Eight-year-old Jessica Rae Delatorre was described as a happy girl who loved to play with her brothers, draw and watch Full House on TV. On April 9, 2005 Jessica and her brothers, ages 4 and 11, were spending the night at their grandmother's house in South Dakota when she disappeared in the night. Sioux Falls police arrested the grandmother's live-in boyfriend on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and kidnapping. Evidence suggested that while Delatorre's brothers ...

David Ray Conley III is a man who was involved in a mass shooting incident that took place on August 8, 2015, in Harris County, Texas, near Houston. He broke into his former girlfriend’s house and held hostage Valerie and Dwayne Jackson, Sr., along with six children, including his own 13-year-old son. Over the course of nine hours, he shot and killed the entire family. He then engaged in a shootout with responding police before surrendering. He was charged with capital murder of eight p...

A homeless man in California recalled how he survived a brutal bolt cutter beating at the hands of alleged serial killer Ramon Escobar – just two days before the six-time deportee bludgeoned another transient to death. Ramon Alberto Escobar (born June 5, 1971) is a Salvadoran serial killer who killed seven people during a month-long killing spree between Texas and California in 2018, most of whom were homeless. After pleading guilty, he was convicted and sentenced to life impriso...

Rachel Pittman is a convicted murderer who was charged with the murders of Amanda Doss and her two children in 2011. The victims were found dead in their home in Redwater, Texas, after a fire broke out. The autopsy revealed that all three victims were stabbed to death before the fire, which was an act of arson intended to mislead police and destroy evidence. Rachel Pittman was only 16 years old at the time of the murders and was indicted for capital murder. She was later found guilty and ...

Jonathan Michael Hearn is a convicted murderer who was involved in a love triangle with Sabrina Limon, the wife of his lover. He was arrested for the murder of Sabrina Limon's husband, Robert Limon, in 2014. Hearn agreed to testify against Sabrina Limon in exchange for a plea deal of 25 years and four months behind bars. He was sentenced to prison in November 2017 and was expected to be released in November 2035. However, he may be eligible for parole in November 2028 due to a new law tha...

Around 3:00 a.m. on an August morning, Dalton Aiken and his friend, Cory Fitzwater, set out to “fight a homeless guy”. They searched a wooded area near Ogden’s 21st Street pond for encampments and found the victim asleep next to a campfire. According to Aiken, Fitzwater woke the victim and shot him in the head with a .45 caliber handgun. After the shooting, the pair tried to leave the area in Aiken’s truck, but they were stopped by police on suspicion of marijuana possession...

Bradley Yohn is an American criminal sentenced to 130 years in prison after being convicted in July 2023 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 77-year-old woman, Christine "Tina" Schmitt Lohmann, leading to her death. Yohn was apprehended on charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, residential burglary and aggravated criminal sexual assault, after the discovery of the body of a Virden man, Derek J. Banker Barnett, in the trunk of a "suspicious" ve...

Alexander Rashad Hamilton was involved in a tragic incident that led to the shooting death of a Pittsburgh police officer. Here are the details: In 2005, when Hamilton was just four days shy of his 18th birthday, he participated in planning a store robbery. During the robbery, his cohort, Andrew Moffett, fatally shot Officer Larry Lasater while attempting to arrest them. Moffett was convicted of murdering Officer Lasater and sentenced to life in prison in 2008. However, because Moffett wa...

Susan Eubanks, a name that evokes a chilling tale of tragedy and darkness. Let me share the harrowing story of Susan Eubanks, a woman whose actions would forever stain her name in infamy. On that fateful day, October 27, 1996, in San Marcos, California, Susan was ensnared in a web of despair, fueled by alcohol and Valium. Her relationship with her boyfriend, Rene Dodson, had reached its breaking point. The argument escalated, and Rene declared that he was ending their relationship and mov...

Colby Delea Martin was a 29-year-old man who was charged with open murder in the death of Melody Rohrer, a 64-year-old grandmother. According to the authorities, Martin intentionally struck Rohrer with his vehicle, took her body, and engaged in sexual acts with it. He was also charged with vehicular manslaughter, failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death when at fault, and concealing the death of an individual. Martin was arrested and booked into Van Buren County Jail...

Jack Greene was sentenced to death by the State of Arkansas for the murder of a retired pastor. According to court documents, Jack Greene was confronted by the retired pastor regarding an arson in the preceding days. Jack Greene would respond to the allegations by bashing his head with the can of hominy, cutting him from mouth to ear, and firing a .25 caliber pistol into his chest. Jack Greene would be arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death. Jack Gordon Greene, (b. March 13, 1...

Theresa Jimmie Francine Knorr (née Cross) is an American woman convicted of torturing and murdering two of her six children while using the others to facilitate and cover up her crimes. She was born on March 14, 1946 in Sacramento, California. She was married four times and had six children. She was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and is currently serving two consecutive life sentences at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California.

Ennis William Cosby, the son of comedian Bill Cosby, was murdered in Los Angeles, California, on January 16, 1997, by 18-year-old Mikhail Markhasev in a failed robbery attempt. Cosby was 27 years old and was shot in the head. Markhasev was arrested in March 1997 for a $100,000 reward offered by the National Enquirer. He was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted robbery in 1998 and sentenced to life in prison. In 2001, Markhasev admitted to committing the murder and requested that...

Sick dad tried to sell 4-year-old daughter to pedophiles for $500-an-hour to ‘play with’. Turley is reported to have posted an advertisement on Craigslist in 2015 under the heading ‘Play with Daddie's Little Girl’ Exchanging emails with undercover police officers, Andrew offered his daughter up for sex. He wrote that he had a girl ‘younger than 10’ to whom he would give “sleep meds”. Andy was convicted for the trafficking of a child and compelling prost...

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The murder of Sophie Hook was a widely reported child murder which took place in Llandudno, North Wales, in July 1995. Sophie Louise Hook (May 27, 1988 – July 30, 1995) was a seven-year-old British child who was murdered in Llandudno, Wales in the early hours of July 30, 1995. She was from Great Budworth, near Northwich, Cheshire, but was staying at the Llandudno home of her uncle, Danny Jones, when she was murdered. She had gone missing from a tent where she was camping in her u...

Allan Wayne McLaurin and Darron Bennalford Anderson were convicted in 1993 of robbery, kidnapping and rape of an elderly woman in Tulsa County. Anderson was initially sentenced to 2,200 years in prison; however, he appealed and won a new trial. His second trial also ended in conviction, but this time, the jury sentenced Anderson to 11,250 years. His accomplice, McLaurin, was sentenced to 21,250 years, but upon appeal, his sentence was reduced by 500 years.

Anthony Lacy pled guilty in court in the 2014 Roan Mountain murder of Danny Vance. Lacy hit Vance in the head with a large rock, with the intent to rob him, killing him. A judge sentenced Anthony Lacy to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

 Inmate dies after 33 yrs on Death Row at Polunsky Unit (TX) A diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic with an IQ of 65, Ray Martinez was one of the state's longest-serving death row prisoners. Ray Martinez had been on death row since July 18, 1984, for a capital murder conviction. Respected death penalty lawyer Patrick McCann, who represented Martinez earlier in the appeals process, laughed upon hearing of his former client's death. "He won then," he said.

Kimberly Clark Saenz is a former licensed practical nurse and a convicted serial killer. She was convicted of killing several patients at a Texas dialysis center by injecting bleach into their dialysis lines. She was born as Kimberly Fowler on November 3, 1973 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Saenz was married with two young children and suffered from drug dependence. She was arrested for public intoxication and criminal trespass after a 2007 domestic disturbance with her husband. Saenz was ...