A Tennessee woman who vanished during a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend three weeks ago was sighted last week in California while trying to sell her phone, according to reports, following a domestic violence call. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nikki Alcaraz, 33, and her boyfriend, Tyler Stratton, set off to visit family in Orange …
Relatives of a Connecticut woman who vanished in Japan last month say they now believe she might have been a crime victim. According to The Messenger, Patricia “Pattie” Wu-Murad, of Storrs, vanished while supposedly hiking along the Kohechi route of the Kumano Kodo trail in Japan on April 10. She ate breakfast at Tsuji’s, a …
Officials said an altercation between two groups near a busy area of the beach in Hollywood, Florida, resulted in nine people being shot, including a 1-year-old child, on Monday night. Police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said that at least one person of interest has been detained by the police, but they are actively searching for another …
A video has surfaced showing boat passengers in the Bahamas moments after an 18-year-old Louisiana star baseball player jumped off the ship in response to a dare, resulting in a fatal outcome. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cameron Robbins, who had just graduated from University Laboratory School (U-High), jumped off the boat as a dare on …
A Texas mother was indicted Wednesday on capital murder charges for stabbing three of her children to death in March. KDFI reported that Ellis County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Shamaiya Hall, 25, who allegedly killed her 6-year-old son and 5-year-old twins after Child Protective Services tried to remove them and her 4-year-old …
A Louisiana man is missing after he reportedly went overboard on Wednesday during a boating excursion in the Bahamas. WAFB reported that Cameron Robbins, 18, who graduated from University Laboratory School (U-High) in Baton Rouge days earlier, jumped off the boat as a dare. A video reportedly showed Robbins splashing in the water near the …
On Tuesday, a Kentucky man was arrested for kidnapping three missing teen girls and sexually assaulting them. WLKY reported that the three girls, ages 13, 14 and 15, vanished earlier this month from the Home of the Innocents, a residential facility in Louisville which houses abused, neglected, and homeless children. Brian Sauer, 44, allegedly admitted …
A Kansas jury that convicted Jenna Boedecker on Friday of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child is seeking a prison sentence of more than 50 years. On Monday, the jury recommended sentencing Boedecker to 22 years for each of the two second-degree murder convictions and a combined total of nine years for …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace finds Roberta Laundrie’s “burn after reading” letter to Brian Laundrie “very bizarre” and doesn’t buy the mother’s explanations that she wrote and gave it to her son before he and Gabby Petito left on their cross-country trip and, of course, before he killed Petito. A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled against Christopher …
Minnesota police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen in nearly a week. According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Desiray Kappes was last seen Friday morning at around 9:30 a.m., leaving her home in Forest Lake on a bicycle. MISSING PERSON ALERT: Forest Lake PD is requesting the public’s assistance …
A Maryland father was fatally beaten outside his home while shielding his children from a group who arrived at his home uninvited, following a school-related altercation. According to NBC 11 News, three teenagers and two adults confronted Christopher Michael Wright, 43, outside his home in Brooklyn Park on Friday. The group was reportedly looking for …
Ex-South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was indicted on Tuesday for 22 federal counts of financial fraud which stemmed from him conspiring with a banker to steal money from his former law firm and a slew of clients. The Greenville News reported that a jury in the U.S. District Court in Charleston handed down various charges …
