Shawn Michael Grate, born in 1976 in Marion, Ohio, had a difficult childhood due to familial problems and academic difficulties. He began his criminal career with a burglary charge in 1997 and perpetrated several murders of young women between 2006 and 2016. Grate was arrested in 2016 when a lady complained that he kidnapped her. He faced multiple counts, including aggravated murder and kidnapping. Grate was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder in Ashland County in 2018, and plead...

Brittany Snelbaker is a woman from Indianapolis who was arrested and charged with murder and arson. She was connected to the murder of 24-year-old Charles Burgess Jr., who was found dead inside a house that had caught fire. The incident took place on East Vermont Street, near Sherman Drive, on November 5, 2021. The death of Charles Burgess Jr. was later ruled a homicide due to multiple traumas. According to court records, a friend of the suspect told police the killing took place...

Rachel Henry, a Phoenix lady, has pled guilty to the murders of her three children, Zane, Miraya and Catalaya. The children were discovered deceased in her home in January 2020. Henry admitted to smothering them individually and putting their bodies on a couch. She initially pled not guilty before changing her plea to guilty in December 2024. The plea agreement includes three counts of first-degree murder and removes the prospect of the death penalty. Henry will be sentenced to consecutiv...

Patrick Baxter, an American serial murderer, was apprehended in 2000 for raping and murdering two women and a juvenile girl in Westchester County, New York, between 1987 to 1990. The murders were first thought to be unrelated due to their various ethnicities and locations. DNA profiling helped connect and solve the cases. Michelle Walker, a black ninth-grade student, was sexually abused and died of asphyxiation. Patricia England, a white Yonkers resident, was sexually raped and pre...

John Tucker Hardee, 38, of Norfolk, Virginia, was implicated in the unfortunate murder of his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter, Harley Rae Williams. Harley suffered significant burns from scalding hot water, which Hardee said were caused by hot bath water. Despite efforts to heal her at home, Harley was discovered in critical condition with significant burns and symptoms of distress. Hardee was charged with second-degree murder, child abuse or neglect, and malicious wounding. He was found...

In 2022, Deka Simmons, a 40-year-old Colorado Springs woman, was convicted of first-degree murder for the murder and dismemberment of Daxcimo Ceja. The trial recently begun, and the jury returned a verdict after seven hours of deliberation. Prosecutors claimed that Simmons killed Ceja because he was a registered sex offender, and that Ceja had a previous contact with a 17-year-old girl in California when he was 25. Simmons was accused of obsessing over child abuse out of anxiety that her ...

Ryan P Loveless, a 38-year-old Hilliard, Ohio resident, was arrested on allegations of enticing juveniles for sexual activity. He had been conversing with two kids, ages 15 and 16, and reportedly crossed state lines into Illinois with the intention of engaging in sexual conduct with them. Loveless was arrested at 9 p.m. on a Friday evening after investigators from the Knox County Sheriff's Office learned of his communications with the youngsters. He was discovered to have hired a hotel ro...

On August 7, 2009, Eric Leigh Whitehead, then 14, fatally shot his 22-year-old stepsister, Patricia Leigh Troglen, 10 times in the head while she was asleep on the couch. Whitehead claimed he had a dream in which he and his stepsister were arguing, which led him to wake up enraged and commit the crime. Whitehead was charged as an adult and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. Whitehead had a history of psychiatric problems and had undergone two mental...

DeWayne Lee Harris, popularly known as "The Seattle Jungle Killer" or "Chilly Willy," was an American serial murderer who murdered three women in Seattle from 1997 to 1998. His victims were discovered near freeways in the "Jungle," an underdeveloped area beneath the I-5 and I-90 freeways. Harris's first victim was Denise Marie Harris, who was strangled and tied with shoelaces. He then targeted Antoinette Jones, who was stabbed multiple times following a violent argument. Harris was captur...

Justin Edward Stephens, a 43-year-old man from Lownasville, Kentucky, has been charged with major crimes such as rape, traveling to meet a kid for sex, and persuading a child to enter a vehicle or home. Stephens allegedly disguised as the victim's father to check her out of Central High School, raped her, then took her to a restaurant before raping her at a nearby hotel. The victim's parents realized that her phone was not intended to be accessible to Stephens, prompting disciplinary acti...

Victoria Cox, 32, is a suspect in the murder of a mother and her kid. She was indicted for capital murder, kidnapping, and sexual battery. The case centers on the murders of 35-year-old Callie Brunett and her 4-year-old daughter, Erin Brunett. Victoria Cox is suspected of helping Daniel Callihan in the abduction of Callie Brunett's two daughters after allegedly murdering their mother in Loranger. Erin Brunett, the younger daughter, was sadly found dead in a forested region in Mississip...

Roy Donta Larry, a 44-year-old man from Detroit, was charged with the fatal shooting of Dan Hutchinson, the owner of Hutch’s Jewelry. The incident occurred on a Tuesday, and Larry was arrested on Friday, June 3. He was arraigned at the 45th District Court for first-degree murder and felony firearm. Larry pleaded not guilty, but his bond was denied. The shooting happened while Hutchinson was sitting in his SUV outside the store on Greenfield Road in Oak Park. Hutchinson had been shot ...

Jeffrey Scott Meyers, Kirstie Hannah Flood's boyfriend, was charged with the unfortunate murder of 2-year-old Fallon Fridley in Sandy Springs, Georgia, on December 9, 2020. Although he was not believed to have physically harmed Fallon Fridley himself, he was present during the abuse that led to her death and failed to intervene or protect her. Flood pleaded guilty to multiple offenses, including intentional murder, criminal murder, aggravated sexual battery, and making false claims. Meyer...

Diane O'Dell, an American serial murderer, was found guilty of murdering three of her twelve children. The case began in 2003, when the bodies of three infants were found in a storage facility in Safford, Arizona. O'Dell stated that the kids died during birth between 1981 and 1984. After their deaths, she kept their bodies hidden for nearly a decade, demonstrating a tremendous level of denial. During her trial, O'Dell was charged with three charges of first-degree murder but was convicted...

Marion Bowman Jr., a man convicted to death for the murder of Kandee Louise Martin in 2002, has received a lot of media attention because of the nature of the crime and the accompanying court proceedings. Bowman was caught and charged with murder, and his trial featured testimony from witnesses who verified his threats to Martin. The jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death. Bowman's case has been through several appeals and legal battles, and he is slated to be executed on Decemb...

Heather Wallace, a 43-year-old woman from Lowell, Michigan, is accused of sexually assaulting her 3-year-old granddaughter. The charges arose after Wallace reported a man on a dating app who requested her to take indecent photos of her granddaughter. Wallace said she did not cooperate, but it was later uncovered that she had engaged in sexual actions with the man via video chats. She was charged with multiple serious felonies, including second-degree criminal sexual conduct, aggravated ch...

Adrian Edward Cosby, a 23-year-old man, was charged with second-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon following the fatal shooting of high school senior Andrea Camps Lacayo in 2020. The incident occurred during an attempted sale of Yeezy shoes in Southwest Miami-Dade, which resulted in shooting and Camps' death. Her boyfriend, George Walton, was also there throughout the incident. Cosby and Walton were arrested and prosecuted, and Andrea's family, particularly her father, issued ...

William Neil "Doc" Gallagher, as the "Money Doctor," was an American Christian radio personality who ran a huge Ponzi scheme aimed at retired Christian investors. The decade-long conspiracy conned over 190 people out of nearly $24 million, the majority of whom were elderly persons aged 62 to 91. Gallagher used cash from new investors to pay returns to previous investors, which is characteristic of a Ponzi scheme. Authorities revealed that he collected up to $29.2 million from around 60 in...

Bruce Wayne Whitehead, a registered sexual predator, was recently found guilty of multiple severe crimes. Whitehead was convicted of sexual battery, attempted murder, kidnapping with intent to harm, robbery, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault, all with a deadly weapon. He sexually assaulted and mutilated a woman in Pine Hills, Florida. The victim testified that Whitehead cut her, tried to bite off body parts, and attempted to stab her. Whitehead had a nearly identical conviction i...

Becky Ann Vreeland, a 63-year-old grandmother from Oklahoma, has been charged with the first-degree murder of her 3-year-old granddaughter, Riley Lynn Nolan. Riley was discovered dead in a garbage bin at Vreeland's home on June 21, 2022. Vreeland claimed Riley's death was an accident, but investigators discovered signs of foul play, such as blood stains and blunt force damage. A medical examination uncovered three skull fractures. Vreeland entered a no-contest plea to one count of first-d...