Philadelphia Police found a 61-year-old woman dead and wrapped in plastic in a closet in her home this week after friends reported her missing. Police said Vladimir Lushevskiy, 65, was charged with abuse of a corpse, WCAU reported, and may face additional charges once an autopsy determines a cause of death for Lola Karabaeva. Karabaeva’s …
The mother of a toddler boy found dead last month and her boyfriend have been charged in the child’s death. Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre announced at a news conference on Thursday that Katrina Baur, Elijah Vue’s mother, has been charged with chronic neglect of a child resulting in death and neglecting a child, …
Cops in Texas say the man they’re looking for in the murder of a 23-year-old mother of two earlier this month orchestrated the killing as revenge for the the slaying his half brother four years ago. Seabrook Police obtained a warrant for the arrest of 22-year-old Dawayland Hurst for the murder of Mary Jayne Collins …
Tennessee police arrested a suspect on Tuesday, a day after a woman was killed in a seemingly random attack. Alyssa Lokits, 34, died shortly after she was found on the Mill Creek Greenway on the Old Hickory Trailhead in Antioch. Witnesses heard a woman screaming, “Help! He’s trying to rape me,” before gunshots rang out, …
A California man was arrested for murder on Wednesday after the bodies of his mother and half brother were found “in advanaced stages of decomposition” at their home. Antioch Police said they were called to the scene for a welfare check and encountered a male suspect trying to leave the house. KTVU identified the suspect …
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A Georgia grand jury on Thursday indicted 14-year-old Colt Gray and his father for the deadly shooting in September at Apalachee High School in Winder. Gray and his father, 54-year-old Colin Gray, had already been charged in the case and were being held without bond. The indictments add new charges for both.The grand jury charged …
Special Judge Frances Gull decided to hold off on deciding a key motion in the Delphi murders trial until Friday morning. On Thursday, Judge Gull told prosecutors she needed additional time to evaluate their request to block the jury from seeing police sketches used before Richard Allen’s arrest. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Allen is accused …
On Wednesday, more than 20 relatives of the Menendez brothers — who are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989 — urged California prosecutors to review their convictions. The family gathered outside the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, where they asked the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office to resentence Erik and Lyle …
Accused Georgia child killer Leilani Simon stands trial in Savannah, charged with murdering her son, Quinton Simon, and hiding body in a dumpster. On Wednesday, prosecutors played new video footage for the jury, while investigators questioned Simon about contradictions in her story, according to WJCL. As CrineOnline previously reported, Simon initially said that she left …
A Minnesota judge ruled on Tuesday that a man accused of killing and dismembering his pregnant sister in May is fit to stand trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 30-year-old Bethany Israel as found dead in her home on May 23 after her mother reported finding blood in her home after she’d had dinner with her …
The jury for Richard Allen’s double murder trial is set to be sworn in today, while a Carroll County judge is expected to make a decision on whether police sketches will be allowed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 12 jurors and four alternates were chosen earlier this week for Allen’s murder trial in Delphi. Allen is …
