The man who allegedly helped Alex Murdaugh stage his botched 2021 suicide said Murdaugh wanted to kill himself because he knew he was a suspect in his wife and son’s murders. Curtis Smith made the revelation during “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal,” which was released on Netflix on Wednesday. Smith denied shooting Murdaugh — and …
Former “8 Passengers” YouTube vlogger, Ruby Franke, reportedly had several run-ins with law enforcement prior to her arrest earlier this year on child abuse charges. According to police records obtained by Insider, law enforcement in Utah had at least five prior contacts with Franke before her August 2022 arrest on child abuse charges. In 2020, …
Oregon police plan to search this week for a woman who vanished in June after her shirt was reportedly found a mile from her abandoned car. Gwen Brunelle, 27, was last seen on June 27 at a Jordan Valley gas station store 83 miles from her home in Boise, Idaho, where she had left a …
A Florida judge ruled Monday that retired ballerina Ashley Benefield will stand trial for the 2020 death of her husband. According to Court TV, Judge Stephen M. Whyte of the 12th Judicial District Circuit Court issued a ruling that aligned with the prosecution’s account of events leading to Doug Benefield’s death. The order rejected the …
The parents of a Georgia high school student whose body was found in a rolled up wrestling mat have filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office over what they say is “false information” connected to the death investigation. Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found dead in at the …
Tennessee police are asking anyone on the Queen Riverboat Cruise on September 9 to check their phones for any footage or photos of missing Mississippi woman, Tamia Taylor, News Channel 3 reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 24-year-old Taylor vanished after boarding the riverboat with friends at around 11:30 p.m. September 9. There are no cameras …
The husband of a woman found dead last month in a North Carolina lake has been charged with her murder. Omar Matthew Ibrahim Drabick, 34, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with killing Hadeel Ghadhanfer Hikmat, 34, and concealing her death, WRAL reports. Hikmat’s body was found in Jordan Lake on Augus 29, near Farrington …
An inmate accused of killing 22 older women so he could steal from them was killed by his cellmate Tuesday in a Texas prison. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Hannah Haney said Billy Chemirmir’s cellmate was also serving a life sentence for murder, according to the Associated Press. She did not release the name …
Less than two weeks after standing by her husband’s side as he was sentenced to 30 years to life for rape, Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from actor Danny Masterson. According to TMZ, Phillips wrote in court documents filed on Monday that “irreconcilable differences” are causing the end of their 12-year marriage. She is …
A Tennessee man faces a long recovery after he was shot in the head while protecting his sister from an attack by her ex-boyfriend. A small child witnessed the shooting and told police what happened, according to WTVC. An affidavit says that the incident took place early Sunday morning, beginning when David J. Smith arrived …
Two people charged in connection with the death of a toddler from opioid exposure over the weekend have now been charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and possession with intent to distribute narcotics resulting in death. New York police responded to Divino Nino daycare in the Bronx on Friday …
