violence at their schools amid a wave of similar social media threats across the country, Fox 19 reports. In Warren County, Ohio, prosecutor Dave Fornshell said Thursday that authorities …
Unsolved
December 17, 2021
‘Senseless’: 3-year-old Dies Covered in Bruises, Police Open Homicide Investigation
St. Louis police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who was found unconscious and covered in bruises, KSDK-TV reports. Medics responded to a report of a child struck by a vehicle on the afternoon of December 10, and …
Juveniles
December 17, 2021
MISSING: Utah College Student Vanished on Monday Night
The FBI has joined the search for a missing 19-year-old college student in Utah who was last seen leaving a dorm on Monday night. As Fox 13 reports, Madelyn Allen was last seen on video surveillance footage leaving Snow Hall …
Celebrity
December 16, 2021
‘Scarface’ Actor Claims Suspect in Model’s Death ‘Raped Woman at a Party’
Celebrity Justice
December 16, 2021
Could Harvey Weinstein Go Free? Appeals Court Questions Trial Judge’s Testimony Decisions
Three judges hearing an appeal of Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault conviction this week questioned the testimony admitted during his trial, leading some to wonder if the disgraced movie mogul could be set from. Weinstein is serving a 23-year …
Missing
December 16, 2021
Rhode Island Mom of 3 Found ‘Alive and Well,’ Had Been Missing More Than a Month
A Rhode Island woman who had been missing for more than a month has been found safe. Donna Bennett was last seen on November 10 when her husband dropped her off for a medical appointment in downtown Providence, as CrimeOnline …
Bad Doctors
December 16, 2021
VIDEO: Paramedics Refuse To Enter Care Facility To Help Non-Breathing Patient, Who Dies
A California police officer’s bodycam video appears to show last month’s incident which paramedics reportedly refused to enter a care facility for a man who stopped breathing. KTTV reported that the November 11 incident occurred at Rialto Post Acute Care Center …
Missing
December 16, 2021
Missing Woman’s Car Found in Oregon Canyon 3 Weeks After She Disappeared
Hunters found a car on Wednesday belonging to an Oregon woman who has been missing since late November. Authorities said that 22-year-old Autumn Jones left her family’s home in Morrow County, near the Washington state line, on November 27, saying …
Celebrity
December 16, 2021
Detectives Obtain Search Warrant for Alec Baldwin’s Phone in ‘Rust’ Movie Shooting Investigation
Investigators in New Mexico have obtained a search warrant for actor Alec Baldwin’s cell phone as they continue their investigation into the fatal shooting on the set of his “Rust” movie. Cinematographer Halnya Hutchins was killed on October 21 during …
Homicide
December 16, 2021
13-year-old Boy Gets Angry, Shoots Little Brother Dead for Jumping on Bed: Police
A Pennsylvania boy is dead after police say his older brother shot him in the head while the child jumped on a bed. According to police, 5-year-old Connor Wolfe and his three siblings (ages 13, 6, and 3) were home …
Crime Stories
December 16, 2021
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: 24-year-old ‘TEDDY BEAR’ Knox Panter Gunned Down Taking Care of Grandmother
Police have released surveillance video in the hopes of identifying two men wanted in the shooting death of a Metro Atlanta man. Knox Panter, 24, was killed after confronting the men breaking into his work truck. Panter had recently started …
Celebrity
December 16, 2021
‘Can You at Least Get a Condom?’: ‘Sex and the City’s’ Mr. Big Accused of Rape, Sexual Assault by 2 Women
Two women have reportedly accused “Sex and the City” actor Chris Noth of sexual assault. The two women, identified as Zoe, 40, and Lily, 31, made assault allegations to The Hollywood Reporter. The news outlet said the two women do …
Child Abuse
December 16, 2021
Toddler Boy Found Dead in Sweltering Room With Handprint-Shaped Feces on Walls: Reports
A Texas couple could face additional charges after their 18-month-old son was found dead in their home on Tuesday. Henderson County police said in a statement that Erin and Daniel Dennis, 23 and 25, their deceased son, David, and their …
Missing
December 16, 2021
Charges Dismissed Against Two Men Accused of Killing Missing 1-year-old Toddler: Reports
Two men charged in connection with the alleged murder of a missing South Carolina toddler have had their cases dismissed for lack of probable cause, WYFF-TV reports. On Wednesday, a magistrate judge in Anderson County, South Carolina, dismissed charges against …
National
December 16, 2021
Charges Dropped Against Accused Miami Banquet Hall Shooting Suspect
One of the men accused of the El Mula banquet hall shooting was released from jail Wednesday night after prosecutors dropped charges against him. Warneric Buckner, 20, left the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Wednesday with his mother, who …
Murder
December 16, 2021
Director and 2 Hollywood Actors Arrested for Allegedly Drugging Model Christy Giles, Dumping Her at Hospital & Fleeing
Police have made multiple arrests in connection with the deaths of two women whose lifeless bodies were dumped at hospitals around Los Angeles last month, KABC-TV reports. Loved ones of the women – Christy Giles, 24, and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, …
Celebrity Justice
December 16, 2021
Buzz from ‘Home Alone’ Movie Allegedly Tried to Punch, Strangle Girlfriend
Devin Ratray, known for his role as “Buzz” on the popular holiday movie, “Home Alone,” has been accused of trying to strangle and hit a woman in an Oklahoma City hotel. TMZ reports that police were called to a Hyatt …
Shooting
December 15, 2021
Toddler Finds Handgun, Kills 25-Year-Old Georgia Man
Police in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday determined that a shooting earlier this month that killed a 25-year-old man was accidental — and that a toddler pulled the trigger. Savannah Police said they responded to a call about a shooting at …