The grandparents of a slain Minnesota toddler have filed a federal lawsuit, naming medical workers and a social services employee as part of the blame for the child’s death. Star Tribune reports that the lawsuit was filed by Thomas Hunziker …
A Wisconsin man charged in connection with an alleged militia plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was released from custody Monday, the same day he attended an extradition hearing in Michigan. WTMJ reported that Brian Higgins, 51, was released …
Matthew Pierre had been doing homework on the apartment terrace Monday morning before he fell, or possibly jumped, to his death
The Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office in Florida confirmed Monday that Stephanie Hollingsworth was found deceased inside a submerged SUV in Orange County. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hollingsworth left her home in the Orlando suburb of Belle Isle on September 25 …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl following a trip to a haunted house, according to WTAJ. Chadrick R. Magee, 36, visited the Halloween attraction with a family member and the girl and her family …
A federal appeals court on Monday slapped down Ghislaine Maxwell’s attempts to quash a deposition she gave in a now-settle civil suit and denied her request to combine her appeals of several overlapping cases into one. According to the Miami …
A caretaker who works at several facilities in southern California has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in his care described as “severely disabled” and taking video of the incident. Anaheim police said the 45-year-old woman had been …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with repeatedly raping three teen girls he dated between 2016 and May 2020, TribLive reported Monday. Pennsylvania state police began investigating after a tip to the state’s child abuse hotline, Childline, this summer. The …
A California teacher leading a remote learning class reportedly contacted authorities Thursday after witnessing someone break into her students’ home. Teacher Jennifer Petersen told KOVR that she waits until every child logs off before disconnecting — leading her to notice …
Police said the man was living above the deli area and was stealing food
A California woman who went missing in Zion National Park earlier this month and was found alive on Sunday had become injured while hiking in the Utah park, her daughter said. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Holly Suzanne Courtier, 38, was …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* Chicago police are searching for a woman and her granddaughter after they vanished from the Brighton Park neighborhood on Saturday. ABC 7 reports that Sarah Navas …
An Oregon teen appeared in court Thursday amid allegations that he shook his 8-month-old son to the point he was left virtually brain dead. Isiah Hill, 19, was charged with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal mistreatment for allegedly dropping, squeezing, …
Jonelle Matthews, 12, disappears from her family home in Greeley, Colorado, after a school concert. Footprints are found outside the home. Nothing is disturbed inside, but Jonelle is gone. Decades later, her body is found in 2019, but police are …
A Maryland father was found dead with his 3-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide late last week. As the Baltimore Sun reports, police were called to a home in Bel Air, Maryland, around 6 p.m. on Thursday, where responding officers …
On Friday, the Weld County Coroner’s Office in Colorado released an unredacted autopsy report, following the indictment of a former Idaho governor candidate for the murder and kidnapping of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jonelle Matthews disappeared on …
A convicted child molester who was serving a life sentence at a California prison died Wednesday in what officials are reportedly investigating as a homicide. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that officers at Mule …
Family members of slain California mom Laci Peterson are horrified that her killer husband, Scott Peterson, may get a re-examination of his murder conviction, which could possibly lead to a new trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the California Supreme court …
Authorities have issued an AMBER Alert for two boys, believed to be brothers, who went missing while in Mississippi on Friday. AL.com reports that Kaiden Wall, 6, and Kolden Wall, 2, were last seen early evening Friday in Pascagoula, Mississippi. …
Zachary Winton had threatened to kill Sabrina Dumdei in September, police say.
A Tennessee mom and her 17-year-old daughter were found dead on Saturday alongside her estranged husband, who apparently shot himself after killing them. According to the Bristol Tennessee Police Department, Michael Robinson, 47, was under investigation for child abuse, the …
A Tennessee couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse when they were found overdosing in their car with their 2-year-old daughter in the back seat, WKRN reports. Leslie Lucas, 23, and Lindsey Vincion, 25, were stopped Thursday at an …
A Michigan couple already facing child abuse charges for their treatment of a 13-month-old baby now expects to be arraigned on Monday for the murder of that child’s twin, according to the Detroit Free Press. Ecorse police responded to a …
An undocumented immigrant acquitted of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier but still faces federal gun charges told a magistrate this week to either accept his guilty plea and send him to prison or deport him back to …
A man allegedly opened fire on kids playing basketball in Ohio after they asked him to slow down while driving on their street, Fox 8 reports. Now police in Akron, Ohio, are searching for that man and are asking for the public’s help …
An actor from the hit 90s TV sit-com “Home Improvement” is in jail after he allegedly tried to choke his girlfriend, Fox News reports. Zachery Ty Bryan, 39, was arrested Friday in Eugene, Oregon, and charged with fourth-degree assault, strangulation and …
Searchers looking for a Florida mom who disappeared last month have found an SUV, driven by Stephanie Hollingsworth when she was last seen, submerged in a retention pond in east Orange County, WFTV reports. Orlando Police say there is a …
A high school senior was caught on a remote learning livestream sexually molesting a Chicago first grader on Thursday, prosecutors said. Catrell A. Walls, 18, has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 and appeared …
A South Carolina woman skipped her murder trial this week, but a jury found her guilty anyway of killing her two newborn babies in 2017 and 2018 and dumping their bodies into the trash. Alyssa Anne Dayvault, 32, turned herself …
Atlantic City police officers this week pulled a distraught man from a casino parking garage ledge Wednesday night, and it was caught on the officers’ body cameras. Pleasantville police tipped off their Atlantic City counterparts that a man was threatening …
A fatal shooting at a Detroit gas station earlier this week — and the subsequent release of the suspect — have stirred angry retorts from prosecutors, police, the victim’s family, and members of the community, according to media reports. Joshua …
Investigators are so far stumped over the disappearance of a North Dakota mom, who walked away from a party in the middle of the night nearly two weeks ago and hasn’t been seen since, Inforum reports. Detectives say Anne Fitzsimonds, …
A woman who strangled an expectant mother and cut her newborn baby out of her womb is scheduled to be executed in December, the first execution of a female federal prisoner in 70 years, Daily Mail reports. Authorities on Friday …
Recently released video shows police shooting at a woman who had shot her husband and was later found dead with her children after an hours-long stand-off in their California home, the Daily Mail reports. The footage shows the events of …
A 13-year-old girl has been reported missing in Michigan after she left home early Friday evening and did not return. According to WDIV, Richanna Mosley, 13, left her home on Birwood Street in Detroit at about 6:20 p.m. Friday. It …
The suspected killer of Sydney Sutherland admitted ramming the Arkansas nurse with his pickup truck as she was out jogging, then loading her into the vehicle and driving to a remote area, recently filed court documents say, as reported by …
A 3-week-old infant was knowingly placed into a foster home with a sexually aggressive teenage boy who raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Marion County, Florida. The lawsuit charges that Kids Central, which manages child welfare …
A kidnapping Thursday night led to an overnight crime spree that left a 2-year-old Louisiana child dead after the suspect fired randomly into a house where the boy was, The Advocate reported. Kendrick Myles, 41, was arrested just before 3 …
A Kentucky teacher tried to bring her three children to safety after her husband opened fire in their home in Perry County, but one of the two children shot has died. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, 36-year-old David Hampton allegedly …
On Tuesday, police in Louisiana issued an arrest warrant for a man who allegedly fatally beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter earlier this month. A law enforcement source told the Times-Picayune that Anfernee Steele, 21, was entrusted to watch Jo’nyri Hawkins …
On Thursday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a request to dismiss charges against the man accused of opening fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018, killing 11 people. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Robert Bowers sought …
A Montana man was booked into jail Thursday for allegedly murdering his stepsister, who was found dead in a car in Iowa in 1999. Matt Kennedy, 52, was charged with the first-degree murder of Kimberly Ratliff, 22. Ratliff was found …
A 12-year-old Georgia girl has died after a lice infestation that may have lasted as long as three years. Kaitlyn Yozviak lived with her parents in a bug-infested and rat-infested home. Coroners say the lice made the girl anemic, which …
A child caregiver who ran an unlicensed daycare was sentenced to probation Wednesday for the deaths of twin toddlers. Twins Elijah and Elyssa Orejuela were in the care of Jennifer Salley, 37, at her Om Baby Knoxville daycare center when …
Lawyers representing R. Kelly said Friday that jail staff stood by as an inmate attacked the singer in his cell in August. Attorney Michael Leonard asked yet again for Kelly’s release from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Illinois. Leonard …
Family members of a missing Louisiana mom who disappeared three years ago are hoping for answers that will bring them closure. Cindy Orsborn, 23, vanished on June 14, 2017. Family members said Orsborn, a mom of two young children, was …
A Texas woman is behind bars after she allegedly raped her own child. KFDX reports that Brittany Rouleau, 34, is facing aggravated sexual assault charges in connection with a disturbing incident involving her 12-year-old son. According to police, Rouleau raped …
A toddler who was left at an Indiana emergency room Tuesday with life-threatening injuries has died, according to reports. Citing police radio communications, the South Bend Tribune reported that a blue van was seen dropping off Kardie Rose Weathersby, 3, …
“I hope she rots in jail for the rest of her life.” – Baron Li
A Florida man who was released from prison in July is behind bars again for having sex with an underage missing teen girl. Fox 8 reports that Flor-Adam Brandon Cruz, 24, was arrested during “Operation Social Bust,” where undercover authorities …
