OFFICER DOWN: Florida police officer dies after ex-marine shoots him twice during traffic stop
Murder
September 27, 2021
Investigators Check Out Park Where Brian Laundrie Reportedly Went Camping With His Parents
Investigators are looking into reports that Brian Laundrie and his parents twice went to Fort De Soto Park south of St Petersburg after his return home without girlfriend Gabby Petito on September 1. Fox News said that one of its …
Sex Crimes
September 27, 2021
First-Grade Teacher Filmed Husband Molesting 6-Year-Old Girl at Pool, Feds Say
The FBI arrested an Oklahoma woman on Wednesday, amid allegations that she and her husband made videos depicting child pornography. According to KOTV, a Broken Arrow police detective was alerted to child pornography on Jason Bycroft’s Dropbox account. Officers who …
Murder
September 27, 2021
Nancy Grace: ‘Mama Ain’t Cryin’ and Brian Laundrie Is ‘Not in That Swamp’
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says Brian Laundrie is not in Florida’s Carlton Reserve, where he allegedly told his parents he was going hiking when he fled their home last week just days before his girlfriend’s murdered body was found in Wyoming. …
Murder
September 27, 2021
Fort Bragg Soldier Faces Court-Martial for Deaths of Toddlers He Adopted
A soldier at Fort Bragg in North Carolina has been charged with the murder of two toddlers he adopted four years ago and will face a court-martial next year. Warrant Officer 1 Anthony S. Rivera and his wife adopted a …
September 27, 2021
Watch: 14-Year-Old Gabby Petito Was in Sandy Hook Tribute Music Video ‘Irreplacable’
When she was 14 years old, Long Island native Gabby Petito appeared in a music video for a tribute song for the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting massacre. As the New York Post reports, Petito and her …
Missing
September 27, 2021
URGENT: Florida College Girl Missing, Police Find Bloody Pillow & Signs of Struggle
Florida authorities are searching for Miya Marcano, a 19-year-old who never made her Fort Lauderdale flight to visit her family. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Marcano was last seen on Friday at around 5 p.m., at the Arden …
Court
September 27, 2021
BREAKING: R. Kelly Found Guilty
On Monday, a jury in New York convicted R. Kelly of federal sex trafficking and racketeering. The New York Times reported that Kelly, 54, appeared emotionless as he was found guilty of all nine counts against him. The jurors deliberated …
Missing
September 27, 2021
Brian Laundrie’s Parents Have Been Calling 911 With Numerous Complaints, Including a Knock From ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’
The parents of missing Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance and death of his girlfriend Gabby Petito, have reportedly made several 911 calls to complain about the presence of protesters and media at their North Fork, Florida, …
Crime Stories
September 27, 2021
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Manhunt for Gabby Petito Boyfriend Brian Laundrie, as His Parents Visit Public Library
Brian Laundrie has been missing since at least September 14. The person of interest in Gabby Petito’s death told his parents that he intended to hike in the Carlton Reserve, but he has not returned. Three days before he left, …
Shooting
September 27, 2021
John Hinckley Jr.: Man Who Shot President Reagan in Assassination Attempt Is Granted Unconditional Release
John Hinckley Jr. — who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — has been granted an unconditional release from court-ordered stipulations that were implemented in the early 2000s. NPR reported that U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman …
Murder
September 27, 2021
Boy, 3, Dies After Being Purposely Doused in Boiling Water for 5 to 10 Minutes: Police
Despite warnings to social services about potential abuse, a 3-year-old boy has died after his mother’s unemployed boyfriend allegedly tortured him to death. Takumi Matsubara, 23, is accused of restraining his girlfriend’s son, Orito Niimura, and pouring boiling water on …
Missing
September 27, 2021
Two Months Later, Still ‘No Trace’ of 5-Year-Old Boy Who Vanished From Home: Police
A search of various fields last week turned up no sign of a 5-year-old Idaho boy who vanished in late July, according to police. The Fruitland Police Department said on Friday in a statement that there was “no trace” of …
September 27, 2021
Murdaugh Murders: Alex Murdaugh Ties to Alleged Drug Smuggler? [REPORT]
Shooting
September 27, 2021
Teen Girl Killed & 3 Others Injured in ‘Senseless’ Weekend Shooting, Killer Flees Scene: Police
A New Jersey teen is dead after police say someone started shooting at a group of people over the weekend. According to ABC 6, 15-year-old Shemiah Davis was shot and killed in Trenton on Saturday night at around 6:45 p.m., …
Missing
September 27, 2021
Missing: Boy Never Returns Home After Possibly Meeting Online ‘Gamer’ in Wooded Area
Indiana police are searching for a 14-year-old boy who vanished after leaving home to meet someone in the woods. Jacob McCarty hasn’t been seen since September 21, after he left his home in Corydon off of Pacer Court, the Howard …
Missing
September 27, 2021
‘No Buzzards, No Body’: Brian Laundrie Won’t Be Found – Dead or Alive — in Alligator-Infested Florida Swamp, Expert Says
A cattle rancher who has spent decades exploring the nature reserve where authorities are searching for Brian Laundrie says he won’t be found there. Laundrie has been missing since at least September 14, when his parents said he went for …
Juveniles
September 26, 2021
Mother and Toddler Son Die in ‘Suspicious’ Fall From Upper Level of San Diego Baseball Stadium
San Diego police are investigating after a mother and her 2-year-old son fell from the third level of Petco Park, where a San Diego Padres baseball game was minutes away from beginning. First responders tried to resuscitate the 40-year-old woman …
Missing
September 26, 2021
Missing Louisiana Toddler Found Dead 100 Miles Away in Mississippi
A 2-year-old Louisiana girl who disappeared late last week was found dead in Mississippi. Baton Rouge police said the toddler’s stepfather, 30-year-old Phillip Gardner, was arrested on Sunday and charged with unlawful disposal of remains and obstruction of justice, according …
Shooting
September 26, 2021
Chattanooga Man Drives to Nashville With His Mother’s Body Wrapped in a Tarp in His Truck
A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Saturday after driving his mother’s body, rolled in a tarp in the back of his truck, from Chattanooga to Nashville, a 130-mile trip. Thomas Henshall Jr has been charged with failure to report the …
Murder
September 26, 2021
Dispatcher Told Moab Officers Brian Laundrie Hit Gabby Petito Before Mid-August Traffic Stop
A dispatcher told Moab, Utah, police officers that a 911 caller saw Brian Laundrie hitting Gabby Petito before the officers pulled over their van in mid-August. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the report filed by the officers and body cam footage …
Murder
September 26, 2021
Brian Laundrie’s Parents Could Be Charged IF They Gave Cops False Info
A Florida law means that Brian Laundrie’s parents are unlikely to be charged as accessories if their son is evading law enforcement — unless they’ve lied to investigators. “When Brian was a missing person and not a fugitive, the parents …
Murder
September 26, 2021
FBI Visits Brian Laundrie Home
Rewards for whereabouts of 23-year-old Brian Laundrie reach $30,000
Unsolved
September 26, 2021
Sheridan Wahl: Missing College Student Found Dead After Traveling to Visit Father
A Florida college student drove to South Carolina to visit her father earlier this month, but she never made it and was later found dead, WHNS-TV reports. Police thus far have been tight-lipped about the death of 21-year-old Sheridan Wahl, which is now …
September 26, 2021
Manhunt Now! Deputy Not Expected To Survive After Suspect Shoots Him Twice During Traffic Stop
Gunman On The Run
Missing
September 25, 2021
New Jersey Mom, 4 Young Children Missing Since Thursday
A New Jersey mother and her four young children are missing in Gloucester Township. Danielle Mead, 36, and her children, between the ages of 2 and 6, were last seen on Thursday. They were reported missing on Saturday. Gloucester Township …
Murder
September 25, 2021
Dispute Over 10-Month-Old Baby Leaves 4 Dead
Four people are dead and a 10-month old was temporarily missing on Saturday after a shooting in rural southeast Tennessee. McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy said that deputies responded to a home in Riceville around 9 a.m. and first located …
Murder
September 25, 2021
Texas Mom Throws Children off Louisiana Highway Bridge Into Lake: Cops
An infant boy died and a 5-year-old boy was critically injured on Friday when their mother threw them from an interstate highway bridge into a Louisiana lake. Shreveport Police identified the mother as Ureka Black, 32, and said she has …
Missing
September 25, 2021
South Carolina Mom Gives Ex-Boyfriend Ride to Bus Station but Doesn’t Come Home
Police in three states are looking for a 41-year-old woman reported missing earlier this month, and they’ve named a person of interest in her disappearance. Deidre Annette Reed was last seen in Pageland, South Carolina, on September 3, when she …
Missing
September 25, 2021
MISSING: Louisiana 2-Year-Old Disappears While Stepfather Naps
The FBI joined the search Saturday morning for a Louisiana toddler who disappeared from an apartment in the Belaire neighborhood of Baton Rouge the day before. Nevaeh Allen, 2, was last seen in a yellow dress with pineapples and wasn’t …
Murder
September 25, 2021
Nancy Grace: Bank Fraud Charge Against Brian Laundrie Is ‘Tactical’
The bank fraud charge brought against Brian Laundrie this week is a strategic move while agents build their case for the murder of Gabby Petito, CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says. Even though the indictment against him didn’t say whose bank card …
Missing
September 25, 2021
Gabby Petito’s Best Friend: Brian Laundrie ‘Does Not Have Friends’
The woman who says she was Gabby Petito’s best friend worried when the 22-year-old was first reported missing because her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, “knows where I live and he does not like me.” Rose Davis — who previously said Laundrie …
Missing
September 25, 2021
‘We Don’t Know Anything’: Kelly Price’s Attorney Says She’s Not Missing, but Gospel Singer’s Sister Says That’s Not Good Enough
Kelly Price is safe and not missing at all, her attorney says, but the gospel and R&B singer’s sister says no one from the family has seen her — including her two young children. Attorney Monica Ewing told TMZ that …
National
September 25, 2021
Candlelight Vigil Held for Gabby Petito; More Memorial Services Planned Over Weekend
A solemn candlelight vigil was held Friday for Gabby Petito in her Long Island hometown, bringing together hundreds of community members mourning the death of the 22-year-old, WABC-TV reports. Neighbors in Blue Point, New York, placed lanterns at the end of …
Missing
September 25, 2021
Gabby Petito Crime Scene Photos Show Unusual Markings, Fire Pit: Report
The ground was disturbed at the site where Gabby Petito’s body was found and an apparent fire pit was located nearby, according to the first public images of the crime scene obtained by the Daily Mail. The images also show various …
Murder
September 24, 2021
3 Dismembered Bodies – Including a CHILD – Found in Texas Dumpster Fire
Fort Worth firefighters responded to a dumpster fire in the western part of the city early Wednesday morning, and when they’d extinguished the blaze, they found three dismembered bodies. One of the bodies was that of a child, the Fort …
Missing
September 24, 2021
R&B and Gospel Singer Kelly Price Reported Missing in Georgia
Police in Georgia have listed gospel and R&B singer Kelly Price as a missing person after being unable to find her during a welfare check last weekend. Price, 48, posted a video on July 29 saying she had COVID-19 and …
Sex Crimes
September 24, 2021
Dad Fractures Jogger’s Skull for Inappropriately Touching His Young Son at Bus Stop: Reports
An Oklahoma man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly inappropriately touching a 9-year-old boy at a bus stop in an ordeal reportedly witnessed by the boy’s father. According to a police report, the victim said he was waiting at a …
Juveniles
September 24, 2021
1 Child Dead, Another Critically Injured After They’re Thrown From a Bridge
A young child is dead and another seriously injured after they were apparently thrown from a bridge into Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana. Initial reports said the children, believed to be siblings, were thrown into the water from the Interstate …
National
September 24, 2021
‘We’re not wasting our time out here’: Police Commander Explains Why Brian Laundrie Search Continues in Swampy Reserve
NPPD Commander Joe Fussell knows that people are questioning why the search continues for Brian Laundrie in a swampy Florida reserve, but he insists that law enforcement professionals know what they are doing. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 23-year-old Laundrie is …
Missing
September 24, 2021
Ex-Moab City Police Chief Says Officers Who Stopped Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie Did an ‘Excellent Job,’ Asks For Patience Amid Internal Probe
The former Moab City police chief has addressed criticism of the police response to an incident involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundry not long before Petito was found dead of a reported homicide. On Thursday, authorities in Utah announced an …
Murder
September 24, 2021
Two Boys, 14, Sentenced for Stabbing Autistic Child to Death After Girl Purposely Lured Him to an Isolated Field
Two teens learned their fate this week after murdering an autistic boy that they reportedly had “grievances” with after an online spat. According to Sky News, 13-year-old Oliver Stephens was lured to Bugs Bottom field at Emmer Green, Reading, in …
Arson
September 24, 2021
Sleeping Man Is Burned Alive When Ex Douses Bed With Gasoline & Lights it on Fire: Report
A second man was arrested in Texas on Wednesday in connection with last month’s fire that killed his brother’s ex-boyfriend, who was reportedly burned alive as he slept in bed. According to the Waco Tribune, Robinson police apprehended Willie Lloyd, …
Crime Stories
September 24, 2021
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Did Brian Laundrie’s Parents Help Son Go On-The-Run With Attached Camper?
A warrant has been issued for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of deceased Gabby Petito, but in her death. A grand jury indicted Laundrie for his “use of unauthorized devices” after Petito died. Documents state that Laundrie used a debit card …
Court
September 24, 2021
Parents Say Tot Daughter, 2, Was Sexually Abused & Excessively Groped Aboard Disney Cruise
Two parents from Vermont have filed a lawsuit against Disney Cruiseline after they say nothing was done to stop their toddler daughter from being sexually abused. According to court documents, the incident happened during a 7-day cruise in 2020, while …
Sex Crimes
September 24, 2021
Prosecutor Stalks Acquaintance, Breaks Into Her Home to Choke & Rape Her: Police
A Pennsylvania prosecutor remains in office despite his arrest on Wednesday for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home on Saturday and raping her. Pennslyvania State Police said in a statement that Somerset County District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas, 37, entered the …
Murder
September 24, 2021
Tennessee Teen Shoots Mom in the Head for Confiscating His Cell Phone
A Tennessee teenager has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting his mother while she was sleeping more than a year ago. Shawn Willis, now 18, was 16 on April 20, 2020, when he reportedly crept …
Court
September 24, 2021
Convicted Ex-Police Officer Derek Chauvin Files Appeal, Cites Prosecutor, Juror ‘Misconduct’
The former Minneapolis police office convicted of killing George Floyd in May 2020 filed an appeal on Thursday. Derek Chauvin filed the appeal on the last day he could have done so, 90 days after his June 25 sentencing, the …
Accident
September 24, 2021
TikTok Challenge Leaves Little Boy ‘Hanging from tree’ & Dead, Parents Say: Report
Robert Craig, a 10-year-old Georgia boy, was found hanging from a tree and his parents say that the social media app TikTok may be to blame. According to CBS 46, Robert’s 12-year-old sister Madison is the one that made the …