A Georgia woman on trial for murdering her 1-year-olddaughter became emotional in court Monday as her mother testified. Chloe Alexis Driver, 24, wiped tears from her face and appeared visibly shaken as her mother, Renee Driver, spoke about their family. …
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In Police are seeking tips on a missing Hawaiian woman last seen on security footage at Los Angeles International Airport near a large shopping center, according to her family and law enforcement. Hannah Kobayashi, 31, was seen on November 11, …
A private investigator who has worked on the unsolved 1995 disappearance of an Iowa newscaster said there are four suspects in her presumed abduction and death. Steve Ridge, who has investigated KIMT news anchor Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance since 2019, told …
Testimony resumed Monday in the trial of Jose Ibarra, who faces murder charges for the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley As previously reported by CrimeOnline, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, allegedly attacked and killed 22-year-old Laken Riley in February …
A Texas man was arrested last week after human remains were found at a house in Buffalo. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office said in a vague Facebook post that they received a report of a missing person and a child …
Police found a man and a child dead inside a Missouri home Sunday night after responding to a domestic violence call in Lawson. Officers from the Lawson Police Department and Ray County Sheriff’s deputies responded just after 7:30 p.m., KCTV …
A Georgia couple awas arrested this week and charged with murder in the death of their 8-month-old daughter. Columbus Police began an investigation in late September after they were called about a deceased child, WTVM reported. They found the infant …
The Texas judge who oversaw a trial that convicted a mother of killing her 2-year-old daughter and sentenced her to death now says the woman is “actually innocent” and did not kill her child. Melissa Elizabeth Lucio has been on …
A man already registered for life as a sex offender against children has been arrested for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in central California. Edgar Perez Medina, 35, posed as an 18-year-old man on social media to talk with …
A Missouri mother charged with abusing and neglecting her two young children pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Alyssa Nicole Bowman, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse and neglect, and prosecutors …
A former employee of Florida’s Department of Children and Families has been arrested after her 13-year-old daughter was found dead, “extremely emaciated and obviously malnourished” and “covered in wounds in all stages of healing.” Highlands County Sheriff Paul Blackman said …
An Amber Alert was issued shortly after midnight Sunday morning after a man allegedly abducted a 12-year-old girl he met online and let police on a chase on Interstate 15. The Bountiful Police Department said family members of the girl …
A 44-year-old Florida woman is facing allegations of using her mother’s identity to secure hurricane aid, reportedly telling city employees that Botox made her look younger. FOX News Digital reports that Veronica Torres has been charged with filing a false …
A Florida mother discovered an 18-year-old man having an “inappropriate text relationship’ with her 13-year-old daughter and set up a meeting with him herself, which led to the man being shot by police. Cerry Banks was hospitalized in stable condition …
A West Virginia mother has been indicted on multiple charges related to the death of her 16-day old daughter this summer. Brooke Kessler, 33, told investigators she “probably” caused the the infant’s fatal injuries by squeezing her “too hard” while …
A Washington state couple was allowed to plead guilty this week to killing their daugther’s ex-boyfriend and leaving is body in the trunk of a car for a year. John Eisenman pleaded guilty to first degree murder, and his fiancee, …
An Indiana mother who admitted she sometimes forgot to feed her infant son after he died of starvation was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison. Caylin Monroe was found guilty in October in the death of 3-month-old Silas Scott …
An Atlanta mother was convicted of killing her two toddler sons in her kitchen oven and sentenced to life without parole plus 35 years. Lamora Williams, 24, was convicted on 14 counts, including murder, in the 2017 incident, according to …
Police in North Carolina are looking for a man connected with the death of an 18-year-old woman found dead last week alongside a highway in Boger City. The body of Sydney Bisson of Charlotte was found near NC East 150 …
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On Friday, Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in prison for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein, a gay Jewish student from the University of Pennsylvania, according to AP News. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
Murdered University of Georgia student Laken Riley’s smartwatch and other technology helped paint a picture of what happened to her, according to the FBI. As previously reported by CrimeOnline, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, allegedly attacked and killed 22-year-old Laken Riley …
Bryan Kohberger’s defense team is challenging most of the evidence against him in the deaths of four Idaho college students According to Idaho Statesman, on Friday, Kohberger’s attorneys filed over 160 pages of legal justification to block various pieces of …
A Columbia, Ohio, police officer opened up a burning truck door and dragged its driver to safety this week, suffering minor burns herself but saving the man’s life. The Columbus Division of Police released body camera video of the dramatic …
Miami Beach police said Friday that a human head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne on earlier this week belonged to a 19-year-old swimmer who disappeared off South Beach over the weekend. Victor Castaneda got caught in a rip tide …
A Virginia woman was arrested last week for allegedly using a false identity to work as a nurse at two California hospitals without a license. Amanda Porter, 44, reportedly impersonated a nurse at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, …
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An investigation is underway in California after a baby boy was found dead on a sidewalk on Thursday. Los Angeles Fire said they responded to the scene where the newborn was possibly dropped from the window of a fourth-floor bathroom. …
On Thursday, Canton, Georgia, Police Detective Taina Cruz, the lead investigator in the Chloe Driver murder case, took the witness stand. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chloe Driver, 24, is currently on trial in Cherokee county for the murder of her …
A former Arkansas pastor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of raping his own minor children. James Edwin Cowan, 46, will also serve 30 years of a suspended sentence after his …
A Texas grand jury has indicted a woman on a murder charge after she shot and killed a man she said had drugged and kidnapped her. Amy Lejeune, 45, was indicted last month in Gillespie County, KXAN reported. The Gillespie …
A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida man, already in jail on kidnapping charges, on charges of killing his wife in Spain. The indictment charges David Nezevich with kidnapping resulting in death, foreign domestic violence resulting in death, and …
A Wisconsin mother has been charged with child abandonment and neglect after she allegedly kicked her 12-year-old son out of the car along Interstate 94 in Waukesha County because she was angry about his grades. Police found the crying boy …
Indiana authorities said on Wednesday that they’d found human remains in the same area where a missing mother of three was last seen in September. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and detectives from Indiana State Police recovered the …
The mother of a 4-year-old Louisiana girl joined other community residents Wedneday night to pay tribute to the little girl who died earlier this month from injuries police say were inflicted by her father and his girlfriend. “I wish could …
An Indiana man waited until after he’d won election to his local county commission to plead guilty in a sexual assault case against him in Nevada. John D. Jessup, 49, is now awaiting sentencing after his guilty plea to an …
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A New York man accused of starving his 4-year-old son to death wants to be placed in protective custody as other inmates have attacked him. Laron Modlin, 25, and Nytavia Ragsdale, 26, are charged with killing their son, Jah’Meik Modlin, …
A Texas man accused of shooting his wife 14 times has been released from jail, leaving the victim’s loved ones in fear. According to News4SA. domestic violence victim Erica Torres has been at University Health in San Antonio for the …
“Gossip Girl” actress Chanel Banks spoke with the media to dispel claims by her family that she is missing. Banks told True Crime News in a FaceTime call that she decided to leave California for Texas after getting baptized. She …
Police believe a father of three, who vanished at a Wisconsin lake this summer, may have staged his own death and fled to Eastern Europe. The investigation started on August 12 when authorities found out that 45-year-old Ryan Borgwardt had …
In a newly released phone call, late cult leader Charles Manson confessed to additional murders in Mexico. DailyMail reports that the the call is part of Peacock’s “Making Manson,” which explores his life through 20 years of recorded conversations with …
Las Vegas police have arrested a woman and charged her with killing her roommate and leaving her body in a freezer. Police said they were called by a person from the mobile home community management office on November 6 who …
An 18-year-old man was found dead, wrapped in a comforter alongside Connecticut highway last week, and his cousins have been charged in the murder. Police said Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez’s body had been dumped along the Pope Park Highway after …
The University of Rochester in New York is investigating after hundreds of “wanted” posters targeting Jewish faculty and staff were posted on campus over the weekend. University President Sarah Mangelsdorf said the posters were “disturbing, divisive and intimidating” and that …
An Illinois teenager has been charged with abusing his 7-month-old son, leaving the child hospitalized with a skull fracture, two broken arms, and numerous bruises. Tyler J. Holmes, 18, was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm to a …
