A Fort Wayne, Indiana, woman has admitted to trying to kill her 11-week-old niece last year by lacing her breast milk with pain pills and caffeine. On Monday, Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, 19, pleaded guilty in Allen County court to attempted murder. The teen had devised the deadly plot to kill her infant niece in January 2017 after …
To the outrage and shock of many, the Utah woman currently jailed for the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart could be eligible for parole later this year. CrimeFeed reported that Wanda Barzee, now 72, was sentenced to 15 years in jail on that conviction. While she’s scheduled to be released in 2024, an upcoming parole hearing …
Two certified nursing assistants in Utah are facing criminal charges for allegedly having sex with psychiatric patients. According to The Courier, Prairie View Residential Care Facility nursing assistants Paige Lynn Johanningmeier, 23, and Megan Marie Penney, 26, (pictured left and right) are also accused of harboring patients when they escaped the facility and were being sought …
Friends of a Binghamton University student found murdered last week are convinced that an obsessed former hookup is responsible for her death — but he is no longer in the country. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Haley Anderson, 20, was found dead Friday at an off-campus home in Binghamton, New York, on Friday. At the time, police …
A Utah senior citizen was accused of attempting to hire a hit man for the third time Friday, the same day a jury found her guilty of criminal solicitation for a previous murder-for-hire plot. According to the Washington Post, Linda Tracy Gillman, 70, was convicted of attempting to hire Christian Olsen, who was a tenant of …
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month will face the death penalty, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nikolas Cruz, 19, is scheduled for formal arraignment Wednesday on a 34-count indictment, including 17 first-degree murder charges. Cruz’s attorneys have said he would …
The mortally wounded girl and her toddler brother were found in the bathtub. “They were staring at each other,” a detective said in court.
The disappearance of twin sisters Dannette and Jeannette Millbrooks from their Augusta, Georgia, neighborhood on March 18, 1990, remains a mystery, but their sister is not giving up in the search for answers. Shanta Sturgis shares with Nancy Grace in this “Crime Stories” episode her family’s frustration with the lack of investigation and attention to …
A Utah judge has released 2014 courtroom footage showing a U.S. Marshall fatally shooting a pen-wielding gang member during a federal racketeering trial. Deseret News reports that the 24-second video shows Siale Angilau, a member of the Tongan Crips gang, standing up, grabbing a pen, and approaching the witness stand to possibly attack a shackled witness. …
The father of a missing 5-year-old Kansas boy is standing by his girlfriend as she remains behind bars on a child endangerment charge, at least unless he hears otherwise that she was in some way involved in the disappearance of his son. “I am standing by her until either some other information comes out or …
Aviation experts have cast doubt on the pilot’s reported theory of what caused a fatal helicopter crash in Manhattan’s East River Sunday evening. The pilot, 33-year-old Richard Vance, was the only survivor after the sightseeing helicopter suffered engine failure, and was forced to crash land in the East River, near the Upper East Side. According …
Opening statements begin on Tuesday for Tex McIver, a former prominent lawyer accused of shooting and killing his wife in 2016. Although the defendant doesn’t dispute he shot his spouse, he’s maintained all along it was a terrible accident. The prosecution and defense are expected to make opening statements starting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday …
