After pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in August, an Everett, Washington, man made an unusual request for harsh punishment at his sentencing hearing this week, according to KOMO News. Jonathan Duncan, 24, was charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend, 19-year-old Payton Beck-Glessner, in December when he says he was playing with a handgun …
A suspected Kansas City serial killer, already accused of murdering five middle-aged white men, was charged Friday in connection with the death of a woman. Fredrick Scott, 22, faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing Karen Harmeyer, KCTV reports. Friends of Harmeyer found her shot to death in July in a tent, which she …
A Florida man allegedly sexually assaulted a 2-year-old child in the bathroom of a Chick-fil-A restaurant and then threatened a witness with a stun gun, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Police on Friday morning arrested 35-year-old David Gray near the restaurant in connection with the incident. The witness told investigators that he thought there was a …
The victim said this all came out of an investigation into $260 a month she receives in food stamps to support the child she carried to term after she was raped at age 12
Prosecutors have dismissed a capital murder charge against a Texas father who had been accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter after the man’s son admitted to causing the girl’s death, the Star-Telegram reports. Anthony Sanders, 33, had been charged with suffocating his daughter, Ellie Sanders, while at the family’s home in December 2015. Police had …
Authorities have revealed the contents of a note Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock left behind in his Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino hotel. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators found a piece of paper with numbers written on it in the hotel room where Paddock opened fire on thousands of concertgoers at the Route 91 …
Kenneka Jenkins, the 19-year-old Chicago woman found in a hotel freezer on September 10, died from hypothermia, the Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled Friday. The Chicago Tribune reported that alcohol intoxication and the use of topiramate, a drug used to treat migraines and epilepsy, were listed as contributing factors in the teen’s death. The medical examiner’s …
Days after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, several major questions have yet to be answered about presumed gunman Stephen Paddock and the motive behind opening fire on a crowded concert in Las Vegas on Sunday night. A Las Vegas police officer found what could provide some answers on the nightstand of Paddock’s …
While celebrating her 34th birthday in Las Vegas Sunday, Melissa Castruita was forced to send her fiance the same terrifying two-word text message she had sent less than two years earlier. “Active shooter,” she texted J.C. Monticone from the packed venue from which she, her aunt, and cousin had been watching country singer Jason Aldean …
Did O.J. Simpson stage a paparazzi run-in? According to reports, the former NFL player, recently released from prison, set up the run-in in a possible, alleged attempt to sell a reaction video about the Las Vegas massacre. Page Six reports that Simpson reportedly staged the run-in on Wednesday evening, while leaving a Vegas country club. “My thoughts …
Disgraced NFL star O.J. Simpson’s post-prison pursuits continue to be the subject of substantial media speculation. Following his release earlier this month after spending nine years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping, sources close to Simpson have leaked information about his interests — both professional and personal. As CrimeOnline previously reported, one source said …
A Minnesota man is facing charges more than a year after authorities found the dead and extensively decomposed bodies of his mother and brother inside his home. In September 2016, police responded to Robert James Kuefler’s White Bear Lake residence in response to a neighbor’s complaint that his lawn had become overgrown. According to court …
