During a three week period in 2017, nine victims were slain by a suspected serial killer and now police say they have the suspect in police custody. Crimefeed reports that Phoenix authorities announced at a press conference on January that they have charged Cleophus Cooksey, Jr. 35, with the murders. The suspect, the grandson of …
A woman died on Friday after falling from the 14th floor balcony of a Carnival Cruise Line ship, landing on her the 11th floor, authorities confirm. Miami Herald reports that the woman was aboard the Carnival Elation, sailing from Jacksonville on a four-day excursion to Freeport, Bahama, when she fell from the balcony on Friday morning. “The …
Disgraced former NBC anchor Matt Lauer is in the doghouse — or in his case, a separate home near the Sag Harbor estate he once shared with his wife Annette Roque. But no longer. Page Six reports that the Dutch model, who has been married to Lauer for almost 20 years, kicked him out of …
A woman and her boyfriend were arraigned on a number of felony charges after a 4-year-old girl in their custody was found dead on Jan. 1 with sever burns covering almost all of her body. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Candice Diaz and Brad Fields spent about a week on the run before authorities arrested them …
An Oklahoma teen and his disabled father were killed in a house fire after the 13-year-old boy reportedly tried to rescue the 60-year-old man. “This family is just sleeping and the son is doing what he can to protect and save his dad,” said Love County Sheriff Marty Grisham. “It’s just a very sad story.” …
An Ohio man claims his 69-year-old wife died during their recent trip to Graceland following a period of declining health. The problem, according to authorities in both states, is that no one knows where Roberta Snider’s body is. According to WMC, Philip Snider said he and his wife left their home Jan. 4, spent the …
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Investigators are considering sending cadaver dogs into the home of David and Louise Turpin, where their 13 malnourished and abused children were rescued earlier this month. The dogs could help detect whether there are other children who did not survive the house’s horrific conditions, Crime Watch Daily reports. The news site also reports that police …
A 72-year-old grandmother, waiting to pick up her grandchildren next to a school playground in Chicago on Thursday, was one of the latest victims in a string of car thefts in the city. CBS Chicago reports that the incident occurred off of the 4900 block of West Montrose, close to the playground at St. John’s …
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 10-month-old boy who went missing in Anoka County, Minnesota, shortly after a judge ordered that he be transferred to the custody of child welfare services. The Star Tribune reports that Ja-Kari Brown’s biological parents Sharona Nena Jefferson and James Lavell Brown were ordered to surrender the baby …
Several individuals filming footage for a CNBC documentary series were reportedly arrested this week for attempting to pass through airport security with what appeared to be explosives. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the television crew was at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday when TSA agents identified something inside one bag with “all the markings …
A British woman faces four years behind bars after allegedly backing out of a suicide pact she had coerced an online acquaintance into entering, according to the BBC. The other party, 31-year-old postal worker Matthew Birkinshaw, reportedly went on to kill himself by carbon monoxide poisoning as the two had planned. As the New York …
