The Cook County Medical Examiner said Friday that a woman found dead entangled in baggage handling machinery at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport died by suicide. Virginia Vinton, 57, was found dead before 8 a.m. Thursday in the baggage area of Terminal 5, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Surveillance video showed Vinton, from Waxhaw, North Carolina, entering …
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A Kentucky man allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl while out on bond for a 2022 sexual abuse case. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, William Young, 25, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree rape and kidnapping of a minor. The incident occurred in June when Young allegedly contacted a 15-year-old girl via Snapchat using the …
A fatal shooting of a 4-year-old Arkansas girl Friday morning is under investigation. Officers with the North Little Rock Police Department (NLRPD) arrived just before 8:30 a.m., in the 200 block of Water Street in North Little Rock, following multiple calls concerning gunshots. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where she later succumbed …
A Detroit judge has dismissed murder and home invasion charges against the man accused of killing Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll last year. Michael Jackson-Bolanos was convicted last month of lying to police about the case, but acquitted on a premeditated murder charge and deadlocked on felony murder and home invasion charges. Woll, the president …
A Michigan prosecutor on Friday provided horrific details of the abuse heaped upon a 6-year-old boy who was found dead in his home last week. Giovanni “Chulo” Jennings’ mother, Elaina Jennings, called 911 on July 30 and reported her son was unconscious, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. When officers arrived, the boy was unresponsive …
Attorneys for Karen Read argued Friday for dismissal of murder and leaving the scene of an accident charges, asking the judge in the case to conduct a special hearing to confirm what they believe to be true — that jurors voted unanimously to acquit her of killing her Boston cop boyfriend. Judge Beverly Cannone declared …
A North Carolina woman died at an Illinois airport on Thursday after she became trapped in a baggage conveyor belt, officials said. Chicago police reportedly responded to O’Hare International Airport’s baggage area after Virginia Vinton, 57, got pinned in machinery at Terminal 5. Surveillance footage showed Vinton, who did not work at the airport, accessing …
Police in Louisiana are searching for a missing woman who is a witness in a case that was set to go to trial next week. According to WBRZ, Jovan Johnson, 40, was last seen at her job in LaPlace on Wednesday. St. John Parish police said they believe Johnson may be in danger as she …
An Arizona man entered a not guilty plea on Thursday in connection with last month’s hot-car death of his 2-year-old daughter. Christopher Scholtes remains out of custody despite being charged with first-degree murder and child abuse for his daughter’s July 9 death. KOLD reported that Schlotes was initially charged with second-degree murder, but a grand …
An Ohio man who pleaded guilty to breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and stabbing her more than 30 times was sentenced this week to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 31 years. Chance Donohoe, 27, got a break from Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Kim Brown, who could have sentenced him …
