FBI arrest 120 human traffickers, save 84 children in nationwide sex trafficking operation
Sex Crimes
The youngest sex trafficking victim a 3-month-old girl, the agency says
Weird Crime
October 18, 2017
Parents say heartless company REPOSSESSED their 5-year-old son’s grave marker
A North Carolina, couple is speaking out after learning that a monument company reportedly repossessed their 5-year-old son’s grave marker. Crystal and Wayne Leatherman of Hickory buried Jake almost a year ago after he lost a long battle with leukemia. However, Crystal told WBTV that she recently went to her son’s grave and was shocked to …
Podcast
October 18, 2017
Wednesday Crime Stories: Girl shot in head, left in ditch by teens ‘annoyed’ over her Snapchatting
A 14-year-old girl shot in the head and left for dead says she’s “tougher than a bullet.” Police say two other teens tried to kill her because of annoying SnapChat messages. Nancy Grace digs into the case with Los Angeles psychologist Dr. Bethany Marshall, criminal profiler Pat Brown, Crime Stories contributing reporter, Bobbi Maxwell, and …
Murder
October 18, 2017
Mandalay Bay Las Vegas security guard Jesus Campos comes out of hiding, breaks mysterious silence in first and only interview
The upcoming interview will be the only one Campos gives in the wake of the deadly Las Vegas shooting massacre
Juveniles
October 18, 2017
Teens admit to savage torture and murder of 15-year-old girl that was recorded on video
Three teenagers have pleaded guilty to involvement in a brutal gang killing of a 15-year-old girl earlier this year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors allege that Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas was brutally tortured on a cold January night before she was stabbed to death in what authorities have surmised was a revenge killing. Rayas, who …
Bad Doctors
October 18, 2017
Former medical examiner busted for selling opioids for sex: Police
A former Atlanta medical examiner is behind bars for reportedly giving opioids to patients in exchange for “sexual favors.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Joe Burton, an ex-medical examiner who currently works as a private consultant, landed on the radar of narcotics agents after they found out he’d been selling large amounts of oxycodone to patients, …
Court
October 17, 2017
Jessica Chambers: Confusion as judge declares mistrial in death of teen burned alive in car [UPDATE]
Jurors were unable to come to a verdict in the case of a Mississippi man charged in the burning death of Jessica Chambers. WREG reported that a Panola County jury deliberated for ten hours before Judge Gerald Chatham declared a mistrial on Monday. At one point, the jury entered the courtroom and the foreman told the judge that they …
Child Abuse
October 17, 2017
130-year sentences recommended for parents convicted of ‘worst case of child abuse’ ever
An Oklahoma jury recommended a mother and father each be sentenced to 130 years after they were convicted of the “worst case of child abuse” a local police officer said he had ever seen, according to People. The couple’s 9-month-old twin girls reportedly weighed approximately eight pounds each when they were examined at a hospital …
Family Crime
October 17, 2017
‘God made him do it’: New Orleans father accused of brutally killing toddler daughter
A Louisiana man allegedly confessed to the brutal murder of his toddler Tuesday morning, telling police that “God made him do it.” According to New Orleans Police Supt. Michael Harrison, police received a call from the suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mark Hambrick, from his Bywater residence in which he admitted to stabbing and suffocating his …
October 17, 2017
Man arrested for helping girlfriend with terminal cancer kill herself by ‘taking a bunch of pills and slitting her wrists’: Police
She reportedly wanted to ‘die in his arms’
Missing
October 17, 2017
URGENT: Police searching for missing Alabama woman
Police are searching for a woman who went missing in Birmingham, Alabama, several days ago. AL.com reports that Catherine Steele, 41, was last seen walking on Magnolia Avenue on Birmingham’s Southside. Steele is 5 feet, 7inches tall and weighs 139 pounds. She is caucasian with brown hair and hazel eyes. Information about what she was …
October 17, 2017
HELP! FBI seeks video of slain teen Ashanti Billie’s car traveling from Virginia to North Carolina
The FBI is asking for the public’s help in locating footage believed to show Ashanti Billie’s Mini Cooper traveling from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Charlotte, North Carolina. According to an October 12 FBI statement, Billie, 19, was driving a white or cream-colored 2014 with Maryland tag 2CX-0575. The agency is urging` anyone who might’ve seen the …
