A New York judge ordered Wednesday that accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann must provide the prosecution with a DNA sample, despite arguments by Heuermann’s defense team arguing that prosecutors didn’t establish enough probable cause. “The court finds that contrary to the defendant’s contention, there is probable cause to believe the defendant committed the …
A Florida man who reportedly raised thousands in donations following his spouse’s death is now a suspect in the murder case, police say. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, handyman Herbert Swilley is the prime suspect in the death of Timothy Smith, 59. In March, after Smith failed to show up for work, police …
A Georgia babysitter and aspiring sports reporter has been arrested for allegedly nearly killing an infant earlier this year, police say. According to Gainesville Police Department, 23-year-old Abby Elizabeth Chosewood was babysitting a 1-year-old in February when she allegedly attacked the victim, nearly causing death. “In February 2023, Chosewood allegedly suffocated and/or strangled a one-year-old …
A lawyer for Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s two adult children says they’re “not foreclosing” a jailhouse visit to their father but haven’t made a decision. Vess Mitev told British tabloid The U.S. Sun that Victoria Heuermann, 26, and her stepbrother Christopher Sheridan, 33, are “dealing with this on a minute-by-minute basis.” “Anything …
Iowa police are searching for a 13-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen since Tuesday. According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, the Davis County Sheriff’s Office issued an endangered person advisory for Kaylee Arnold, who was last seen at around 7 p.m. on August 8, at the the Casey’s Store in Eldon. The sheriff’s …
Investigators looking for a California teen who disappeared more than a month ago have found the girl’s car in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Katherine (Katie) Schneider was last seen on July 5 driving away from her home in Saratoga, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. Last week, the sheriff’s office sent out a notice …
A Maryland man who says he was part of the search team that found the body of hiker mom Rachel Morin on Sunday says the 37-year-old fitness enthusiast was found in a tunnel just off the Ma and Pa Trail in Bel Air. Police have not said specifically where the body was found, but they …
A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday sentenced rapper Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020. Lanez, 31, was convicted in December of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence, as CrimeOnline previously …
A week before a Maryland mother of 5 disappeared, another Marylander vanished while on her evening walk in a local park. Mariame Toure Sylla, 59, is a 2nd grade teacher at Dora Kennedy French Immersion School in Greenbelt, a Washington, D.C., suburb some 55 miles from Bel Air — on the opposite side of Baltimore …
A New York doctor who killed herself and her 4-month-old daughter on Saturday was reportedly experiencing postpartum mental health issues, according to sources. WLNY reported that Mount Sanai oncologist Dr. Krystal Cascetta, 40, carried out the shooting with her husband’s legally-owned gun. Cascetta’s husband was not home when the doctor allegedly shot herself and her …
Deputies in Georgia have made a second arrest in the murder of Rockdale County mom-of-four Imani Roberson — her brother-in-law, 28-year-old Cedarius Blaze. Roberson, xx, disappeared on July 16 and her car was later found burned and abandoned 30 miles from where she was last seen, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Nearly three weeks later, on …
The accused Long Island serial killer’s lawyer is contesting the prosecution’s request for a DNA swab from Rex Heuermann, claiming that prosecutors didn’t establish enough probable cause. “The assertions contained the people’s moving papers might be construed as rising to the level of a reasonable suspicion, but that is a far cry from the standard …
