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Friday Crime Stories: Child killer Susan Smith’s prison mischief & Florida police say they caught a ‘killer clown’

 Friday Crime Stories: Child killer Susan Smith’s prison mischief & Florida police say they caught a ‘killer clown’
Famous Murder Cases

Notorious child killer Susan Smith has been misbehaving in a South Carolina prison, where she is serving a life sentence for the deaths of her two sons, according to People magazine’s Steve Helling. Helling joins Nancy Grace, Crime Stories contributing reporter Mary Ellen Hopkins, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan from Jacksonville State University, and co-host …

Mugshot Pearl Moen
Court
September 29, 2017

‘Murder gives me a high unlike any other’: Teen who ‘proudly’ stabbed nurse 21 times is up for parole after spending less than a year in prison

A Texas woman sentenced to 15 years in prison in January for stabbing a nurse 21 times is already up for parole, court documents confirm. As CrimeOnline previously reported, on November 14, 2015, Pearl Moen, 17 at the time, attempted to kill a 23-year-old nurse. Moen targeted the victime, a random stranger, and stabbed her 21 …

Police officer lied about investigating abuse allegations before little girl was tortured, raped, and partially dismembered while her mother watched
Family Crime
September 29, 2017

Police officer lied about investigating abuse allegations before little girl was tortured, raped, and partially dismembered while her mother watched

The City of Albuquerque has responded to a lawsuit brought by the parents of a 10-year-old girl who was brutally assaulted and murdered, while her mother looked on, in August 2016. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Victoria Martens died last year after her mother’s boyfriend and his cousin allegedly raped, strangled, and partially dismembered her body …

Ex-teacher’s aide molests DOZENS of kids, claims he has a child’s mind [UPDATE]
Sex Crimes
September 28, 2017

Ex-teacher’s aide molests DOZENS of kids, claims he has a child’s mind [UPDATE]

A former Maryland teacher’s aide who molested at least 23 children was sentenced Thursday to an additional 100 years behind bars. According to WBAL, Prince George’s County Judge Beverly Woodard handed down the sentence after Deonte Carraway, 24, pleaded guilty to 23 counts of state child sex abuse and pornography charges—one for each child authorities say …

Large group of ‘knucklehead’ teens viciously attack 12-year-old boy and his parents at amusement park: Police
Violent Crime
September 28, 2017

Large group of ‘knucklehead’ teens viciously attack 12-year-old boy and his parents at amusement park: Police

A group of nine teenagers allegedly attacked a 12-year-old boy and his parents at a Six Flags in Gurnee, Illinois, during a dispute over line cutting. The Chicago Tribune reported that the incident occurred Saturday night during the amusement park’s Fright Fest. Gurnee Deputy Chief Brian Smith claimed that the teens cut the line while hurling profanities, …

Toddler girl dead after mother’s boyfriend fractures her skull: Police
Family Crime
September 28, 2017

Toddler girl dead after mother’s boyfriend fractures her skull: Police

A 2-year-old girl in Alabama died suddenly while in the care of her mother’s boyfriend, and now the boyfriend is being charged with her murder. AL.com reports that Levi Ellise Pointer, 2, of Hoover ,died on September 21. Police responded to a 911 call made by her mother’s boyfriend, Dlonta Khalil Melton, 19, who was watching the …

Man poses as Uber driver, sexually assaults multiple women: Prosecutors
Sex Crimes
September 28, 2017

Man poses as Uber driver, sexually assaults multiple women: Prosecutors

An Illinois man allegedly posed as an Uber driver so he could pick up women outside bars and rape them. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Musaab Afandi, 33, would drive to secluded alleys to commit multiple sexual assaults. Police arrested Afandi in March, after two women claimed he picked them up from Skokie bars and attacked …

Judge to mom: ‘Get your son vaccinated or go to jail!’
Court
September 28, 2017

Judge to mom: ‘Get your son vaccinated or go to jail!’

A Detroit, Michigan, woman is reportedly facing jail time if she doesn’t get her son vaccinated. Rebecca Bredow told WXYZ that she has a week to get her son vaccinated or be thrown behind bars. The ruling comes after the child’s father petitioned an Oakland County court to get their son immunized. “I would rather sit …