RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – Suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann returned to a New York courthouse Thursday to be charged with killing two more women. Heuermann was indicted on two new murder charges in the deaths of Jessica Taylor in July 2003 and Sandra Costilla in November 1993. Authorities also revealed in court records that during their investigation they found …
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JonBenet Ramsey’s father John claims Colorado police officer said they are ‘just waiting' for him to die
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – John Ramsey, father of slain 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, continues to keep pressure on police nearly 28 years later, even though he says authorities are eager for him to stop asking questions. JonBenet was found beaten and strangled to death with a garrote around her neck in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, the day …
Read More »Polly Klaas' father says California killer's bid to overturn death sentence was 'a travesty of justice'
Marc Klaas, Polly Klaas’ father, described her convicted killer’s bid to overturn his death sentence as a “travesty of justice.” “I couldn’t have been happier. … It was exactly what I wanted to hear,” Klaas told Fox News Digital of a California judge’s Friday decision to reject Richard Allen Davis’ request for a resentencing. “I thought the judge was fantastic. …
Read More »Missing North Carolina girl’s stepfather convicted of failing to report child’s disappearance
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina jury on May 31 found Christopher Palmiter, stepfather of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari, guilty of failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement. The Mecklenburg County jury took 15 minutes after Palmiter’s weeklong trial to reach a verdict, according to FOX 8 Greensboro. “He was the person in the role …
Read More »Lyle Menendez, who shotgunned parents to death with brother, plans for life after prison amid new appeal
NASHVILLE – A California man who teamed up with his brother to massacre their parents in a Los Angeles mansion in 1989 made rare public remarks Sunday when he called into a true crime conference from prison and revealed he has aspirations for freedom despite a sentence of life without parole. Joseph Menendez, who goes by his middle name Lyle, …
Read More »Gilgo Beach investigators link another victim to suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann, sources say
Long Island, New York, investigators have linked a fifth alleged victim to Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer who was accused last year of murdering four women and dumping their bodies along a remote highway more than a decade ago, sources tell Fox News Digital. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office declined to comment but acknowledged that Heuermann …
Read More »Gabby Petito’s mom and stepmom send not-so-subtle message to Roberta Laundrie
NASHVILLE – Gabby Petito’s mom and stepmom torched Brian Laundrie’s mother over the weekend with matching T-shirts they hope will raise money for domestic violence victims and missing persons awareness. The fiery message is a swipe at Roberta Laundrie’s so-called “burn after reading” letter, in which she pledged to help her son with a shovel and garbage bags. Nichole Schmidt …
Read More »Lori Vallow's sister reacts to Chad Daybell's death sentence: 'Everything I needed to hear'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “Doomsday mom” Lori Vallow’s sister, Summer Shiflet, on Saturday spoke out publicly for the first time since an Idaho jury convicted Chad Daybell in his triple murder case on Friday. Shiflet’s comments came at CrimeCon 2024 — a true crime convention that brings victims, law enforcement and other criminal justice experts together to share their stories — …
Read More »Indiana serial killer's 18-acre property littered with 10,000 human remains still hides secrets
An Indiana serial killer’s property was littered with 10,000 “burnt and crushed” skeletal remains that kept many of his victims faceless for decades. Herb Baumeister, a successful businessman who was a married father with three children, is believed to have killed at least 25 victims from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He hunted mostly gay men in the …
Read More »Chad Daybell sentenced to death in Idaho for murder of Lori Vallow's 2 children, first wife
Chad Daybell, husband of so-called “cult mom” Lori Vallow, was sentenced to death in Idaho on Saturday, two days after he was found guilty of murdering her two youngest children and his first wife in 2019. On Thursday, a jury convicted Daybell on all counts, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, insurance fraud and grand theft. Daybell, 55, and Vallow, …
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