DELPHI MURDERS: EERIE ‘RITUAL’ SACRIFICE-MURDER CLAIMS, CLASH OVER SUSPECT ‘CONFESSIONS’
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Hot Car
July 31, 2024
Another Hot Car Death? Infant Found Dead in Car After Parent Forgets to Take Them to Daycare
An investigation is underway in Louisiana after an infant was found dead in a vehicle on Tuesday. WAFB reported that the 6-month-old, who was found dead in East Baton Rouge, was left in the car all day. It is believed a parent went to work and forgot to drop off the baby at daycare — …
July 31, 2024
Missouri Baby Snatcher Changes Plea, Admits to Kidnapping Expectant Mother to Claim Newborn As Her Own
A Missouri woman who previously pleaded not guilty changed her plea Tuesday in a Missouri federal court. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri, Amber Waterman, 44, pleaded guilty to kidnapping resulting in death and causing the death of a child in utero. She’s now facing a mandatory life sentence without …
Missing
July 31, 2024
BOLO: Florida Police Issue Missing Child Alert for 14-Year-Old-Boy
Police in Florida are searching for a 14-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Ahmir Collier was last seen in the 800 block of Meiner Boulevard in Altamonte Springs. He was last seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, black basketball shorts and a white shirt. Police …
Court
July 31, 2024
Delphi Murders: Defense Pushes to Dismiss Accused Child Killer Richard Allen’s Entire Case
Accused Delphi child killer Richard Allen is due back in Carroll County court Wednesday for the second hearing concerning several motions, which could shape the trial’s outcome of his murder trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen is facing four counts of murder for the deaths of Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German, two children …
Murder
July 31, 2024
Denver College Professor Suspected in Deaths of Wife, Infant Daughter
Denver police are investigating a Colorado college professor for the deaths of his wife and 2-month-old daughter. Denver police said Regis University professor Nicholas Myklebust, 44, called 911 just before 7 a.m. Monday and reported that he’d “found his wife on the ground bleeding and their infant daughter not breathing.” Police arrived on scene and …
Murder
July 31, 2024
Cause of Death Revealed for Woman Found Dead in Backseat of Car at Atlanta Transit Station
A 35-year-old Georgia woman found dead in the backseat of a car at an Atlanta transit station earlier this month was shot to death. Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled Chanell Crosby’s death to be a homicide, WXIA reported. Crosby, whose 13-year-old son Jamiren was shot to death in a still-unsolved murder in 2022, was last …
Court
July 31, 2024
‘Black Swan’ Ballerina Guilty of Manslaughter
A former ballerina was convicted of manslaughter Tuesday night in the shooting death of her husband. Ashley Benefield faces up to 30 years when she is sentenced, ABC News reported. Benefield took the stand Monday morning at her trial in Manatee County, Florida, testifying that she was “scared to death” of Doug Benefield and was …
Child pornography
July 30, 2024
Utah Man Charged With Nearly 2 Dozen Counts of Child Porn, Child Exploitation
A Utah man was arrested after an investigation uncovered hundred of images and videos of child pornography. An affidavit filed with the arrest of 43-year-old Justin McKay Anthony says that the investigation began in early May when the National Center for Missing Exploited Children submitted a referral about an upload of a “child exploitation video,” …
Child stealing
July 30, 2024
Dad Formally Charged in Teen Daughter’s Week-long Disappearance
Los Angeles County’s district attorney announced charges against a man who reported his 15-year-old daughter missing only to have her turn up a week later outside a television station. Jeffery Chao was arrested last week by Monterey Park Police and charged with conspiracy, child abduction, and falsifying a police report in the “disappearance of Alison …
Car-jacking
July 30, 2024
Grandmother Killed When Car Thief Hits Her With Her Own Vehicle
A Maryland woman was killed Sunday when she tried to stop a man from stealing her car at a convenience store in Sterling, Virginia. A criminal complaint says that Melody Waldecker, 54, left her car running when she stopped at the 7-Eleven in the Town Center at Sterling shopping center just after 11:30 a.m., the …
Crime Stories
July 30, 2024
‘BLACK SWAN’ BALLERINA SHOOTS HUBBY DEAD, CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE
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