Matthew Ogden, who was arrested in 2015 in connection with the death of his month-old daughter, pleaded guilty to reckless child abuse resulting in death. That is a felony with a plea deal stipulation of 30 to 40 years in prison. Ogden faced life in prison on the original first-degree murder charge. The defense said during sentencing that Sarah’s skull fracture came about when Ogden was carrying her out of the bedroom and banged her head on a doorjamb. He said at differe...

The calmness I was telling you about, I still have it. I love you all. I just want you to know that I’m all right. Make sure momma knows. All right? Jermaine, I love you, too, man. You are Mario’s uncle? Correct? I just want you to know that I wronged your family. I received nothing, I was not paid. I took his life for the love of a friend.

Alicia Goemaat, who lived with the toddler's father, his son, and her own toddler, was charged with second-degree murder. On September 27, 2015, police responded to a 911 call from the couple's home in West Seattle and discovered the man's toddler son dead. An investigation was launched after detectives discovered blood and bruises on the child. The MEO determined that the toddler, 17-month-old Drue Lehto, had "substantial abdominal trauma that included a transection of his small bowel, l...

Dan Wilson killed Lutz after she drove him home from a bar in Elyria. Somehow—Wilson said he didn't know how—Lutz ended up in the trunk of her black Oldsmobile Cutlass after they left the bar and went to Wilson's house. Wilson let Lutz out briefly after she begged to use the restroom, but forced her back into the trunk even though she promised to forget the ordeal if he ran away. Wilson then set the punctured gas tank on fire and walked off while Lutz burned to death. Wilson claimed h...

William Kessler Sapp (born William Kessler Lilly; March 22, 1962 | age 61) is an American serial killer and rapist who committed the murders of three women and girls in Springfield, Ohio, in 1992 and 1993, the attempted murder of another, and a possible fourth murder in Florida. Sapp was detained for the murders only in 1996, after already being imprisoned for an earlier rape. He was sentenced to death on October 21, 1999, and is currently awaiting execution at the Chillicothe Correctiona...

On May 15, 1999, Andi Brewer was reported missing from her home, near Mena, in western Arkansas. She was last seen leaving her house in a small red pickup truck. Police initially thought that Andi may have run away from home. After a day or so, however, they decided that was unlikely, and they called in the FBI and the Arkansas State Police to help investigate. They first looked for people known to the family that drove small red pickup trucks. The only two people who fit that description...

Walter Ogrod is an American man who was convicted and sentenced to death for the July 12, 1988, sexual assault and murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to police, Ogrod confessed to Horn’s murder four years after it occurred, but in 2020 the "confession" was recognized to be false. On June 5 of that year, Ogrod’s conviction was vacated by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and he was ordered to be released from prison. He had spent thr...

In Collier County Florida on 11/4/2016, Gary Cherelus was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two counts of human trafficking and two counts of tampering with a witness. Cherelus was also declared a sexual predator after pleading no contest to the charges. Cherelus coerced his victims with threats, violence and drugs to get them to engage in prostitution. He was part of an organized criminal enterprise profiting from the sexual exploitation of his victims.

 A jury convicted Johnny Johnson of first-degree murder and recommended a sentence of death. The jury also convicted him of armed criminal action, kidnapping, and attempted forcible rape and recommended life sentences for these crimes. … outrageously and wantonly vile ...

Steve Gilbert felled little 12-year-old Samantha Detzler of Lansing, Michigan in his car before unceremoniously dumping her body along a rural Clinton County road. I choked Samantha Detzler. Please don’t let this man out to do this again to any other girl or any other mother.– Sheila Detzler (Mom) It is this court’s intention that you never be free again. – Judge Jeffrey Martlew

Jimmy L. Brooks, Jr. is a convicted murderer who was found guilty of four counts of capital murder in connection with the murder of 12-year-old William Brett Bowyer. Brooks and his accomplice, Michael Carruth, kidnapped Forest Bowyer and his son Brett Bowyer from their home by posing as police officers. The kidnappers stole $47,000 and took the victims to a construction site. Brooks shot Brett Bowyer in the head three times, slit Forest Bowyer's throat, and dumped them both into a shallow...

Cheyanne Renae Harris, a young mother, was tragically involved in a heartbreaking case that shook the community. Here are the details: Case Overview: Victim: Her four-month-old son, Sterling Koehn. Incident: Sterling was found dead in a baby swing in their apartment on August 30, 2017. Charges: Cheyanne Renae Harris and the baby's father, Zachary Paul Koehn, were both charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment. Cause of Death: The baby suffered from severe diaper rash, which ...

November 15th, 1995 Jamie Rouse, (b. May 8, 1978 | age 45), dressed in black, went into Richland School in Giles County, Tennessee, with a .22-caliber Remington Viper. He shot two teachers in the head, one of them fatally. Then, with a smile, he took aim at the football coach, but a female student walked into his path and was killed with a shot to the throat. Jamie had told five friends exactly how he had planned this killing, but no one had called for help.iRichland High school senior Jamie Rou...

Cora Twombly, aged 44, is one of the four individuals arrested in connection with the disappearance and alleged murder of two women from Kansas, Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley. The other individuals arrested are Tad Bert Cullum, Tifany Machel Adams, and Cole Earl Twombly. Cora Twombly and Cole Earl Twombly are reportedly married. The case involves a complex situation including a custody battle and an anti-government group known as “God’s Misfits”. Tifany Machel Adams, one o...

Emma Jean Huver, a 26-year-old woman from Lansing, Michigan, has been involved in a tragic incident. She pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, admitting that she had a purple 9-millimeter Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol in her car on October 24, 2023. She had previously been convicted of a felony drug offense in 2020. The firearm was involved in the accidental death of her two-year-old child. The incident occurred at a gas station when another individual, ...

William Looper, a 30-year-old man from South Carolina, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the brutal murder of a 2-year-old boy. He pleaded guilty to charges of murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and two counts of unlawful neglect of a child. The child, Brantley Justin Smith, was found with bruises, bite marks across his body, and signs of sexual abuse. The abuse reportedly took place over a period of two weeks. The mother of the ...

Eva D. Heisch was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery in Illinois in 2016. She alleged that her trial counsel was ineffective in their representation. Heisch claimed that her attorneys failed to prevent the State from using her post-Miranda right to silence as evidence, submit limiting instructions for statements made by officers during her interrogation, request separate verdict forms for intentional and felony murder, and file a post-sentencing motion. She further clai...

Joseph “Crazy Joe” Naso, born January 7, 1934 (91 yo), in Rochester, New York, is an American serial killer known as the "Double Initial Killer." He was convicted in 2013 for the murders of four women in California between 1977 and 1994, each victim having matching initials in their first and last names. Naso, a former photographer with a history of petty thefts, documented his assaults in a handwritten diary. His arrest in 2011 led to a trial where he represented himself and was s...

Sandra Kolalou, a 36-year-old Chicago woman, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing her 69-year-old landlord, Frances Walker, in October 2022. The crime occurred in their Northwest Side home, and Kolalou was found guilty on April 22, 2024. Despite the conviction, Kolalou maintains her innocence and plans to appeal. She allegedly sang a menacing song while strangling Walker, threatening to kill her with an inhaler, and attempted to kill another tenant by strangling her and singin...

Jose Guerrero, an American serial killer and rapist, was detained in Madera, California, from 1995 to 1998. He kidnapped and murdered three women and tried to kill a fourth. His crimes went undiscovered for nearly six years until DNA evidence connected him to the murders after he was convicted of a DUI violation. Guerrero's victims were primarily women in a high-prostitution neighborhood. His arrest in 1999 resulted in incriminating comments about violent crimes. In 2004, DNA evidence con...