Four people are dead, including the gunman and his toddler daughter, following a shooting at a Brooklyn apartment this week, according to police. All of the deceased were reportedly related by blood or marriage. As WABC reports, 27-year-old Terrance Briggs; his daughter, 1-year-old Layla Briggs; his stepfather, 57-year-old Lloyd Drain Jr.; and 15-year-old Lloyd Drain …
Several New York officials have been placed on leave after a 14-year-old boy with autism allegedly wandered away from his school bus and drowned in a nearby river. CBS News reported that surveillance footage caught Trevyan Rowe walking away from James P.B. Duffy School 12 on the morning of March 8. A half-hour later, the teen was …
A Venezuelan baseball player was arrested, ordered into counseling and has been cut from two professional teams in the U.S. after a video surfaced allegedly showing him physically attacking the woman he was dating at the time. According to the New York Post, the video, which was recorded in 2016, has recently been released publicly …
A science teacher at an Idaho high school has come under fire for allegedly feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his students. According to the Idaho State Journal, Robert Crosland, a teacher at Preston Junior High School, is accused of feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle in the presence of …
Just a days after a French Bulldog died in the overhead bin on a United Airlines flight, the beleaguered airline made another error involving a traveling pet — sending a dog to Japan when it was meant to go to Kansas City. ABC News reports that Kara Swindel went to an airport in Kansas City …
The father of two children allegedly murdered by their nanny testified at the babysitter’s trial yesterday about the day his six-year-old daughter and two-year-old son were killed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Yoselyn Ortega is on trial in Manhattan for the October 2012 murder of Lucia and Leo Krim. The children’s mother, Marina Krim, came home …
A Georgia woman pleaded guilty Friday to the June 23, 2016, murder of her son’s estranged wife, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Elizabeth “Betsy” Wall, 64, shot her daughter-in-law Jenna Wall, 35, four times while allegedly hearing voices in her head. Jenna, a local …
An Oklahoma man accused of killing his 7-month-old son was officially charged with murder and other felony offenses on Wednesday after gruesome details emerged, prosecutors confirm. NewsOK reports that accused baby killer Victor Manuel Minjarez, 31, remains behind bars without bail for the murder of his 7-month-old infant son, Jody Minjarez. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Minjarez allegedly …
A Pennsylvania father accused of killing his wife of five months reportedly went to a priest and confessed to his crimes immediately after the slaying. According to GoErie.com, John P. Grazioli, 44, was arrested Thursday for the shooting death of his wife, Amanda Grazioli, 31 (née Schmitt). A recent report indicated that John shot Amanda in …
The Golden State Killer is a burglar, rapist serial killer who has terrorized California for decades starting in the 1970s. One man is believed to have committed as many as 50 sexual assaults and over 10 murders. In this “Crime Stories” episode, Nancy Grace explores the case with Jane Carson-Sandler, who was the fifth victim …
The 11-year-old girl who lost her beloved French Bulldog on a United Airlines flight this week said in an interview about the ordeal that the flight attendant insisted the dog carrier go in the overhead bin — and that she knew an animal was inside. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a mother and her two children …
The man suspected of murdering a Binghamton University nursing student in a fit of jealous rage has been taken into custody after he fled to Nicaragua Nicaragua National Police confirmed to WABC-TV that Orlando Tercero was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Haley Anderson’s roommate said she found her friend’s body in Tercero’s bed …
