Warrants and affidavits unsealed by a federal judge on Friday show that Las Vegas shooting investigators sought the release of data from Facebook and Instagram accounts believed to be associated with suspected gunman Stephen Paddock and his girlfriend Marilou Danley. A court filing dated October 3, obtained by CrimeOnline, reveals that an FBI special agent …
A Texas woman is in jail on suspicion of her husband’s murder after investigators found an incriminating entry in her web search history. According to the Waxahachie Daily Light, police say 55-year-old Sandra Louise Garner looked up “how to kill someone and not get caught” on an internet-connected device shortly before her husband, 42-year-old Jon …
Nearly two months after his death, Charles Manson’s body reportedly remains in limbo as the legal battle over his estate continues. Probate Judge David J. Cowan announced Monday that divvying up Manson’s estate and releasing his remains are two separate issues, meaning that the convicted killer’s longtime pen pal and Manson’s grandson will have to wait …
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — FBI agents knew the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history left behind big caches of guns, ammunition and explosives when they sought warrants to search his properties and online accounts, according to court documents released Friday. A U.S. judge in Nevada unsealed the …
Prosecutors in Utah argued this week that the two men accused of leading a cult in that state considered themselves to be married to each other’s young daughters. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a total of four girls were rescued from the Mormon polygamist sect’s compound last month. After an Amber alert was issued for two …
A couple flying from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Tampa, Florida, on New Year’s Day was cited for placing a 6-month-old cat inside a checked bag “without food, water or air,” police said. The Erie Times-News reported that Olivia Sari, 21, and Nicholas M. Larrison, 21, both of North Port, Florida, are accused of attempting to smuggle …
An Alabama high school football star was reportedly arrested Wednesday in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of another teen. According to The Epoch Times, Jesse Altman, 17, was charged with capital murder for the shooting death Aaron “AJ” Huff, 18, of Gadsen. Altman, a defensive tackle at Etowah High, is the fifth teen to be arrested …
Former Subway spokesman and convicted porn peddler Jared Fogle is reportedly working to get out of prison, arguing that the judge who accepted his guilty plea didn’t have the jurisdiction to hear the case in the first place. Per TMZ, Fogle, 40, is said to have drafted legal documents where he makes two arguments for his …
An attorney representing victims of the deadly October 1 shooting massacre in Las Vegas has publicly challenged a recent statement from MGM Resorts that gunman Stephen Paddock interacted with nearly a dozen staffers at the MGM-operated Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in the days leading up to and including October 1. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
A Florida man who shot a gay couple to death in 2010 was captured flicking off the victims’ families shortly after being condemned to death. Steven Adams and Kevin Powell reportedly invited Peter Avsenew, 33, into their home after responding to a post on Craigslist appearing to suggest a sexual encounter for money. The rendezvous ended with …
A New Jersey doctor is facing charges of murdering his wife to cover up an illegal drug ring he allegedly feared would be uncovered by their divorce. Nancy Grace digs into the case against Dr. James Kauffman in the 2012 murder of his wife April Kauffman, who was a popular radio host. Grace’s expert panel …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twentieth Century Fox Film says it is canceling the studio’s planned movie based on Jeffrey Toobin’s Patricia Hearst book “American Heiress.” Toobin’s non-fiction book chronicled the saga of Hearst’s kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 and her eventual bank robbery conviction with the radical group. The studio announced the …
